Beginner Classes

Get your canine off on the right paw with these foundational courses designed to help with behavior essentials, such as potty training, basic obedience behaviors, controlled walking, and more.

Please complete the registration form to sign up for our beginner classes.


All prices effective as of 2/20/2022

Puppy Raising 101

Age Range: 8 weeks to 15 weeks

Price: $165

Course Duration: Orientation and 6 classes

Requirements: None

The first five months of your puppy’s life shapes reactions to the environment for the rest of it. Don't miss this critical stage of development! Teach your puppy to play with others, become desensitized to noise, learn manners, get potty trained, and more.

Neo-Dog 1 (Available Online)

Age Range: 16 weeks to 3 years

Price: $225 ($112.50 for Puppy Raising 101 Graduates), $25 deposit REQUIRED

Course Duration: 6 weeks

Requirements: None

Nurture your dog through adolescence by teaching him or her life-saving behaviors such as: “sit,” “come,” “go to your crate/mat,” “watch me,” and more. This course will also break your canine’s bad habits—such as jumping up, chewing, mouthing, and barking—and improve impulse-control skills.

Canine Good Citizen

Age Range: 6 months and up

Price: $150, $25 deposit REQUIRED

Course Duration: 4 weeks

Requirements: None

Prepare and test your canine for the American Kennel Club’s (AKC) Canine Good Citizen (CGC) certification program. The AKC certification program stresses responsible pet ownership for owners and basic good manners for dogs by testing handler and dog teams on 10 items.

Control Unleashed (Puppy)

Age Range: Puppies under 12 months (larger puppies may be placed in the Adult course) 

Price: $200, $25 deposit REQUIRED

Duration: 6 weeks

Requirements:

Control Unleashed teaches pattern games developed by Leslie McDevitt with the goal of helping to strengthen engagement and communication between you and your dog. These pattern games are extremely helpful in making novel environments and situations easier for a dog. This class is perfect for just about any dog and the pattern games can be adapted to meet the needs of any dog and handler team.

Control Unleashed (Adult):

Age Range: 12 months and up

Price: $200, $25 deposit REQUIRED

Duration: 6 weeks

Requirements:

Control Unleashed teaches pattern games developed by Leslie McDevitt with the goal of helping to strengthen engagement and communication between you and your dog. These pattern games are extremely helpful in making novel environments and situations easier for a dog. This class is perfect for just about any dog and the pattern games can be adapted to meet the needs of any dog and handler team.

Nose Knows: Introduction to Nose Work

Age Range: Any

Price: $200, $25 deposit REQUIRED

Duration: 6 weeks

Requirements: None

Teach your dog to use his or her nose to find the prize! The art and practice of nose work makes basic search-dog skills available to companion dogs. For more information check out the National Association of Canine Scent Work at http://www.funnosework.com.


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