About Canine Campus

Canine Campus publishes a full priced class catalog rather than packages, and almost all of it runs on the same shape: "Duration: 60-75 minutes/week for 6 weeks (unless otherwise noted)."

Classes and prices

The manners ladder runs "Essential Skills – $265.00 (6 classes focused on skill building)" into "Skill Sharpening – $265.00 (6 classes that build on the skills introduced in the Essential class to add reliability to cue response)". Beyond it sit "Canine Good Citizen Fun & Games – $265.00", "Total Recall – $265.00" and "Civilized Sniffari – $225.00 (4 weeks)". Sport and scent classes are published as "Agility I : Foundation Basics – $265.00", "Agility II: Foundation Work – $265.00" and "Intro to Nose Work – Odor – $325.00 (6 weeks, odor kit included)". Behavior modification is represented by one class, "Feisty Fido Class – $325.00".

Puppies

The youngest class is PupStart!, "For Puppies 7 to 16 weeks of age", a four-week course covering "house training & confinement training, attention & come, minimizing mouthiness and handling for vetting and grooming", in which "puppy play makes up approximately 50% of class time". A drop-off PupStart! Camp runs at "$130/Day" for pups "5 months or younger".

Method, stated at length

The school publishes an unusually detailed training philosophy arguing against dominance-based training, and names the frameworks behind its own: "The CCPDT Humane Hierarchy Position Statement", applied behavior analysis and ethology.

Read the entry requirement before booking

The school states plainly that "Group classes are not appropriate for dogs who display aggression or reactivity towards dogs or unknown people" and routes those dogs to behavior consultations first. That is an exclusion, not an offer.