Adult & Teen Dog Training Classes
Want a better relationship and do more with your dog?
Whether you’re starting fresh or refining your dog’s manners, our adult dog classes are designed to strengthen the bond between you and your canine companion. We personalize our training to fit your dog’s age, experience, and learning style — meeting you both exactly where you are.
Certified Trainers + Positive Reinforcement
Our CPDT-KA & ABCDT certified trainers use modern, positive reinforcement methods to address real-world challenges such as leash manners, reactivity, impulse control, and focus around distractions. Each class builds practical skills that translate into everyday life, helping your dog become a calm, confident, and well-mannered member of your family.
From foundational obedience to advanced skills and enrichment-based learning, we’ll guide you every step of the way so you and your dog can enjoy life together to the fullest. Do you have a puppy under 8 months old? Visit our Puppy Training page. If you’re looking for AKC Rally, Agility, Scent Work be sure to check out our Dog Sports offerings!
Let us help you unlock your dog’s potential through connection, communication, and consistency!
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Adolescent Manners
The Teenage Phase: Thriving & Surviving
For dogs 8-18 months who suddenly seem to have forgotten all their manners!
4-Week Course • Limit 6 Dogs
Ages 8 -18 Months
Cost: $150
This class is designed to help you and your teen dog navigate the challenging adolescent stage with patience, humor, and positive reinforcement. You’ll learn how to rebuild your teen dog’s focus, reinforce training, and bring back the calm, cooperative pup you remember — even when hormones and distractions kick in.
🎯 Key Skills You’ll Learn
🐾 Reliable Recall and Attention Around Distractions – strengthen your dog’s focus and responsiveness
🤝 Calm Greetings and Polite Public Manners – teach friendly, appropriate interactions with people and other dogs
🚶♀️ Leash Manners During Walks – enjoy relaxed, connected walks without pulling or lunging
🌎 Confidence and Focus in New or Exciting Environments – help your teen dog adapt to unfamiliar places with ease
🩺 Cooperative Care Skills – make grooming, nail trims, and vet visits stress-free for both of you
💡 Strategies for Managing Overexcitement – guide your dog through emotional moments with patience and structure
🎯 Settle and Relax on Cue – teach your dog to unwind calmly at home, in class, or out in public
🧠 Problem-Solving and Thinking Games – boost mental engagement and channel that teenage energy productively
Why Choose This Class?
The teenage stage can be a handful! Your sweet puppy has turned into a rebel without a cause. Our Teen Dog class helps channel that energy into focus and confidence through positive, real-world training. You’ll learn practical skills to improve manners, leash behavior, and impulse control and turning chaos into cooperation and connection.
Adult Dog - Level One
Building Real-Life Skills and Manners
For dogs and owners beginning their training journey together.
4-Week Course • Limit 6 Dogs
Ages 9 Months +
Cost: $150
This foundational class focuses on communication, confidence, and cooperation. You’ll learn how to teach your dog the essential life skills needed for a calm, happy household and stress-free outings. Using positive reinforcement, we turn everyday training into fun, achievable success for both ends of the leash.
🎯 Key Skills You’ll Learn
🐾 Sit and Down – reliable, calm alternatives to jumping or impulsive behavior
🐶 Come and Collar Grab – recall that could save your dog’s life and strengthen your bond
🧘 Basic Stay – self-control and focus around distractions
🌉 Confidence Course – comfort with new sights, sounds, and surfaces
🔔 Name Game – positive attention and engagement when called
🍲 Comfort Around the Food Bowl – prevention of resource guarding
🤝 Meeting Strangers – calm behavior and polite public manners
🩺 Body Handling – cooperative care for grooming and vet visits
🐾 Advancing Leash Manners - Continue the road to happy and stress-free walks
Why Choose This Class?
Whether your dog is new to training or just needs a fresh start, this class builds the foundation for everyday manners and clear communication. You’ll learn how to manage distractions, reinforce calm behavior, and teach essential life skills like leash walking, polite greetings, and coming when called.
Adult Dog - Level Two
Intermediate Skills: Focus, Distance & Reliability
For dogs who’ve completed Level 1 or are ready for greater challenges and distractions.
4-Week Course • Limit 6 Dogs
Ages 9 Months+
Cost: $150
Our level 2 class strengthens your dog’s ability to stay calm, focused, and responsive in the face of everyday distractions. You’ll refine essential manners and work toward true reliability — teaching your dog to think and respond even when life gets exciting. This class will teach you how to Unleash the Potential!
🎯 Key Skills You’ll Learn
🚗 Wait in the Car or at the Door with Distactions – patience and safety before exiting vehicles in busy areas
🐕 Calmly Pass by Other Dogs – focus and composure around canine distractions
🐾 Come & Leashing-Up Manners with Distraction – reliable recall and calm behavior around excitement
🪑 Sit, Down & Stand – foundational postures for daily life, grooming, and exams
🎢 Loose-Leash Walking & Leave It (Figure 8) – advanced leash control with impulse management
🎯 Stay with Distraction & Distance – reliability when you’re farther away or out of sight
🧍♂️ Heel Position & Automatic Sit – refine smooth, consistent heeling with focus and automatic sits at stops
🦮 Distraction Recall Games – strengthen responsiveness and engagement through fun, fast-paced exercises for a rock-solid recall
Why Choose This Class?
This class is designed for teams ready to go beyond the basics and strengthen their connection through advanced challenges. You’ll learn to communicate with subtle cues, maintain focus in busy settings, and build lasting confidence in your dog’s abilities. With expert guidance and real-world practice, you’ll leave this class with a dog who listens, thinks, and works with you.
AKC Canine Good Citizen
AKC Canine Good Citizen Prep Class and Testing
CGC Prep Class: Calm, Confident, and Reliable
For advanced dogs who’ve completed Level 3 and are ready to polish their manners for the AKC Canine Good Citizen test.
5-Week Course • Limit 6 Dogs
Ages 9 Months +
Cost: $160
This class is designed to polish your dog’s manners and reliability for real-life success and prepare you both for the AKC Canine Good Citizen (CGC) test. You’ll work on advanced focus, impulse control, and teamwork through practical exercises that mirror everyday situations. Each lesson strengthens your dog’s confidence, self-control, and ability to respond calmly in new or distracting environments. This class includes the Testing for your dog to receive earn their AKC Caning Good Citizen Title.
🎯 Key Skills You’ll Learn
🎯 Advanced Loose-Leash Walking – walk smoothly while holding an object, maintaining focus and position even around obstacles
↩️ Back Up – teach your dog to move backward on cue for better control and spatial awareness
🧘 Advanced Stay – maintain position calmly as you move, place objects, or step away
🐕🦺 Advanced Come & Leashing-Up Manners – recall past distractions, then ca6lmly reattach the leash before release
🤝 Meet & Greet with Body Handling – polite interaction with strangers, including gentle petting and touch
👀 Attention During High Distraction – maintain eye contact and focus even as new people enter or noises occur
🍽️ Table Manners – remain settled and composed while people eat or talk nearby
🪑 Do You Really Know Sit? – respond accurately to “sit” cues in different contexts and positions, proving true understanding and reliability
🚗 Load Up & Exit Calmly – enter and exit the car with patience and control for safety in public settings
🏅 CGC Practice Stations – rehearse all ten Canine Good Citizen test elements with trainer feedback and real-life setup
Why Choose This Class?
This is the finishing touch for teams who want a truly dependable, well-mannered dog. Whether your goal is to earn the CGC title or simply have a dog you can take anywhere with confidence, this class provides the skills and coaching you need. You’ll leave with a dog who’s not just trained — but connected, composed, and ready to shine in the real world. You will take the CGC Test as part of this class.
Common Dog Behavior Problems Solved
Real-World Results for Happier Dogs & Owners
🐾 Stop Leash Pulling – enjoy relaxed, polite walks anywhere
🐾 End Jumping on People – calm, friendly greetings without chaos
🐾 Fix Poor Recall – get your dog to come when called, every time
🐾 Stop Door Dashing – prevent bolting through doors or gates
🐾 Curb Counter Surfing – keep paws (and noses) off the countertops
🐾 Reduce Barking – quiet confidence without constant noise
🐾 Prevent Reactivity or Aggression – calmer responses to dogs and people
🐾 Ease Separation Anxiety – confident, relaxed behavior when left alone
🐾 Stop Chewing & Destructive Habits – protect furniture and belongings
🐾 Prevent Resource Guarding – peaceful sharing of toys, food, and space
🐾 Fix Attention Problems – get focus even around major distractions
🐾 End Jumping on Furniture or Guests – polite manners in every room
🐾 Stop Ignoring Commands – reliable listening skills that last
🐾 Ease Fear & Build Confidence – handle new places, sounds, and people with ease
🐾 Improve Handling & Grooming Behavior – calm cooperation during nail trims and brushing
🐾 House Manners & Potty Training – create structure and peace at home
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For puppies, sign up for the age of your puppy. For dogs, the natural progression is to start with Level 1 and follow the natural progression to Level 3 and then follow with the Canine Good Citizen prep class (level 4).
Note: You may enter any level with instructor permission
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Jumping, leash pulling, reactivity, barking, anxiety, fearfulness, aggression toward other dogs, counter surfing, door manners, and more.
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Many reactive dogs can attend with management strategies in place. Severe reactivity may be better suited to private lessons. If you have unsure, please contact us and we’ll guide you.
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All classes are capped at a maximum of 6 dogs or less to ensure safety, coaching attention, and progress. Our huge training areas ensure each dog has appropriate space.
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No. We train using positive reinforcement, science-based methods, and humane tools only.
Dog Training Classes FAQ’s
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Please bring a 5-6 foot leash, flat buckle or martingale collar, about 100 treats (tiny pieces of cheese or turkey - about ¼ the size of a small store bought dog treat), and a willingness to learn.
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Most group classes run 4–6 weeks, 45–60 minutes per session.
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Yes — workshops and classes include leash skills, trick training, scent games, house manners, agility foundations, and more.
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Yes. Trainers can help place you in the best class for your dog’s skill level and learning style.
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No — we believe owners must be involved in the training process. We focus on coaching you to train your dog successfully.