A German shepherd sitting on cut grass at the edge of a treeline

Ridgefield, Washington

A dog you can take anywhere.

Board and train, day training and private lessons on eleven acres north of town. We train the dog, then we train you, because you are the one who has to live with it.

Programs

Three ways in, depending on the dog

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Two-Week Reset

Two-Week Reset

14 days$1,600

Foundation obedience on leash for a dog that listens at home and nowhere else.

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Four-Week Board and TrainMost dogs

Four-Week Board and Train

28 days$2,900

Everything in the Reset, plus off-leash work and real time in public. Most dogs land here.

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Six-Week Off-Leash

Six-Week Off-Leash

42 days$4,200

Full off-leash reliability around the things your dog currently cannot ignore.

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How it works

Nobody pays before the assessment

  1. 01

    Application, then a phone call

    You fill in the form. We call within two working days. If we are not the right fit for your dog we will say so, and tell you who is.

  2. 02

    Assessment morning

    Your dog spends a morning in the yard with us. We watch, you talk, and we settle on a program and a start date before anyone pays for anything.

  3. 03

    Training, then the handover

    Video every week so you can see the work as it happens. At the end you get two hours with your dog and everything it learned.

From owners

What people say after the handover

He came back a different dog and, more to the point, we came back different owners. The handover was two hours and worth the whole program on its own.
Dana R.Moose, Bernese Mountain DogFour-Week Board and Train
We had been through two trainers before this one. The difference was that Cal made us do the work in front of him until we got it right.
Pete and Susan L.Nika, Belgian MalinoisSix-Week Off-Leash
Six months on and the recall still holds at the trailhead, off leash, with deer in the brush.
Marcus T.Juno, Shepherd mixFour-Week Board and Train

Tell us about your dog.

Six questions, about four minutes. A bite history or a failed program somewhere else will not count against you.

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