Take Training to the Next Level
Continuing Ed For Grads
Training is a lifelong journey, and our Continuing Ed classes help you and your dog continue growing together. Our Continuing Ed classes are divided into two categories: Life Skills and Sport & Activity.
Whether you're refining life skills, preparing for therapy dog work, or exploring fun activities, our advanced classes provide the structure and challenge you need to strengthen your partnership.
Keep Learning, Keep Growing
Graduates of our foundation courses (Puppy Kindergarten and Essential Life Skills) are ready to take the next step with Continuing Ed classes. These classes go beyond the basics, adding new skills and advancing existing ones to help you and your dog succeed in real-world situations.
START HERE!
Foundation
Classes
Continuing Ed
Classes
Practical skills for everyday life
Practical Life Skills Classes
-
Acing Adolescence
6 WEEKLY SESSIONS | $240
Prerequisites: Puppy Kindergarten or Essential Life Skills
Adolescence, which typically lasts from 6 months to 2 years, is a challenging stage as dogs undergo rapid physical, social, and cognitive changes. This class helps you and your dog get through adolescence by taking the essential skills learned in our foundation classes to a higher level, building their reliability, maintaining your partnership, and keeping the fun in learning!
-
Really Reliable Recall
4 WEEKLY SESSIONS | $160
Prerequisites: Puppy Kindergarten or Essential Life Skills
Building a reliable recall (aka “get your furry butt back to me now!”) doesn’t require magic but it does require an excellent and consistent training plan - and lots of proper practice! Drawing on fun recall games in real-world settings, you and your dog will put the reliability in your recall, providing your dog with more fun and you with greater peace of mind.
-
Loose Leash Walking
4 WEEKLY SESSIONS | $160
Prerequisites: Puppy Kindergarten or Essential Life Skills
Is taking your dog for a walk a chore instead of a delight? If your dog tugs or weaves when on leash, making a leisurely walk difficult, then this class is for you! Building on skills learned in our foundation classes, you’ll learn and practice positive ways to reduce leash pulling, increase your dog’s attention to you, build in automatic “leave its,” ignore distractions, and put the wag in your walks!
-
Hounds Around Town
4 WEEKLY SESSIONS | $160
Prerequisites: Puppy Kindergarten or Essential Life Skills. Loose Leash Manners is also recommended as dogs must walk well on leash.
Take your dog’s manners on the road and build your dog’s public manners! This class meets in different locations around Chico, helping your dog master leash skills, stay focused with distractions, and wait patiently while you chat or pause for a pastry and coffee. This class is a great “next step” for dogs with a solid training foundation ready for real-world practice!
-
Trail Safety & Manners
4 WEEKLY SESSIONS | $160
Prerequisites: Puppy Kindergarten or Essential Life Skills. Really Reliable Recall is also recommended as your dog must have a solid recall.
Would you like to have more confidence in your dog’s behavior when enjoying the great outdoors? Do you want to build a better distance recall and strategy for outdoor challenges such as wildlife or approaching dogs? Avid hiker and dog trainer, Nancy Kerns, coaches on ways to bring more peace of mind and safety to your outdoor adventures.
-
AKC CGC Prep & Test
6 WEEKLY SESSIONS | $240
Prerequisites: Puppy Kindergarten or Essential Life Skills. Loose Leash Manners is also recommended as dogs must walk well on leash.
The AKC Good Citizen Test is a recognized evaluation of your dog’s ability to be a “polite member of society.” This 10-item tests assesses your dog’s ability to be calm and comfortable with typical distractions and challenges of public life, ability to perform essential life skills, and their comfort with handling and separation from you. The sixth class is the actual test from an independent evaluator!
For dogs who love to move, think, and explore new challenges
Sport And Activity Classes
-
FUNgility
6 WEEKLY SESSIONS | $240
-
Rally-O
6 WEEKLY SESSIONS | $240
-
Canine Musical Freestyle
6 WEEKLY SESSIONS | $240
-
Tricks for Clicks
4 WEEKLY SESSIONS | $160
-
The Cognitive Canine
4 WEEKLY SESSIONS | $160
-
Therapy Dog Prep
in person and online via zoom
Private Coaching
Private coaching provides personalized training tailored to your dog's unique needs and your specific goals. They’re a great option if:
Your schedule or situation prevents participation in our group classes.
You have specific training goals beyond our foundation Essential Life Skills curriculum.
Your training goals include other pets in your home.
You have very small children who you want involved in the training process.
Private Coaching Lessons can be conducted at our center or your home, in-person or by Zoom!
Additional rates may apply for travel outside of Chico, CA.
-
60-minute lesson to help with targeted training goals (in-person at our center or you home or by Zoom)
-
Four 1-hour, weekly, coaching sessions (in-person at our center or you home or by Zoom).
-
Six private coaching sessions cover our Essential Life Skills curriculum.
Tuition includes: training equipment bundle, access to online materials, access to weekly online office hours.
If you are in the Chico area, you are welcomed to also attend our orientation seminar (information is also available online via video).
Weekly coaching sessions are provided in-person or via Zoom.
Questions About Continuing Ed Classes?
Please reach out. We’ll get back to you promptly!
