Puppy Kindergarten
$120 per 6 week session
- For puppies 16 weeks of age and younger
- Off-leash socialization
- Learn basic commands including sit, down, come, stay, off, walking on a leash
- Also includes our nationally known vet friendly and reliable recall
- Instructors will address common problems such as house breaking, jumping, nipping, and chewing
Puppy Continuing
$105 per 6 week session
- For graduates of Puppy Kindergarten
- Build confidence and improve basic skills
- Learn leadership skills
- Instructors will address normal dog development including adolescence and lack of self control
Adolescent Training & Manners
$120 per 6 week session
- For puppies between the ages of 17 weeks and 6 months
- Learn basic commands including sit, down, stand, off, come, stay, walking on a leash
- Also includes our nationally known vet friendly and reliable recall
- Instructors will address common problems such as jumping, lack of self control and teaching your dog to share
Beginning Obedience
$120 per 6 week session
- For dogs 18 weeks and older
- Learn basic commands including sit, down, stand, off, come, stay, walking on a leash.
- Also includes our nationally known vet friendly and reliable recall
- Learn leadership skills
Petite Etiquette and Training
$120 per 6 week session
- For small breed dogs
- For dogs and puppies of any age
- Customized to meet the needs of small breeds and their owners
- Learn basic commands including sit, down, stand, off, come, stay, walking on a leash.
- Also includes our nationally known vet friendly and reliable recall
- Learn leadership skills
Rowdy Rover
$140 per 6 week session
Is your dog a bit unruly, overly-excited or just lacking manners around other dogs? This class will teach management, handling, and training techniques to reduce reactive and aggressive behavior by their dogs toward other dogs, especially while on leash. Dog owners will learn how to:
- Discern dogs' body language
- Increase focus
- Replace negative behavior with positive association
- Act when around other dogs
- To remain calm when walking by other dogs
- Use the clicker to help shape desired behaviors
Prerequisite:
This is not an obedience class, therefore, all dogs must have a solid understanding of Sit and Come before joining. Dogs who do not know basic skills will be required to attend 1 private training appointment before joining the group. If you are unsure of your dog’s skills please call 630.904.0895 and we can evaluate your dog prior to enrolling. This class has a maximum of 6 dogs.
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Private Training Sessions
- For anyone who wants one-on-one training
- Personalized training for your needs
- In-home training available
- Call to schedule an appointment
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Manners & Self Control
$105 per 6 week session
- For dogs that have completed Beginning Obedience, Puppy Continuing or Adolescent Training & Manners
- Refine obedience skills
- Introduce door manners
- Work getting attention and working with distractions
- Learn to phase out treats
- Teach your dog to be calm & focus
C.L.A.S.S.
$105 per 6 week session
Is Rover interested in getting a degree? C.L.A.S.S., or Canine Life and Social Skills, is about teaching and appreciating real-life, practical skills, such as walking nicely on a leash, settling down, meeting strangers, table manners, attention, and coming when called. Passing a C.L.A.S.S. Evaluation is a testimony to the life skills that an owner and their dog have developed together.
- You must have completed at least 1 session of Intermediate or Puppy Continuing
- Your dog must be people and dog friendly
- Earn a Bachelors, Masters & Ph.D
Novice Tricks
$120 per 6 week session
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Come join the fun! The goal of this class is to help strengthen the bond between you and your dog by playing games and learning tricks that increase your dog's focus and confidence. Each week you will learn and master a variety of tricks so that by the end of six weeks, you will have learned the 15 tricks necessary to earn your Trick Dog Performance title: Novice Trick Dog (NTD). All the paperwork and testing for the title is built into the class by the Certified Trick Dog Instructor (CTDI). The tricks vary from crawl and take a bow to paws up and jump through the hoop. There is something fun and new for every dog that joins!
- You must have completed at least 1 session of Intermediate or Puppy Continuing
- Your dog must be people and dog friendly
Rally-O
$120 per 6 week session
Already taken Intermediate class but still looking for something to do with your dog? Rally-Obedience is a fun way for you and your dog to practice dog obedience in a fun and challenging way. Rally O integrates heeling and basic known commands while testing you and your dog’s ability to work as a team through a course.
- Rally-O competitions are a popular dog sport for people and dogs of all ages and backgrounds
- All dogs are welcome to participate in this sport whether purebred, mixed breeds, or dogs with disabilities
- Kids as young as 8 years old can compete in Rally-O competitions
- There are competitions held locally
- Various titles and levels that you and your dog can earn
Our Rally-O classes walk you through the basics of how to navigate a Level 1 Rally-O course in APDT, AKC, and CWAGS venues.
Prerequisite: You must have completed any continuing level of class or have instructor approval.
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Focus Fido
$80 per 4 week session
Is your dog a social butterfly... to the extreme? Does he bark happily and drag you toward people or other dogs? Is he unable to "hear" you when you go outside, on walks, or around other people and dogs?
- For dogs who are excitable and need to learn relaxation and focus skills when around other dogs and people
- Work on obedience skills that will help calm your dog, tricks to increase focus, and massage to reduce stress
- Bring a mat/bed for your dog, a variety of treats (from low to high value... cut very small), and a highly valued stuffed Kong or chew toy. It is also advised to exercise your dog before attending class. This class is not for reactive or aggressive dogs.
Prerequisite:You must have completed any beginning level of class or have instructor approval.
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Rover's Recall
$60 per 3 week session
This class will focus on improving your dog's recall, both regular "come" and your emergency recall. We will use fun and games to work on recalls with increasing distractions.
- For dog that have taken any beginning level class or have instructor approval
- Learn how to increase your dogs focus
- Create a good association with "come" and your emergency recall word
- Build a solid foundation on your recall and work to add distraction
- Dogs must be people and dog friendly
Prerequisite: You must have completed any continuing level of class or have instructor approval.
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K9 Nosework
$120 per 6 week session
This class is a beginning level of scent work for your dog. It teaches your dog to use its nose to find food then specific scent. This class lays the groundwork for you to compete in the sport of Canine Nosework.
- For dogs that have taken any beginning level class or have instructor approval
- Learn to harness the power of your dogs nose
- Use as a great form mental exercise
- Have the ability to progress to more advanced courses and competition
Prerequisite: You must have completed any level of class or have instructor approval.
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Treibball
$120 per 6 week session
This is a new dog sport similar to soccer. Teach your dog to herd the ball into the goal. Great for dogs of any age, size and breed. This is mentally challenging as well as physically demanding for your dog.
Prerequisite: You must have completed any level of class or have instructor approval.
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Dogs at Work, Helping around the House
$120 per 6 week session
- For dogs that have mastered the Intermediate level of classes and have interest in retrieving/fetching.
- Introduce theories and methods behind trick training using a clicker
- Develop strong training skills
- Work on shaping, capturing and targeting
- Teach tricks
- Teach your dog tasks such as putting toys away, closing a door or drawer, retrieving a tissue
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Agility Foundation 1
We are unable to schedule additional agility classes at this time.
- For dogs that have completed Intermediate
- Build a solid foundation, if you plan to compete or not
- Safety and proper obstacle performance is emphasized
- Learn handling skills, obstacle performance, beginning jumping skills
- Great for building your dogs confidence, developinging a relationship and burning off some excess energy
- It is recommended you take the Clicker Basics workshop or have a basic undertanding of clicker training
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Continuing Agility
$120 per 6 week session
- For dogs that have completed Agility Foundations 1
- Build on skills learned in foundation class, especially jumping skills and contact obstacle performance
- Begin short sequences of 3-4 obstacles
- Improve basic handling skills
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