Group
Classes
We offer various training classes to help you achieve your training goals. Group classes are held at our location - 204 N Link Lane, Unit 6, FORT COLLINS, CO.
All of our group classes are boutique-style!
What is boutique style, you ask?
Various ala carte offerings to meet your specific training goals and smaller class sizes ensure that clients and their dogs receive ample one-on-one attention, time, and problem-solving while providing appropriate environmental distraction levels to ensure your success in the class.
Our Foundation Training Classes
Puppy SCHOOL: Support and Learning Program For Pups 8-16 weeks of age
Wednesdays @ 6 PM for 50 mins.
$15.00/week
We are excited to offer a completely revamped early learning class. You can attend as few or as many classes as you choose while your pup is between 9 and 16 weeks of age. Our model is based on the industry’s most advanced understanding and knowledge of the best practices for raising a behaviorally sound puppy.
Our puppy classes are not about an hour of wild play; they provide all the guidance and learning needed to navigate housetraining, puppy biting, destruction, manners, basic learning skills, etc. Additionally, our classes provide and coach you on socialization, interactions, and exposure opportunities for your puppy so they learn appropriate dog-dog and dog-human interactions so they may actively participate in our human lives calmly and confidently!
For safety and wellness, pups must be between 9 and 16 weeks of age to participate in class; they need to have been in the home for 10 days, be up to date, and stay up to date on puppy vaccinations (on-going proof is required) for their age, be free from illness, and not attend dog parks during the duration of class participation.
YOU MUST REGISTER IN ADVANCE FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL CLASS!
Nuts & Bolts Foundations for dogs 16 weeks and up
3 weeks – $135.00
Nuts & Bolts is the prerequisite course for all our Foundation Training Classes. The focus of this class includes:
Communication and motivation
Self-control and regulation
Focus and Attention
Critical foundation skills (sit/down/leave it/leash manners, etc.)
Topic-Specific Training Classes
ONCE YOU AND YOUR DOG HAVE COMPLETED THE NUTS & BOLTS CLASS (OR A PREVIOUS SMART DOG ONE CLASS), YOU CAN SELECT FROM ANY OF THE FOLLOWING COURSES TO MEET YOUR TRAINING NEEDS.
Polished & Polite
3 weeks - $135.00
This class advances the basics and covers the important skills needed for a well-mannered dog. We teach solutions for Jumping-Up, Leave-it, Off, Door/Visitors, Counter-surfing, and more. We also address strategies to manage common situations and how to approach your dog’s behavior proactively. Additionally, This class teaches you how to build a solid stay for safety, good manners, and the cutest photos ever! You will also learn to send your dog to their “place” for relaxation and polite behavior.
Loose Leash & Life
3 weeks - $135.00
This class covers the important skills needed to go out and enjoy walks with your dog. You will learn how to manage your leash and equipment, walk as a team, and handle big distractions. The final week is out in the real world learning to navigate passing politely, handle tricky terrain, and work around unusual distractions.
Tricks & Games
3 weeks - $135.00
This class offers fun and innovative ways to enhance your training, relationships, and communication through trick training and interactive games.
Come Here!
3 weeks - $135.00
This class covers the important skills needed to build a foundation for reliable recall behavior. We will help you build your dog’s motivation, strengthen your relationship with your dog, and polish your mechanical skills to set you up for recall success.
Our behavior focused Classes
Positive Permission: Compassionate Canine Consent Training For Veterinary And Grooming Care
Do you have a dog that struggles with the vet or grooming? Perhaps your dog tolerates restraint and brushing, but they seem progressively more stressed and anxious the more it occurs.
Join our Positive Permission Class developed and instructed by Ashley Foster, our Certified Behavior Consultant. Positive Permission is a 7-week hybrid class that alternates virtual (4, 1 hour) and in-person (3, 90- minutes ) sessions that take a deep dive to:
· Identify your dog’s why… get to know why your dog struggles in these areas and build an individual behavior plan starting from there.
· Develop management strategies to support your dog’s care needs immediately
· Learn the skills to develop and implement a plan that helps your dog experience a change in emotional state
· Create a community with fellow dog owners to expand support and collaboration.
· Open the doors of communication with your dog through consent behaviors!
7 weeks - $350.00
Class is limited to 4 dogs per offering. Dogs must be capable of being in a space with other dogs and people at a 20’ distance to be eligible for the class. If your dog struggles with reactivity to other dogs or has human-directed aggression not on-set by body handling at the vet or while being groomed, private behavior modification consultations will be better for you and your dog.