At Midtown Mutts, we help dogs and their humans build stronger, happier relationships through compassionate, science-based training. We are committed to positive reinforcement training methods rooted in modern behavioral science.
This means we use reward-based techniques—such as treats, praise, toys, and play—to reinforce desirable behaviors.
Address the most common behavioral issues and create a solid foundation. Topic include: basic obedience (sit, down, stand, stay, settle, leave it, etc.), impulse control, house training, household manners, jumping, polite greetings, leash pulling, excessive barking, crate training and much more.
Address all things puppy including: biting and mouthing, house training, crate training, chewing, puppy manners, socialization and much more.
Address reactivity (fear and aggression) towards dogs, people, objects and while walking on-leash.
Address the guarding of objects such as food and toys.
Tricks, games and dog sports (such as agility) which will build confidence, strengthen the dog-human relationship and provide activities that dogs love! These activities are great for bored, restless or lazy dogs and will increase your dog’s overall optimism.
Learn the foundational practices of science-based and force free dog training.
Learn proper handling and grooming techniques. Make vet visits a breeze.
Learn appropriate dog/children interactions. Help kids interact and work with dogs at their age appropriate levels. Get support setting up appropriate dogs/children introduction and preparing for new baby.
We can evaluate your home situation and make recommendations for an appropriate match for your family.
Puppies are in their primary socialization period from the age of 6-12 weeks of age.
Proper early socialization is more than simply having your puppy meet new dogs and people.
Our class is designed to give your puppy the best start in life, by exposing them to a wide variety of sights,
sounds, objects and situations they might encounter later in life.
Puppies must be between the ages of 8-14 weeks of age at their first class, have their first round of DHLPP or DHPP vaccine required 7 days prior to first class.
Our class is 4 weeks long. We meet on Sunday mornings for 60 minutes each class. A hard copy of the book Your Puppy and You – a step by step guide to raising a Freak’n Awesome dog is included with the class.
Schedule a training intro consultOur puppy kindergarten class is designed to be a continued class to our preschool but can also be a stand alone class.
This class includes off leash play opportunities as well as improved manners and commands like:Puppies must be between the age of 15-20 weeks during their first of 4 classes and be up to date on their puppy vaccination schedule.
Schedule an intro callOur Hound Culture Group Class Membership is our solution for people’s busy, ever changing scheduling needs. Designed to give you and your dog the flexibility to train around your schedule, on the topics that matter most to you.
These classes are designed to help you communicate effectively with your dog and for your dog learn manners and the life skills they need to navigate our human world.
How it works: Attend our free human only orientation to learn about how dogs learn, safety and management of class and the logistics of booking classes and utilizing your membership benefits. Then pick the membership level to sign up at and start attending classes. We offer classes every day of the week to our members at our facility with bonus on location classes and workshops. You can then drop into any class throughout the week.
Class topics:A new way of doing dog training. Our Hound Culture Membership is designed with you in mind. Because our classes are taught by topic rather than from week to week, you’re never behind even if you have to skip a class. Come to Monday night one week, and Thursday night next week. Have to skip a week? Go twice the following week.
Been working with Midtown Mutts awhile? Great plan to move toward your goals at a steady pace
A solid starting place for people who want to reach their goals faster but on a tight schedule.
A good in-between for people who are not yet sure how often their dog needs to train.
Learn with your dog at a weekly pace to help build foundational skills
Great for people with multiple dogs. Take one dog to one class and the other on another night that week.
Our 6 Week Dog Reactivity class is designed to help dogs who bark and lunge at other dogs. Does your dog bark and lunge at other dogs? Dog reactivity is a term we use to describe a set of behaviors where a dog barks, pulls towards, growls, or lunges or a combination of these behaviors towards another dog, person, bicycle, skateboarder or a variety of other stimuli.
By utilizing visual barriers, thoughtfully introducing the dogs in the class to the facility environment, and carefully escorting the dogs into the building one by one, we’ve designed this class to avoid dog reactions.
In this class:Not sure if your dog is a good fit for this class? Book a free 15 minute phone consultation and we can discuss whether this class, our group class membership or private lessons are right for you.
Schedule a call nowFor those who want to keep sniffing!
What is K9 Nose Work?
You know how working dogs can be trained to use their sense of smell to detect all sorts of things, like explosives, drugs, wildlife,
cancer, blood sugar levels etc? The sport of K9 Nose Work replicates these working jobs for a dog sport you can do with your dog,
either just for fun or competitively.
This 6-week class will teach you and your dog the foundations of fitness and agility. Watch your dog's confidence grow as you work together to learn basic agility obstacles, including jumps, tunnels, and the A-frame.
Wondering if Agility for Fun is right for your dog?Dogs who are easily distracted during group classes are welcome, however, they may need to spend more time building focus and taking decompression breaks as needed.
It is strongly recommended that your dog know a basic stay and recall, as these are important foundation skills. Don't worry if these skills still need work, we will be strengthening them throughout class.
Dogs of any age are welcome, provided they are fully vaccinated. Puppies under one year of age will be given modified exercises designed to reduce impact on their growing bodies.
Both Private and Day training begins with a 90-minute training session. After that, training sessions are 1-hour in length. How many training sessions needed will vary upon previous training, goals, and the consistency of independent training between sessions. We offer discounted prices when sessions are pre-paid in training packages. See our pricing for individual sessions and packages below.
Our Stay and Train program is our solution to a Board and Train service. You get all the benefits of having a professional dog trainer do all the heavy lifting in training for you without having to send your dog away.
Stay and Train Benefits:Every Stay and Train Package will have lessons that include you, so that you can learn how to replicate the training we’ve put in place for your dog. Our Stay and Train package is 16 - 30 minute sessions at $1280
Both Private and Day training begins with a 90 minute introductory training session. We will go over all of your goals for your dog, discuss where they currently are at and begin the foundations for the training plan we will create for your dog during this first session.
Each single 1-hour session will be devoted to your individual training goals and follow the specialized training plan created for your dog in the Intro Session.
Perfect for private training sessions. This is our most popular package.
This is the our best value package. Great for acheiving a wide range of goals with your dog.
Stay and Train training packages can be eight 1-hour sessions or 16 - 30 minute sessions for $1280
Book a free phone consultation and start your training!
