Group Classes
Structured, progression‑based training designed to build reliable skills, clear communication, and confident teamwork.
Our group classes offer focused learning in a small‑class environment, with options for foundational obedience, advanced fluency, and specialty workshops. Each class is built around calm engagement, predictable routines, and practical skills that translate directly to real‑world environments. Whether you’re starting fresh, leveling up, or targeting a specific skill, there’s a class designed for your team.
Class Format
All structured group classes follow the same core format, so you always know what to expect.
Meets once a week for six consecutive weeks
Approx. 45 min (may vary slightly based on class size)
Small class sizes for focused learning
Clear, safe spacing for all dogs
Structured progression for dog‑handler skill development
Individual coaching within each working turn
$150 per 6‑week session
Focused sessions, workshops, and tune‑ups may run as single‑session or short‑series formats with advance sign‑ups.
Class Lineup
Choose the level that fits your team. Prerequisites are listed so you know exactly where to begin.
OBEDIENCE CLASSES
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Focus: Introducing essential basic skills that support clear communication, calm behavior, and early teamwork.
Dogs learn foundational behaviors such as engagement, orientation, simple positions, early stays, and beginning leash mechanics. Handlers practice timing, reinforcement strategies, and movement‑based communication that set the stage for reliable skill development in the next level.
Skills Developed:
Engagement and orientation
Basic positions and early stays
Beginning leash mechanics
Calm transitions and reinforcement clarity
Early handler–dog communication
Prerequisite: None
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Focus: Strengthening clarity, building early reliability, and expanding the basic skills introduced in Foundations — including the beginning of distance, duration, and distraction work.
Dogs practice familiar skills with increased consistency and begin working around more meaningful distractions. Handlers refine communication, timing, and reinforcement strategies that support steady progress and predictable behavior in everyday environments.
Skills Developed:
Consistent sit, down, stand, stay, and release cues
Improved loose‑lead walking and leash handling
Calm behavior around moderate distractions
Early recall patterns
Beginning distance work (responding to cues 5–10 ft away)
Building duration, distance, and distractions
Early environmental steadiness and confidence
Prerequisite: Foundations or equivalent experience
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Focus: Developing reliable communication, clarity, and coordination through movement‑based work with distance, duration, and distraction.
Dogs learn to maintain connection and respond to cues while working farther from the handler, holding behaviors longer, and navigating more complex environments. Handlers refine timing, reinforcement strategies, and movement‑based communication that support confident, predictable behavior under increasing difficulty.
Skills Developed:
Reliable cues under distance, duration, and distraction
Strong handler–dog communication during movement
Consistent positions, stays, and transitions
Environmental confidence in busy or changing settings
Clear reinforcement strategies for advanced work
Prerequisite: Core Skills or equivalent experience
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Focus: Applying skills in dynamic environments with confidence and consistency — including off‑leash distance work in safe, controlled spaces.
Dogs practice real‑world scenarios that require calm behavior, environmental awareness, and reliable communication. Handlers learn strategies for supporting their dog in unpredictable spaces and maintaining clarity under challenge.
Skills Applied:
Reliable cues in real‑world environments
Loose‑lead walking around movement, noise, and novelty
Recall under meaningful distraction
Applied distance work (20+ ft, on‑ or off‑leash depending on environment)
Calm passing of people and dogs
Environmental navigation and handler support strategies
Prerequisite: Teamwork in Motion or instructor recommendation
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Focus: Building a fast, reliable, distraction‑ready recall.
Dogs learn to turn quickly, commit confidently, and return with purpose. Handlers develop clear cue timing, reinforcement strategies, and recall patterns that work in real‑world environments. This session strengthens both motivation and reliability.
Skills Developed:
High‑value recall foundations
Turn‑and‑commit mechanics
Distraction layering
Emergency recall pattern
Reinforcement strategies for real‑world reliability
Prerequisite: Foundations or equivalent experience
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Focus: Using structured play to build engagement, confidence, and communication.
Dogs learn to play with intention, regulate arousal, and stay connected during movement‑based work. Handlers practice reading behavior, shaping calm transitions, and using play as a functional training tool.
Skills Developed:
Engagement through structured play
Arousal regulation and calm transitions
Handler‑dog communication during movement
Toy and food play mechanics
Building confidence through purposeful interaction
Prerequisite: Foundations or equivalent experience
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Focus: Developing calm, connected leash skills for everyday environments.
Dogs learn to move with clarity and confidence while maintaining loose‑lead mechanics. Handlers refine leash handling, pressure/release timing, and environmental navigation strategies that support calm behavior.
Skills Developed:
Loose‑lead walking
Leash handling and mechanics
Pressure/release communication
Environmental navigation
Calm movement around distractions
Prerequisite: Foundations or equivalent experience
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Focus: Building environmental confidence and steadiness in busy or unpredictable spaces.
Dogs learn to work through movement, noise, novelty, and changing environments with calm engagement. Handlers develop strategies for supporting environmental confidence and maintaining connection under challenge.
Skills Developed:
Environmental confidence
Working through noise, movement, and novelty
Calm behavior in dynamic spaces
Pattern work for environmental steadiness
Handler support strategies
Prerequisite: Foundations or Core Skills
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Focus: Polishing existing skills for teams needing a reset, tune‑up, or confidence boost.
Dogs revisit core behaviors with fresh clarity and structure. Handlers refine timing, communication, and reinforcement strategies to strengthen reliability across all obedience skills.
Skills Developed:
Refining core obedience behaviors
Strengthening recall, leash work, and stays
Improving handler timing and communication
Reinforcement strategies for reliability
Confidence‑building through structured practice
Prerequisite: Any previous obedience level
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Focus: Introducing dogs and handlers to scent‑driven work through clear, confidence‑building tracking‑style exercises.
Dogs learn to follow a scent path with purpose, developing early clarity, motivation, and environmental confidence. Handlers practice supportive movement, line‑handling awareness, and reading subtle changes in behavior as their dogs work. This session builds essential team skills for scent‑driven work in a structured, success‑based format.
Skills Developed:
Early scent‑path understanding
Confidence and motivation on the track
Handler movement and line‑handling awareness
Reading changes of behavior
Team communication during scent‑driven work
Prerequisite: None
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Focus: Expanding scent‑driven trackwork through increased complexity, confidence, and environmental challenges.
Dogs build on early scent‑path clarity by working longer patterns, varied terrain, and more detailed scent information. Handlers refine movement, line‑handling mechanics, and their ability to support the dog through changes in behavior, turns, and environmental shifts. This session strengthens teamwork, consistency, and problem‑solving in scent‑driven work.
Skills Developed:
Increased scent‑path commitment and clarity
Confidence across varied terrain and environments
Refined handler movement and line mechanics
Supporting dogs through turns and transitions
Enhanced reading of changes in behavior
Prerequisite: Follow the Track or equivalent
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Focus: Strengthening teamwork, communication, and adaptability through advanced scent‑driven challenges and environmental complexity.
Dogs learn to navigate complex scent information, environmental pressure, and challenging track patterns with confidence and clarity. Handlers deepen their ability to read behavior, support transitions, and maintain consistent communication as dogs work through advanced scent‑driven challenges. This session enhances precision, resilience, and team coordination in trackwork.
Skills Developed:
Confident navigation of complex scent information
Adaptability under environmental pressure
Advanced handler observation and support
Maintaining clarity through transitions and challenges
Strengthened teamwork and communication
Prerequisite: Track Development or equivalent
FOCUSED SESSIONS
Behavioral Considerations
Group Classes are designed for dogs who can work comfortably in a shared environment with predictable spacing and instructor‑managed movement.
If your dog struggles with proximity to other dogs, becomes easily overstimulated, or needs additional support, please note this on your registration form so we can help determine the best fit.
Private Training Options
If your dog needs one‑on‑one support or you prefer individualized coaching, private training sessions are available.
We tailor each session to your dog’s skill level, confidence, and learning style, and can focus on any obedience or environmental skill covered in group classes.