Events

with Jules Asbed Learn how to get started with Happy Ratters in the morning and Games for Urban Rat Hunting in the afternoon. Tickets are limited to 6 working spots each. Schedule Appointment

Great Start Puppy is a 6-week class teaching a variety of foundational skills and socialization for puppies under 5 months old. Skills covered include loose leash walking, sit, down, come, stay, settling on a mat, leave it and other manners. This class is open enrollment, choose and sign up for each of the 6 dates […]

This is a 6-week class teaching a variety of foundational skills and socialization for puppies under 5 months old. Topics include loose leash walking, recalls, settling and stationary behaviors, grooming and handling, and polite behaviors around food. Class is held at our new facility at 2536 Centerville Turnpike South, Chesapeake.Instructor Cate Law Schedule Appointment

What is Rally? Rally is a fun, interactive way to bring your dog’s obedience skills to the next level. You and your dog will navigate a course, side-by-side, of 10-20 different signs. Learn how to read the signs, how to navigate the course and become a better partner with your dog. If your dog knows […]

Great Start Puppy is a 6-week class teaching a variety of foundational skills and socialization for puppies under 5 months old. Skills covered include loose leash walking, sit, down, come, stay, settling on a mat, leave it and other manners. This class is open enrollment, choose and sign up for each of the 6 dates […]

Great Start Puppy is a 6-week class teaching a variety of foundational skills and socialization for puppies under 5 months old. Skills covered include loose leash walking, sit, down, come, stay, settling on a mat, leave it and other manners. This class is open enrollment, choose and sign up for each of the 6 dates […]

Your dog had an intro class/ seminar to Barnhunt or Urban Rats? Continue to develop handler skills, learn how scent travels, refine hunting and indicating skills in your dog to compete in Happy Ratters trials or just to have fun! New challenges and games every week, finding rats, climbing and going into burrows. Dogs will […]

This is a 6-week class teaching a variety of foundational skills and socialization for puppies under 5 months old. Topics include loose leash walking, recalls, settling and stationary behaviors, grooming and handling, and polite behaviors around food. Class is held at our new facility at 2536 Centerville Turnpike South, Chesapeake.Instructor Cate Law Schedule Appointment

Great Start Puppy is a 6-week class teaching a variety of foundational skills and socialization for puppies under 5 months old. Skills covered include loose leash walking, sit, down, come, stay, settling on a mat, leave it and other manners. This class is open enrollment, choose and sign up for each of the 6 dates […]

Prerequisite SW 2. Continue to grow as a Scent Work team. Hone your skills of recognizing your dog's signals as he/she continues to increase their searching skills. Dogs will work by themselves one at a time. Class is held at 2536 Centerville Turnpike S, Chesapeake VA. Instructor Toni Turbide. Schedule Appointment

Prerequisite SW 2. Continue to grow as a Scent Work team. Hone your skills of recognizing your dog's signals as he/she continues to increase their searching skills. Dogs will work by themselves one at a time. Class is held at 2536 Centerville Turnpike S, Chesapeake VA. Instructor Toni Turbide. Schedule Appointment

Prerequisite SW 3. Continue to grow as a Scent Work team. Hone your skills of recognizing your dog's signals as he/she continues to increase their searching skills. Dogs will work one at a time. Class is held at 2536 Centerville Turnpike S, Chesapeake VA. Instructor Toni Turbide. Schedule Appointment

Learn how to keep your pup's focus and strengthen your obedience cues with this fun class. Puppies will learn different obstacles and how to navigate easy courses. Great for building confidence and strengthening your relationship with your pup. This is a 5 week class for dogs up to 12 months old. Instructor Karissa Triveri Schedule […]

Adolescent dog manners. Your pup is between 6 months and 2 years old? This class is for you. we'll be working on focus, stationary behaviors and loose leash walking in this class. Instructor Karissa Triveri Schedule Appointment

Does your dog know the basics like sit, down, stay and come but you want to keep improving skills? Have you taken a basic class but aren't quite ready for the Canine Good Citizen class? Need to refine some skills like loose leash walking, stay or recall? Beyond Basic Manners is a 6 week intermediate […]

The next step after Basic and Intermediate class, Canine Good Citizen helps your dog become a welcomed community member out in public. This 6 week class works on walking through crowds, staying with an unfamiliar person, common distracting situations, and more with the option of working towards using no treats for the CGC test. Class […]

Adolescent dog manners. Your pup is between 6 months and 2 years old? This class is for you. we'll be working on focus, stationary behaviors and loose leash walking in this class. Instructor Karissa Triveri Schedule Appointment

Great Start Puppy is a 6-week class teaching a variety of foundational skills and socialization for puppies under 5 months old. Skills covered include loose leash walking, sit, down, come, stay, settling on a mat, leave it and other manners. This class is open enrollment, choose and sign up for each of the 6 dates […]

Basic Manners is an initial foundational training class for dogs over 5 months old. It is also the next step after one of our puppy classes. This 6 week class works on polite leash walking, sit, down, stay, come and how to stop pulling and jumping. Class is held at 2536 Centerville Turnpike S, Chesapeake, […]

Want to teach your dog to kiss your cheek, retrieve their leash, or close a door? Whether you’re working on earning a trick dog title, just want to learn some tricks, or building your dog’s confidence, this class is a perfect way to learn some fun new cues and grow your relationship with your dog! […]

Would you like to build your pup’s confidence and resilience? In this class we’ll work on increasing your puppy’s confidence through a variety of fun but controlled exercises like body awareness, overcoming obstacles and much more. For dogs up to 12 months old. Schedule Appointment

Is your dog a bit worried about the world or specific things? We’ll show you how to help your dog overcome mild stressors and expose them to new environments and situations to create more confident and resilient dogs. For dogs of any age. This class is not suited for aggressive or reactive dogs. Schedule Appointment

Great Start Puppy is a 6-week class teaching a variety of foundational skills and socialization for puppies under 5 months old. Skills covered include loose leash walking, sit, down, come, stay, settling on a mat, leave it and other manners. This class is open enrollment, choose and sign up for each of the 6 dates […]

The sport of Scent Work is based on the work of professional detection dogs (such as drug dogs). This 5 week class will teach you how to motivate your dog to hunt for the first target odor in AKC Scent Work, birch. Scent work is a team sport that builds confidence and is fun for […]

You took an Intro to Scent Work class? This is the next level. More searches, more fun! Scent Work is a team sport that builds confidence and is fun for both ends of the leash. Dogs will work by themselves one at a time. Instructor Toni Turbide. Schedule Appointment

Great Start Puppy is a 6-week class teaching a variety of foundational skills and socialization for puppies under 5 months old. Skills covered include loose leash walking, sit, down, come, stay, settling on a mat, leave it and other manners. This class is open enrollment, choose and sign up for each of the 6 dates […]

Great Start Puppy is a 6-week class teaching a variety of foundational skills and socialization for puppies under 5 months old. Skills covered include loose leash walking, sit, down, come, stay, settling on a mat, leave it and other manners. This class is open enrollment, choose and sign up for each of the 6 dates […]

The focus of this class is relationship building, and we'll introduce a few obstacles along the way such as hoops, short tunnels and barrels. This class is aimed at dogs 6 months (or younger w/approval of instructor) and older that have had some basic obedience so they can start working exercises off leash. Sit, stay, […]

Great Start Puppy is a 6-week class teaching a variety of foundational skills and socialization for puppies under 5 months old. Skills covered include loose leash walking, sit, down, come, stay, settling on a mat, leave it and other manners. This class is open enrollment, choose and sign up for each of the 6 dates […]

Basic Manners is an initial foundational training class for dogs over 5 months old. It is also the next step after one of our puppy classes. This 6 week class works on polite leash walking, sit, down, stay, come and how to stop pulling and jumping. This class is open enrollment, choose and sign up […]