Specialty Classes

* NOTE: For upcoming classes and to register, please click here.

Downtown Hound – Winter 2022 edition!
(Home Depot, Blain’s Farm & Fleet, Dick’s Sporting Goods & more)
Need to polish your dog’s manners in a real-world setting? Want to pass the Canine Good Citizen test? Each week, we meet in a different indoor location, from parks to Geneva Commons outdoor shopping mall to downtown St. Charles. Learn how to help your dog work through distractions, such as people of all ages, other dogs, and new environments.
INSTRUCTOR: Julia Lane
START DATE: 11am Thu Jan 13, 2022 or 4pm Sun Jan 16, 2022
FEE: $150/five weeks

Downtown Hound
(weekly field trips, Geneva, St. Charles & South Elgin)
Need to polish your dog’s manners in a real-world setting? Want to pass the Canine Good Citizen test? Each week, we meet in a different location, from parks to Geneva Commons outdoor shopping mall to downtown St. Charles. Learn how to help your dog work through distractions, such as people of all ages, other dogs, and new environments.
INSTRUCTOR: Julia Lane
START DATE: Spring 2022
FEE: $150/five weeks

Really Reliable Recall
(Pottawatomie Park, St. Charles)
Do you trust your dog off leash? Does your dog quickly come every time you call? My recall games will teach your dog to come anytime, anywhere!
INSTRUCTOR: Julia Lane
START DATE: Spring 2022
FEE: $150/five weeks

Fun Tricks
(Mount St. Mary Park, St. Charles)
Tricks are fun and your dog will love to show them off to family and friends! We’ll start with favorites like shake paw, roll over, say your prayers, make your bed, and sit up and beg. You can even earn trick titles Novice through Expert and Trick Dog Champion through AKC and Do More With Your Dog
INSTRUCTOR: Julia Lane, Certified Trick Dog Instructor
START DATE: Spring 2022
FEE: $150/five weeks

Contacts & Weaves
(TBA)
Agility is even more fun when your dog can confidently perform the weave poles, and contact obstacles like the dogwalk, Aframe, and the noisy, moving teeter totter. It can also help solve problems for more experienced teams.
INSTRUCTOR: Julia Lane
START DATE: TBA
FEE: $150/five weeks