Digging Dogs Training Center, Inc.

Digging Dogs Training Center offers group lessons, private lessons, and drop-off day training. Group classes are six-week sessions focusing on socialization, fun, and education, where owners learn to work as a team with their dogs. Topics include puppy and adult manners, competition obedience, agility, rally, tricks, scentwork, and therapy dog certification.

Private lessons are available at their facility or clients’ homes for puppies and adult dogs. These are suitable for dogs disruptive in group settings, owners with limited time, or new puppy parents needing help with puppy-proofing, housetraining, crate-training, jumping, or mouthing. They do not offer private lessons for extensive behavior modification like separation anxiety or aggression.

Drop-off day training is a weekly three-hour program where certified trainers work with pets on basic obedience and manners skills.

Pricing Summary

Initial 10-minute phone interviews are free. Private lessons at their training center cost $75 for one hour or $50 for half an hour. In-home private lessons are $90 for a single 60-minute session, with a package of four 60-minute sessions for $310; travel fees may apply. A New Puppy Special is available for $95 for a 75-minute in-home visit within 10 miles of NE Mentor. Group classes have competitive fees for full six-week sessions.

Policies

Digging Dogs Training Center does not offer private lessons for extensive behavior modification programs such as those for separation anxiety or aggression; however, they can provide referrals to a local Veterinary Behaviorist.

Digging Dogs Training Center, Inc. is a dog training business owned and operated by Elizabeth Richards, a Certified Professional Dog Trainer (CPDT-KSA) and Certified Fear Free Professional. They specialize in positive reinforcement methods and equipment, emphasizing fun in their training approach.

They offer a variety of services including group classes, private lessons, and behavior consulting, available at their training center in Painesville Twp. and at clients’ locations. They also provide a drop-off day training program.

The training facility is climate-controlled with padded flooring for comfort and safety. Digging Dogs Training Center, Inc. is local, located on the Mentor/Painesville Twp. line in Lake County, Ohio, and is within 16 minutes of Chardon Square and less than 30 minutes from Cleveland and Ashtabula. The business is Better Business Bureau Accredited with an A+ Rating, and their staff is certified by CCPDT or AKC.

Accomplishments

Elizabeth Richards, the owner and operator, is a Certified Professional Dog Trainer (CPDT-KSA) and a Certified Fear Free Professional. The business is a local trainer for Veteran Canine Connection and is Better Business Bureau Accredited with an A+ Rating. Their staff members are certified by CCPDT or AKC.

How to Get Started!

To inquire about private lessons, clients should call for a brief, no-charge phone interview to determine suitability. For group classes, registration is available by double-clicking on the class name on their calendar.