305 East Market Street ° Leesburg VA 20176 703.779.1333
Puppy Kindergarten | Basic Obedience | Behavioral Consultations | Advanced Obedience| Training Facility | Day School
Course Topics
- Housebreaking and Teething
- Sit and Down Commands
- Coming When Called
- Walking Pleasantly on a Leash
- Effective Corrections for Jumping, Nipping and Barking
| Puppy Kindergarten gives owners the opportunity to develop a working rapport with their puppy in a fun, but goal oriented environment. The program gives owners the tools to teach their puppy good manners in the home, as well as in public places. Puppy Kindergarten is not formal obedience training. |
We help you work through the housebreaking and teething phases to minimize chronic adult problems. We teach you how to effectively correct puppies for jumping, nipping and barking without striking the dog or communicating anger or impatience. We show you how to effectively teach the commands sit, down and come with the goal of having the dog comply on the first request in the presence of everyday distractions. The course includes basic grooming skills such as doing your dogs nails, ears and teeth.
Puppy Kindergarten consists of three one hour private sessions. The sessions are scheduled to meet your schedule and your trainer's availability. In general, Puppy Kindergarten is for puppies age eight weeks to 24 weeks, but is sometimes recommended for older dogs in certain circumstances.
We also offer Group classes of not more than 10 dogs per class including play time to learn socialization skills with other dogs and people.
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We offer multiple choices of Basic Obedience programs: Private Lessons, Day School and Group Classes. Private Lessons: We teach you to train your dog. You work with your dog between sessions. If you choose Private Lessons, we recommend that you be able to work with your dog daily and that you commit yourself to a variety of environments. You would want to work with your dog around other dogs, traffic and typical neighborhood distractions. Day School program: We teach your dog the basic leash commands and provide the distraction training. Your dog spends 10 weekdays with us over a two week period. Check-in time is between 7:30 am and 9:00 am and check-out time is between 4:00 pm and 7:00 pm. The program includes three one hour private sessions with you and your dog. We teach you during private sessions the commands and exercises taught your dog so you can effectively work with your dog. Any issues or behavioral problems will be addressed at these sessions.
:Group Classes Group classes
are held one night a week
for 6 consecutive weeks. We limit the size of the group classes
to 10 dogs. See upcoming event section for schedule of classes.
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The one hour session begins with an
information gathering phase. The trainer then demonstrates the
skills and provides the tools necessary to begin working on the
problem. Our instructors volunteer their
services to do behavior consults and evaluations for rescue groups,
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Our Day School Program is an intensive 2 week program where your dog will work one on one with their trainer to learn all basic social skills and get him ready to be a canine good citizen. Your dog will be immersed in learning both inside the dog school and with distractions walking through the town of Leesburg. You will see us walking these dogs at Market Station, the Government center and in nice weather eating lunch at outdoor cafes with our training dogs. Thus teaching your dog how to behave in many common settings. Time for socialization with other dogs is built into our program to teach social skills with other dogs and to teach a positive outlet for release of energy. With the Day School program you are offered 3 one hour private sessions with your trainer so that you can follow thru with the training program in your home environment. The Day School Program can be customized to focus on specific issues you may have with your dog.
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Obedience teaches the basic skills necessary to be a canine good
citizen plus a responsible member of the household - able to go
anywhere as part of the family. Basic obedience is a great experience building the
bond of respect and establishing you as the authority figure in the
household - the leader of the pack
dvanced
obedience is offered after finishing a basic obedience course.
Advanced obedience includes training leading to utility level in
competition, canine good citizen certificate or therapy dog
certificate. Our instructors are active in obedience competition
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have obtained companion dog, companion dog excellence and utility
degrees on their dogs as well as obedience championships. We do
certifications for canine good citizen and therapy dogs. We have
instructors who are
licensed obedience judges and are certified thru the American Kennel Club to do Canine Good
Citizen and Therapy Dog Certifications. Classes can be done as
private lessons, group classes or our day school program.
