This class tends to fill up quickly. Please enroll and pay for the class on-line to reserve your space. https://seattle.goodcitizendog.com/classregistration

Spring and summer classes will be held at 3708 Commencement Bay Drive, Tacoma, WA 98407. This is a private home with a very large enclosed, grass covered space that is perfect for on leash instruction and off-leash play.

Anyone who wants their "new addition" to be an integral part of your family unit will sign up for this incredible group class. It is, without a doubt, the best puppy training class in all of Western Washington. It is a 6-week class designed to cover all the basics of puppy training and care. (Puppies are somewhere between 8 weeks and 6 months old). The initial focus of these classes is to provide intensive on and off-leash socializing opportunities and exercises for the puppies to encourage a sense of confidence and well-being, and to reduce fear and eliminate reactivity.

Unlike many other first level puppy classes, we focus a great deal of time on basic obedience training, with an emphasis on “no biting”, attention and focus exercises (ZEN), impulse control (leave it) and a variety of skills, including recall (come when called), no jumping and leash walking. We teach all the basic skills using voice and visual cues (hand signals). And, we are educating dog owners to understand how to communicate effectively in order to properly train their pups.

Our puppy training classes are also incredibly fun and way more interesting and educational than anywhere else! It's a MUST DO!

***Please note! We recommend at least the first set of vaccines, but this is a controlled environment and chance of exposure to Parvo or Distemper is extremely low. In 20 years of conducting this class we have not had one case reported. Socializing your pup, especially during a global pandemic, is essential to its overall well-being and emotional disposition.