Since 1982. Voted best puppy training classes in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Choose a class type based on your dog's age.
Puppy Kindergarten $249 5 Sessions; Pups 8-12 weeks
Puppy Training I $249 5 Sessions; Pups 12-18 weeks
Puppy Training II $249 5 Sessions; Pups 8 months or less, Prerequisite: Puppy 1
Dog Training I $249 5 Sessions; Dogs 18 weeks or older
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Certainly nothing beats the one-stop convenience and magic of an off-leash puppy training class for
However, your puppy’s education needs to be integrated into daily life at home. Consequently, we provide all our students with an unparalleled collection of online training videos.
When you sign up for any SIRIUS® Puppy or Dog Training Class, you also get a three months of access to our Top Dog Academy collection at no extra cost. The Top Dog Academy is an amazing collection of online dog training courses, workshops, seminars, lectures, and webinars, plus podcasts, eBooks, worksheets, and more!
One of the many online courses in the Top Dog Academy is our Essential Puppy Training Course, a comprehensive puppy training course that includes 170+ step-by-step videos that allow you to practice at home and advance at your own pace before class, in between sessions, and after class has ended.
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Purchase the Essential Puppy Training Course as a stand-alone product on DunbarAcademy.com for just $200 OR join the the Top Dog Academy for just $20/month to get instant access to the Essential Puppy Training Course and dozens of other dog training courses.
Some people, including some veterinarians, worry that bringing their pups to a puppy class will increase their risk of contracting an infectious disease. This is a reasonable concern, however the benefits of puppy class dramatically outweigh the risks. Behavioral issues, not infectious diseases, are the number one cause of death for dogs under three years of age because behavioral problems are the number one cause of relinquishment to shelters. Wthout adequate socialization and training, puppies will go on to develop very predictable problems, problems which will negatively impact quality of life for dogs and people alike.
At SIRIUS, we have been teaching puppy classes for over 40 years and in that time, we have helped socialize and train over 125,000 puppies and we have NEVER had a case of Parvovirus or Distemper or any serious infectious disease passing from one puppy to another in class. Yes, there is a risk of an infection but based on the evidence, it is vanishlingly small, while the downsides of insufficient training and socialization are very real and have a negative impact on dogs every single day.
If you'd like to learn more, please read the Official Position Statement of the American Veterinary Society of Animal Behavior.