Training Programs
We offer a variety of dog training options to suit your needs and lifestyle. We have extensive experience with reactivity, fear and/or aggression, and are well known for our results working with these cases. We aim to provide effective solutions that prepare you and your dog for the real world.
Private Lessons
Private lesson programs can help you work with your dog on a variety of issues, with a schedule tailored to your availability. Private lessons for reactivity or aggression issues will start with the "Work it Out" or "I Need Help" packages.
Please be aware we are booking 3-4 weeks out for private lesson programs, dependent on availability.
Just A Touch Up
This package is for dogs 6 months and older, and can help you learn the basics or solve smaller issues. Typical training requests involve basic manners and obedience, life skills, impulse control issues, leash walking issues, or recall problems. Barking, jumping, or leash pulling without reactivity issues are also common issues we can deal with here.
Time commitment - 3x 1 hour private sessions
Cost - $440+gst
Work it Out
This package is for dogs that have more significant issues, higher level training goals, or homes with multiple dogs with minor issues. Typical training requests involve mild reactivity, fear or confidence problems, anxiety issues, more serious leash walking concerns, or complex obedience requests. This package gives us enough time to determine what's happening and why, work through the issues, and get you back to being able to live your life with your dog by your side.
Time commitment - 5x 1 hour private sessions
Cost- $700+gst
I Need Help
You have a significant issue that requires help. You need someone to take you seriously and create a legitimate solution. Typical training requests involve unsafe levels of leash and dog reactivity, dog aggression, multi-dog households with infighting, human reactivity/aggression, significant resource guarding, and fear issues at a level that they interfere with daily life. We need to take apart old behaviours completely, create management structures, learn new skills, and test the solutions we create to ensure your problem is actually solved to your satisfaction and safety level.
Time commitment - 7x 1 hour private sessions
Cost - $980+gst
Puppy Programs
Puppy Private Lesson Package
This package is for puppies 6 months and younger with no behavioural issues. We get you started on the right foot with your new puppy and teach you the most important things you need to know, when you need to know it! Our proven system of puppy training will help you build confidence in your pup, start your impulse control work, and launch you towards having a happy, well trained canine companion.
Time commitment - Three 1 hour private sessions
Cost - $350+gst
Puppy Foundation Program
This package is for puppies 6 months and younger that are looking to build an extensive foundation at the age that it will matter most! This program includes three days of attendance in our Day Train program (school for dogs!) with a one hour private lesson at the end of every training day. This means you drop your puppy off at our facility between 7:30AM and 9AM on their Day Train day, and pick them up in the evening for your scheduled lesson. They get to train and learn all day with professional trainers, and then you get to learn how to maintain those new skills at your private lesson. This program allows your puppy to experience working around other dogs all day at school, while the private lessons allow you to address any individual concerns you may have in a more focused environment.
Cost - $495+gst
Day Train Program
The day train program is an excellent way to ensure your dog will come home happy and tired, both mentally and physically. Our day train program is geared towards those with dogs or puppies that would benefit from a more stimulating day and more structured environment.
We are not a doggy daycare. We prefer creating a training centered environment that incorporates learning, boundaries, and impulse control with our socialization skills. Day Train was designed to fully accommodate and include reactive, fearful, or challenging dogs.
Benefits of Day Training
- your dog is trained by skilled professional trainers on a consistent basis
- mentally and physically exhausting leading to a tired dog
- teaches respectful socialization in a structured environment
- alleviates boredom preventing frustration-based misbehaviour
- learn new skills, improve known skills, or remove bad habits
- builds confidence, independence, and social skills
The day train program is an option for those who have already attended a prior training program with us. If you are unsure if you are eligible to participate in the day train program, please email us. All transportation must be provided by the owner. Drop off window: 7:30AM - 9AM
Pick up window: 4:30PM - 6:00PM
Nov & Dec Day Train Programs
Wednesdays: Oct 28, Nov 4, Nov 11
Fridays: Oct 30, Nov 6, Nov 13
Wednesdays: Nov 25, Dec 2, Dec 9
Fridays: Nov 27, Dec 4, Dec 11
Group Classes and Seminars
Please note that group class registration is only available to those that have already attended a prior training program with us. If it has been an extended period of time since your training program, please email us to discuss your eligibility. These rules are in place to ensure that the humans attending a group class with our company understand the facility rules, and that everyone has the knowledge/handling skills to ensure every dog in attendance has a safe and beneficial experience. As with all programs at Beta, dogs living with significant behavioural issues or requiring accommodation are allowed in all classes. To sign up, or for questions about any class we are offering, please email us at betatrains@gmail.com.
Upcoming Group Classes
Pop Culture Canines!
This 4 week class is for dogs looking to benefit from Sienna's extensive knowledge of pop culture. With a new pop culture focused theme each week, all dogs and owners in attendance will be brought up to date on the latest and most important pop culture trends and information. She has all the ideas (and a limited budget), get excited folks! Dogs interested in attending this class must have already attended a group class with us. If you are unsure if your dog is a good fit, please send us an email!
Sign up is available through email - betatrains@gmail.com - $185+gst
Next Course Date: Nov 21, 2026
(Nov 21, 28, Dec 5, 12 - Saturday Mornings @ 11:00AM)
Patio Skills Group Class
This 4 week class is for dogs or owners that are working on calming down and self regulating around dogs, people, and new distractions. This class is also a great option for dogs that have never worked in a group setting before and are looking to build their confidence in existing in a multi-dog environment.
Sign up is available through email - betatrains@gmail.com - $185+gst
Next Course Date: Nov 21, 2026
(Nov 21, 28, Dec 5, 12 - Saturday Afternoons @ 12:15PM)
Holiday Prep Class
This 3 week class is for dogs (and owners) that need to practice some of the skills they may need for the upcoming holiday season. Whether you're having people stay over for several days, hosting a big dinner, or just going to be so busy your routine will be very disrupted, this class will help you and your dog prep for the season. This class is suitable for most dogs that have not previously attended a group class, however dogs must have completed private training to be eligible.
Sign up is available through email - betatrains@gmail.com - $150+gst
**Next Course Date: Nov 29, 2026
(Nov 29, Dec 6, 13 - Sunday Evenings @ 4:00PM)
Introduction to Scent Detection Seminar
This 3 hour seminar is an introduction to the sport of scent detection. Scent detection is one of the fastest growing dog sports around, come see what it is all about! During this seminar you will learn to imprint your dog on a target odour (wntergreen), and be introduced to the framework of the sport. You will go home with a small scent sample to keep practicing. If you are interested in diving in completely, attending this seminar allows you to sign up for our 6 week novice class starting the following week.
If you would like to attend, please send us an email at betatrains@gmail.com! If you are interested in attending but are not an existing client, please email us to discuss your attendance.
Next Course Date: TBD
Foundational Heeling Skills Seminar
Want to learn how to make a flashy "fancy" heel with your dog? Formal heeling looks amazing and can be super fun to do with your dog! While it looks simple, formal heeling is made up of a number of foundational skills. Heel work foundations can teach your dog better body awareness, work their brain, improve your relationship and communication, and teach you and your dog a broad set of versatile skills that can be used in all kinds of capacities in their lives. Whether you want to compete in a dogsport, try out a new hobby, build a skill for fun, or just take awesome photos for your social media account, learning heel work foundations is always fun!
Seminar: Nov 7, 2026 (10:00AM - 1:00PM)
Foundation Heeling Skills seminar (working spot) - $185+gst
Foundation Heeling Skills seminar (audit spot) - $100+gst
Appropriate Outlets for Dogs
This 3 hour educational seminar will discuss how we can choose the most appropriate outlets for our dogs. We will be discussing and learning about the many different types of outlets available to dogs, as well as all their pros/cons! Once we have an understanding of the many different types of outlets, we can discuss how to determine and evaluate what type of outlet would be most beneficial for a specific dog or owner. We will be learning about what goes into this decision, discussing the influence of; genetics, breed traits, behaviour history and future goals etc. This seminar will be primarily done in lecture format with some demonstration. This seminar is for humans only, no dog required! You do not have to be an existing client to attend this seminar!
Next Seminar Date: Nov 14, 2026
Cost - $150+gst
Teenage Reboot
Creating a solid training foundation when your dog is young is one of the easiest ways to avoid issues with an adult dog. As dogs grow and develop, their behaviour can change and it is not uncommon for your dog to show difficult behaviours during their "teenage years" (7 mths - 18 mths). While there are a large number of "puppy behaviours" that dogs can grow out of, there are certain behaviours that only escalate with time. Dealing with these behaviours as early as possible is essential. Managing only one aspect of your dogs issues may create short term improvement, however we believe that complex multi-faceted problems require complete, practical, solutions. When dealing with a puppy/adolescent dog that is displaying any form of behavioural problem, early training is essential to long term success.
Obedience/puppy group classes are not a proper solution to behavioural issues.
Teenage Reboot is an intensive program designed to get an adolescent dog back on a track in life. While poor behaviours can potentially be dealt with in a private lesson program if you jump on them early enough, when dealing with genetic or behavioural issues the best solution to create success will likely be Teenage Reboot.
This intensive program is approx 6 weeks in length with a combination of board and train stays at our facility and private lessons with you and your dog. Reboot was designed to address the most common behavioural issues shown by adolescent dogs at the age they need it most, while providing the consistency needed to solidify new behaviours.
An example of a 6 week Teenage Reboot schedule:
Week 1& 2 - a 12 day board and train stay with a 1.5 hour private lesson at pick up
Week 3 - A 1 hour private lesson
Week 4 - rest week
Week 5 - a 5 day board and train stay with a 1.5 hour private lesson at pick up
Week 6 - A 1 hour private lesson
Cost - $2500+gst
Board and Train
Board and Trains can be an effective tool to stop difficult behavioural problems by removing the familiar rules and environment that have sometimes reinforced problem behaviours. While it would be wonderful if everyone had the time and ability to train their dog themselves we understand that serious behaviour issues, reactivity, and random life events do happen that can make this impossible, making a board and train a far more beneficial solution to both you and your dog. Those with serious behavioural issues do take precedence over anyone requesting a board and train for generic behaviour and obedience. We frequently take out of town clients into our board and train program, and have no issues creating a remote follow up program for your dog no matter where you live and what services you have access to.
Board and Trains are not miracle solutions to all life's problems. There is an expectation of continued work required from the owner upon completion of a board and train, and disregarding or failing to follow recommendations set out, training protocols, or lifestyle changes will remove you from any further board and train options. Your dog will live here for 4-5 weeks for an intensive training experience. The length of time gives us the ability to take apart dangerous behaviours, create new behaviours, and build the new behaviours into habits. This is best suited for anyone dealing with serious issues involving significant dog or leash reactivity, dog or human aggression, significant bite history, sedation level vet/grooming issues, resource guarding, or any other significant issue that is affecting the quality of either your dog or your family's life. All programs are intensive, and while some dogs walk out with complete solutions, many times board and trains are just the beginning of the work that needs to be implemented.
Board and Train programs are individually tailored in both length and price to the dog and behaviours involved.
Prices start at $3500+gst.