FirstBarkGreat staff and experience for the doggies. My dog Indy has been going there since it opened. He loves it.
Gold Star Dog School
Auburn, Washington
About Gold Star Dog School
Dog Training School and Doggie Daycare. Owned and operated by Terri Kaluza, GSDS offers dog training and activities for dogs of all ages and levels. Services include - puppy training, basic obedience, competition obedience, rally, nosework, behavior consultations, K9 fitness training, private training, board and train, doggie daycare, facility rentals, and in-home training. Basic obedience classes also held in Enumclaw.
Training & services
Training goals
- Behavior consultation
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- Canine Good Citizen preparation
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- Leash training
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- Obedience training
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- Puppy training
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Behavior support
- Reactivity training Customer-reported
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How training happens
- Board and train
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- Group classes
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- In-home training
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- Private training
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Dog age
- Puppies
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Training level
- Advanced obedience
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- Beginner training
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- Intermediate training
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Assistance and working dogs
- Detection dog training
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Dog sports
- Agility
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- Barn hunt
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- Dock diving
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- Rally obedience
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- Scent work
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- Trick training
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Additional services
- Boarding
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- Daycare
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Other listed services
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- Dog sitting (in-home)
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- Akc Scentwork
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- Balance Exercise
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- Behavior Classes
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- Canine Athlete
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- Canine Fitness Class
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- Canine Freestyle
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- Canine Massage
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- Canine Scentwork
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- Day Camp
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- Day Stay
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- Dog Healthy
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- Dog School
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- Dog Show
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- Exercise Plans
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- Facility Rental
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- Fitness Programs
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- Leash Control
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- Obstacle Course
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- Personalized Fitness
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- Potty Trained
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- Private Instruction
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- Ring Rental
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- Scent Detection
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- Weekly Class
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- Working Dogs
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- competition dog training
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Questions & answers
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Do you offer private lessons?
Yes, we offer private instruction at our facility.
Community answer · Gold Star Dog School · 2023-09-21
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Customer reviews
Google listing4.7
86 Google reviews
Mentioned in reviews
- dog school 12
- daycare 10
- boarding 5
- obedience classes 4
- puppy socialization 4
- dog psychology 3
All 10 topics
- intermediate obedience 3
- puppy kindergarten 3
- tired dogs 3
- workshops 2
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Great learning?Great potential.Better way of doing things, fantastic class
Gold star has a great facility and nicely run classes. I attend the evening handling classes and am very happy with our instructor.
Our pup has gone there for the last 3 years for boarding and daycare and loved every moment. If I could pick them up and take them to Tacoma with us, I would. They have done little projects and pictures for holidays with the dogs and do add on enrichment activities that the dogs love. If your pup needs some play time or someone to watch them when you go out of town, Gold Star is fantastic!
First and only experience with gold star was so negative I refuse ever take our puppy back. After reading such great reviews we were so hopeful this would be a closer fit and with the extra training capabilities it would really help our 6 month puppy with direction and socializat…Read full reviewClose full review
First and only experience with gold star was so negative I refuse ever take our puppy back. After reading such great reviews we were so hopeful this would be a closer fit and with the extra training capabilities it would really help our 6 month puppy with direction and socialization. We dropped our girl off and not even 45 min later they called us to pick her up because she was barking in a kennel and “tried to escape by jumping over a 6ft fence” we were so shocked to hear this as her other daycare loves her and speaks highly of what a good playful pup she is. My husband walked inside to get her and hears the older woman yelling at the dogs to shut up because they are barking, he then asked again how she managed to jump over a 6ft fence and was told it was actually a much smaller fence and she jumped over to try and go play with the big dogs. The lack of patience is extremely concerning, the yelling at pups for barking was the cherry on top to never bring our girl back. Do not recommend this place to anyone ever! We will be keeping her at her normal place, it’s worth the extra driving to knows she will actually be taken good care of.
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