About Canine College

Canine College is a dog training business on NY-283 in Watertown, run by Sandra King. Its own site describes what it does in one line: dog training in Watertown and Fort Drum, covering board and trains, puppy training and basic obedience.

Programs

The booking page lists puppy and basic obedience classes, private lessons and a three-week board and train option, and states that packages can only be booked after an initial evaluation. The intake form asks owners to describe the situation and the behavior problems they are facing, and asks directly whether the dog has a bite record – which tells you the evaluation is a real screening step rather than a formality.

The trainer

Sandra King is a German citizen who moved to Fort Drum with her husband and three German Shepherds in 2010. Her own account is that she has been around dogs since birth, in a family that bred, trained and titled working-line German Shepherd Dogs, and that her own training career began in search and rescue, through the Wilderness Academy and with Oswego County Search and Rescue, until a disability ended that work. She lists her continuing education openly on the site, including seminars on common behavior problems and a workshop demo for reactive dogs.

Worth knowing

The site also maintains a directory of local veterinarians, groomers, trainers and shelters for the greater Watertown and Fort Drum region, which is unusual for a training business and useful if you have just arrived in the area.