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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.
We very much appreciated Robin Kirk, our skilled instructor at Whole Dog Institute. She was an excellent trainer and we learned so much under her guidance. All the course curriculum was posted in Google Classroom and I saved all the lessons for future reference. We’re looking forward to the next level of training for our 5-month-old standard poodle puppy.
Signed my dog up for their super basic intro to agility class. The instructors were great.
I was discriminated against by Whole Dog Institute owner due to my religious beliefs. My dog and I were refused service. Didn't realize that still happened in Durham in 2022. If you're concerned with religious liberty and ya know, the constitution, I suggest taking your business elsewhere.
We had a training session with Liz Turpin to help work on some behavior issues we are having with our dog and she gave us tons of guidance on how to correct the behavior during our one hour session. Highly recommend!
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