Dog Training Services
AKC Puppy All-star Program
In-home puppy, basic obedience training will address new puppy issues such as potty training, loose leash walking, and reinforcing basic obedience such as sit, down, stay, recall, place, touch, focus, settle, leave it, empty, drop it, and place.
Cost: $50 (one dog) $60 (two dogs)
Prerequisites: vaccines on AKC/vet puppy schedule and age ten weeks and up
Location: Kingsessing Rec Center
Puppy Manners
which is a course designed to train puppies. The puppy is started on an individualized program of proper elimination patterns using positive reinforcement. The puppy will also begin the patterning necessary to recognize the commands come, sit, down, walk on a leash, wait, stay, touch, focus, place and settle.
Cost: $50 (one dog) $60 (two dogs)
Prerequisites: vaccines on AKC/vet puppy schedule and age 10 weeks and up
Location: Kingsessing Rec Center
Puppy Kindergarten
This approach will teach the dogs basic commands as well as socialization skills. This will have introductory explanation of proper communication techniques, dog body language, play styles, good leash control, and calm meet and greets with people and other dogs.
Cost: $50 (one dog) $60 (two dogs)
Prerequisites: vaccines on AKC/vet puppy schedule and age 10 weeks and up
Location: Kingsessing Rec Center
Individualized in-Home Training
This training will deal with solving behavioral issues such as aggression towards people or other animals, eliminating habits like barking, jumping on people, scratching, destructive behaviors, crate training, loose leash walking, sit/stay, down/stay, recall, and setting off limit areas for the dog to reduce stress of separation anxiety such as crate training or gradual transition to free roaming in the home.
Cost: $50 (one dog) $60 (two dogs)
Prerequisites: UTD on all vaccines
Location: Kingsessing Rec Center
General Obedience Level I
The goal of this level of training is to have all members of the home work with their dog in a positive and consistent manner. The family will be taught to establish good and healthy boundaries with the dog, limit setting, delayed gratification, positive reinforcement, and understanding of pack behavior.
Cost: $50 (one dog) $60 (two dogs)
Prerequisites: UTD on all vaccines
Location: Kingsessing Rec Center
General Obedience Level II
This level will correct and perfect the standards commands of all basics, This level will go into detail about dog body language, and canine social behaviors. This will also include public work and socialization to people, places, and things that the dog has developed anxiety, fears, and or has never experienced before through gradual desensitization and socialization techniques.
Cost: $50 (one dog) $60 (two dogs)
Prerequisites: UTD on all vaccines
Location: Kingsessing Rec Center
In Home Intermediate/Advanced Level III
This level will include additional skills such off leash work, recall, emergency recall, scent work, nose work, and pack walking. This will also include the training and testing for the CGC and UCGC. For service dog work this includes public access training and testing.
Cost: $50 (one dog) $60 (two dogs)
Prerequisites: UTD on all vaccines UCGC requires completion and passing of CGC test.
Location: Kingsessing Rec Center
Service Dog Task Training
This program will focus exclusively on providing fully task-trained service dogs for medical disabilities including but not limited to cardiac alert, diabetic alert, non-diabetic hypoglycemic alert, migraine alert, syncope alert, chronic pain management, balance and mobility work, and psychiatric service dogs. Psychiatric service dogs will be task trained to mitigate any mental health disability including but not limited to Depression, Anxiety, PTSD, CPTSD, DID, Bipolar, OCD, Self-harming behaviors, and will also be trained in full public access.
Cost: $60/hr (one dog)
Prerequisites: UTD on all vaccines, identified disability
Location: Kingsessing Rec Center