3266 N. Elston Ave in Chicago
Adult Dog Group Training Classes
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Classes are 5 weeks straight unless noted otherwise and located at our Avondale HQ at 3266 N. Elston Ave. in Chicago!
Obedience
Take your dog from beginner basics to advanced obedience with our obedience classes, designed to improve leash skills, focus, impulse control, and real-world behavior.
Foundational Obedience for the Urban Pup
$225 / 5 classes
🗓️ Sep 16 @ 6pm
This class is all about building a solid foundation for you and your pup! Our goal is to help you start off on the right foot with foundational skills.
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Foundational skills such as
Sit, down, stay
Leave it
Recall
Touch
Leash walking
Find it
Eye contact/engagement
Release cue
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Best for dogs who are new to training, easily distracted, or need help focusing in busy environments. Great for high-energy dogs or recent rescues starting fresh.
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Your pup is six months or older
Vaccinated
3 SPOTS LEFT!
Intermediate Obedience for the Real World
$225 / 5 weeks
🗓️ Begins Sept 14 @ 10am
This class will work on proofing existing skills like stays, recall, and leash walking as well as more advanced skills like place and heel.
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Build on skills learned in Adult Dog 1, plus
Relaxation
Heel
Place
Tricks
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Best for dogs who know the basics but struggle with consistency, impulse control, or working around distractions like other dogs or people.
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Has taken Adult 1, OR instructor approval before signing up for a class
Your pup is six months or older
Vaccinated
Advanced
Obedience
$225 / 5 weeks
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This advanced level group class will work on proofing skills to and learning complicated sequences of behaviors.
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Build on skills learned in adult 1 and 2, plus
Combining behaviors
Long distance sit and down
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Best for dogs ready to level up their obedience with advanced skills, off-leash reliability, and real-world challenges like public spaces or group settings.
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Has taken Adult 1 and Adult 2, OR by instructor approval
Your pup is six months or older
Vaccinated
Loose Leash Walking & Polite Greetings
$180 / 4 sessions
🗓️ Begins Sept 22 @ 6pm
This class teaches polite greetings and leash walking skills to help your dog navigate city streets and meet people with confidence.
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Ways to approach (and be approached) by people as well as skills to call your dog away when needed.
Loose leash walking in the city.
Games and leash walking exercises that you can add as additional tools in your leash walking tool belt.
How to teach your dog not to jump on others
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Best for dogs who get overly excited or unsure when meeting people and need help with leash manners in busy environments.
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Has taken at least one basic obedience class, OR instructor approval before signing up for a class
Your pup is six months or older
Vaccinated
Canine Good Citizen (CGC)
$225 / 5 classes
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Our 5-week Canine Good Citizen class is designed for you and your pup to build real-world skills and prepare for the official CGC test.
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CGC Test Prep Skills:
Polite Greetings
Handling skills
Leash Walking with distractions
Stays with distance and duration
Recall from a distance
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For dogs over 6 months who are looking to grow their obedience and temperament skills in a goal-oriented class.
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Has taken at least one basic obedience class, OR instructor approval before signing up for a class
Your pup is six months or older
Vaccinated
Specialty
Explore our specialty dog training classes in Chicago—designed to support calm behavior, confidence, cooperative care, and real-life skills for city dogs.
Calm Copilot 1
$225 / 5 classes
🗓️ Begins Sep 6th @ 11:15am
This class uses a mix of relaxation techniques, focus exercises and pattern games to give you the tools you need to navigate city life.
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Pattern games
Relaxation
Redirection techniques
Look at That (LAT)
Calming touch and massage with Caragh from Wellness & Wags
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This class is perfect for adolescents, dogs with leash frustration, and any city pup that could use a little more calm and focus in their life!
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Has taken at least one basic obedience class, OR instructor approval before signing up for a class
Your pup is 12 months or older OR instructor approval
Vaccinated
Calm Copilot 2
$225 / 5 weeks
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This class builds on Calm Copilot with more relaxation techniques, focus exercises and pattern games.
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Calm Copilot 2 with amp up distractions and add in new exercises to increase engagement and focus in any environment.
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This class is perfect for adolescents, dogs with leash frustration, and any city pup that could use a little more calm and focus in their life!
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Has taken Calm Copilot 1
Vaccinated
1 SPOT LEFT!
Reactivity
$450 / 6 weeks
🗓️ Sept 16 @ 7:30 pm
This class is for dogs with leash reactivity/frustration in a safe, group setting.
Class size is 4 dogs and taught by two certified trainers. First class is for humans only.
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Improving handling
Management skills to help you navigate city walks.
Counterconditioning exercises to help reduce reactions over time.
We will give you more information about why reactivity happens, body language, and changes we can make in our daily lives to help you and your pup.
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Best for dogs who get overly excited or unsure when meeting people and need help with leash manners in busy environments.
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Has taken at least one basic obedience class, OR instructor approval before signing up for a class
Your pup is six months or older
Vaccinated
Fun Sh!t That’s Cute: Tricks
$180 / 4 weeks
🗓️ Sept 22 @ 7:15pm
Looking for more ways to engage and bond with your dog? Try tricks!! We'll work on a variety of tricks that will exercise your pup's mind and body.
Each pup will work on their own skills, so you can take this class as many times as you want!
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Have fun while strengthening your own understanding of how dog's move and learn.
This class is for those who want to learn some fun tricks with their pups, or those who are interested in working on their trick titles through AKC! It’s a build-your-own-tricks course with the option to test for the trick titles during the last class.
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Adult dogs
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Has taken at least one basic obedience class, OR instructor approval before signing up for a class
Your pup is six months or older
Vaccinated
Paws on
the Patio
$180 / 4 weeks
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Are you ready for Chicago’s patio season? This unique class teaches essential skills for relaxing in busy restaurant and café settings.
Last class takes place at Burning Bush Brewery!
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From ignoring food distractions to polite greetings and mat relaxation, your pup will learn how to be the best patio companion—just in time for summer hangs!
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Adult dogs who enjoy a public outdoor setting
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Has taken at least one basic obedience class, OR instructor approval before signing up for a class
Your pup is six months or older
Vaccinated
Buff Pups: Intro to Canine Fitness
$225 / 5 weeks
🗓️ Begins Sept 3 @ 6pm
A fun fitness class for dogs that builds strength, balance, and confidence with wiggles, wobbles, and bonding!
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how to safely use fitness and agility equipment
how to build strength, balance and stability
new ways to engage your pup in distracting environments
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Best for folks who want to work on new ways to engage and enrich their pup’s life through exercise, strength, and agility training methods. Great for folks who might want to dip their toe in dog sports to learn a bit more about how to get started.
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Has taken at least one basic obedience class, OR instructor approval before signing up for a class
Your pup is six months or older
Vaccinated