Good Dog – Family Dog Obedience
Busy Dog strives to help humans and dogs build lifelong partnerships by embracing fun, cooperation, and excellent training skills.
In our experience, most owners want a well behaved, well socialized companion in their homes and out and about. We focus on building the foundations for those skills and advancing them, so you develop the partnership you need for a go anywhere, do anything dog.
We offer small group classes so you can get lots of personalized support in an environment that won’t be overwhelming to you or your dog. Our trainers love teaching classes and will always be friendly, and the whole family (kids included!) are welcome to attend.
One of our primary goals is to help you enjoy your dog. We will teach you how to offer your dog clear communication, help you read your dog’s body language, and strengthen your mechanics so you can be the handler your dog deserves.
Our classes are taught in several locations to held you find an option that works best for you!
– on the west side of Madison, at Passion for Paws.
– on the north side of Madison, at Dog Dog Daycare.
Classes are 45 minutes, and include six weeks of instruction.
$165.00
Good Dog Basics
For dogs of any age, Good Dog Basics will focus on the things required for teaching a dog to be a Good Dog: walking nicely on leash, appropriate greetings, re-calls, attention work, stays, and more!
No prerequisites.
$165/ 6 week session
NEXT SESSION BEGINS:
Sunday, December 8th at 10:00 at T&T Pet Services (Madison, North)
*note that this class will skip 12/29 for the holidays, and meet back on 1/5 for the next three weeks to finish the session.
Saturday, January 11th at 9:00 a.m. at T & T Pet Care Services (Madison, North)
Manners and Mindfulness: Calm Canine Skills
For graduates of our Puppy Skills 2, Dream Teen, or Good Dog Basics class (or equivalent), our Manners and Mindfulness class is designed to help us support our dogs through big feelings in their house. We will address skills such as polite greetings, impulse control, counter surfing, emotional regulation around environmental triggers,desensitization to household noises like doorbells and vacuum cleaners, waits and stays, and more!
Prerequisites: Puppy Skills, Dream Teen, Good Dog Basics or equivalent.
$165/ 6 week session
NEXT SESSION BEGINS:
Tuesday, January 28th at 7:30 p.m. at T &T Pet Care Services (Madison, North)
Really Good Dog (Intermediate)
For graduates of our Puppy Skills 2, Dream Teen, or Good Dog Basics class (or equivalent), Really Good Dog is here to support you when you’re ready to take the next step in your dog’s training with a focus on real-life skills like polite greetings, loose leash walking, leave-its, wait at the door, and more. This class will also work on building attention and focus around increasingly difficult distractions, building your partnership with your dog (the most important part!) and adding distance to behaviors like recalls and stays.
Prerequisites: Puppy Skills, Dream Teen, Good Dog Basics or equivalent.
$165/ 6 week session
NEXT SESSION BEGINS:
Good Dog Outdoors
Put your dogs skills to the test with all of the distraction of the great outdoors! Practice walking on sidewalks, Stays with outdoor distractions, leave-its, more challenging recalls, attention work and more!
Prerequisites: Good Dog Basics or equivalent.
$165/ 6 week session
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