Group Dog Obedience Training
Wags & Wiggles group obedience classes are held in a state of the art indoor training facility, specially made to give owners and their dogs the best chance to succeed. Small class size with the space needed to keep your dog's focus and attention. Exercises are broken down in easy to follow handouts and the instructors are there to help every step of the way.
Below you will find descriptions of all 4 levels of our Group Dog Obedience Program. Our Group Class Schedule lists all the class days and times with purchase links.
Wags & Wiggles students now have to option to learn the same great curriculum through the Wags & Wiggles Online Dog Training Classroom.
If you feel your dog already meets the requirements of any of these classes and wish to skip ahead, please email us to set up an appointment with one of our trainers so we can assess your dog.
Class Rules
- One handler per dog in class, but entire family welcome to attend
- Well-behaved children over the age of 6 are welcome to attend. Any child under 18 must be accompanied by an adult. No more than 2 children per family allowed.
- No out of control, aggressive, or wild dogs
- Instructor/student ratio is 1:8
- No Choke Chains or Electronic Collars allowed on site
Obedience Level 1: Fundamentals
5 week class | $299
This is a great place to begin learning the basics of positive reinforcement and clicker training! You will be introduced to basic management skills and tools to help stop unwanted behaviors and set your dog up for success, as well as the three main ways to train a new behavior: capturing, shaping and luring.
Once a new behavior is learned, we will show you how to effectively add a cue. The basic behaviors/cues we work on include: name game, touch/recalls, sit to greet, leave it, down, go to the mat, heel/side, and the beginning steps towards loose leash walking.
On your first day you will be sent home with a new treat pouch, clicker, and martingale collar. Handouts will be sent via email. Your dog will also benefit from learning how to focus and work around other dogs and people!
Obedience Level 1 group class also includes 60 days access to the online classroom for hybrid learning.
Obedience Level 2: High School
5 week class | $225
Once your dog graduates from Level 1, it's now time to find out if they truly have their new behaviors on cue. You will also learn how to steadily progress the difficulty of these behaviors so they become more reliable, and learn about stimulus control.
We progress with loose leash walking, as well as show you how to add in some self control at home (such as sit and stay for their food bowl).
For a fun change of pace, we also get you started on how to teach your little ones some tricks!
Obedience Level 3: College Prep Training
5 week class | $225
Now that your dog has all of their behaviors on cue, it's time to get serious about duration, distance and distractions!
Learn how to increase your dogs ability to follow cues with various levels of distractions, as well as how start getting more behavior for less rewards. You will also learn how to teach your dog to listen to cues from a distance rather than just right in front of you.
We introduce hand signals and some new cues for known behaviors, such as teaching them that the doorbell means to go to their mat! We also throw in some new tricks to show off!
Obedience Level 4: Ph.D. Training - Advanced Loose Leash Walking
5 week class | $225
After progressing with your dog's walking skills through the first 3 levels, we now want to take the final step towards having a dog that walks politely on leash.
We practice with advanced distractions (both for you and the dog) and learn some new skills to help you avoid any issues or obstacles you may face while walking your dog!