Puppy & Obedience Classes
Real-life training classes for real-life results
Our puppy training and manners dog training classes are the best Reno has to offer:
- Taught by experienced professional dog trainers
- Focused on results outside the classroom
- Small class size for personalized attention
- All positive reinforcement training
- Lots (and lots) of fun
A few things to know about attending class with us
Our classes are small, so pre-registration is required. No drop-ins, please.
School-aged children are warmly welcomed to participate, but must be accompanied and supervised by a parent.
All classes (except on-location field trip classes) are taught at our training facility at 9475 Double R. Blvd., Suite B-12 in South Reno. (Here’s a map.)
Worried about Canine Influenza? Learn how we keep our training center safe. Please have your dog vaccinated against the flu if he visits the dog park, doggy daycare, boarding facilities, or the groomer.
See below for classes and details plus a few great package deals!
Puppy Kindergarten Training Class
How about puppy relief today and a behaviorally healthy dog for all the days to come? We’ll cover foundational basic manners with a focus on teaching your pup calm behavior around you, strangers, guests, and fellow canines. Puppy socialization includes carefully managed play time, with pups grouped by size and play style. And if puppy antics like potty training, puppy biting, and chewing up your stuff have you rattled, you’ll love our personalized private jump-start session.
Puppy Kindergarten class details
6 weeks of group class + 1 private puppy training jump start lesson
$225 tuition includes all group sessions + your private jump-start lesson
Prerequisites
For puppies under 4 months old.
- Puppies must be healthy and have begun their puppy shots. (It is not required to have completed your puppy’s vaccination series. Questions about vaccine requirements or cleaning protocols? Please ask us!)
- Puppy Kindergarten is open enrollment—start right away! (Must pre-enroll; no drop-ins.)
Once you enroll you can start anytime!
- Sundays at 1:30pm
- Wednesdays at 6pm
Looking for a complete training course for your dog? Check out the Benji and Lassie Bundles below!
Basic Manners Dog Training Class
The perfect class for adult dogs of any age who need to learn or brush up on the basics. If you’re living with an unruly pooch or a dog whose hearing, ahem, tends to be a bit spotty, this is the class for you. We cover basic obedience like sit, down, coming when called, and walking nicely on leash. Our main goal is building self-control and focus in distracting situations so you can rely on your dog’s good manners no matter the situation.
Basic Manners class details
- 6 weeks of group class + 1 dog training orientation
- $225 tuition includes all group sessions + orientation
Prerequisites
No previous class or training required, but dogs must be healthy, up-to-date on vaccinations, and show no aggression toward other dogs or people.
- Tuesdays 6:00pm – make reservations a few weeks in advance.
- Sundays 3:00pm – make reservations a few weeks in advance.
- Thursdays 4:30pm – make reservations a few weeks in advance.
- Thursdays at 6:00pm – make reservations a few weeks in advance
Looking for a complete training course for your dog? Check out the Benji and Lassie Bundles below!
City Dog Field Trip Class
How about a little post-basic manners finishing school? If you’re as serious about real-life results as we are, join us to take your dog’s basic manners on the road! Enjoy 3 fun, trainer-guided field trips throughout the Reno and Sparks area to build a cosmopolitan canine ready to accompany you anywhere (and make you look good doing it). Field trip locations may include Midtown, the River Walk District, Whitewater Park, Virginia Lake Park, UNR, and even a trip to the Frozen Yogurt shop if the weather plays nice.
City Dog Field Trip class details
- 3 weeks of “on location” field trip sessions
- $100 tuition
Prerequisites
Basic Manners class or equivalent level of training
Class Schedule
Saturdays at 12:00 noon.
This is an open enrollment class. Pre-register then start when you are ready.
Trail Dog Field Trip Class
If you’re a dog-loving outdoorsy type, this real-life field trip class will have your best friend ready to join you on any adventure. Our trainer will guide you on 3 adventure-filled outdoor training expeditions for a calm, focused dog out in the wide, wide world. Our Fido alfresco field trip locations may include the Steamboat Ditch Trail, Galena, the Timberline trail, Thomas Creek, Idlewild Park, Huffaker Hills, Peavine, and Keystone Canyon.
Trail Dog Field Trip class details
- 3 weeks of “on location” field trip sessions
- $100 tuition
Prerequisites
Basic Manners class or equivalent level of training
Class Schedule
Saturdays at 10:30 am.
This is an open enrollment class. Pre-register then start when you are ready
AKC Canine Good Citizen test prep class
Canine Good Citizens enjoy many extra canine privileges. They’re more likely to be welcomed into hotels, work places, and rental housing as just a few examples. Becoming a CGC is also a great first step toward therapy dog work. Besides all that, CGC class is another fun way to work on real-life manners for a dog you can trust in all manner of situations.
Canine Good Citizen class details
- 6 weeks of group class
- CGC test (optional)
- $200 tuition includes your CGC test fee (regularly $25)
Prerequisites
City Dog Field Trip class or equivalent level of training
Class Schedule
Tuesdays at 7:30pm
Starts on August 27, ends on October 1
CGC Test Date: Friday, October 4 at 6:00pm
Wednesdays at 7:30pm
Starts on November 13, ends on January. 8th. No class on Nov. 27, Dec. 25 or Jan. 1
CGC Test Date: Friday, Jan. 10 at 6:00pm
The Benji Bundle:
Save $75 when you bundle Basic Manners with our Field Trip Classes
We won’t be training your dog to save kidnapped children, but with the Benji Bundle she’ll learn to handle just about any other life situation that comes her way. This trio of classes (6 weeks of Basic Manners foundation plus both our 3-week City Dog and Trail Dog field trip classes) is designed to teach your dog the art of polite companionship at home and anywhere you’d like her company, from city errands to weekend outings. In addition to a charming, impressively well-behaved pooch, you’ll also receive discounts on additional Fur and Feather Works classes and workshops.
Contact us to sign up or click below to get more details
The Lassie Package:
Save $100 when you bundle Puppy K, Basic Manners, and two 3-week Field Trip Classes
Okay, Lassie wasn’t real. (Did you know she was played by about 10 different dogs?) Still, we all yearn for that ideal companion dog. Our Lassie Package bundles all the classes you need to help your puppy grow up to be a polite member of society, welcomed everywhere you take her. You wouldn’t stop a child’s education after kindergarten and expect her to become a rocket scientist, right? Think of the Lassie Package as your dog’s K-12 education. Plus you’ll get discounts on other Fur and Feather Works classes and workshops, too!
Contact us to sign up or click below to get more details
Meet the Fur & Feather Works training team
We love dog training. We love teaching. And we believe in being the best at both.
Get to know us!
“I now have a dog I’m comfortable taking [everywhere]…”
“I took my Lab for Puppy Kindergarten and then Basic Manners. [The classes] helped me correct my dog’s bad habits and stop others that were developing. I now have a dog I am comfortable taking on outings in the city and in rural settings, thanks to Fur and Feather Works.” – Proud dog parent Paul, condensed from his Yelp review
Click here to read the full review plus many more
Questions about puppy or dog training classes?
Call us at (775) 453-5753
Fur and Feather Works offers the best in puppy training classes, dog training classes, private dog training, cat training, and bird training for the Reno area including Sparks, Washoe Valley, Incline Village, Lemmon Valley, Cold Springs, Palomino Valley, Pleasant Valley, Susanville, Carson City, Dayton, Garnerville, Minden, Marleeville, Verdi, Somerset, Spanish Springs, Fernley and Fallon.
