Center for Applied Animal Behavior

Dr. Ian Dunbar literally wrote the book on puppy training. If you have a new puppy or a dog up to 1 year old, you owe it to yourself to get it into the basic puppy training class. Its worth it just for the tips on how to get your dog to sit-stay. Seriously. Sirus is serious about puppies.

PROS: Proven techniques
CONS: not free, but cheaper than the alternative.

The trainers know their jobs and their dogs. The six week classes are worth every cent and the pricing is reasonable. Not only will your puppy learn how to sit, stay and potty outside but a few tricks will be thrown in to boot.

Sirus Puppy training is an excellent program all puppies and their owners should go through. They have all kinds of classes - for new puppies and things like basic obedience, and workshops for specific behaviors you want to modify. The instructors are excellent - they had a good command of the classes and knew a lot about dogs and the way they learn. The puppy classes had around 12 or so dogs (maybe fewer) where you'd learn a specific behavior and how to shape it (ie 'sit', 'come', etc.) and go home and practice. It was a lot of fun!

PROS: Great facility, useful class.
CONS: none