Dog Training Aurora (IL)
Sonya’s Good Dog Services provides specialized dog training for all ages and breeds of dogs in Aurora.
Depending on your preference and what’s best for your dog, you can choose from private classes, group classes and board & train services at our private dog-training facility.
Aurora (IL) Dog Training: Rewarding Follow-Through
If you live in Aurora (IL) and have a dog, you know how much joy your pet can bring to every day. A dog really is a friend.
A well-trained dog can also be a friend that’s even more calming and joyful. Data suggests that while close to 90% of dog owners say training improves a dog’s behavior, only 10% of dogs are professionally trained. Further, 47% of dog owners report that their dogs obey commands less than 50% of the time.
Training your dog involves more than behavior at home. It also frees more possibilities for taking your lovable pet elsewhere. Dog-specific training helps to better integrate your pet into your neighborhood as well as other public settings.
There’s a good chance you may have already established some foundational training with your dog. However, when your pet gets into real-world situations, some of that training may quickly falter. You wish that its behavior could be more consistent.
With Sonya’s Good Dog Training Services, you and your dog can become even closer through training specific to your dog’s behaviors or habits.
An informed and practical approach to training helps you get to the root of what can help reduce unwanted behavior while improving recall of training and commands.
Because of our content and focus, many training goals can be achieved in one six-week program. If your time and availability are limited for in-person dog training, you can still complete your mission with our dog and puppy video training!
Whether you have a boisterous puppy, a happy but hard-to-manage dog that just won’t listen or a more serious case of anxiety or aggression, we have the answers you are looking for.
Aurora (IL) Dog Training: Board & Train
If you don’t have the time to engage in refinement training for a happy, obedient pet, or if you know your dog needs extra attention, Board & Train courses at Sonya’s Good Dog Services prepare your dog for long-term success.
Our Board & Train programs provide the assets of in-kennel training without long separations between you and your dog. From Monday through Friday, your dog will stay with us for training with hands-on daily instruction toward greater reliability of behavior.
At the end of each week, you’ll pick up your pet and bring it home along with additional training exercises for practice over the weekend.
Aurora (IL): Private Dog Training Near Me
Private classes at Sonya’s Good Dog Services are perfect for pets that will be better addressed in non-group settings. You as the dog owner also might prefer private training.
You can schedule your dog’s private training as a Puppy Package or a Basic Obedience Package. The class times you select will be reserved and scheduled consecutively.
Once enrolled, you and your dog will meet with the trainer once a week at our facility for a private session that will last for up to an hour. You’ll also have daily assignments to work on at home to prep your dog for the next week’s training.
Puppy Package
You and your pet will attend two in-person classes a week apart to cover challenging training areas such as potty and crate training, biting, jumping and barking. Your puppy will learn the recognition and importance of “no” as well.
The Puppy Package further includes the four-week video version of Puppy Preschool covering foundational aspects such as obeying basic commands, building confidence and learning fun new tricks.
Basic Obedience Package
This five-week program addresses inappropriate tendencies such as barking and jumping as well as other behavioral issues that might pertain to your particular puppy.
We’ll also address what lies behind shyness, fear, anxiety and aggression and provide useful direction for enhancing your puppy’s state of mind.
At your final class, you’ll receive a written 30-day plan for transitioning all that you’ve learned into both the real world and your home environment.
Aurora (IL): Group Dog Training Near Me
Whether you wish to instill more obedience or teach an older dog new tricks, group courses at Sonya’s Good Dog Services establish the inspired setting for working with your pet’s distinctive characteristics.
Group classes support Aurora dog owners who would like to train their pet themselves in a group environment with a trainer’s guidance.
With group dog training, you and your dog will come to class once a week for a session of about one hour. At the end of each class, you’ll receive written direction for behavior-reinforcing exercises to practice at home.
Dogs learn best by spaced repetition. That’s why we make classes progressive, meaning that each week we add to what we learned about your dog the week before. For the greatest results, you’ll want to do your homework with your dog about 20 to 30 minutes per day and ensure it is ready for class the following week.
Please note that highly aggressive or reactive dogs must be evaluated before entering a group class. If you’re unsure if your dog fits this category, please be sure to let us know.
Aurora Group Training: Doggy Kindergarten & College
Six-week in-person Doggy Kindergarten covers the basic commands, such as sit, down, come, stay, heel and stand (for exam). Your dog also learns how to properly walk on a leash.
Many dogs that begin this class already know some or all of the basics. However, they might pick and choose when they will respond to them.
For example, a dog might know to sit when it’s alone with you while you do chores, but it forgets all boundaries when a guest arrives at your house. Another dog might know “sit” – unless it sees a squirrel somewhere near.
Doggy Kindergarten reinforces the basics while helping your dog stay reliable when distractions might be present. We’ll also cover behavioral problems such as barking, jumping, anxiety, fear and issues with high arousal or adrenaline.
Dogs that complete Doggy Kindergarten will be ready to advance to the six-week Doggy College.
College is for Aurora dog owners who wish for greater off-leash control. In college, we will step up the pet’s distractions as well as the amount of distance from “stay” and “come” commands. We will transition the dog off the leash as well.
When your dog completes the course, we’ll have a celebratory graduation on the last night of class!
Aurora Group Training: Puppy Preschool
Four-week Puppy Preschool provides your dog with essentials such as basic commands, luring techniques, exposure exercises and potty training.
Other puppy objectives include building greater confidence, playing and socializing with other puppies, working through fear or anxiety, and preventing door-bolting.
We also help your puppy develop greater manners and courtesy for an even more loving, respectful relationship with you.
Aurora (IL) Dog Training Near Me: Contact Us Today
Sonya’s Good Dog Services brings out the best of what’s possible in owning and enjoying a dog. We would welcome learning more about your special dog and how we can help you further shape the owner-pet relationship you wish for. Call us at (630) 408-6837 to discuss “dog training near me” for Aurora!
