This is our "middle of the road" option. In this program the dog comes to our facility for 5 days, going home each day. Drop-Off is at 8 AM and Pick-up is at 3 PM, unless other arrangements are made.
We can get in a lot more repitions than we can in a 1 hour General Obedience session and expose the dog to other dogs and trainers. We will not be introducing the e-collar and we are not able to address any severe behavior issues (we have other programs for that), however you will see that with a lot of structure, some of the issues will disappear. Training isn’t about sit, down, and stay. It is about getting our dogs to be compliant and look to us for direction. Impulsiveness is what gets dogs into trouble. It isn’t as much about teaching the dogs, as it is about teaching the human how to work with the dog. The responsibility to establish a healthy relationship with our dogs relies on us, the humans.
We will cover things like, leash manners, holding commands until released (Sit, Down, Place), leave it, out, recall, not rushing out of a crate, not jumping on people and waiting for permission to cross a threshold.
More importantly than what we teach the dog, we need to teach the owners how to replicate the same results at home. Every day we will run you through everything the dog did that day and what your homework should be for that night, as well as answer any questions you may have. Every night an email gets sent out with what we worked on, and in many cases, it includes a video demonstrating what that should look like.
After a few days of training, we will schedule a one-on-one session with you and your dog. This allows us to show you everything we are working on and to have you practice with your dog under the guidance of our trainers, so everyone is on the same page. These different commands and concepts will become the foundation of what we are going to hold the dog accountable for. Once the dog understands the rules/boundaries, we as the human must enforce the rules/boundaries, provide consequences for violation of the rules/boundaries, and be consistent in the enforcement of the rules/boundaries. Does that sound just like raising kids? It is the same concept.
*There is an equipment requirement for this program, the dog will need: a flat leash and a 2.25 Herm Sprenger prong collar (order extra links if your dog is over 45 pounds) that can be purchased on Amazon.
Approximate cost of the equipment is $35 to get the dog setup.
This is our premier training program, and our most popular. It is geared towards dogs 18 weeks and older. This is the best program for dogs with reactivity, aggression, anxiety, fear, over stimulation, and people that just don’t have the time to put in all the training repetitions themselves. The dog comes to our facility for 10 days, going home each day. Drop-Off is at 8 AM and Pick-up is at 3 PM, unless other arrangements are made. This program gives us the perfect opportunity to work on these things because we are located in such a busy area and constantly have other dogs around. We try to identify as many things as we can that are a trigger for the dog and set up scenarios around those triggers. For example, maybe your dog is afraid of men or even random objects such as a laundry basket or cars on the road. Besides correcting bad behaviors like jumping, excessive barking, reactivity, and aggression, we teach the dogs how to walk nicely beside us, sit, down, stay, place, leave it, and to remain neutral in chaotic environments. For the owner, we show you how to properly use a prong collar, e-collar and other concepts that will help you better communicate with your dog. We can also work on more specific problems you are experiencing, for example bolting out the door, food aggression, or resource guarding.
As the training progresses, the dogs are taken to stores and other public places where they are going to encounter strange people, strange dogs and new sights, sounds and smells. More importantly than what we teach the dog, we need to teach you how to replicate the same results at home. Every day we will run you through everything the dog did that day and what your homework should be for that night, as well as answer any questions you may have. Every night an email gets sent out with what we worked on, and in many cases, it includes a video demonstrating what that should look like.
After a few days of training, we will schedule a one-on-one session with you and your dog. This allows us to show you everything we are working on and to have you practice with your dog under the guidance of our trainers, so everyone is on the same page. These different commands and concepts will become the foundation of what we are going to hold the dog accountable for. Once the dog understands the rules/boundaries, we as the human must enforce the rules/boundaries, provide consequences for violation of the rules/boundaries, and be consistent in the enforcement of the rules/boundaries.
*There is an equipment requirement for this program, the dog will need: a flat leash, a Herm Sprenger prong collar, and an E-collar Technologies e-collar.
Approximate cost of the equipment is $330 to get the dog setup.
Training isn’t about sit, down, and stay. It is about getting our dogs to be compliant and look to us for direction. Impulsiveness is what gets dogs into trouble. It isn’t as much about teaching the dogs, as it is about teaching the human how to work with the dog. The responsibility to establish a healthy relationship with our dogs relies on us, the humans.
Some of these dogs are reactive or aggressive. We offer our Day Training program in Olathe Kansas. We work on obedience, reactivity, aggression, and anxiety through behavior modification.
This is our premium training program, It includes everything that is part of the 2 week program, but the 3rd week we work on dog interactions and off leash recall under distractions.
*There is an equipment requirement for this program, the dog will need: a flat leash, a Herm Sprenger prong collar, and an E-collar Technologies e-collar.
Approximate cost of the equipment is $300 to get the dog setup.
This is our more budget friendly program. This program is for dogs that are at least 20 weeks old. It is four, one on one training sessions, meeting weekly for one hour. These are typically scheduled during the evenings Monday – Thursday. Think of this as train the trainer. There is a limited number of repetitions we can get in with the dog in an hour. This program shifts the responsibility to the owner to get the reps in with the dogs between sessions. We cover all the same topics as we do in Day Training, except we don’t have other dogs around or strangers to work through reactivity. However, we do teach how to address reactivity in this program.
*There is an equipment requirement for this class: flat leash, a Herm Sprenger prong collar, E-collar Technologies e-collar, treat bag,and a high value treat
Approximate cost of the equipment is $250 to get the dog setup.
* Additional 1 hour sessions can be purchased for $100 each
Our obedience refresh program is for dogs that have already been through our obedience program. Which means they already know commands and boundaries that have been defined. This program allows us to re-enforce the 3 components of obedience training which include boundaries, consequences, and consistency.
This is a 1 week program where drop off is at 8 AM and pickup is at 3 PM.
Drop your dog off at 8 a.m. and pick up at 3 p.m., we will run thru all of the commands that were taught in our obedience program. Gives us a chance to tighten up on things, you may realize you need 2 or 3 days to really get things done, but at lease this is a start!!! Bring your tools (prong and e-collar). This is not for clients that have never been thru one of our obedience programs.
Implement a schedule of food, water, rest/crate, and play time, so the puppy can begin to understand the routine. We will communicate the schedule to you, so you can follow the routine at home. It is very important that a puppy not be allowed to have unsupervised free time, or there will be no way to teach the dog that your entire house isn't their potty place. Puppies have to earn freedom. Stay the course and you will not be dealing with potty issues 1 and 2 years down the road!
Our puppy class is for dogs between 10-17 weeks old. This covers the basic issues of dealing with a young pup, like nipping, crate training, potty training, introduction to basic commands. At this stage there is a lot of positive reinforcement, a lot of patience and a lot of repetitions. This class is 45 min - 1 hr. There are 3 sessions included, we will meet 1 time per week. Once your puppy is old enough to enroll in the Day Training program (18 to 20 weeks) then you can take $200 off of the 2 Week Day Training Program, so this class will essentially be FREE!
This is a 1 hour, 1 time session for $125
These sessions are used in some of the following situations:
Assessing more complicated and oftentimes, dangerous behaviors, such as extreme fear that turns into reactivity.
Aggression towards humans and other animals in general.
This often requires us to keep all other clients and staff out of our facility during the session along with possibly muzzling your dog for safety.
We will meet with you and your dog to give you guidance on if or how to accomplish specific goals you have for your dog. We are willing to and have worked with these types of dogs with great success, but we have to meet individually to see what is going on for safety purposes.
This is a 1 hour, 1 time session for FREE!
These sessions can be used for either of the following:
Assessing more complicated behaviors or just for meeting you and your dog to get guidance on how to accomplish specific goals you have for your dog.
This FREE, 1 hour training session, will give us the opportunity to introduce you to some basic obedience commands and general house manners. We will discuss your issues and goals along with a realistic plan on how to achieve those. We don't want you to be overwhelmed with your new dog, we want to get you started moving in the right direction. The goal is to keep dogs from being returned to the shelters.