Private Lessons

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At True North we offer training tailored to both everyday manners and competitive dog sports. Our Manners lessons focus on essential at-home skills like loose leash walking, polite greetings, and managing reactivity, helping your dog become a well-behaved companion for life! For dog sport enthusiasts, our foundation training builds the focus, control, and teamwork needed for success in any sport, with customized support to prepare teams for stepping into a competition!

Manners Lessons

At True North we offer personalized dog training that is rooted in real-life situations, not just obedience drills in a classroom. Our Manners program is designed to help you build practical, everyday manners that truly matter in your world. From peaceful, polite leash walking, to calm relaxed car rides, we teach your dog how to navigate the world alongside you. These are one hour in-person lessons at your home or in public!

You can learn how to get your dog’s offered attention without begging for it, how to handle them happily for grooming and vet visits, and how to clearly communicate what you need—without frustration on either side.

Whether your dog struggles with reactivity toward other dogs or people, gets overly rough during play, or has trouble calming down in stimulating environments, we’re here to help. We place a strong focus on addressing behavioral issues by helping you troubleshoot those big, emotional outbursts with practical, step-by-step strategies and an understanding of what the root cause is!

Our training is completely tailored to your lifestyle, so whether you’re hiking trails, managing city sidewalks, or wrangling kids and a family dog, we’ll help you create lasting behavior that fits your life, not someone else’s!

Sport Lessons

Unlock your team’s full potential with customized, in-person private lessons designed for all the dog sport disciplines. Whether you’re just starting out and can’t pick a sport or preparing for competition, our one-on-one coaching sessions are built around the unique needs of you and your dog. Our focus is on developing clear, functional communication systems! We help you create reliable foundations and troubleshoot challenges with support in the following areas: Toy Play & Food Delivery Mechanics; Refine your reward strategies for clarity, motivation, and clear-headed drive!

Arousal Mobility & Stimulus Control – Build your dog’s ability to shift gears smoothly and respond with intention, not impulse.

Engagement & Warm-Up Patterns – Establish consistent routines that prime your dog mentally and physically before training or trialing!

Functional Communication Systems – Improve the way you and your dog understand each other with fluent cues, reinforcement strategies, and clarity in expectations.

Trial Prep & Troubleshooting – Get personalized strategies to manage trial stress, sharpen ring performance, and overcome recurring obstacles.

These sessions are built specifically for your team—whether you’re focused on agility, obedience, protection sports, rally, scentwork, or any other competition. We meet you where you are and help you go further, with precision, confidence, and a deeper connection. The best part? If we are at the point where you are ready for high level work specific to sports outside of our knowledge scope we have a slew of amazing and talented trainers on our referral list!