This class is for puppies 8 to 16 weeks old at the start of class. Class covers puppy obedience, self control, building a relationship together, biting, chewing, jumping, socialization, and more!
These are supervised sessions that provide a safe, warm, and clean area for young pups to have positive experiences with each other, other people, and their environment. Puppy Social hours are for current, recent, or future registered students of Puppy Training & Socialization Group Class, Puppy Boot Camp, or Puppy Mini-Courses.
This class is the perfect starting point for group class training for dogs over 4 months old. We'll teach you how to train your dog, and you'll learn to teach the basics... from sit to come to stay, and much more!
This class builds on your Level 1 Obedience or Basic Boot Camp Program skills! Level 1.5 class is all about owner accountability, awareness, and follow-through! We are going to help you with your exuberant dog, and teach you and your dog management and follow-thru!
This class builds on your Level 1.5 Obedience skills. We'll use increasingly challenging distractions and realistic training scenarios to help perfect the behaviors you've already learned with your dog, as well as learn new behaviors such as heeling with attention!
Sharpen your obedience skills! We will spend time both at our facility and out on the town to visit various dog friendly (indoor) venues to work on you and your dog's obedience skills and public manners.
This class addresses not jumping on guests at the door, spontaneous neighbor visits in the yard, encountering people on walks, jumping on the kids, and more!
If walking your dog seems like a chore, this is the class for you. Learn to have your dog walk at your side without pulling or lagging behind. In the Spring/Summer/Fall we'll meet at the facility and at local lakes and parks. In the winter we will meet at the facility and, weather permitting, take neighborhood walks around our facilities.
Need some fine-tuning on your Canine Coach loose leash walking skills? We’re here to help! This class is for graduates of our Leash Walking group class or either Leash Walking Boot Camp programs. Meet outside for one hour to refine those Leash skills with a trainer!
This seasonal class, offered in the fall and early winter, covers all the skills you need to tackle the holidays! We will cover door greeting, begging for food, counter surfing, and more!
This class is designed to help you achieve a reliable recall even at a distance and with distractions. Your dog will have a blast at our fully-fenced one acre outdoor training facility! Offered Spring to Fall.
Learn how to comfortably introduce your dog to another dog. Class dogs will have good social experiences with other dogs, and you'll gain the skills you need to handle your dog around other dogs.
This class builds on the skills learned in our Dog to Dog Socialization for REACTIVE Dogs class AND introduces new things like agility, scent work, tricks and continued controlled social interactions set up specifically for graduates of our Dog to Dog class.
This class is for dogs that can react towards unfamiliar people (non-family members), even though at other times, like outside the home, they may act quite shy or nervous around strangers.
This class is for dogs that lunge, bark, growl, or otherwise act crazy when they see another dog while on their leashed walks. Three class sessions are held indoors, and three are held at a local park or lake.
This class is for dogs that are shy and afraid of other dogs, people, noises, etc. Dogs enrolled in this class should choose to *retreat* instead of *react* at their triggers.
This class builds on the skills learned in our Confidence Building for Shy Dogs class AND introduces new things like agility, scent work, tricks and more advanced social interactions set up specifically for graduates of our Shy Dog class.
This class will spend five sessions working on the test items of the AKC's Canine Good Citizen test, and on the 6th week of class a CGC Evaluator will test all the dogs.
Rally is a fun and exciting team sport for dogs and their handlers! Teams navigate a course with numbered signs indicating different exercises to perform. Rally is great for relationship building!
This class covers the skills and knowledge you'll need as a therapy dog team. We do a lot of role playing of different visiting situations, and do mock evaluations to practice for the real one.
Does your dog not enjoy having his toes tickled for nail trims? This course will teach you and your dog to work together to accomplish basic grooming and healthcare objectives. This class will center around consent, and reduction of fear, anxiety, and stress surrounding grooming and husbandry for your dog.
Impress your family and friends with what you and your dog can do! This class goes over a variety of tricks from sit pretty to wave to weaving through legs and more!
This class provides an opportunity to have a fun outing with our beautiful senior "sugar-faced" dogs. We will do age-appropriate activities that will stimulate their minds and bodies, build their confidence, give them a purpose, get them out of their rut, help them age gracefully, and have fun! Every activity is designed to be an opportunity for you to deepen your bond with your dog.
This class is all about trying new things! Each week is a different topic or sport that you will get to learn about and try out the foundation skills with your dog. This class covers basic sport skills like toy play, tricks, and teamwork, and will practice treibball, disc dog, scent work, and agility for fun!
Learn how to keep your dog fit physically and mentally with a variety of games and exercises aimed to improve balance, coordination, strength, endurance, and cognitive abilities. Activities are made to strengthen your bond and bust boredom. Whether you are preparing for dog sports or wanting to improve health overall, this is a class for all.
Puppy Agility is all about FUN EXPERIENCES that are safe and promote teamwork between owner and pup. Class covers LOW IMPACT puppy agility equipment like tunnels, wobble boards, planks, jump uprights (no bars), cones, and skills like impulse control, team work, toy play, and communication. This class is enriching to your pup's mental & physical health, and all exercises are designed with young dogs in mind.
Confidence Building AGILITY for Shy Dogs is all about continuing to build confidence with your shy dog. This class promotes teamwork, communication, and safety. This class covers agility equipment like tunnels, wobble boards, planks, jumps, cones, and more. This class is enriching to your dog's mental & physical health, and all exercises are designed with shy dogs in mind.
Fun, invigorating, and a great way to exercise your dog. Agility for Fun is all about teamwork and having a good time with your pup. This is not a competition prep course.
Take your Agility for Fun skills to the next level with Agility 2! We'll run harder courses, play more games, and learn new handling skills to keep you and your dog having fun while playing agility!
This is for graduates of our Agility for Fun or Agility 2 class! Join us for one session of agility practice. There will be a course set up that teams will take turns running under the supervision of a trainer.
This activity is great for all dogs of all activity levels! Dogs learn to sniff out and indicate a specific scent that has been hidden. This game is great for rainy days and sunny days alike!
If you and your dog have taken our Scent Work class prior to August of 2024, and want to pursue further training together, be sure to take this one hour course before moving on to our NEW Advanced Scent Work class!
Want to challenge your dog with their nose? Ever wonder how to teach your dog to find those pesky keys that go missing? This is the class for you! You and your dog will grow these skills and so much more! This class is for graduates of our Scent Work 1 class. If you took Scent Work with us before August 2024, please take our Advanced Scent Work Prep class first!
This is for graduates of our Scent Work class class! Join us for one session of scent work practice. There will be search areas set up that teams will take turns running under the supervision of a trainer.
This class covers the basics of disc dog (frisbee dog) including Toss & Catch and Freestyle! Teams will learn and practice a basic freestyle routine, as well as sharpen their skills in other disc games.
This is for graduates of our Disc Dog class or dogs that already play disc. Join us for one session of disc dog games practice! There will be a field measured and set up, and teams will take turns playing different UpDog games under the supervision of a trainer.
Urban herding for all dogs! Dogs learn to move an exercise ball around the field and into the set goal area. Owner and dog have to work together to make this happen!
If you are expecting, now is the time to prepare your dog! Let us help you with a structured class, giving you a little to do each week to prepare you and your dog for life with baby.
Kids & Canines provides an enjoyable and educational dog experience for kids, strengthening the bond and working on appropriate behavior with the family dog. We promote empathy, safety, and an overall enriched hands-on experience for the child who loves dogs or who wants to get more comfortable with dogs.
***Parents must be active participants with their children for these classes.***
Kids & Canines provides an enjoyable and educational dog experience for kids, strengthening the bond and working on appropriate behavior with the family dog. We promote empathy, safety, and an overall enriched hands-on experience for the child who loves dogs or who wants to get more comfortable with dogs.
***Parents must remain present and available for these classes.***