Puppy Training 101
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 commands, controlled walking, and more.
Please complete the registration form to sign up for our beginner classes.
Price: $140
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
Age Range: 20 weeks to 3 years
Price: $160 ($80 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 commands 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.
Neo-Dog 2
Age Range: 20 weeks and up
Price: $150, $25 deposit REQUIRED
Course Duration: 6 weeks
Requirements: Graduation from Neo-Dog 1
This course is a continuation of Neo-Dog 1, where you and your dog will refine your basic obedience skills. You will also start learning proper manners for behaving in public, along with working on a recall that could save your dog’s life.
Canine Good Citizen
Age Range: 6 months and up
Price: $100
Course Duration: 4 weeks
Requirements: Graduation from Neo-Dog 1
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.
Canine Connection
Age Range: 6 months and up
Price: $150
Course Duration: 6 weeks
Requirements: Graduation from Neo-Dog 2
Learn to read canine body language so you can recognize your dog’s signs of stress and unlock the possibilities of training with the clicker, a training method that’s been proven to motivate and stimulate dogs in training. This course serves as preparation for our advanced curriculum.
Walk With Me
Age Range: Any
Price: $120
Course Duration: 5 weeks
Requirements: None
Imagine the freedom of walking with your dog on loose leash! Perfect keeping the leash slack and your dog “with you” through this fun and enlightening course. Please note that this class is not a standard class offering.
Total Recall
Age Range: Any
Price: $165
Course Duration: 7 weeks
Requirements: Graduation from Neo-Dog 1
Improve your dog’s ability to come reliably when called. This course increases in difficulty each week.
Nose Knows: Introduction to Nose Work
Age Range: Any
Price: $160
Duration: 7 weeks
Requirements: Graduation from Neo-Dog 1 or Instructor Permission
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 athttp://www.funnosework.com.