TOP Dog Training

Three core tracks. Basic Obedience builds recall, sit, down, stay, heel, leave it, and leash-walking skills. Behavior Modification works on excessive barking, anxiety, reactivity, and aggression by analyzing the dog’s patterns and triggers and rebuilding the foundation, rather than applying a two-week fix. Advanced Performance adds long-distance recall and stay, focused heel, retrieve, drop it, climb, and reliable off-leash control.

Formats include a single private lesson, a prepaid block of five private lessons, a six-week premium private coaching program, and the In-Home Integration board-and-train. In-Home Integration covers leash skills, the place command, crate training, thresholds, calm socialization around other dogs and people, and household manners, and always ends with transfer sessions so the owner can handle the dog, plus a written take-home plan.

Every client also gets Pawprint Academy access, weekly group leadership calls, weekend group classes, unlimited trainer Q&A, a private client chat, and video progress check-ins.

Pricing Summary

Pricing is published up front rather than quoted on a call. A single private lesson is $149, and a prepaid block of five basic private lessons is $700. The six-week premium private coaching program and the In-Home Integration board-and-train are sold as flat-rate, result-based packages.

Financing is available through Affirm, Afterpay, Klarna, Scratchpay, and PayPal Credit. Scratchpay plans run 12 to 36 months for amounts from $200 to $10,000, with APRs between 0% and 36% and no prepayment penalty. Card, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Cash App, and Amazon Pay are all accepted through Square and Stripe.

Policies

Timelines are tied to results, not to a calendar. The price is flat, and if a dog needs more time than was originally predicted, the additional time is free. Private lesson programs are backed by a money-back guarantee, and every client keeps free refresher lessons for the life of the dog. The initial evaluation is free, and board-and-train spots are limited.

TOP Dog Training is a certified dog training company based in Sneads Ferry, North Carolina, working with families across Onslow and Pender counties. Owner Ryan Loseke is a Special Operations military veteran and a Certified Professional Dog Trainer (CPDT-KA) who spent more than a decade alongside Multi-Purpose Canine handlers in SOCOM before launching the business in January 2025.

The method is built on three steps the company calls Trust, Obey, Perform. Trust comes first: a safe, fair environment where the dog is not being forced. Obedience is layered on top so the dog can focus and respond calmly. Performance comes last, once the foundation will actually hold up in the real world. Ryan’s own summary of what makes it work is blunt: they do not train dogs first, they train people to speak dog, because dogs learn quickly and owners are the ones who struggle with clarity and consistency.

Programs cover basic obedience, behavior modification for barking, anxiety, reactivity and aggression, and advanced off-leash work. Training is delivered as private lessons in the owner’s home or through the In-Home Integration board-and-train, where the dog lives in a real house rather than a kennel and learns household manners around real distractions. Head trainer Breanna Anderson runs the in-home integration work and specializes in dogs with anxiety, reactivity, and aggression.

Timelines are based on results rather than a set number of days, at one flat price, and if a dog needs longer than predicted the extra time is free. Every client keeps free refresher lessons for the life of the dog, along with ongoing access to Pawprint Academy, the company’s step-by-step training system.

Accomplishments

Owner Ryan Loseke is a Certified Professional Dog Trainer (CPDT-KA), a credential earned through more than 500 documented hours training dogs and owners plus a certification exam. He is a Special Operations military veteran who spent over a decade working alongside Multi-Purpose Canine handlers in SOCOM, with fifteen years instructing in high-risk training environments.

In its first year after launching in January 2025, TOP Dog Training took 1st place in the Topsail Top Choice Awards, was named Regional Best in North Carolina, and ranked among the top three dog training companies in Onslow County. The company is a member of the Topsail Area Chamber of Commerce, collaborates with local veterinarians on complex behavior cases, and publishes the Pawprint Academy podcast as a free resource for owners who cannot afford training right now.

Head trainer Breanna Anderson has personally rescued multiple dogs and trained some of them as service dogs, and is sought out for in-home integration work with anxious, reactive, and aggressive dogs.

How to Get Started!

Call or text TOP Dog Training at (910) 777-4175, or request an evaluation through the form on their site. The evaluation is free: they will talk through what is going on with your dog and what you want to change, then recommend whether private lessons or the In-Home Integration program is the better fit.