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  • Carolyn Barney's picture
    Groton
    MA
    978-835-4726
    Services offered

    Behavior & aggression consultations, puppy consultations, agility classes & coaching, reactive dog classes, reactive agility classes, obedience competition classes, earthdog training, tracking training

  • Laurie Luck's picture
    Mount Airy
    MD
    240-848-3468
    Services offered

    In-home consultations, puppy courses, dog manners courses, specialty problem-solving courses, Canine Good Citizen courses and testing.

  • Grisha Stewart's picture
    Seattle
    WA
    206-364-4072
    Services offered

    Flexible Puppy Socialization program, Manners Classes for all ages, real-world training field trips, play times for puppies and small dogs, Growly Dog class, private behavior consultations, and a seminar for dog trainers with Kathy Sdao.

  • Angela Eaton Snovak's picture
    Evergreen
    Colorado
    303-947-0611
    Services offered

    Angela's business, called Clicker Joy, is built on the knowledge that joyful learning creates powerful results. Services offered through Clicker Joy include puppy life skills, adolescent and adult social skills, basic manners classes, working dog and competition training, and consultation on a variety of issues.

  • Julie Shaw's picture
    West Lafayette
    IN
    765-494-8154
    Services offered

    Problem prevention, intervention, puppy classes, behavior consultations through the Purdue University Animal Behavior Clinic, private home behavior modification assistance, pet selection counseling, 5-day DOGS! Course: Principles and Techniques in Behavior Modification, national and international lecturer.

  • Jen White's picture
    Woodinville
    WA
    425-415-0883
    Services offered
  • El Cajon
    CA
    619-561-2602
    Services offered

    Lectures—Dog be Good, How to Live Happily with Your Dog, Home Alone, Aggression, What's in your Dog's Toolbox

    Classes—Puppy Support, Good Manners, Obedience

    Private In-Home Consultations and Training—Impulse Control, Aggression, Basic Manners, Puppy Training

  • LuAnn Keyton's picture
    Battle Ground
    IN
    765-346-3430
    Services offered

    Group Classes for Puppy Kindergarten, Clicker 101, Advanced Clicker, and Click-a-Trick.  Classes are small, limited to 5 participants. 

    Private Lessons available for dogs who don't work well in group settings. 

    Dogs with challenges, such as blind and deaf, are also welcome.   

  • Emma Parsons's picture
    Boston
    MA
    Services offered

    Behavioral consultations dealing with aggressive or reactive dogs.

    Competitive obedience lessons.

  • Andrew Turner's picture
    Bloomfield Kings County
    NB
    506-832-3285
    Services offered

    In-Home Teaching & Behaviour Counselling throughout Southern New Brunswick in the following areas:

    Training for Good Manners, Focus, & Attention; Off-Leash Training for Puppies from 6 weeks of age (4 weeks if with breeder); Advanced Training for Puppies & Adults (no upper age limit!); Teaching Tricks; Companionship; Precision Skills for Agility & Rally-O; Assistance Training; Behaviour Counselling for All Behaviours, including Aggression & Reactivity; How to Read Dog Body Language—Essential Teaching for All Pet Owners & Parents; Teaching Children to be Safe Around Dogs; Quality Socialization for Your New Puppy; Residential Boarding; Training & Behaviour Modification; Anything is Possible with Force-Free Positive Reinforcement; Bring Out the Best in Your Pet!

  • Van Sturgeon's picture
    Ravenel
    SC
    843-303-5902
    Services offered

    Van offers private, in-home lessons and board training for dogs. For horses, he offers lessons at his farm or at the client's facility.

  • Abbie Tamber's picture
    Oxford
    NY
    (607) 843-6271
    Services offered

    Jump-Start (combining games and agility equipment with manners); in-home behavior consultations; agility classes for all levels from foundation through competition; private agility lessons; demonstrations (educational and entertaining presentations for group events); video analysis for agility competitors; agility and clicker seminars

  • Randolph
    MN
    612-756-0305
    Services offered

    Pre-puppy and adoption counseling, crate training, group classes for basic manners, tricks, and CGC preparation and evaluation. Private in-home consults for basic manners and behavior problems.

  • Casey Lomonaco's picture
    Binghamton
    NY
    (607)725-1927

    KPCT Blog

    www.rewardingbehaviors.com

    www.rewardingbehaviors.com/forum

    (The forum is our free, positive reinforcement training community—please join us!)

    Services offered

    Private lessons

    Behavioral consultations

    Group classes (Foundation course according to Karen Pryor Academy curriculum)

    Day training

    Puppy classes

     

    COMING SOON: CGC class/evaluations

    Free online positive reinforcement forum: www.rewardingbehaviors.com/forum/

  • Steve White's picture
    Woodinville
    WA
    425-415-0883
    Services offered
  • Steve Benjamin's picture
    Endicott
    NY
    607-669-4104
    Services offered

    Group classes for Manners, Puppy Kindergarten, Agility, Obedience, Rally-Obedience, as well as in-home consultations, and classes for reactive, shy, and aggressive behaviors in dogs.

  • Vivian Wong's picture
    HK
    6010-3666
    Services offered

    Behavior consultation; clicker training for puppies and adults; puppy socialization; group classes and private consultation

  • Daniel De La Rosa's picture
    Hollywood
    Florida 33020
    201-923-6720
    Services offered

    Clicker training for Puppy Kindergarten, Basic Pet Manners, AKC Obedience Novice to Utility, AKC and APDT Rally, Conformation, and Canine Good Citizen classes.

    Training options include Group, Private, Board or Daycare and Train Packages.

    Cageless Boarding and Daycare staffed 24/7/365. Grooming.

  • Carolyn Clark's picture
    Kanata
    Ontario
    877-763-6664
    Services offered

    Family classes for puppies, Good Manners group classes for dogs of all ages (basic to advanced levels), Rally Obedience classes, private lessons, social skills classes, behaviour counsultations, workshops and seminars

  • Megan Cruz's picture
    Milwaukie
    OR
    503-653-9973
    Services offered

    Pre-puppy/pre-adoption consulting (including home prep/proofing for your new arrival); private instruction for puppy head start; foundation behaviors; basic obedience; home and family manners.

  • Rico Yamada's picture
    Shibuya-ku
    Tokyo
    Services offered

    Clicker training (group classes) for puppies and adult dogs. Behavioral consultations. TTouch classes. Canine massage classes.

  • Laura Monaco Torelli's picture
    Chicago
    IL
    (815) 353-0014
    Services offered

    Canine: Understanding Canine Behavior, Pre-adoption Consultation, Puppy Foundation Class, Basic Good Manners, Ongoing Manners, Advanced Skills Class, Leash Manners (human and canine!), Games and Activities Classes, Play and Train Classes, Canine Good Citizen training and testing, Private & In-Home Sessions for dogs and families with individual needs.

    Equine: Husbandry Management Seminars that promote positive training techniques for daily care, Clinics and Private Lessons provided at the facility where the horse is boarded.

    Birds: Private Sessions provided to help parrot and macaw caregivers teach basic husbandry care and training; Behaviors, Games and Enrichment Goals provided for families that have psittacines in their home environment.

  • Terry Ryan's picture
    Sequim
    WA
    888-683-1522
    Services offered

    pet dog classes, puppy headstart, private consultation, custom workshops, classes including rally, obedience, agility, canine good citizen, therapy, freestyle, tricks, service dog training

  • Dani Weinberg's picture
    Rio Rancho
    NM
    505-898-7568
    Services offered

    Clicker training (group classes and private lessons) for puppies, adult dogs, and therapy dogs. Private, in-home behavior consultation. Competition obedience coaching. Clicker training seminars for trainers.

  • Nancy Driver's picture
    Minneapolis
    MN
    612-798-5459
    Services offered

    On Cue Training and Behavior provides private in-home clicker training and behavior consultations for puppies to adults.

    Pre-puppy counseling, puppy socialization, new puppy family support and foundation skills; adult dog foundation skills to advanced skills; behavior modification; service dog training; Gentle Leader fitting and training; clicker training seminars for trainers.

    Located in Minneapolis, Nancy Driver provides services in Minneapolis, St. Paul, and the greater Twin City area.

  • Laura VanArendonk Baugh's picture
    Indianapolis
    IN
    317-966-6635
    Services offered

    Puppy and adult classes, pet manners, competitive obedience, rally, and other sport classes, modification for problem behaviors, small group classes, private lessons at our facility or in your home, Canine Good Citizen training and testing, teaching clicker training to other trainers

  • Jane Fallander's picture
    Saint Paul
    MN
    651-335-9374
    Services offered

    Private and semi-private lessons to help train your dog to be a great companion. 

    Services include Reliability training (responding to your cues in a distracting environment); Puppy 911; Crate training; Training for self control; Basic training and manners; A la carte training (select what you'd like to train); Problem behaviors; The really fun stufftricks!; Puppy and dog selection and consultation; Child and dog safety; Rescue dog training and assistance; Ongoing advice, encouragement, and moral support.

  • Manchester
    KY
    606-599-2642
    Services offered

    Dana only offers individual instruction for clients, due to his busy schedule in surgery. He offers classes for puppies and adults, competitive obedience, protection, and herding. For training herding dogs in tracking and herding, Dana has a large farm and uses his flock of St. Croix hair sheep. In addition, Dana has a pond for training retrieving and hunting dogs.

  • Lynn Martin's picture
    Lebanon
    OR
    541-401-2008
    Services offered

    The www.dogobedienceacademy.com offers "Pet Dog Manners" in a step/level format, "Puppy Class" and "Canine Good Citizen Class," and certification.

    Private training is also available at our training center.

    We have a "Board and Train" program at our kennel in Scio, Oregon.

    CPR Class and Certification is offered quarterly.

  • Shelli Kizner's picture
    Davisburg
    MI
    248-421-1984
    Services offered

    Services include behavior consultation, foundation and default behaviors, basic obedience for dogs, husbandry and enrichment for companion birds.

    Private in-home consultations and training for puppies and adult dogs

    Training and behavior modification for exotic companion parrots and softbills

  • Marcia Siderow's picture
    Chatsworth
    CA
    818-886-4PET (4738)
    Services offered

    Puppy Basics; Basic Obedience; Intermediate Obedience; In-home Training; Canine Good Citizen Classes and Testing for CGC; Basic Freestyle; Behavior Modification; Classes in Pet First Aid and CPR

  • Helix Fairweather's picture
    Albany
    OR
    541-812-9228
    Services offered

    Classes—Clicker Training Classes, Manners and Life Skills Classes, Clicker Trained Agility Classes, Clicker Trained Rally Obedience Classes, Reactive Dogs Classes, On-Line Classes, Control Unleashed classes (based on the book by Leslie McDevitt)

    Seminars—Clicker Trained Agility, Reactive Dogs, Control Unleashed seminars (based on the book, Control Unleashed, by Leslie McDevitt) and other topics

    Private behavior consultations

  • Laura Devine's picture
    Kansas City
    MO
    816-436-SPOT (7768)
    Services offered

    The Dogs’ Spot’s specializes in training that is friendly, effective, and fun!  Small group classes and private instruction is offered in puppy socialization, kitten socialzation, family manners, dog agility, canine freestyle, therapy dog preparation, rally, tracking, Canine Good Citizen training and testing, and preparing your pets for the arrival of your new bably. Behavior modification consultations are available at our facility or in your home. Come see why The Dogs' Spot is "the community spot for dogs and the people who love them!"  

  • Laurie Wright's picture
    Spring Lake
    MI
    616-842-7011
    Services offered

    All services offered as private sessions, arranged by appointment through Harborfront Hospital for Animals. Sessions are centered on positive reinforcement, with a strong emphasis on the benefits of clicker training.

    Pet selection counseling, Behavior consultation and modification, Problem prevention and intervention; Clicker training for puppies and adults; Puppy socialization; Basic manners and foundation behaviors

    Premier Pet Products dealer, offering Gentle Leader® individual fitting, training, and use, and Ultimate PuppyTM Toolkit training

    Certified member of Doggone Safe, Inc. (registered presenter for Be a Tree program for dog bite prevention and safety for children)

  • Eureka
    MO
    314-422-2700
    Services offered

    Training pets of all ages, from puppies to seniors. Offering both private, in-home training and behavior modification, and semi-private training (train with a friend).

    Manners for the family pet; Canine Good Citizen training and testing; Frisbee dog training; advanced behavior training; tricks; training for show business; problem solving; real life training; dog safety for children and at the workplace; getting started right with your puppy; canine massage

    Pre-purchased consultations available

  • Terri Tepper's picture
    Barrington
    IL
    847-381-2118
    Services offered

    Specializing in in-home consultation, foundation behaviors (the basis of all training), dog communication skills, children/puppy interaction, canine good manners in the home, adults' first dog training, freestyle, and teaching clicker training to trainers.

  • Bill Stavers's picture
    West Los Angeles
    CA
    (310) 500-9156
    Services offered

    Puppy Classes & In-home dog training in West Los Angeles.

    Appropriate canine behavior at home; behavior modification to eliminate aggressive behavior; no-pull leash walking; crate training; puppy management, "What every puppy needs to know"

    In-home training and behavior consultations in the Santa Monica, Marina Del Rey, Culver City, West Los Angeles, Bel Air, and West Hollywood areas

    I offer a special original program for house training small dogs, with techniques geared to their unique characteristics. You’ll have the most up-to-date information and techniques adapted to train Yorkshire terriers, silky terriers, pugs, beagles, puggles, chihuahuas, Boston terriers, and French bulldogs, to name just a few.

  • Nan Potter's picture
    Evansville
    Indiana
    812-589-8946
    Services offered

    In-home consultations focusing on manners, obedience, and behavior modification

    In-home pet sitting and dog walking

  • Rachel Agent's picture
    Seattle
    WA
    206-484-2515
    Services offered

    Group classes for Basic and Better Manners at Ahimsa Dog Training, Canine Good Citizen preparation, in-home consultations and training programs for new puppies, adult dogs, or recent adoptions.

  • Vicki Huang's picture
    Taipei, Taiwan
    0966-197-886
    Services offered

    Group classes and private consultation

    Translation of training books and books on animal behavior

  • Jennifer Bradley's picture
    Newhall
    CA
    (661) 286-1048
    Services offered

    Group classes, private lessons, and day training focused on foundation behaviors, basic manners, and life skills

    Dog daycare and grooming

  • Christiana
    TN
    615-962-8319
    Services offered

    Puppy Kindergarten, Obedience classes, Canine Good Citizen, Ralley-O

  • Gerilyn Bielakiewicz's picture
    Malden
    MA
    781-324-3722
    Services offered

    Puppy Kindergarten, Adult Beginners, Beginners Level 2, Advanced Beginners Level 3, Agility, Teaching Tricks, Puppy Headstart Workshops, Puppy Parties (for socialization and training), Focus Workshops on Stop Jumping, Walking On Leash, Reactive Dogs, Canine First Aid, Therapy Dogs and Canine Good Citizen, private coaching for Competitive Obedience and household manners, private consultations, dog daycare.

  • Christina Waggoner's picture
    Huntington Beach
    CA
    888-391-7646

    www.halfmoonhusky.com

    E-mail Christina Waggoner at chris@halfmoonhusky.com

    Services offered

    Appropriate canine behavior at home; real-life tactics to reduce and eliminate aggressive behavior; no-pull leash walking; crate training; "What every puppy needs to know"

    Located in Huntington Beach, CA, Christina Waggoner provides services to clients in counties throughout Southern California.

     

  • Karen Mielke's picture
    Statesville
    NC
    704-546-5911
    Services offered

    DogLogic offers a beautiful facility with an indoor, climate-controlled building to allow year-round training, and two full-size outdoor agility fields perfect for show and gos. Services include Basic Manners and Agility group classes, private lessons, individual behavior consultations (onsite and in-home), and seminars tailored to suit your needs (onsite and off-site).

  • Patricia McKenzie's picture
    Oak Creek
    WI
    414-254-2059
    Services offered

    Private in-home consultations, specialty animal training services, behavior modification counseling, and seminar services.

  • Lexington
    KY
    859-389-8858
    Services offered

    In addition to providing group classes for puppy/beginner through advanced obedience, Janece trains service dogs for clients with a wide range of challenges, including hearing and mobility impairments and seizure disorders. She also works with clients to help train dogs with special needs, including deafness, blindness, and behavioral disorders.

  • Kristen VanNess's picture
    Granville
    Ohio
    740-644-0049
    Services offered

    Pet Dog Training, Agility, Rally