Mondays from 5:00pm - 5:30pm

At Rumford Pet Express in Middletown, RI

Ages: 8 weeks - 7 months

1-hour sessions

Have your puppy join us for Puppy Social Group, where you will have a controlled environment to socialize your puppy in public places, new people, other dogs and puppies and a grooming environment. Puppies will be able to interact in puppy play at the end of the hour.

Please include the date you are signing up for at payment.

Cost: $10 +tax

September 10th - October 15th

Tuesdays from 5:00 - 6:00pm

At Rumford Pet Express in Middletown, RI 

Ages: 8 weeks - 11 months

Six 1-hour weekly sessions. 

AKC S.T.A.R. Puppy is an exciting program to get dog owners and their puppies off to a good start with puppy education, socialization activities, and basic training.

At the end of the class, you will receive the education and materials for twenty skill sets, including five behaviors: sit, down, come, loose manners, and leave it. 

Upon graduation, you will also be provided with an AKC form signed by an AKC-certified CGC evaluator to be submitted for your puppy’s AKC S.T.A.R. Puppy certification!

Cost: $165 +tax

September 19th - October 10th

Thursdays from 6:00 - 7:00pm

At AH Dog Training School for Dogs in Portsmouth, RI

Four 1-hour weekly sessions

Ages: 6 months or older

Rabies and Distemper shots are required

Reliable Recall is a practical learning course to improve your pup's leash-walking skills. Orientation is parents only - without your dogs. This will prepare you for effective training. Throughout the class, we'll build up your dog's recall to come away from their biggest distractions when called. 

Cost: $120 +tax

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At AH Dog Training School for Dogs in Portsmouth, RI

Four 1-hour weekly sessions

Ages: 6 months or older

Rabies and Distemper shots are required

Leash Manners is a practical learning course to improve your pup's leash-walking skills. Orientation is parents only - without your dogs. This will prepare you for effective training. Throughout the class, we'll delve into topics including heel vs. loose leash walking, mastering leash cues, settling in new environments, defensive walking, moving with you on walks, and polite manners around other dogs.

Cost: $120 +tax

September 16th - Oct 21st

Mondays from 6:00 - 7:00pm

At AH Dog Training School for Dogs in Portsmouth, RI

Six 1-hour weekly sessions

Ages: 6 months or older

Rabies and Distemper shots are required

Life Skills builds on basic obedience while introducing a few new behaviors. The skills you and your dog will learn will become valuable tools to navigate distractions and challenging situations.

At the end of the class, you will receive the education and materials for holding a sit and down, relaxing on a mat, impulse control, recall, leash manners, and leave it.

Cost: $180 +tax

October 5th - November 9th

Saturdays from 2:00 - 3:00pm

At AH Dog Training School for Dogs in Portsmouth, RI

Six 1-hour weekly sessions

Ages: 6 months or older

Rabies and Distemper shots are required

Cool Your Collars is for dogs who have big feelings toward any trigger. Behaviors exhibited may include snarling, barking, or lunging at triggers. This class is designed to teach you how to help your dog  decompress and handle situations that "rile them up." Distance and barriers are used to set the pups up for success so they stay in a mental state to learn and practice around other reactive dogs. 

At the end of the class, you will receive the education and materials on decompression, self-soothing, redirecting, managing situations, emergency skills and cues, and how to communicate with your dog.

Cost: $195 +tax

Virtual LR Basics is a one-on-one virtual class. Upon registration, you will receive a confirmation email to schedule your sessions.

Ages: 6 months+

Three 1-hour weekly sessions

This class is for reactive dogs (lunging, barking, snarling) toward other dogs or distractions. Learn calming techniques, how to manage your dog around their triggers, and how to teach your dog to decompress around triggers. The techniques taught in this class can be used for reactivity toward people, noises, other animals, and other distractions or for dogs who have difficulty disengaging from distractions.

Cost: $85 +tax

Virtual Step-Up Tricks is a one-on-one virtual class. Upon registration, you will receive a confirmation email to schedule your sessions.

Ages: All ages welcome
Three 1-hour weekly sessions

This is the perfect class to give your dog mental stimulation. Tricks are a fun way for them to learn and show off your fur baby to your friends and family! You will use luring and shaping techniques in each class to work on three tricks. We will begin with a warm-up trick followed by an intermediate-level trick. The end of class will be used to work on a project trick of your choice, projected to be completed by the end of the third class.

Tricks include Two Paws, Shimmy, Step, Hop, Heel, Center, and a project trick of your choice.

Cost: $60 +tax

Virtual CC & Grooming is a one-on-one virtual class. Upon registration, you will receive a confirmation email to schedule your sessions.

Ages: 8 weeks+

Three 1-hour weekly sessions.

This class covers all aspects of at-home body handling and grooming. It is designed for dogs uncomfortable with being handled or groomed and those looking to desensitize their new puppy to handling and grooming.

You will receive the education and materials for correct body handling, at-home grooming, and desensitization at the end of the three weeks.

Cost: $80 +tax

Virtual Life Skills & Basic O is a one-on-one virtual class. Upon registration, you will receive a confirmation email to schedule your sessions.

Ages: 6 months or older

Six 1-hour weekly sessions.

Basic Obedience builds on basic obedience while introducing a few new behaviors. The skills you and your dog will learn will become valuable tools to navigate distractions and challenging situations.

At the end of the class, you will receive the education and materials for holding a sit and down, relaxing on a mat, impulse control, recall, leash manners, and leave it.

Cost: $120 +tax