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Established in 1985, more than 30,000 families have trusted our dog training methods.
Small Class Size
To ensure that dogs and their families can develop skills in a social setting and receiving individualized attention from trainers.
Training Philosophy
Dogs and humans should live side by side in a cooperative relationship! Whatever your goals, we have the class for you.
Additional Classes
We also offer one-on-one private consultations as well as online AKC Trick Evaluations! Click on the buttons below to learn more and register.
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| Basic Skills 2-Beyond Foundation |
| About the Class This 4-week class takes you beyond the foundation of basic skills. It increases resilience and response rates of the basic skills and builds habits that make daily life with a dog in your home safe and enjoyable. This class offers more training games than Basic Skills 1 and reduces dependence on rewards (more…) |
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| Basic Skills-2023, Live |
| Class Description Building a foundation of basic dog and relationship skills using reward based training for all members of the family makes daily life safe and enjoyable for everyone. Read the position statement of the American Veterinary Society of Animal Behavior: AVSAB-Humane-Dog-Training-Position-Statement-2021.pdf (ftlbcdn.net) This class includes 4 in-person sessions at our training center with pre-class (more…) |
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| Canine Good Citizen Certification Test Only |
| About the Test This is the test for dogs and their handlers to obtain the American Kennel Club (AKC) Canine Good Citizen (CGC) certification. All those who pass will receive a certificate from American Kennel Club, and will be entitled to wear CGC insignia. This is a first step for potential service and therapy dogs. (more…) |
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| Community Canine-CGCA |
| About the Class After completing the Canine Good Citizen certification, you and your dog are ready to do the Community Canine ( CGCA). Dog/Handler Teams will be tested at the final class session in real life situations. This class will meet in a variety of locations during the 4 week session. For more information (more…) |
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| Dogs Reacting: Live |
| About the Class This is a group behavior modification class that focuses on techniques to reduce on leash reactivity. Learn counter-conditioning, improve your handling and management of situations while you condition training routines that will help you and your dog relax in the face of over-stimulating events. Consistent use of the routines and principles taught (more…) |
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| Dogs Reacting~Online Seminar |
| Seminar Description This is the information seminar for the Dogs Reacting behavior series. It covers the causes of and treatment options for reactive behavior of any kind. Techniques and protocols shown and discussed in this session can assist you and your dog to make positive habit changes that, with practice and determination, enable dogs to (more…) |
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| Let's Just Walk-Live |
| About the Class Four Weeks from Chaos to Calmer Times are changing how we walk with dogs in our changing world. In this class we present a series of exercises designed to increase your dog’s motivation to focus on and engage with you during walks and outings. Exercises are centered on improving communication and teamwork (more…) |
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| Pet First Aid and CPR |
| About the Class Hosted by Berkeley Humane and presented by Peter Pay of Need to Know Training. Participants will learn the prior planning and preparation necessary to respond effectively to an animal medical emergency. Learn the immediate and temporary care necessary to sustain an injured or ill dog or cat, and to minimize further harm (more…) |
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| Puppy Start Up-2023 |
| About the Class Your puppy will make new friends and learn good play behavior while developing confidence and engagement skills. All classes in this series are live. This class provides you and your puppy with vital early training skills to develop basic manners and learn boundaries. The instructor will address early training and behavior issues (more…) |
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| Rally Courses |
| About the Class For those who want to learn more Rally exercises, this class will provide nested courses made up of Novice and Intermediate signs. We will provide lessons for each new exercise before running the course. Courses will be run by one team* at a time so you should expect to have some waiting (more…) |
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| Scent Work 1 - Building the Search-Live |
| About the Class Welcome to the sport of Scent work! This class utilizes techniques similar to those used to train professional detection dogs. Scent work and search skills harness dogs’ natural instincts and love of hunting—your dog will have fun, build confidence, and use mental and physical energy during the class and homework sessions. Instructor (more…) |
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