Helping people raise great community dogs.

--Dogs who can live comfortably with humans while still being dogs--

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Most people come to class hoping to teach their dog to sit, stay, come, or walk nicely on leash. Those are important skills, and we'll teach them. But they're only part of the story.

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At AdobeDogs, we believe training is more than teaching behaviors. It's helping people understand how dogs learn, and helping dogs understand how to live successfully with people in all communities. Whether we're teaching puppy socialization, manners, rally, nosework, agility, or tricks, we're always teaching the same underlying principles: communication, timing, reinforcement, confidence, self-control, and learning to work together as partners.​ The specific behaviors change. The principles don't.

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Our goal isn't just to teach dogs to respond to cues, but to help them develop the skills to make good choices in everyday life—to greet people politely, relax while you chat with a neighbor, walk with you instead of pulling toward every distraction, or settle quietly when nothing is happening. A great community dog can communicate and work with their person, make useful choices, and remain capable of thinking, communicating, and using learned skills across different levels of arousal—and recover when excitement, frustration, or uncertainty temporarily becomes too much

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Helping people understand dogs, and dogs understand people—that's how we build confident companions who participate comfortably and successfully in the parts of community life we choose to share with them.

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Ready to help your dog become a great community dog?  Find the Right Class and View the Class Calendar.