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Services offered
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  • Rachel Agent's picture
    Seattle
    WA
    206-484-2515
    Services offered

    Group classes for Basic and Better Manners at Ahimsa Dog Training, Canine Good Citizen preparation, in-home consultations and training programs for new puppies, adult dogs, or recent adoptions.

  • P.J. Lacette's picture
    Sanford
    FL
    407-328-0550
    Services offered

    Puppy classes, Canine Good Citizen, good manners, agility, rally, competition obedience, seminars, private consultation

  • Randolph
    MN
    612-756-0305
    Services offered

    Pre-puppy and adoption counseling, crate training, group classes for basic manners, tricks, and CGC preparation and evaluation. Private in-home consults for basic manners and behavior problems.

  • Carolyn Barney's picture
    Groton
    MA
    978-835-4726
    Services offered

    Behavior & aggression consultations, puppy consultations, agility classes & coaching, reactive dog classes, reactive agility classes, obedience competition classes, earthdog training, tracking training

  • Daniel De La Rosa's picture
    Hollywood
    Florida 33020
    201-923-6720
    Services offered

    Clicker training for Puppy Kindergarten, Basic Pet Manners, AKC Obedience Novice to Utility, AKC and APDT Rally, Conformation, and Canine Good Citizen classes; Cageless Boarding and Day Care; Grooming

  • Laura Devine's picture
    Gladstone
    MO
    816-436-SPOT (7768)
    Services offered

    The Dogs’ Spot’s specializes in training that is friendly, effective, and fun!  Small group classes and private instruction is offered in puppy socialization, kitten socialzation, family manners, dog agility, canine freestyle, therapy dog preparation, rally, tracking, Canine Good Citizen training and testing, and preparing your pets for the arrival of your new bably. Behavior modification consultations are available at our facility or in your home. Come see why The Dogs' Spot is "the community spot for dogs and the people who love them!"  

  • Gerilyn Bielakiewicz's picture
    Malden
    MA
    781-324-3722
    Services offered

    Puppy Kindergarten, Adult Beginners, Beginners Level 2, Advanced Beginners Level 3, Agility, Teaching Tricks, Puppy Headstart Workshops, Puppy Parties (for socialization and training), Focus Workshops on Stop Jumping, Walking On Leash, Reactive Dogs, Canine First Aid, Therapy Dogs and Canine Good Citizen, private coaching for Competitive Obedience and household manners, private consultations, dog daycare.

  • Jen White's picture
    Woodinville
    WA
    425-415-0883
    Services offered
  • Christiana
    TN
    615-962-8319
    Services offered

    Puppy Kindergarten, Obedience classes, Canine Good Citizen, Ralley-O

  • Emma Parsons's picture
    Boston
    MA
    Services offered

    Behavioral consultations dealing with aggressive or reactive dogs.

    Competitive obedience lessons.

  • Patricia McKenzie's picture
    Oak Creek
    WI
    414-254-2059
    Services offered

    Private in-home consultations, specialty animal training services, behavior modification counseling, and seminar services.

  • Steve White's picture
    Woodinville
    WA
    425-415-0883
    Services offered
  • LuAnn Keyton's picture
    Battle Ground
    IN
    765-346-3430

    DogTown Training

    Services offered

    Group Classes for Puppy Kindergarten, Clicker 101, Advanced Clicker, and Click-a-Trick.  Classes are small, limited to 5 participants. 

    Private Lessons available for dogs who don't work well in group settings. 

    Dogs with challenges, such as blind and deaf, are also welcome.   

  • Van Sturgeon's picture
    Ravenel
    SC
    843-303-5902
    Services offered

    Van offers private, in-home lessons and board training for dogs. For horses, he offers lessons at his farm or at the client's facility.

  • Angela Eaton Snovak's picture
    Evergreen
    Colorado
    303-947-0611
    Services offered

    Angela's business, called Clicker Joy, is built on the knowledge that joyful learning creates powerful results. Services offered through Clicker Joy include puppy life skills, adolescent and adult social skills, basic manners classes, working dog and competition training, and consultation on a variety of issues.

  • Grisha Stewart's picture
    Seattle
    WA
    206-364-4072
    Services offered

    Flexible Puppy Socialization program, Manners Classes for all ages, real-world training field trips, play times for puppies and small dogs, Growly Dog class, private behavior consultations, and a seminar for dog trainers with Kathy Sdao.

  • Laurie Luck's picture
    Mount Airy
    MD
    240-848-3468
    Services offered

    In-home consultations, Puppy courses, Dog Manners courses, Specialty Problem-Solving courses, Canine Good Citizen courses and testing.

  • Megan Cruz's picture
    Milwaukie
    OR
    503-653-9973
    Services offered

    Pre-puppy/pre-adoption consulting (including home prep/proofing for your new arrival); private instruction for puppy head-start; foundation behaviors; basic obedience; home and family manners.

  • Terry Ryan's picture
    Sequim
    WA
    888-683-1522
    Services offered

    pet dog classes, puppy headstart, private consultation, custom workshops, classes including rally, obedience, agility, canine good citizen, therapy, freestyle, tricks, service dog training

  • Rico Yamada's picture
    Shibuya-ku
    Tokyo
    Services offered

    Clicker training (group classes) for puppies and adult dogs. Behavioral consultations. TTouch classes. Canine massage classes.

  • Kristen VanNess's picture
    Granville
    Ohio
    740-644-0049
    Services offered

    Home Obedience, Agility, 4-H Dog Project Advisor

  • Helix Fairweather's picture
    Albany
    OR
    541-812-9228
    Services offered

    Classes—Clicker Training Classes, Manners and Life Skills Classes, Clicker Trained Agility Classes, Clicker Trained Rally Obedience Classes, Reactive Dogs Classes, On-Line Classes, Control Unleashed classes (based on the book by Leslie McDevitt)

    Seminars—Clicker Trained Agility, Reactive Dogs, Control Unleashed seminars (based on the book, Control Unleashed, by Leslie McDevitt) and other topics

    Private behavior consultations

  • Laura VanArendonk Baugh's picture
    Indianapolis
    IN
    317-966-6635
    Services offered

    Puppy and adult classes, pet manners, competitive obedience, rally, and other sport classes, modification for problem behaviors, small group classes, private lessons at our facility or in your home, Canine Good Citizen training and testing, teaching clicker training to other trainers

  • Carolyn Clark's picture
    Kanata
    Ontario
    877-763-6664
    Services offered

    Family classes for puppies, Good Manners group classes for dogs of all ages (basic to advanced levels), Rally Obedience classes, private lessons, social skills classes, behaviour counsultations, workshops and seminars

  • Dani Weinberg's picture
    Rio Rancho
    NM
    505-898-7568
    Services offered

    Clicker training (group classes and private lessons) for puppies, adult dogs, and therapy dogs. Private, in-home behavior consultation. Competition obedience coaching. Clicker training seminars for trainers.

  • Lexington
    KY
    859-389-8858
    Services offered

    In addition to providing group classes for puppy/beginner through advanced obedience, Janece trains service dogs for clients with a wide range of challenges, including hearing and mobility impairments and seizure disorders. She also works with clients to help train dogs with special needs, including deafness, blindness, and behavioral disorders.

  • Julie Shaw's picture
    West Lafayette
    IN
    765-494-8154
    Services offered

    Problem prevention, intervention, puppy classes, behavior consultations through the Purdue University Animal Behavior Clinic, private home behavior modification assistance, pet selection counseling, 5-day DOGS! Course: Principles and Techniques in Behavior Modification, national and international lecturer.

  • Steve Benjamin's picture
    Endicott
    NY
    607-669-4104
    Services offered

    Group classes for Manners, Puppy Kindergarten, Agility, Obedience, Rally-Obedience, as well as in-home consultations, and classes for reactive, shy, and aggressive behaviors in dogs.

  • Terri Tepper's picture
    Barrington
    IL
    847-381-2118
    Services offered

    Specializing in in-home consultation, foundation behaviors (the basis of all training), dog communication skills, children/puppy interaction, canine good manners in the home, adults' first dog training, freestyle, and teaching clicker training to trainers.