Obedience is more than just knowing a command. For example, if you tell your dog to lay, the dog lays and then gets back up 3 seconds later, your dog knows commands but isn’t obedient. We focus on getting the dog to look to us for direction, rather than every decision being an impulsive decision. Jumping on people, reactivity, barking, and aggression are just some things dogs do impulsively. We teach the human how to establish boundaries and hold the dog accountable to those boundaries. That is how we address the behavior issues that so many people deal with. We utilize the commands that the dog knows already or learns in training to establish those boundaries.
Our general Obedience program is a 4-session program. We meet once a week for 1 hour. We work on walking, sit, down, stay, place, come, leave it, eye contact, prong collar, e-collar as well as the concepts of can't eat until released, can't come out of the crate until released, can't greet people at the door, and can't bolt out the door until released. If you are dealing with any type of behavioral issues, it might take additional sessions. However, many of the behavioral issues are pretty quick to fix and may not need any additional time because they may work themselves out with the obedience training. This program is like a train the trainer program, we are teaching you how to train your dog.
For a dog to be eligible for this program, they must be at least 20 weeks old. If you have multiple dogs in the household and want to train more than one dog, the process is to start with one dog, and then when that dog has completed training, we start the second dog. It is much easer for owners to provide the necessary training time when it is just one dog they need to focus on.
We charge $400 for the 4-session program. The first three sessions are at our facility, the last session we do at your home. We do require that you pay ½ down to get on the waiting list and the remainder on the first session. If we go over 4 sessions, you can pay per session after that.
There are several tools that you will need for our program. Treat bag, clicker, prong collar, and an e-collar. If you don't have any of these tools, you can purchase them all at KT Animal supply on Main St. or we also carry the equipment for sale. Approximate cost is $300 if you need them all.
The training along with the tools will completely change your relationship with your dog. You can include them in far more activities when you setup the boundaries and rules and they understand it, which is what we accomplish through the training.
All general obedience training sessions are Monday through Thursday, between 4 PM and 7 PM.
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Reactivity and aggression are two common things that people deal with when it comes to their dog. Reactivity can be as simple as a dog that gets over excited at the sight of other dogs or people. This usually turns into bad behaviors like barking or jumping on people. Or worse, into aggression towards other dogs or people. That is where we come in. We host sessions with upwards of 8 dogs at a session that all have reactivity/aggression. The owner takes what they learned in the general obedience program, and apply it in the group environment. We do require that anyone that comes to our reactivity/aggression group class to have gone through our general obedience program first. It is in that program that we teach you what to watch for in your dog’s behavior that leads to reactivity, what tools to use, and how to use the tools to correct the behavior to stop it. This is a 3 session program. The cost is $200 for the 3 sessions.
Our most popular program is our Day Training program. There are so many things we can work through in the Day Training program that we can’t in the General Obedience. If a dog has anxiety, fear reactivity towards humans or dogs, aggressive reactivity towards humans or dogs, or over excitement, Day Training is the best program.
Our day training program takes the pressure off of the owner to get the repetitions in to get the dog solid at obedience. The dog comes to our facility Mon-Fri at approximately 8 AM, and stays with us until somewhere between 3-4 PM, for 2 weeks. When the owner picks up the dog, we go over what the dog learned that day. We also send out an email that explains what we are working on which includes video of what to be working on at home. We also schedule a ½ hour one on one session to make sure the owner is grasping what they need to be doing at home. We can get a dog solid at obedience, but if the owners don’t hold the dog accountable to the rules, the dog will revert back to where it started. It is very important that we take the time with the owners to teach them what they need to do to maintain the training. Each day the dog gets approximately 1.5 hours of one-on-one time, and then the remainder of the session they are working on impulse control through group activities like holding a down when other dogs are training or are playing fetch. Our facility offers us a unique ability to expose the dog to other dogs, and we have significant foot traffic right outside our facility throughout the day. This allows us to get exposure to the dog to being around a significant amount of people. Dogs can start this program at 17 weeks of age.
The things we work on are
The cost is $1,500 for the 2 week program. This provides approximately 70 hours of training time for the dog. There is also some equipment you would need to purchase, a prong collar and an e-collar, Approximate cost is $300. KT animal supply on Main carries this equipment. If you aren't able to get to KT animal supply we also carry all of the equipment and can sell it to you on your dog's first day.
The topics we cover are potty training, crate training, walking, sit, down, place, and stay. This is a 3 session program, we meet once a week for three weeks. The cost of the class is $200. We will only run a puppy class if we have a minimum of people that would like to do the class.
Our obedience refresh program is for dogs that have already been through our obedience program. Which means they already know commands and boundaries that have been defined. This program allows us to re-enforce the 3 components of obedience training which include boundaries, consequences, and consistency.
This is a 1 week program where drop off is at 8 AM and pickup is between 3 - 4 PM.
Each day the dog gets approximately 1.5 hours of one-on-one time, and then the remainder of the session they are working on impulse control through group activities like holding a down when other dogs are training or are playing fetch. Our facility offers us a unique ability to expose the dog to other dogs, and we have significant foot traffic right outside our facility throughout the day. This allows us to get exposure to the dog to being around a significant amount of people.
The cost is $750 for the 1 week program. This provides approximately 35 hours of training time. Payment of half down and completion of the agreement and questionnaire is required to be put on the schedule
Elevate Canine Academy Bismarck
1144 N. 3rd St.
Bismarck, ND 58501
701-319-1710
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3029 13th Ave S, Suite L
Fargo, ND 58103
701-929-4160
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