FirstBarkWhat a great place! I took my one year old Bischon for the 4 weeks dog training camp in August. Savannah is her trainer. I picked up a new dog! Mia listens, know the commands and is a much better puppy! Thank you Specialty Dog Training. Savannah a huge thank you from Mia and me.
Specialty Dog Training
Oceanside, California
About Specialty Dog Training
Specialty Dog Training is a dog boot camp in San Diego. We offer board and train dog training, protection dogs for sale, and trained family dogs for sale. Our tailored programs help dogs with obedience, behavioral challenges, and protection needs.
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- 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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- Recall training
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- Socialization
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Behavior support
- Aggression training
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- Barking Customer-reported
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- Resource guarding
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How training happens
- Board and train
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Specialty Dog Training offers immersive Board & Train programs that provide dogs with consistent, structured environments to learn obedience, improve manners, and address behavioral issues. · Listed price: [object Object]
The 3-week Foundation Camp builds essential obedience, manners, and social skills for puppies 16 weeks to 11 months. Training is paired with owner lessons to ensure lasting success at home. · Listed price: [object Object]
- In-home training
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- Owner coaching Customer-reported
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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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Support between sessions
- Follow-up support
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- Personalized training plans
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Assistance and working dogs
- Detection dog training
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- Police K9 training
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- Protection training
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Alarm Deterrent Dogs are trained to provide visible security presence and loud deterrence. They’re highly obedient, confident, and able to patrol, bark on command, and deter potential threats while remaining safe and responsive companions. · Listed price: [object Object]
Executive & Business Protection Dogs are elite, off-leash trained guardians with advanced defense skills like perimeter checks and pursuit. They offer top-tier security while remaining loyal, obedient companions. · Listed price: [object Object]
Specialty Dog Training’s Level 2 Personal & Family Protection Dogs are raised from puppyhood around children and diverse environments to ensure they’re family-safe and obedient. Trained to alert, stand, and (if needed) bite and hold, they guard off‑leash, releasing on command. · Listed price: [object Object]
- Psychiatric service dog training
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- Service dog training
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Additional services
- Boarding
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At SDT we offer an all inclusive approach with our boarding services, ensuring your dog is offered the best housing, care and tlc. While others add on services like yard time, treats, enrichment items, and bathing, we offer all of our services to all dogs for one up front price nightly. · Listed price: [object Object]
- Daycare
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- Grooming
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- Dog training
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SDT specializes in creating a unique learning opportunity in a safe, fun and interactive environment for your 4-legged family member(s). We all lead busy lives and often don’t have the time it takes to get great consistent results. Additionally, dogs that have more challenging behavioral issues that · Listed price: [object Object]
- Animal Rescue
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- Challenging Behavioral
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- Companion Dogs
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- Detector Dog
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- Dog Boot Camps
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- Dog Boot Camps - 4 Weeks
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The 4-week Boot Camp builds on foundational training with added structure, socialization, and obedience for puppies 16 weeks to 11 months. Includes three owner lessons to support long-term success at home. · Listed price: [object Object]
- Dog Handler
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- Dog Selection
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- Dog Walkers
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- Dog's Collar
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- Emotional Support Animal Programs
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Specialty Dog Training’s Emotional Support Dog program develops advanced obedience, manners, and socialization. Dogs are trained for public settings, off-leash reliability, and often pass AKC CGC certifications, with owner lessons ensuring a smooth transition home.
- Emotional Support Animals
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- Free Phone Consultation
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- German Shepherd Rescue
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- Handlers Course
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- Moderate Behavioral Challenges - 6 Week Camp
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The 6-week Intermediate Boot Camp offers immersive board‑and‑train sessions for puppies (16 weeks -11 months) or dogs with moderate behavioral issues. It includes obedience, socialization, and three owner handling lessons to ensure long‑term success at home. · Listed price: [object Object]
- Moderate to Severe Behavioral Challenges - 8 Week Dog Boot Camp
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The 8‑week camp is for moderate‑to‑severe behavior issues, offering intensive board‑and‑train with obedience, behavior modification, and three owner handling lessons to ensure lasting improvements at home. · Listed price: [object Object]
- Pet Therapy
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- Severe Behavioral Challenges - 10 Week Dog Boot Camp
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This 10‑week intensive board‑and‑train program addresses severe behavioral challenges using obedience training, behavior modification, and four owner handling lessons to ensure lasting improvements and success at home. · Listed price: [object Object]
- Trained Dogs For Sale
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Specialty Dog Training provides fully trained, home-ready dogs matched to your lifestyle. Choose from available dogs or request custom training, with options from family companions to dogs with advanced skills in protection or service. · Listed price: [object Object]
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Customer reviews
Google listing4.6
103 Google reviews
Mentioned in reviews
- obedience 15
- protection dog 6
- boot camp 4
- leash pulling 4
- personalized training 3
- progress updates 3
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- behavior training 2
- clear instructions 2
- follow up lessons 2
- obedient pup 2
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The staff and facility were ok. I sent my dog to address her separated anxiety but all the training she received was basic commands. Basic commands I already had taught her. (besides heel). The separation anxiety wasn’t addressed even though I was told they would work on it. Ye…Read full reviewClose full review
The staff and facility were ok. I sent my dog to address her separated anxiety but all the training she received was basic commands. Basic commands I already had taught her. (besides heel). The separation anxiety wasn’t addressed even though I was told they would work on it. Yes they reached out after my original review but they offer home lessons to actually work on the separation anxiety. While here, I was given tips. I paid over 3k for them to address it and for me to maintain the training. Not for me to train her and get tips that I could have learned on YouTube.
I went here years ago. My dog got giardia her first week there and had to be separated from all the other dogs. The dog trainer was Callie she was amazing my dog listens to everything I say. The only problem is that she doesn't get along with other dogs and is leash aggressive. O…Read full reviewClose full review
I went here years ago. My dog got giardia her first week there and had to be separated from all the other dogs. The dog trainer was Callie she was amazing my dog listens to everything I say. The only problem is that she doesn't get along with other dogs and is leash aggressive. Off leash I can take her anywhere. Wish this company would have waited until she was better so she could have associated with other dogs.
Savannah is the best! We have a Chihuahua that is new to our family (two kids, two senior dogs), and we were in desperate need of some help. She trained him with every obedience command (sit, down, leave it, place, off, kennel, etc). They even kept him an additional week because …Read full reviewClose full review
Savannah is the best! We have a Chihuahua that is new to our family (two kids, two senior dogs), and we were in desperate need of some help. She trained him with every obedience command (sit, down, leave it, place, off, kennel, etc). They even kept him an additional week because they were trying to find the right tools for him. They took excellent care of him and we have also done two additional home sessions to help us transition him home!
They took my rottie and the training fee was around 5k nothing has changed. My Dog had aggression and they did not fix anything. They said my dog was ok with them wasn’t aggressive at all. Does it make sense? If they cannot fix it they shouldn’t have taken my Dog. So irresponsibl…Read full reviewClose full review
They took my rottie and the training fee was around 5k nothing has changed. My Dog had aggression and they did not fix anything. They said my dog was ok with them wasn’t aggressive at all. Does it make sense? If they cannot fix it they shouldn’t have taken my Dog. So irresponsible. I spent 5k for nothing. My dog has a record with the animal service after she finished training with SDT Now I have to decide whether I should send my dog to shelters or not because Im pregnant. I even asked them if they know any place that can help my dog for rescue they responded they can’t do anything about it. if my dog happens to go to Shelters my dog won’t survive. Do not go here.
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