Beginner dog training in Massachusetts

Sit Means Sit - Massachusetts helps dogs and their owners build lasting obedience through customized training programs designed for real-life situations. We work with puppies and adult dogs of every breed, size, and temperament. Whether your dog struggles with jumping, leash pulling, barking, reactivity, aggression, or poor recall, our experienced trainers create a program tailored to your goals. We proudly serve Boston, MetroWest, the North Shore, South Shore, and surrounding Massachusetts communities. Schedule your free evaluation today and discover how our proven training approach can help you enjoy a happier, more confident, and well-behaved dog.

Joseph's Obedience Training is a positive reinforcement and positive motivation dog training school.

Argos Dog Training offers effective online and in-person teaching and training for puppies and dogs of all ages and temperaments. As an independent, locally based company serving Boston and surrounding areas, we have many years of experience training dogs and educating guardians, and we love doing both! Whether your dog is calm or high-energy, young or old, friendly or withdrawn, we can help. Our customized dog training classes transform even the most stubborn, strong-willed canine into a well-behaved companion who listens to your commands, even without leashes or food rewards. You’ll start seeing results from the very first day of training, and we guarantee that these improvements will continue throughout your dog’s lifetime!

Pack of Paws Professional Dog Training is a full-service dog training facility located in Charlton, MA. We offer Group Dog Training Classes for all levels of obedience and many sports and Private Dog Training Lessons in our training center, as well as Seminars and other Special Events. Save money with our Discount Training Packages! Whether you are interested in Puppy Kindergarten and Basic Obedience or Dog Sports, there’s something fun for every dog at Pack of Paws! We offer specialized training for Aggressive Dogs, Reactive Dogs, Fearful Dogs, and Shy Dogs.

Jezzie Paws is owned by Jessica Klocek a certified dog trainer with a deep passion for helping people and their dogs achieve a better future together. Jessica has been working with dogs for over 4 years professionally. In that time she has amassed a number of skills and experience that she is now providing to even more clients in order to help even more people with the difficulties we face with our dogs behavior. Whether it is how they act in groups of people and other dogs or their interaction with your family, everyone wants to make sure their dogs are safe to be around and acting like proper members of the family.

We can provide you with a family dog that is more than just a dog that listens to you, but a Kompanion you can always count on. Its important to have a dog you can go through life with trusting 100% of the time. Being able to enjoy that relationship again to its fullest potential is a beautiful thing.

Programs include canine good citizen preparation, obedience training and puppy training.

Down 4 Paws Dog Training provides calm, relationship-based dog training for puppies and family dogs in Norwood and surrounding Massachusetts communities. Our approach combines positive reinforcement, nervous system awareness, and clear routines, enabling dogs and families to build confidence together. We specialize in practical life skills, emotional regulation, loose-leash walking, recall, and real-world manners, taught with clarity, calm, and respect. Services include private in-home training, themed workshops, and small group sessions. If you want a confident and calm connection with your dog, without pressure or overwhelm, we’re here to help.

New Englands Premier Dog Trainer - 2 Week Off Leash Stay and Train Bootcamp. Dogs live with the trainer in their home while training with us.

New England Canine is a family owned, operated and managed business full of passion, dedication, and integrity. Here at N.E.C. we strive to give each dog the proper foundation they need to enable them to have a loving, loyal relationship with their families. New England Canine is located at 4 Forms Way Middleton, MA 01949. We offer an array of canine services that cater to our clients needs. Such services include all aspects of canine training from obedience to protection, as well as boarding and grooming services. Whether you are going on an extended vacation, work long hours, or are just looking for your dog to have happy and healthy playtime, look no further than New England Canine.

We offer obedience training and behavior modification for puppies and adult dogs.

Unmistaken Stars Farm Sanctuary offers permanent residence to farm animals in need as well as humane education in the form of dog training and behavior consulting. Supporting our mission to provide a place where people and animals help one another heal, we offer force free and fear free methods of dog training, and behavior modification. Our Fear Free certified trainer is also the only CCPDT Certified Professional Dog Trainer (CPDT-KA) and Certified Behavior Consultant Canine (CBCC-KA) in North Central Massachusetts (Hubbardston/Gardner line). Our training programs include group classes from puppy and beginner through advanced obedience training, private lessons and behavior consults specializing in anxiety, reactivity and aggression.

Programs include canine good citizen preparation, house training and leash training.

Offering private 1 on 1 training and group classes for pet dogs and their owners. Located in Princeton, MA. Serving Worcester County.

Positive, compassionate, reward based dog training, tailored to your dogs needs, using best practices backed by science. We work with all dogs of all ages and breed, offering training for basic manners and safety skills, as well as problem behaviors,such as fearful, anxious and reactive dogs. We train the most important dog in the world, yours!

Is your dog misbehaving or just in need of better manners? Are the behaviors causing trouble in your relationship? If so, sign your pooch up for dog training through In Stride Pet Dog Training in Leominster, Massachusetts. For many years, I have been personally training dogs of all breeds and ages in both private settings and group classes, thus helping the dog and handler transition from miscommunication to fluidity in understanding. Together as a team we can remedy the rift in your partnership.

At It's PAWSible! I have been teaching Group Classes, Private Lessons, Behavior Consultations for people who have dogs with separation anxiety, aggression, fear or other issues that are causing distress in the family. I also teach competitive agility and have been for 25 years! I have been competing in the sport of agility with my own dogs as well. Many of my dogs have earned championships in AKC and CPE. Currently, I'm training and competing with my Border Collie, Batman and my Doberman, Captain. We also offer Canine Play Haven, a safe and beautiful off-leash dog park for you and your dog to enjoy one-on-one time or safe play groups. Please visit our website to learn more about this one-of-a-kind service.

BlueDog is here to provide your dog with care, companionship, and training throughout their lifetime. Husband and wife team Chris and Kim own and operate BlueDog together. They share a love for dogs, so opening a dog walking & training company came very naturally to them. BlueDog offers dog walking services as well as group classes and private in-home training for dogs of all ages.

Golden Opportunities for Independence (GOFI) is more than a service dog program, it’s a community built on compassion, expertise, and partnership. We provide highly trained service and community resource dogs that empower individuals to live with greater independence, confidence, and joy. What sets us apart is our heart: a passionate team, deep community roots, and a commitment to improving lives one partnership at a time. Since our founding, we’ve proudly seen the life-changing impact of our work, whether it’s supporting a veteran, helping a child thrive, or bringing comfort through community resource dogs. At GOFI, our mission is simple but powerful: to change lives through the love of dogs and the strength of human connection.

How to get your dog to behave? Call our experts for a FREE EVALUATION! "At K-9 & Pets Dog Training, we offer Dog Training services with a very simple philosophy. We believe that training your best friend should be fun, balanced, innovative, and growl-free. All animals involved in the process experience the benefits, including the humans involved! Some of the services we offer are: 1-on-1 Private Lessons, Group Lessons, Puppy Foundation Programs and Training Day Camp and Dog Daycare. We also have Dog Self-Wash Station and Dog Gear for sale. Put your best paw forward and let’s get started today.!!!!

☆No walk ins please. By appointment only. Debbie Freedman has more than 33 yrs expertise in all breeds, levels of training and behavioral problems such as aggression, fear, excitement, resource guarding, ptsd/ocd, etc. On site group/1:1 sessions in basic obedience, leash manners, leadership, obstacle classes, CGC / Star Puppy, Day School and In Home Behavior Modification. Serves Maynard, Acton, Concord, Sudbury, Weston, Wayland, Stow, Hudson, Bolton, Harvard, Littleton. Behavior Mod in your home, we travel most of MA and part of NH, VT, ME, CT & RI near MA borders. ☆AKC Evaluator-CGC ☆member APDT, IACP, ☆Assabet Chamber of Comm ☆ Maynard Business Assoc. FB:All Paws Dog Training and Behavior Modification IG: all.paws.dogtraining