Online Classes
Benefits to Online Classes:
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Train at your own pace, any day of the week
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Group class times don't work for your schedule
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Dog does not do well in group settings (extremely fearful, aggressive, reactive, etc.)
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Train from any location
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You learn best by being able to rewatch demonstrations as you practice
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Everyone in the family receives the same information, so everyone can be consistent!
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Our opinion: We think the best option for most people is to do both In-Person Group Classes and the Corresponding Online Group Class.
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Benefits to Online & In-Person Classes:
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Get a jump start on teaching the skills before your in-person group class starts. This helps set your dog up for even more success during the in-person class as you are not teaching a brand new skill with distractions, but rather adding distractions to known skills and sets you up for success by allowing you to absorb & digest more of the information!
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Your dog learns to focus through the distractions of a class environment, and you learn proper mechanics that are easier taught in-person.
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If you are absent from an in-person class due to work, or life is just too busy, you still have access to descriptive how-to's and videos to show you how to teach that week's skills.
CK9 Membership
Our CK9 Membership allows you to have all the content you need to create the most Courteous K9 out there! Whether you are looking for help with your puppy, foundation obedience, advanced obedience, or other sports and activities, we have you covered!
In addition to our exclusive blogs and all of our comprehensive online courses, you also receive the ability to have a trainer answer all of your questions in a discussion forum!
For only $25/month or $250/year (2 months free)!
Puppy & Intro Classes
Have a Puppy? or new to dog ownership? Check out these online classes!​
Setting Your Dog Up for Success!
Learn how to set your dog up for success and get results faster with their upcoming group class, daycare, or board & train stay!
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FREE Online Class!
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Potty Training: Steps to Success,
without the Mess!
Need help with potty training? This course will provide a comprehensive plan to follow and tips and tricks that make potty training much more simple and faster to achieve!
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Crate Training & Games!
Learn how to set your dog up for success and get results faster with their upcoming group class, daycare, or board & train stay!
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Foundation Obedience Classes
A solid foundation of behaviors makes everything else come together!
Foundations 1:
Perfect Puppy/Courteous K9
This online class teaches all the basic foundational skills such as: Name, Sit, Down, Eye Contact, Come, Loose Leash Walking, Leave it, Stay/Relax on Bed, etc.
Foundations 2:
Life Skills
This class teaches you how to use the skills taught in Foundations 1, into skills that will hold up to real life distractions. It also gives you a variety of new skills that make living with our dogs as easy and enjoyable as possible!
Foundations 3:
Off-Leash Reliability
Coming Soon!
Training Concepts
These classes focus on increasing your skillset to become a better trainer!
Learning How to Learn:
Developing Clear Communication
Do you feel like you and your dog are speaking two different languages? Learn how to teach a variety of training concepts that make you more effective & efficient at communicating with your dog when training new skills, which results in faster progress!
Reducing Rewards & Fading Tools
This course is designed to help you go from rewarding every skill in training, to a point where you do not need to reward all the time, but still achieving reliability. This class also discusses how to fade out of training tools.
Coming Soon!
Skill-Specific Classes
These classes focus on a advancing in a specific skill set!
Basic Toy Play Skills:
Building your Fetch Game!
This course is designed to teach you the skills needed to effectively use toys to play with your dog, add impulse control and safety, and create an efficient and fun game of fetch!
The Art of Relaxation
Whether your dog is hyperactive or has anxiety, teach your dog the art of relaxation! Teaching your dog to have an off-switch makes living with your dog much more enjoyable when doing activities where you want your dog to settle!
Trick of the Month
Watch quick tutorial videos for each Trick of the Month!
FREE Online Class!
Sport Classes
These classes are designed to help you build your skills in various dog sports!
Intro to Disc
This class will teach you how to get started introducing discs to your dog and basic skills to improve your disc game!
Intro to Nosework
In this online class we teach your dog to find a specific scent, indicate when they find it, and communicate to us where it is.
Advanced Nosework
This class continues to build upon the foundational skills learned in Nosework 1. Searches will be more advanced and additional skills and concepts will be taught and refined.
Behavior Modification Classes
These classes are for learning how to change, manage or correct typical behavioral problems seen in dogs.
Tackling the Teenager Stage
Do you have a dog in the teenager stage (starting at around 6 months of age)? Learn how to get through this difficult stage as efficiently as possible!
Resource Guarding:
Prevention & Management
This course is for people who want to prevent or manage mild-moderate resource guarding. Whether guarding toys, food, chews, etc. against you, other people, or other dogs.
Reactive Remedy
This class is for dogs who go from 0-100 at the sight of a dog or person and begin to bark, pull or lunge excessively.
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How do I make a reservation?You may email with specific dates to see if we are available, or you can fill out a board & train application by clicking on the Register Now! button from the Board & Train page. When you click on that button, it will forward you to our software Paw Partner. Here, you will need to login to your account, or create an account for you and your dog if you are a new client. Once logged in, you will want to make a Reservation -> Boarding -> fill out all the required information until you have checked out with the non-refundable* deposit to reserve your spot. *You will be notified and your deposit WILL be refunded if we do not have availability to accept your board & train date range.
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Can I bring extra belongings?No. We do not allow extra belongings during your dog's boarding stay to ensure the health, cleanliness and safety throughout your dogs stay. If you bring additional belongings, you will be sent home with them.
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What vaccinations do you require?For Puppies 16 weeks and younger we require: -Bordetella (Kennel Cough) -2nd series of Distemper (DHPP) For Dogs older than 16 weeks, we require: -Bordetella (Kennel Cough) -Distemper -Rabies We agree with, and accept limited vaccination protocols as long as titer testing is done to prove immunity. In addition, boarding dogs are required to be up to date on flea/tick medication and heartworm medication.
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Is there a multi-dog discount?Unfortunately, due to the limited availability with dogs going to trainer's personal homes overnight, we do not have any multi-dog discounts at this time.
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Do you train aggressive dogs?Yes, and no. It depends on what service you are looking for and what outcome you are seeking. Most aggressive or reactive dogs are referred to one of our Reactive Remedy Private Lesson Packages. These are 3 or 5 week programs to learn how to manage and reduce the reactivity or aggression seen, and to create a more neutral dog at the SIGHT of another dog or person. It is not to make your dog friendly to other people or dogs, as we cannot guarantee that. True aggression, is almost always caused from genetics, which we cannot change. We do not accept human aggressive dogs into our programs other than private lessons, for the safety of our staff. We do accept dog-dog reactive and aggressive dogs into some of our programs on a case by case basis. Most often, dog reactive dogs do not display the behaviors when the pet parent is not present, so Private Lessons are our recommendation to reduce the behavior.
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What type of trainer are you? What methods do you use?We are a balanced training facility. We do not adhere to one specific ideology. We know dogs are all indivuals and that there is no one-size-fits-all to training. Instead, we continually grow our knowledge base and understanding of a variety of techniques so we can tailor the training to your specific needs and your specific dog. When laying foundations, we rely heavily on positive reinforcement. In fact, the vast majority of our training is done with positive reinforcement. However, we do not limit ourselves to one set of tools and use the full learning paradigm to train dogs. We may use food, treats, toys, prong collars, electronic collars, and anything else that a dog may find motivating. The most important aspect of integrating various tools into training is remaining fair and consistent. We believe in clear communication. We find that motivating dogs by rewarding them for behaviors we want and providing consequences for those we don’t want provides the clearest form of communication. Consequences and rewards are relevant to the dog, of course, so our methods vary with each dog. Our goal is to teach the humans, but also train the dogs in a way that is as clear, fair and enjoyable as possible.