Obedience Club of San Diego

Since there aren’t many reviews on this, I thought I should add something here. I got my dog when he was about a year old. I did a lot of training on my own, and he knows how to do all the basic commands plus some tricks. However, I got to the point with training with him where I kind of plateaued on what I could teach him, but he still wasn’t listening to me with distractions around. I decided to finally enroll him in this class which I’ve known about for a while. The price is ridiculously good. You will not get one on one attention, so this is not really a place for a dog with MAJOR behavioral problems. The classes can be pretty chaotic, but for me and my personal goals with my dog, that is what is so perfect about it. With dozens of dogs around, the smells of the zoo, cars, airplanes overhead, etc., my dog is finally listening to me when other stuff is going on. On top of that, they have taught me some new commands. My dog is a mutt, but has definitely taken on the traits of the working breed he resembles– he loves to learn– so it’s been great for me to learn more things that I can work on with him. I think this would be a great place to get started with a new dog and also with a dog like mine who needs some polishing up.

This obedience club is an amazing deal. $ 40 for the first 3 months, and after that its $ 30 for their annual dues. Most other obedience classes are $ 60-​$ 100 for 6 – 8 weeks of class!
They do have some rules, so if you don’t want to obide by them… go somewhere else. 1) no treats (although I usually still sneak some to by dog and have never been told not to), 2) no prong collars (again…I have seen several dogs with prong collars and none of the trainers have mentioned them), 3) no clickers… and I’m sure a few others that are slipping my mind.
They have 3 types of training available.
1) Conformation — for those wanting to show their purebred dog
2) Obedience — for those wanting basic obedience, or those wanting to compete in Obedience
and 3) Rally Obedience (Rally-​O) — look it up online if you don’t know what it is. F.U.N!
This is definitely a ‘correction’ based training though. Postive reinforcement is used thru praise and pets, but sharp corrections using a ‘choke’ chain are expected. They are very good about training you in the correct method of using a choke chain though.
This is the 3^rd dog I have taken thru their training, and I love it. The price makes it completely reasonable, and I can take him once a week and work on his commands. Not only do I enjoy it, but he does as well!