PUPPY TRAINING
About Puppy Training at Bark Avenue
Bark Avenue Daycamp is where we train puppies. A foundation of socialization and dog training will help prevent behavior problems and promote a happy, healthy and confident puppy.
At Bark Avenue Daycamp, we acknowledge the significance of puppy training, recognizing that puppies are highly impressionable, and absorb a wealth of information during their early stages. These initial months are crucial as they acquire the skills to perceive and respond to their environment.
Whether you live in Elgin, Hoffman Estates, St Charles, Arlington Heights, or Carol Stream, creating positive learning experiences through puppy training and socialization can help prevent the development of behavioral problems such as fear, anxiety, and/or aggression when exposed to something new. The more you can expose your puppy to a variety of people, dogs, and environments (sights, sounds, and textures) the better chance you have at raising a well-balanced and confident dog. As their confidence builds, the anxiety and/or fear around new experiences will decrease.
Whether it’s attending our puppy playtime, puppy pre-school, or basic obedience classes, these are all great opportunities to begin exposing your puppy to new experiences and begin their puppy training. Dog training not only teaches your puppy good manners, but it builds a mutual bond and enriches your relationship!
Puppy Playtime
When: Sundays, 12:00-1:00pm
Duration: one hour per session
Cost: FREE!
Puppy Playtime is a great opportunity for play and socialization with other puppies in a safe and supervised environment. Our goal is to create a positive experience for your puppy while they meet new fur’ends, explore a new environment, gain confidence and have fun. Your pup will certainly be ready for a nap afterwards!
This class is recommended for puppies ages 8-24 weeks. Puppy Playtime is open to all clients and non-clients.
Bark Ave DayCamp is absolutely the best place I could have ever found to bring my puppy to playtime. Cassidy is such a sweetheart with every puppy and remembers every single puppy by their name and their character. She was always so nice to us. My puppy always had a wonderful time.
Puppy Pre-School
When: Saturdays, 10:45-11:15am
Duration: 4 weeks, 30 minutes per session
Cost: $80
Start your puppy off on the right paw and learn how to succeed with your new furry family member! Establish a strong relationship with your puppy during their development no matter if you live in Elgin, Hoffman Estates, St Charles or Arlington Heights,. Learn how to communicate and build confidence, while exposing your puppy to new sights, sounds and textures. Puppy Training includes potty training, crate training, chewing/teething, feeding, socialization and more. We encourage all our fur’ends to bring training treats to class.
6/14-7/12, Saturday, 10:45-11:15am (No class 7/5)
7/19-8/9, Saturday, 10:45-11:15am
We (and our puppy) love Bark Ave! We came for puppy playtime and they were great with the dogs. You can tell that they really care.
Puppy Bootcamp
Get your dog off on the right foot (Age: 4-8 months)
Cost:
10-day Puppy Bootcamp - $1550 with free scent room for future reservation
20-day Puppy Bootcamp - $2900 with free scent room for future reservation
10-day Puppy Bootcamp includes the following:
- 10 days of training at 1 hour per day
- 2 private lessons with clients to go over things in person
- 2-3 video clips of things we are working on to practice at home
- report cards each day of training to keep you updated
- 10 full days of daycare for the training days
Skills worked on:
- environmental, object imprinting(getting puppies used to new things)
- sit, down, place, attention getter(loose leash walk), start stay
- puppy calm
- nipping
- crate training
20-day Puppy Bootcamp includes the following:
- 20 days of training at 1 hour per day
- 3 private lessons with clients to go over things in person
- 4-6 video clips of things we are working on to practice at home
- report cards each day of training to keep you updated
- 20 full days of daycare for the training days
- everything from the 10-day Puppy Bootcamp
Other Skills worked on:
- drop/leave it
- mental stimulation vs physical stimulation
- threshold (sit stay at doorways)
- getting used to grooming
- jumping
- distraction work
Bonus!
The Puppy 10-day gets 6 sessions of Trainer Guided Daycare
The Puppy Teen 20-day gets 12 sessions of Trainer Guided Daycare or Enrichment
Teen Bootcamp
Work on regression due to maturing (Age: 9-18 months)
Cost:
10-day Teen Bootcamp - $1550 with free scent room for future reservation
20-day Teen Bootcamp - $2900 with free scent room for future reservation
10-day Teen Bootcamp includes the following:
- 10 days of training at 1 hour per day
- 2 private lessons with clients to go over things in person
- 2-3 video clips of things we are working on to practice at home
- report cards each day of training to keep you updated
- 10 full days of daycare for the training days
Skills worked on:
- environmental, confidence boosting (dogs often go through fear periods during this time)
- refresh or start to teach skills from puppy 10-day camp
- recall
- heel
- focus on building consistency in commands
20-day Teen Bootcamp includes the following:
- 20 days of training at 1 hour per day
- 3 private lessons with clients to go over things in person
- 4-6 video clips of things we are working on to practice at home
- report cards each day of training to keep you updated
- 20 full days of daycare for the training days
- everything from the 10-day Teen Bootcamp
Other Skills worked on:
- drop/leave it
- guarding
- counter surfing
- long line work
- reactivity
Bonus!
The Teen 10-day gets 6 sessions to work on mounting, socialization regression, humping, etc in Trainer Guided Daycare or Enrichment
The Teen 20-day gets 12 sessions of Trainer Guided Daycare or Enrichment
Trainer Guided Daycare: The dog is assisted in the pack with any issues. (i.e. over excited play, pushy play, humping, boundaries)
Enrichment: The dog works on creating calm and harnessing energy into something productive. This is the trainer’s discretion based on the needs of the dog.
Basic Obedience (Lvl 1)
When: Wednesdays, 6:30-7:15pm | Saturdays, 10:00-10:45am
Duration: 4 weeks, 45 minutes per session
Cost: $120
This dog training class will teach you and your dog basic commands like “sit,” and “down,” along with skills such as how not to pull on leash. Owners will also discover how to manage and eliminate unwanted behavior, including discussion in a variety of training techniques and options. We encourage all our fur’ends to bring training treats to class!
Recommended for dogs at least 4 months old. If dogs are less than 4 months, we recommend Puppy Pre-School. Note: If your dog is reactive/vocal towards people and/or dogs, please contact us for other training options.
6/4-6/25, Wednesday, 6:30-7:15pm
6/14-7/12, Saturday, 10:00-10:45am (No class 7/5)
7/9-7/30, Wednesday, 6:30-7:15pm
7/19-8/9, Saturday, 10:00-10:45am
Basic Obedience (Lvl 2)
When: Thursdays, 6:30-7:15pm | Saturdays, 11:15am-12:00pm
Duration: 4 weeks, 45 minutes per session
Cost: $120
This class builds on the skills learned in Basic Obedience (Level 1). Increase your dog’s focus, duration, and continue to improve their training skills. Your dog will learn to run to their “place” and stay, “heel” and walk nicely on a loose leash, as well as “come” when called.
Requirement: Completed Basic Obedience (Level 1) or equivalent or have Trainer’s approval
6/5-6/26, Thursday, 6:30-7:15pm
6/14-7/12, Saturday, 11:15-12:00pm (No class 7/5)
7/10-7/31, Thursday, 6:30-7:15pm
7/19-8/9, Saturday, 11:15-12:00pm
