WOOFS! Dog Training Center

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WOOFS! offers Group Classes, Private Lessons and a Boarding School program to help you train your dog. We use positive training techniques to get you and your dog working together in a fun and rewarding way. Since educating the handler is essential for lasting success, we want to teach your dog how to learn and you how to teach! With these skills you can teach your dog anything.

WOOFS! offer group training classes for dogs of all ages. Classes are limited to 10 dogs with two instructors, and meet 1 hour a week for 7 weeks, unless otherwise noted.

We require all dogs to be up to date on vaccinations and owners are required to provide proof of current vaccinations. Puppies must have at least their first two rounds of Distemper and Parvo. Adults should have Distemper, Hepatitis, Leptospirosis, Parainfluenza, Parvovirus, Rabies. Bordatella is highly recommended.

See Class Schedule for upcoming classes.

Puppy Kindergarten is for puppies up to 4 months old. It is an on-going four week class that handlers can join at any week, giving young pups the opportunity to start learning NOW! Puppy Kindergarten focuses on critical issues like house training, crate training, nipping, name game, handling, restraint and socialization with lots of play time. Cost: $75. Puppy Kindergarten is recommended in combination with Puppy Basic. (Save $25 when you sign up for both)

Puppy Basic is training for dogs 14 weeks to 6 months old. It is a seven week class that focuses on basic obedience skills: name game, sit, down, proper greetings, come here, stay, off and take it, loose leash walking and socialization with play time. Puppy Basic is recommended in combination with Puppy Kindergarten or if you’ve never taken a training class with your puppy. Cost: $205 (Save $25 when you sign up for both Kindergarten and Basic )

Adult Basic is training for dogs over 6 months old. It is a seven week class that focuses on basic obedience skills: name game, sit, down, proper greetings, come here, stay, off and take it and loose leash walking. Adult Basic is great for relationship building and recommended if you’ve never taken an obedience class. Play time is included if appropriate. Cost: $205

Intermediate Manners is a seven week class for dogs who have previously taken Basic training. Practice the skills you learned in Basic with added distractions, distance and time. Continue to improve your dogs skills and work towards faster, more accurate responses with less dependance on the presence of food. Cost: $205

Advanced Manners is a seven week class for dogs who have previously taken Basic and Intermediate training. Advanced focuses on obedience in the real world and off leash skills. Teach your dog to greet friendly strangers, sit politely for petting and walk through a crowd. Elements of the American Kennel Club’s (AKC) Canine Good Citizen Test (CGC) are included. Cost: $205

Loose Leash Walking Loose leash walking is one of the most labor intensive things to teach. This class provides four weeks of intensive instruction on teaching your dog to walk by your side and NOT pull. If pulling is your issue, this is your class! Cost: $140

Fun Stuff!

Tricks training is a four week class that works with your dog’s basic obedience skills to learn fun new tricks and play group games. A great way to have fun and show off what your dog can do! Prerequisite: Basic Manners. Cost: $140.

Rally Obedience  is the newest sport to hit the dog world. You and your dog navigate a course of designated stations, each of which lists a behavior for the dog to perform. Focus on improving basic obedience, working as a team and having FUN!  Prerequisite: Intermediate Manners. Cost: $165.

Flyball a fast flying sport for the ball obsessed dog! Train your dog to be part of a four dog relay race bounding over jumps, retrieving the ball and triggering the next dog to run. Lots of fun for high energy dogs! Prerequisite: Intermediate Manners. Cost: $165.

 

 

 

 

   
  4241A North Pershing Drive | Arlington, VA 22203 | 703-536-7877