Classes

At Dog's Best Friend Training, we believe classes should be fun, effective and family friendly. Our dog training classes are designed to not only teach you how to train your dog, but how to communicate, and use that knowledge to have a polite, well-mannered dog. These dog training classes help get dogs and their owners started off on the right paw. Dogs love class, and their owners tell us it is the highlight of their week!

 

                 

Puppy Kindergarten

$95 per 6 week session

  • For puppies 19 weeks of age and younger
  • Off-leash socialization
  • Learn foundation training and basic commands including sit, down, come, attention work and leash manners!
  • Instructors will discuss common problems such as house breaking, jumping, nipping, and chewing

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Beginning Family Dog Training

$95 per 6 week session

  • For dogs 5 months and older who have not had a group training class
  • Learn basic commands including sit, down, off, come, stay, attention work, walking on a leash, polite greeting behavior and foundations for heel.

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Puppy II

$95 per 6 week session

  • For recent graduates of Puppy Kindgergarten
  • Learn new signals including wait, leave it, stay and heel.
  • Off-leash socialization focusing on attention while interacting with other dogs
  • Great for puppies entering into “Puppy Adolescents”!

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Intermediate Family Dog Training

$95 per 6 week session

  • For dogs that have completed Beginning Obedience or Puppy II
  • Refine and work on making the commands learned in previous class “Real Life Ready”
  • Introduce working on having more control when your dog is at a distance
  • Focus on compliance when faced with distractions

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Advanced

$95 per 6 week session

  • For dogs that have completed Intermediate class
  • Polish the basic commands so that compliance is quick and automatic
  • Continue to refine heel and distance control
  • Begin off-leash work

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Listen Up!

$95 per 6 week session

  • For dogs who have completed Beginning or Puppy II class
  • This class is for dogs that are easily distracted by their environment or for dogs that are not as motivated to comply with your commands

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Canine Good Citizen

$95 per 6 week session

  • For dogs who have completed Intermediate class
  • Preparation for the AKC CGC test

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Dog Park Skills

$95 per 6 week session

  • For dogs who have completed Puppy II or Beginning class and are friendly and well-mannered with other dogs.
  • We will focus on exercises to increase your dogs listening skills when interacting and playing with other dogs
  • Increase control into and out of the park
  • Recalls while distracted and at distances
  • Curb jumping on others while off leash

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Four on the Floor

$95 per 6 week session

  • For dogs who have completed Puppy II or Beginning class
  • Focused work on skills to have polite greetings when visitors come over or you greet someone on the street
  • Teach a “Go To Spot and Stay” cue for extra control

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Stop the Pulling: Teach your dog to walk politely on leash

$95 per 6 week session

  • For dogs who have completed Puppy II or Beginning class
  • Emphasis on teaching your dog to have a loose leash while walking and pay attention while on walks

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The Great Outdoors

$95 per 6 week session

  • For dogs who have completed Intermediate class
  • This class is offered during spring through fall seasons
  • Focus is on intermediate level training skills while working outdoors

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Leashless

$95 per 6 week session

  • For dogs who have completed Advanced class
  • This is our most advanced level obedience class
  • Focus is on compliance while working off-leash

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Tricks

$95 per 6 week session

  • For dogs who have completed Intermediate class
  • Learn to exercise your dog's mind and body.
  • Teach tricks like 'High Five' and 'Crawl', along with practical ones including 'Put Your Toys Away'

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Tricks II

$95 per 6 week session

  • For dogs who have completed Tricks
  • Add more tricks to your repertoire in this continuing class

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Agility 1

$98 per 6 week session

  • For dogs that have completed Beginning or Puppy II class!
  • Introduction to the basic equipment used in dog agility including tunnels, a-frame, dog walk, chute, jumps, table and weave poles.

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Agility 2

$98 per 6 week session

  • For dogs that have completed Agility 1 class

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Agility 3

$98 per 6 week session

  • For dogs that have completed Agility 2 class

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Agility 4

$98 per 6 week session

  • For dogs that have completed Agility 3 class

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Agility 5

$115 per 6 week session

  • For dogs that have completed Agility 4 class

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Competition Agility

$115 per 6 week session

  • For dogs that have completed Agility 5 class and have instructor approval.

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Follow That Nose:  Teaching Your Dog Scent Work

$125 per 5 week session

  • For dogs that have completed Beginning or Puppy II class.

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Feisty Fido

$160 per 4 week session

  • For dogs that have had a behavior consultation

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