Midwest Dog Center

Midwest Dog Center offers Group Training, which includes puppy classes and basic obedience. These classes focus on educating the handler on dog psychology to improve the handler-dog relationship, guiding them to be firm, fair, and consistent in training.

Their Board & Train program offers one and two-week options. This intensive program includes advanced obedience training, off-line control, and correcting bad behaviors.

The Canine Trainer Academy is a 14-week program designed to train future dog trainers. It provides one-on-one private training with the owner and head trainer, Hank Cocking, covering foundations of dog psychology, advanced handling, and protection training, with a focus on force-free training and positive reinforcement. Graduates become MDC Certified Training Partners.

Midwest Dog Center offers a comprehensive range of dog services including various training programs, doggie day care, and spa services. They also specialize in the sale of puppies and professionally trained protection dogs, hand-selecting German Shepherds from Germany and offering German bloodline puppies from their own world-class breeding dogs.

Their training philosophy emphasizes improving the handler-dog relationship by educating the handler on dog psychology, guiding them to be firm, fair, and consistent. This approach helps in basic obedience training, eliminating bad behaviors, and rewarding good ones.

Additionally, Midwest Dog Center provides a Canine Trainer Academy, a 14-week program focusing on force-free training with positive reinforcement. This academy, led by owner and head trainer Hank Cocking, builds professional skills in training working or companion dogs of all breeds, preparing graduates to become MDC Certified Training Partners.

Accomplishments

Midwest Dog Center hand-selects all of their German Shepherds from Germany. They offer German bloodline puppies from their own world-class breeding dogs, all of which are AKC/SV Pink Paper. Hank Cocking is the owner and head trainer.

How to Get Started!

Clients can get started by booking directly online or creating a profile through the provided booking link. The business states they are ready to help with the decision to train an animal.