Puppy Kindergarten Class

(5) week class held once a week

Tuition: $225

This early class will help you take advantage of the critical period when your puppy is soaking up new information. Like children, puppies need to learn appropriate behavior for living in a household and interacting with others. Early dog training will help you avoid bumps in the road and lead to a better relationship with your dog in the years ahead. Classes are held once a week and include topics such as:

• Body-handling
• Bite-inhibition
• Diet and exercise
• Potty training
• Proper socialization
• Good manner cues
• Crate training

Dog Age: Puppy Kindergarten class is specifically designed for puppies under 4-months of age. Ideal age to start is 9-16 weeks old.

Prerequisites: Puppies must have their first round of distemper and parvovirus (DAPP). Puppies showing signs of illness; like sniffles, coughing or sneezing will need to miss a class until symptoms are gone.

Basic Manners Class

Tuition: $225

(5) week class held once a week

Dogs go through several critical developmental periods in the first few years of life. Along the way, your pup probably tried out some behaviors which led to some annoying, or downright rude, habits. This Basic Manners class is designed to teach you how to help your dog make better decisions.  You and your dog will benefit from structured and targeted experiences to build on.  While this is not an obedience class, a basic obedience class is a pre-requisite. Classes are held once a week and include topics such as:

• Jumping
• Barking indoors
• Pulling on leash
• ‘Leave it’
• ‘Out’
• Counter Surfing

Prerequisites: Foundations or other Basic Obedience class. (for dogs 4-months and older)

NOTE: *Dogs displaying aggression will be offered a pro-rated tuition conversion to private lessons. This is a class for dogs that are either easily excited, or unsure about other dogs.  If in doubt, please call to see if your dog is a good fit for this class.

Foundations Obedience Class

(5) week class held once a week

Tuition: $250

This small-format, popular Foundations Class is the cornerstone for all classes. You will learn to communicate with your dog through clean techniques and the use of markers. Group classes are a fantastic way to train your dog in a highly distracting, yet controlled environment. You will learn how to teach your dog to:

• focus
• sit
• down
• touch
• recall
• leave-it
• stay
• the framework for heeling

Dog Age: for dogs 4-months and older

Prerequisites: up-to-date on all required vaccines

*Note: Dogs will not be permitted to meet/greet or play with other dogs during class. This is helpful for dogs who are easily distracted by other dogs.

Refresh Class

Tuition: $175

(4) week class held once a week

It is common for dogs to change with maturity. This class really helps to “refresh” dogs who previously took a group class, and would benefit from a little touching-up on their skills in public. This interactive class is fun and will take your dog to a new skill level while reinforcing engagement with you. You will work on strengthening the foundation behaviors by adding

• duration
• distance
• distractions

This is a vital step to gaining better control over your dog. We also expand on the use of the buckets and introduce play. Some aspects of this class are a little more physical than the Foundations class.

Prerequisites: Previous obedience class & up-to-date on all required vaccines. (for dogs 4-months and older)

*Note: Dogs will be meeting and greeting with other dogs during class.