Cultivate your dog’s good manners, build new skills, and strengthen your bond with your dog in a fun, safe, and encouraging environment!
Whether you’re looking to teach your dog foundational behaviors like loose leash walking, stay, and coming when called, improve your dog’s ability to calmly approach and greet other dogs, or help your dog (and yourself) relax when their excitement or stress level gets a little too high, we have a class for you!
At Birch Bark, we believe that group classes, in addition to being educational and enjoyable for both dogs and people, should be focused on real life. Our practical approach to training for the real world will give you and your dog the tools you need to navigate this world together with greater confidence, ease, and joy!
“We looked forward to sessions every week. They were fun, engaging, and extremely educational.”
– Eric, dad to Najee
Basics Classes
Foundations
Our 6-week introductory class covers everything you need to lay the groundwork for a positive and connected relationship with your dog: basic obedience cues, foundational principles of canine learning, troubleshooting common behavior problems, and more!
Appropriate for dogs ages 4 months and up.
Location: Buddy Todd Park, Oceanside
Registration fee: $225
| Wednsdays at 6p | Starts May 7th |
Specialty Classes
Butt Sniffing 101
A 5-week series that focuses on setting you and your dog up for success when preparing to meet other dogs on leash. In addition to developing good handling skills and teaching new cues, we will take a closer look at canine body language so you can better support your dog during introductions.
Dogs attending must be known to be friendly or tolerant of other dogs. Unsure if your dog is a good fit for BS101? Please reach out!
Location: Buena Vista Park, Vista
Registration fee: $225
| Saturdays at 10a | Starts May 17th (Skip 5/24) |
Butt Sniffing 201
The next level of the Butt Sniffing series will advance your dog’s social skills and etiquette of 5 weeks of class. We will focus on more and lengthier nose-to-nose greetings, build skills to keep your dog calm when it’s not the right time to play, and discuss troubleshooting when things go wrong, always with a strong emphasis on safety and consent.
Dogs must have previously completed BS101.
Location: Buddy Todd Park, Oceanside
Registration fee: $225
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Zen Dog
Our 5-week signature course is designed to teach your dog skills to increase their ability to relax and calm, even in stressful situations. This class will elevate your relationship with your dog by giving you deeper insight into the intricacies of what your dog needs to feel safe and at peace with the world while diving deep into what mindful dog training really is.
Location: Buddy Todd Park, Oceanside
Registration fee: $250
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Special Events
The Anti-Social Puppy Club
While it’s called the Anti-Social Puppy Club, ASPC meetings are for dogs across the sociability spectrum: friendly, feisty, or fearful!
There are no prerequisites to attend: the ASPC is open to all, but if you have a super-spicy pup, let’s connect to make sure we set your pup up for success and a good time!
This 75-ish minute event offers structured training opportunities, social engagement (both for humans AND dogs!), fun challenges for the dogs and people, and goodies & prizes, too!
Location: Buddy Todd Park, Oceanside
Registration fee: $45
| Saturday, April 26th | 12p-1:15 |
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