Our Most Popular Ongoing Classes

$150

Introduction to Agility

Beginning canine agility training is a team sport focused on building a strong, communicative bond between a dog and its handler as they learn to navigate obstacles.

Prerequisites: Basic commands: sit, stay, come Kennel or Xpen strongly encouraged.

Length: 6 weeks

$150

AKC Star Puppy

For Puppies 3 to 6 months old to establish:
• Socialization, Activity, Training & Responsibility
• Start non-stressful training for future success
• Star Puppy title available

Prerequisites: None

Length: 6 weeks

$150

Basic Manners:

Beginning Training for dogs of any age – Learn basic skills such as Sit, Stay, Down

Prerequisites: None

Length: 6 weeks

$150

Intermediate Manners – Canine Good Citizen (CGC) Class

• Continuing Skills learned in Basic Manners
• Includes the 10 skills needed to pass the CGC test
• Required for upper level Obedience and Rally Classes

Prerequisites: Basic Manners

Length: 6 weeks

$150

Introduction to Scent Work:

Scent training is excellent for building your dog's drive and confidence in searching for specific scents.

Prerequisites: None

Length: 6 weeks

$150

Intermediate Scent Work

By continuing to work on alert behavior and practicing more challenging searches, both you and your dog will gain confidence in your abilities.

Prerequisites: Introduction to Scent Work or equivalent or at the discretion of the instructor. Dogs should be alerting on birch or odor combo (otherwise known as a cocktail: birch, anise, clove).

Length: 6 weeks

$150

Advanced Scent Work

• This continuing class is designed to further enhance your dog's search skills by introducing more challenging scenarios.

Prerequisites: Intermediate Scent Work or equivalent or at the discretion of the instructor. Dog should be alerting on at least the first 2 AKC odors, birch and anise.

Length: 6 weeks

$150

Rally Novice (RN) and Intermediate (RI)

• Learn fundamentals of Rally courses and Trials • Learn Novice and Advanced Signs • Develop teamwork skills with your dog to participate and qualify in Rally Novice and Intermediate

Prerequisites: Intermediate Manner. . .

Length: 6 weeks

$150

Rally Advance , Excellent, Masters

• Build on Novice and Intermediate courses with addition of more challenging signs • Addition of broad, high, and/or bar jumps (2 in Adv, 3 in Excellent & Masters) • Training available through RACH (Rally Champion level)

Prerequisites: Rally Novice and Intermediate

Length: 6 weeks

$150

AKC Competitive Obedience. . .

A fun and fast paced ring preparation class designed to strengthen and improve your ring performance. Suitable for all levels from newbies to seasoned pros.

Prerequisites: Intermediate Manners

Length: 6 weeks

$150

Beginner Novice Obedience

Developing skills to obtain a Beginner Novice (BN) title
• Intro to ring exercises and procedures
• Loose lead heeling/figure 8

Prerequisites: Intermediate Manners

Length: 6 weeks

$150

Novice Obedience

Strengthening Beginning skills while working to a Companion Dog (CD) title
• Add Stand for Exam
• Heeling on and off leash

Prerequisites: Intermediate Manners

Length: 6 weeks

$150

Open and Utility Obedience

Strengthening and adding new skills for higher level titles Open – Companion Dog Excellent (CDX) title Utility – Utility Dog (UD) & Utility Dog Excellent (UDX) Titles

Prerequisites: Novice Obedience. . .

Length: 6 weeks

$150

Circus Dog Tricks Novice:

• Dog training essentially consists of teaching tricks. • Learning tricks is a fun way to strengthen the bond between you and your dog while keeping them mentally stimulated.

Prerequisites: None

Length: 6 weeks

$150

Circus Dog Tricks Intermediate:

• Build on the skills learned in Circus I and introduce them to more complex and impressive tricks • Participate in the multi-dog circus troupe routine choreographed to music

Prerequisites: Must hold a novice trick title, or prior trick training of 10 tricks, or discretion of the instructor.

Length: 6 weeks

$75

Platform training 101:

• Platforms help you teach and reinforce various positions and behaviors in your dog more efficiently. • Platforms teach precision that further enhance your training success.

Prerequisites: Basic Obedience

Length: 3 weeks

$100

Nose Games and Puzzles

Dogs can smell separately with each nostril. Smelling is both mentally and physically stimulating for your dog.

Prerequisites: Completion of Basic Obedience class or at discretion of the instructor.

Length: 4 weeks

$150

Freestyle 1

Get your groove on. A fun and engaging class, Freestyle, or dancing with your dog, is a fantastic way to combine obedience training with creative expression.

Prerequisites: Basic manners and clicker training skills.

Length: 6 weeks

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