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Whole Dog Institute
Durham, North Carolina
About Whole Dog Institute
Whole Dog Institute is a local dog training business serving clients in the Durham-Chapel Hill-Hillsborough area. We help our students understand how to communicate more effectively with their dogs and how to solve basic behavioral challenges, as well as teaching dogs what we want from them. We offer private lessons and group classes in obedience (puppy, teen and adult dog classes), Therapy Dog prep, Reactive Dog classes (for leash reactivity), K9 Nose Work®, and agility for fun. Contact us today for more information!
Training & services
Training goals
- Canine Good Citizen preparation
- House training
- Leash training
- Obedience training
- Puppy training
- Socialization Customer-reported
Behavior support
- Aggression training
- Reactivity training
- Separation anxiety
How training happens
- Group classes
- Owner coaching Customer-reported
- Private training
Dog age
- Adult dogs
- Puppies
Training level
- Advanced training
Assistance and working dogs
- Therapy dog training
Dog sports
- Agility
- Scent work
- Trick training
Your dog’s background
- Rescue dogs
Additional services
- Dog walking
Consultations
- Free consultation
Other listed services
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- Dog training
Program details
Private lessons and group classes at our facilities. In-home consultations available for additional fee. · Listed price: From $100.00
- Animal Behavioral
- Anxiety Treatment
- Behavior Classes
- Behavior Specialist
- Behavioral Challenges
- Canine Fitness Trainer
- Canine Massage Therapist
- Certified Canine Massage Therapist
- Dog Appointment
- Dog Basic
- Dog Behavior Consultant
- Dog Massage
- Dog Mental
- Dog Pulls
- Dog Rescue
- Dog Social
- Dog Walk
- Family Dogs
- Family Pet
- Focused Training
- In Person Classes
- Leash Reactive
- Ring Rental
- Specialty Classes
- Training Your Dog
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Business-stated qualifications
Qualifications stated by the business, not independently verified.
- Training team
- CDBC
Questions & answers
From GoogleWhat people have asked about this business.
What are their prices?
Hello Bobby, Thank you for contacting the Whole Dog Institute. Our group classes for puppies are $180 (6 weeks of classes), $160 for adult dogs (6 weeks of classes). Thank you, Irina Evsyukova, Whole Dog Institute Instructor
Community answer · Whole Dog Institute · 2021-09-21
would the cost be for each class or as a whole for the 6 weeks?
The entire six weeks.
Community answer · Whole Dog Institute · 2021-09-21
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Customer reviews
Google listing4.9
165 Google reviews
Mentioned in reviews
- Fun agility 10
- Reactive dog training 7
- Knowledgeable trainers 6
- Puppy classes 4
- Puppy obedience 4
- Anxiety training 2
All 10 topics
- Loose leash walking 2
- One on one training 2
- Relationship building class 2
- Rescue pup training 2
Google review topics, not confirmed services.
Whole dog institute is such an amazing resource in our community for dog loving families. I've been participating in a variety of courses over the last few years for rescue pup that had sensitivities/reactive behavior on leash and Liz has been amazing at training appropriate tec…Read full reviewClose full review
Whole dog institute is such an amazing resource in our community for dog loving families. I've been participating in a variety of courses over the last few years for rescue pup that had sensitivities/reactive behavior on leash and Liz has been amazing at training appropriate techniques, positive reinforcement, and confidence in handling. I can't imagine any family that has a four-legged critter desiring changed behavior and foundational or advanced handling techniques this is the place to be! I can't thank this business enough for making my sometimes strained relationship with my pup enjoyable/rewarding!
Liz is awesome! I can now walk my german shepherd without him pulling!
Liz Turpin was amazing. She drove over an hour from Raleigh to work with us on some dog reactivity issues. She noticed a few things in our training that we had overlooked and really helped us to fine-tune our approach to working with our reactive pup. 10/10 and hope to work with her again!
We have been taking our recently adopted dog here for about a month for group training classes. Our instructor is patient and kind and very helpful with training cues! We have been meeting outside and there is lots of space to socially distance from the other participants. Would recommend and we plan to take more advanced classes in the future!
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