Does your dog ignore your commands? Bark or lunge at people and dogs?
Do they show irregular fear and anxiety?
Do you want a strong start to your relationship with a new dog?
Improvement starts with better communication and leadership.
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At K9 Connection each client and dog is treated as an individual. All of our programs include one-on-one training for you so we can create a program that is suits your daily life, and your dog’s personality.
Please take a moment to review our programs and methods so we can serve you more efficiently when we connect:
Board and Train Program
Board and Train is our fastest, most reliable program.
Your dog trains with us during the week and comes home on weekends, so you get the results of professional in-kennel training without long stretches apart. Each week ends with a go-home lesson for you plus follow-up homework for you both. From basic obedience to off-leash reliability to serious behavioral concerns, we pair traditional training and behavior modification with enrichment and instinctual fulfillment to help your dog find real balance.
Why Board and Train:
Fully customized. Our time with your dog lets us get to know them deeply and build strategies targeted to them, which is especially valuable in behavioral cases.
Faster results. Multiple daily one-on-one training and enrichment sessions with professional trainers moves progress more quickly than our Private Lessons program.
Immersive and real world learning. In our structured environment, every decision is guided and reinforced. Our trainers will also take your dog into real-world settings to make sure the training holds up outside our walls. Dogs also enjoy the structure and high level of engagement and owners are surprised that their dog is eager to come back each week.
Less stress on you. We handle the challenging early stages and the repetition you may not have time for.
Private Lessons
Private Lessons put the training in your hands.
Private lessons focus on teaching you to train and handle your own dog. Each session is about 60 minutes, one-on-one with an experienced trainer at our training center. We cover leash training, obedience, communication, and leadership and build the program around your specific goals, moving at the pace that works for you and your dog.
Why Private Lessons:
- You learn the skills. You leave each session knowing how to communicate with and lead your dog, not just watching someone else do it.
- Focused attention. One-on-one time with a trainer means no competing for attention and no wasted time on skills you don’t need.
- Your pace, your goals. We target the obedience and behavior modification that matter most to your household.
- Built for real life. The skills you practice in session are the ones you use every day on walks, at the door, and around distractions.
Life Skills with Your Dog Group Class
Basic training is important for every dog to help them live successfully in a human world.
This class will teach you how to effectively communicate with your dog and how to teach them important life skills including drop it, leave-it, wait, recall, place, leash skills and more, and then proof those skills to be reliable in the real world. In addition to covering traditional on-leash training our unique approach to training emphasizes instructing you, the human, on how to behave in a way that encourages your dog to naturally follow your guidance. We prioritize our focus, concentrating on the skills that will most directly impact your quality of life and ability to integrate your dogs into your daily activities without stress and frustration.
Day Training
Our Day Training program was developed as an add-on for Board and Train and Private Lessons Clients
Day Training is offered to established clients to work on the following skills:
- Proofing general obedience with distractions and distance
- Refreshing general obedience skills
- Introducing crate training strategies
- Refreshing leash training including manners and leash reactivity strategies
- Counter conditioning for grooming/nail trims
- Mental and Physical exercises, as well as confidence building through Enrichment activities
Socialization
Our team has spent over a decade developing our approach to rehabilitation. Through a careful process, we have been able to socialize even the toughest and most serious cases.
Our approach to socialization is grounded in the fact that all dogs are naturally social creatures and have particularly strong social drives. Our process utilizes those natural drives to help dogs overcome fear and stress, and to build the dog’s confidence and balance.