Dog Training Classes

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Click here: SE Minn Area Classes
Click here: SE Minn Area Solo Tutoring (private classes)
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Click here: Twin Cities Area Solo Tutoring (private classes)
Click here: Online Classes
Complete Class Listings by Area
All offerings: SE Minn Area
All offerings: Twin Cities Area
All offerings: Online

We offer training classes in two different geographic areas, Southeast Minnesota (classes in north Rochester/Oronoco) and the Twin Cities metro area (classes offered in Inver Grove Heights and St. Louis Park). You can view the entire class schedule here. We also offer Private Lessons anywhere in Minnesota, northern Iowa, and western Wisconsin.

New to Paws Abilities? Students can start in Beginning Obedience, Beginning Reactive Dog Rehab, or Beginning K9 Nose Work. We also permit students who have taken classes at other training facilities to enter our more advanced classes, provided your dog can demonstrate equivalent skills. Check out the class list below for a summary of the options. We look forward to working with you!

Thinking about taking multiple classes with your dog? Consider signing up for a class subscription pass to save money on class fees!

SE Minnesota dog training class options:

Puppy Class (8-20 weeks) : Available
Teenage Transformations (5-24 months) : Available
Beginning Obedience (all ages) : Available
Agility
Canine Good Citizen (CGC)
Competition Obedience
Disc Dog
Drop-In Sessions
- AKC Trick Dog Test
- CGC Test
- Community Canine (Advanced CGC) Test
- Disc Dog Open Ring Time
- Open Ring Time : Available
- Nose Work Practice Session
- Novice Obedience Run-Thru (CDSP)
- Private Ring Rental
- Rally Obedience Run-Through (ASCA)
- Rally Obedience Run-Through (UKC)
- Rally Obedience Run-Through (WCRL) : Available
- Sniff ‘n Go
- Social Studies (for Reactive Rehab grads) : Available
- UKC SPOT Evaluation
- Wallflowers Social Drop-in
Fearful Fidos
- Wallflowers Social Drop-in
Flyball
- Intro to Flyball
Focus & Control
Fun Stuff
K9 Scent Work
- K9 Scent Work Level 1 : Available
- K9 Scent Work Level 2 : Available
- K9 Scent Work Level 3
- Practice Session
- Sniff ‘n Go
- Solo Tutoring: Scent Work Intensive
- Traveling Scent Work
- Vehicles and Exteriors
Obedience and Manners
Rally Obedience
Reactive Dog Rehab
- Beginning : Available
- Advanced : Available
- Reactive Dog Agility
- Reactive Dog Neurobics
- Reactive Dog Rally Obedience
- Reactive Dog Scent Work
- Reactive Dog Sports Sampler
- Reactive Dog Tricks Class
- Social Studies (drop-in class) : Available
Solo Tutoring (private lessons)

Twin Cities metro area dog training class options:

Puppy Class (8-20 weeks) : Available
AKC STAR Puppy (up to 12 months) : Available
Teenage Transformations (5-24 months) : Available
Beginning Obedience (all ages) : Available
Canine Good Citizen
- Prep Class : Available
- CGC Test
- Community Canine (Advanced CGC) Test
Competition Obedience
- Competition Obedience (Starter Novice & Novice). : Available
Drop-In Sessions
- AKC Trick Dog Test
- CGC Test
- Community Canine (Advanced CGC) Test
- Novice Obedience Run-Thru (CDSP) : Available
- Open Ring Time : Available
- Private Ring Rental : Available
- Rally Obedience Run-Through Level 1 : Available
- Rally Obedience Run-Through Level 2 : Available
- Rally Obedience Run-Through Level 3
- Sniff ‘n Go
- Social Studies (for reactive dogs) : Available
- UKC SPOT Evaluation
Fearful Fidos
Focus & Control
Fun Stuff
K9 Nose Work®
Obedience and Manners
- Bring Your Dog to Work Prep Course
- Crate Games
- Door Manners
- Happy Feet
- Heeling, Fronts, & Finishes
- Holiday Manners
- Intermediate Obedience : Available
- Leash Pullers Anonymous
- Lovely Leave-Its : Available
- Mat Manners
- Mind Your Manners
- Nailed It: Nail Trims & Scratch Boards
- Patio Manners
- Rocket Recall
- Solo Tutoring: Adolescent Manners Intensive
- Solo Tutoring: Coming When Called Intensive
- Solo Tutoring: Door Manners Intensive : Available
- Solo Tutoring: Leash Manners Intensive : Available
- Solo Tutoring: Nail Trimming Intensive : Available
- Solo Tutoring: Polite Greetings Intensive
- Solo Tutoring: Puppy Manners Intensive : Available
- Solo Tutoring: Self Control Intensive
- Solo Tutoring: the Paw-fect Pedicure
- Summer School
- Therapy Dog Prep Class
Rally Obedience
- Foundations : Available
- Rally Obedience II
- Dog Sport Foundations Intensive
- Rally or Competition Obedience Intensive
- Rally Obedience Run-Through Level 1 : Available
- Rally Obedience Run-Through Level 2 : Available
- Rally Obedience Run-Through Level 3
- Novice Obedience Run-Thru (CDSP) : Available
Reactive Dog Rehab
Solo Tutoring (private lessons)
- Adolescent Manners Intensive
- Brain Games Intensive
- Coming When Called Intensive
- Disc Dog Intensive
- Dog Sport Foundations Intensive
- Door Manners Intensive : Available
- Leash Manners Intensive : Available
- Nail Trimming Intensive : Available
- The Paw-fect Pedicure
- Polite Greetings Intensive
- Private Ring Rental : Available
- Puppy Manners Intensive : Available
- Rally or Competition Obedience Intensive
- Scent Work Intensive
- Scent Work Intensive (Distractions)
- Scent Work Intensive (Inaccessible Hides)
- Scent Work Intensive (Pooling, Trapping, & Channeling Odor)
- Self Control Intensive
- Toy Play Skills Intensive

Online Class Options:

Self-Paced Classes (always available!)
- The Big Feelings Club – available!
- Canine Neurobics – available!
Obedience and Manners
Behavior Modification
- Holiday Helpline
- Reactive Management : Available
Dog Sports
Fun Stuff
Single-Session Classes
- Breaking Up the Bark Brigade : Available
- Chronic Pain Warriors – Training with Chronic Pain & Disability : Available
- Neurodivergent Ninjas – Training with Sensory Sensitivities
- Panic Button Consult for Urgent Behavior Problems : Available
- Paws & Pacifiers
- Reactivity Life Hacks : Available
- Separation Anxiety Helpline
- Surviving Your Dog’s Adolescence : Available
- Tablets for Tabbies

Still not sure which class to take? Email us, and we’re happy to help you decide!