About Backyard Canine Academy

Backyard Canine Academy is a training facility on Colony Road, on the Gibsonville side of the Burlington corridor. The business describes itself as a dog training facility serving the surrounding area and lists a wide service radius beyond it.

Programs

Four things are published: Board and Train, Private Lessons, Puppy Jump Start Training and Group Class. The site also carries a Live Demos page and an Our Team page, which is uncommon for a small facility and suggests the training is shown rather than only described.

The stated approach

The business is direct about where the work sits. Dogs, it says, require a lot of work on the owner's end of the leash as well as the dog's end, and it approaches every situation as if the dog were its own. No dog is the same, so each session is modified to fit the dog – and, in its own words, it does not just train dogs, it shows the owner the steps to be successful at home.

What clients describe

One of the reviews the business publishes is from another professional dog trainer, describing advanced-level skills worked on over two sessions. Another makes the point the business itself makes – that it is not a one-and-done, and the homework matters.