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Canine Learning Centers

4.8 (63 reviews)
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Pippi La Pulga.....agility training may be in her future.
Stephanie M.

My rescue puppy Graciela and I just finished the second week of our obedience training. We love the hour we spend with Laura and our classmates each Saturday morning. Graciela's behavior at home has already improved dramatically. I am considering a beginning obedience class for my older, and naturally better behaved, dog Pippi La Pulga, so that she can move on to one of Laura's agility classes. Laura is welcoming, calm and professional, instilling confidence in both human and canine students. If you're searching for training classes for your dog, I highly recommend Canine Learning Center.....and I am really picky!

Beignet graduating from puppy class
Nikki H.

Laura is an excellent trainer. Our little pup just graduated from her first puppy class and we learned a lot of valuable ways to teach our pup to listen to us. Puppy training can be OVERWHELMING and I know a lot of people try to do it on their own, but having a professional, who has been training dogs for 20+ years is extremely helpful. Also, there are just so many things you don't think about your dog needing to learn about. For example Laura had everyone wear random hats around the dogs, had them walk over wobbly ladders, had us "pass the puppy" so our dogs could get used to other people.. I would have had no idea to do this if we didn't take her class. We also joined the puppy play class and it has been a great, safe environment for our dog to receive socialization and learn to play nicely with others. Plus, who doesn't love to watch a bunch of puppies play! Laura has a fun, energetic personality and you can tell she truly loves dogs :) She is also very responsive to emails, texts and she was happy to answer my questions regarding our puppy during class. I highly recommend her!

Ace finished his basic obedience class today.
Terri V.

Laura is a great dog teacher. She is very experience. Ace is my second dog training with Laura.

Brittany E.

Laura is a terrific trainer who has helped train my dog with my family for the past year. We have taken multiple group classes with her and each has provided us so much value for understanding and working with our dog, Louie. She truly understands dog behavior and has helped us to understand our dog that much more. Since starting classes at Canine Learning Center, we have noticed a significant improvement in Louie's obedience and confidence. We love the variety of classes offered and I have been introduced to fun enrichment activities such as agility and sniff work, which has helped deepen the bond I have with my dog and which I've continued to do with him in our free time. We definitely plan to continue to go to more classes and always look forward to the new options that become available. It has been a wonderful experience working with Laura and we really appreciate all we have learned!

Penny's graduating obedience class!
Silvia M.

Laura is a great coach. She gave me the confidence I needed with my 2 puppies. We worked as a team. We had a great time!

Justin G.

Laura is absolutely phenomenal and I strongly recommend any new dog owner take her puppy kindergarten class. Laura has an incredible wealth of knowledge and experience and patiently coaches new dog owners and their puppies towards good behavior for both. We brought home an adorable puppy who was testing us with endless energy and biting/chewing. A major component of the class is reinforcing how dog owners can change their behavior to improve puppy behavior. The rest of the class provides a great opportunity for puppies to be properly socialized and to train in a beautiful center in a different environment. We also enrolled our puppy in twice per week socialization and training, which she has loved. After our wonderful experience in puppy kindergarten, we look forward to having our graduated pup start behavior training and continue to reinforce everything she's learned!

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Thank you Dora & Daisy!

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Melissa, thanks so much for the 5 star review.

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11 months ago

Laura is great! Excellent trainer, extremely knowledgeable and professional. Facility is clean and well maintained.

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Stephanie, thank you so much for this wonderful review.

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2 years ago

They do an amazing job with puppies. They are extremely nice and easy to deal with. The cost is well worth it.

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Thank You Stephen, I appreciate your review.

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Thank you, Andrew! I appreciate this wonderful review!

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Thank you Frances!

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Nikki, I appreciate your business. Thank you, Laura

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Thank you, Jamey! I truly appreciate the 5-Star review.

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Laura C.

Thanks Terri & Ace for the positive feedback.

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Thank you Brittany!

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3 years ago

Laura Christiansen is an excellent positive trainer. You will not regret training your dog with her. 10 Stars

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Laura C.

Sue, I appreciate your 10 star review and endorsement!

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I appreciate your business, and positive feedback.

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Chrystal, thank you! I appreciate your business! Laura

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Vicki, I really appreciate your business. Thank you, Laura

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6 years ago

Laura is great! The classes are just what we needed for Coco our 14 week old Springer Spaniel and we will continue to take more!

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Thank you Sarah for the 5 Star Review.

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Thank you Nancy for the great reference! Laura

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Ask the Community - Canine Learning Centers

I need to get my dog trained as a psychiatric service dog. He's almost 10 years old and is very smart and well behaved - can you help me?

No, I can't help you with Service Dog Training. I only provide pet obedience training only. Unfortunately, I can not help you. Thanks for your inquiry.

Hi, I'm looking at the obedience training for my 1yr old puppy. Is the price listed on your website per class or a 5 class pack?

Pricing can be found on the website and is 5 consecutive classes for the training program.

Your "book now" on the web site returns an error. Do you do outside house visits to train two grown up dogs? And if so what is the cost. Looking to get our parents dogs to be less out of control and running all over the place if that even possible ;)

Our website is having some minor issues with group class registration but have NO web registration for private training. I do not come to people's houses. My phone is 760.822.0606. Thank you, Laura

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We took our golden retriever puppy, Jester, to Laura's basic puppy class and are continuing on with the obedience next!

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