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Est. in 1985, 30,000 families have trusted our teaching 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 button below to learn more and register.

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Class Date Description
AKC Trick Title: Online Evaluations
  • November 1, 2022 6:50 pm

About the Class Does your dog do tricks?  Tricks are fun and entertaining for you and your dog as well as providing both mental and physical stimulation. You can earn your dog’s trick titles by sending us videos. Register any time during the month shown. For full information on the Trick Title program visit: https://www.akc.org/sports/trick-dog/about-trick-dog/ (more…)

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Basic Skills 2-Beyond Foundation
  • December 15, 2022 5:30 pm

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-2022, Live
  • December 12, 2022 4:30 pm
  • December 12, 2022 6:00 pm
  • December 14, 2022 4:30 pm
  • December 14, 2022 6:00 pm
  • December 29, 2022 4:30 pm
  • December 29, 2022 6:00 pm

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  live sessions at our training center with pre-class  (more…)

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Behavior Consult Online
  • November 1, 2022 6:50 pm

About the Consult This will be a one half to one hour private consult with a behavior counselor or trainer. It covers everyday training or addresses behavior challenges. It will be conducted through Zoom and may require the client to submit additional videos and information to the counselor. You will receive a recap and action (more…)

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Canine Good Citizen-Test Included
  • December 3, 2022 2:45 pm

About the Class This is a 4 week class. All sessions are held in our training center. During the first three class sessions, dogs and handlers will have an opportunity to practice all ten exercises required for the Canine Good Citizen (CGC) test. The test will take place during the fourth class session. Canine Good (more…)

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Dogs Reacting~Online Seminar
  • December 14, 2022 5:30 pm

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
  • December 12, 2022 5:30 pm

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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Puppy Start Up-Live
  • November 29, 2022 4:30 pm
  • November 29, 2022 6:00 pm

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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Scent Work 1 - Building the Search-Live
  • January 7, 2023 4:30 pm

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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Tricks and Performance Skills
  • December 6, 2022 3:00 pm

About the Class Tricks are a great way to pass the time on rainy days or any time you want to have fun and games with your dog. Get your dog ready for pet therapy visits or to  entertain guests at parties! Learn to capture, lure, and shape your dog’s natural behaviors into a variety (more…)

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Upcoming Classes

Classes in Action

Basic Skills for Dogs and Families: Develop self-control in sit, down, stay, wait, come and walking. Address both management and training!
Walking Workshop: Learn to walk calmly when out and about and meet friends and strangers without pulling and jumping.
Puppy Kindergarten: Provide vital early socialization, shape basic manners and boundaries, and address early training issues.
Intermediate Skills: Strengthen recall, stay reliability with distractions, leave it, and general improvement in social behaviors.
Canine Good Citizen – Includes Test: Those who pass the test will receive a certificate from American Kennel Club, and are entitled to wear the CGC insignia.
Tricks and Performance Skills: Learn to Shake, High-5, Play Dead, Beg, Rollover, Say a Prayer, Crawl, and more!

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COVID-19: Training & behavior tips

Our team of pet experts is here to help. We have several videos with tips on how to stay safe and healthy with your pets during this pandemic, as well as fun tricks you can do at home! View more Training & Behavior tips.

testimonials
I have been taking classes at Berkeley Humane for over 7 years with my dogs and I am pretty sure we have taken every class multiple times! If you are looking for quality trainers and a fun environment this is the place to go. My dogs get so excited every time we pull up to the building, we all absolutely love training here!
Hayley Moore
Thank you so much for the walking class! It was transformative and it was really to train me rather than my dog.
Michele
"The classes I took with you changed my life! People marvel at how well 'he is trained' - but I know that he's not. I know that because of you all, I learned how to talk to him and how to listen to him - he wasn't trained, I was! Thank you for everything."
Shelley
When I adopted my dog Niko as a rescue in 2011, I quickly realized that he wasn't going to be an easy dog. He's so smart (too smart sometimes) and has a lot of energy. I came to Train the Bay because I wanted to challenge him more. We took some classes, and he tested to earn his Canine Good Citizen title when he was only a year old. I rescued another, smaller dog Tot in 2017 and have trained with him at Train the Bay also. [They] focus on positive training methods, which makes class fun for both you and your dog.
Susan Solomon
Susan Solomon
[The classes] are definitely worthwhile.... and thanks for your understanding. I am religiously working with all we learned at the first three classes, and so is Jon. Kaiya can now stay in place for 12 feet away.... she is so smart.
Wendy
Thanks so much for a great intermediate obedience class! We're already looking ahead to another class for Bobby...he likes learning new things and it keeps him intellectually satisfied.
Nicole
My family adopted Leo, a German Shepherd dog, after meeting her and admiring her winning ways with people and children. Upon getting her home, however, we learned very quickly that Leo had an aggression management issue around other dogs and cats. She violently told our existing dog George who the new boss was in town (giving him two unwanted ear pierces in the process) and tried to eat the cat (who lived upstairs for six months). She also was nearly impossible to walk, flying into a barking fit if she saw a dog within 100 feet, to the detriment of our arms. We were at wits end trying to manage this family integration, and were about to quit, when Train the Bay came to our rescue. It only took about three months for her to show great progress… I recommend Train the Bay to any dog and owner/guardian who have specific issues to address with their dog or who just want to have a good time while working together.
Evan McDonald
Evan McDonald
Perfect presentation of theory, good amount of usable info in an accessible language. Some ideas I'd not thought of in just that way, most notably your point about the food not being information, but a reward.
Candace
I wanted to write and say how much we enjoyed the leash walking workshop you offered a couple of weeks ago. It was incredibly helpful for Juliette and I and we have been practicing all the exercises we learned at the workshop almost daily. Juliette is developing a beautiful heel, and we get compliments when out on walks around our neighborhood. It also really helped us in building our stepping stones as we move in more distracting environments. This… has saved her emotionally and physically I’m sure.
Sara Sherine Ebadi
Sara Sherine Ebadi
Thank you for a stellar class. Lucky and I learned so much. We both appreciate how your teaching style has helped us both live in a house with two roommates and to walk around the neighborhood in Berkeley. Lucky has even been on the bus and since your class it's helped him to stay calm, sit and be well behaved. I hope to take another class at some point since Lucky especially enjoys learning and doing his homework daily. The handouts have been great too for us to practice a little each day.
Lorian
We have had great success with Bowie since our meeting and we are both looking forward to more opportunities to learn in the future. The Basics class sounds great and I'm sure we will find the time for it soon.
Keith, Simone and Bowie
You are really making a difference in our lives - Takashi has not been an easy dog, but with training and management he is becoming a better dog - safer for him, really.
Katherine