About West Texas Canine College

Board and train obedience in Midland

West Texas Canine College is an obedience training business in Midland, owned and operated by trainer Linda Barnett, who has trained dogs professionally for 20 years. Linda is an approved AKC Canine Good Citizenship evaluator, with a background in training hunting dogs, mobility and retrieving service dogs, therapy dogs, and obedience and rally trial dogs.

Programs

The business specializes in Basic Obedience Boarding and Training and currently offers 2-3 week boarding and training. It also sells PTSD and mobility and retrieving service dogs on a very limited basis. Owners start by requesting an interview.

Method

Linda's obedience training uses techniques based on developing a working relationship between dog and handler. Her system teaches owners how to properly teach and motivate their dogs while keeping high standards of behavior, aiming for a dog that is confident performing its obedience behaviors, even around distractions.

In her words

Linda says she uses her own dogs to demonstrate in group obedience classes, competes locally and at the national level in rally and obedience trials, trains labs for hunting duck, dove, pheasant and quail, and has trained nearly all breeds, sizes and temperaments.

What to ask

Ask about current rates and the group class schedule.