Personal Dog Trainers
in Kentucky

Puppy Training Classes in Kentucky

Kindergarten — Off-Leash Without Distractions

In this class, we will help you develop a happy dog while we teach you techniques that will encourage good behaviors. At this stage in the game, learning behaviors is crucial to the proper development of a well-rounded dog.

• Utilizes the most modern shaping techniques to teach the dog what good behaviors are expected of them
• Helps develop a happy dog with an attitude of willingness to please
• Develops communication and motivation
• The more a puppy learns, the more it CAN learn
• Works with select behaviors that emphasize your dog's natural talents
• Teaches behaviors such as: focus, come, sit, down, stay, roll-over, shake, bark on command, sit-up, high fives, and other behaviors requested

Pet Behavior Problem Solving

Training Classes in Frankfort, Kentucky

Our pet trainers here in Frankfort, Kentucky, can help both owner and animal overcome unruly behavioral problems. Does your dog have any of these bad habit tendencies? Schedule a training class today and let's get both pet and owner happy.

Dog Training & Basic Obedience Classes

Building the Foundation of Good Communication

In this pet training class, we will introduce basic obedience commands so your dog will be on the road to having good manners for years to come. We will help you build the foundations of good communication, mutual trust, respect, and understanding with your dog using techniques that are fair, fun, easy, and effective.

• Starts the process of training your dog to perform learned behaviors with reliable and consistent performance
• Works with behaviors such as: focus under distraction, heeling, automatic sit from a heel position, sit, down, sit-stay, down-stay, go-to-bed exercises, come (recall), and other specific behaviors requested by the owner

Advanced Obedience Training

Off-Leash Obedience Training in Kentucky

In this class, we will continue to shape the basics while pushing and encouraging higher performance. Learning obedience off-leash is key to a happy owner and a healthy dog. It is also the beginning of CD titles.

• Furthers the consistency of your dog's performance by utilizing positive reinforcement methods on a high level of variable schedule of reinforcement
• Obedience control without the necessity of a leash or training collar
• Prepares the dog to complete the prerequisites of a CD title
• Works with behaviors such as: off-leash recall, heeling, automatic sit, sit-stay, down-stay, finish (return to heel), stand for examination, drop on recall, proofing of all behaviors

Personal Protection Dog Training Classes

In Kentucky — Building Loyal Family Protectors

In this class our main goal will be to provide you with not only a solid obedient and social dog, but also a family protection dog that will be loyal, willing to please, and fun, a dog that will become not just a part of the family, but a true personal protector and best friend.

• Through proper evaluation and training, certain dogs can have their natural instincts enhanced so as to be a valuable asset in their ability to guard their owner and/or their owner's property
• This training is designed to develop the dog's natural abilities to protect, all the while raising the dog's confidence and teaching discrimination
• Prerequisite to protection training is a proper temperament evaluation, proper socialization, and basic obedience training. No fearful, vicious, shy, or unruly dogs will be enrolled in these classes

Levels Include

• Confidence Course — Introduces the dog to the concept of protection work, starts proper bite development, and bolsters the dog's confidence to bark and be a natural protector
• Personal Protection — Introduces the dog to more realistic situations and threats that may occur in real life, as well as furthers bite development, courage, and control
• Advanced Protection — Handled on an individual basis. Your dog's stability, control, and owner-needs will be the determining factors in mapping out advanced training

Schutzhund Training Classes

In Kentucky — The Ultimate Canine Sport

The ultimate in canine protection dog sports, Schutzhund combines the discipline of obedience with tracking and protection training in what many people consider the most comprehensive test of a working dog's abilities available anywhere in the world.

AKC Competition Training Classes

In Kentucky — Competitive Training for Titles & Champions

We offer you and your pet a competitive advantage when working towards AKC competition titles.

• Conformation — Is your pet the ideal example of the American Kennel Club standard?
• Obedience — CD, CDX, UD titles. Can your dog be an OTCh? Let our trainers put your dog on the right path to fulfill their champion potential
• Tracking — Competition tracking is a fun and rewarding activity that demands patience, practice, perseverance, and a small amount of physical fitness for you and your pet
• Field Trial — All hunting, retrieving, and pointing dogs start with a solid foundation of obedience training. Care must be taken not to dampen the dog's natural motivation or hunting instincts with overly harsh methods