About Jackie’s Basics and Beyond Dog Training

Jackie's Basics and Beyond Dog Training runs a class-led center on East Johnson Street in Cary. The business describes its method as "a balanced training approach that focuses on reward based reinforcement to teach your dog and enhance your communication skills," with trainers "committed to creating a positive bond between you and your pup."

The class timetable

This is one of the broader published curricula in the metro. Puppy work runs to three levels, each described as "incorporating equipment, obstacles, and exercises to build your puppy's confidence, focus, and social skills." Obedience classes are aimed at off-leash performance under distraction, "building strong communication and control while gradually increasing the distance and difficulty of commands." Agility classes are offered as a mental and physical workout on a course of obstacles. There is a separate AKC strand covering tricks, competition obedience and rally, with title testing.

Behavior, therapy and service work

A behavior modification strand addresses "reactivity, anxiety or other unwanted behaviors," with trainers working to find the cause before building a personalized plan. The therapy dog course prepares a handler and dog for Therapy Dog Certification, and a service dog strand works the team toward functioning across a range of environments. Private training and specialty workshops sit alongside the group timetable.