About The Dogs’ Spot – Dog Training Center and Boutique

About The Dogs' Spot

The Dogs' Spot is a dog training center and boutique at 1701 Iron St in North Kansas City. Its home page describes it as "established in 2006, is a multi-award winning, positive reinforcement/Fear Free ® dog training facility" and sets out the teaching model: "We focus on teaching families how to train their dogs in a fun and friendly atmosphere." The site says the "clean and spacious 17,000 sq. ft. facility" allows it to offer more classes, and the training page claims small classes with "the highest instructor to student ratio in the city".

Classes and private work

The about page lists the class range as "Puppy Socialization, Family Manners, Canine Good Citizen® training and evaluations, Dog Agility, K9 Nose Work®, Therapy Dog preparation, Flyball, and Reactive Dog classes". Private training is offered for the same topics, and rooms and rings can be rented for practice, play and parties. A boutique on site stocks training and enrichment supplies.

Puppy program

Puppy work carries the most detail. Training starts with a free online Behavior and Training 101 orientation video, and the classes split by age – a six-week Puppy Prep School for puppies starting between 8 and 15 weeks, priced on the training page at $269, and Surviving Adolescence for puppies from 16 weeks to 16 months, with a bundle discount if both are taken. The page states that the program "follows the recommendations of the American Veterinary Society of Animal Behavior (AVSAB)" and links that body's puppy socialization and humane training position statements.

Special-needs dogs

The home page makes a specific claim about scope: "Our instructors have expertise helping fearful and shy dogs, as well as blind, deaf, and blind and deaf dogs lead full, enriched lives as beloved family members going more places and doing more things, and many even participate in dog sports!"

Before you book

The home page refers to credentialed trainers and points to a list elsewhere on the site, and instructors are named in the class timetable; ask which certification your dog's instructor holds.