Riverwalk Pet Hospital & Resort
Pet Dog Training
Whether you’re welcoming a new puppy or looking to refine your dog’s manners, our training services are designed to support you every step of the way. We use gentle, effective techniques to encourage confidence, improve listening skills, and make learning fun for both you and your dog.
Fear Free Dog Training
At Riverwalk Pet Hospital & Resort, our dog training program is designed to help pets and their owners build better communication, confidence, and lifelong good habits. Using positive, reward-based methods, we focus on creating a fun, stress-free learning experience for every dog whether they’re mastering basic manners or fine-tuning more advanced skills.
Personalized Training Plans
Every dog learns differently. Our trainer customizes each plan to meet your dog’s needs and your goals.
Positive Reinforcement Methods
We use modern, science-backed training techniques that build trust, encourage confidence, and support long-term success.
Skills We Teach
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Basic obedience (sit, stay, come, down)
- House training for puppies
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Socialization
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Leash manners and polite walking
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Greeting without jumping
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Confidence and focus
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Problem-prevention habits
Support for All Ages & Breeds
From energetic puppies to mature dogs needing a refresher, our training is tailored for every life stage.
Why Choose Us
- Fear Free Certified Facility: With veterinary care, daycare, grooming, and boarding all under one roof, your dog receives consistent support and attention from a team that knows them well. This continuity helps reinforce training and keeps your pet’s experience smooth and familiar.
- Training Backed by Veterinary Expertise: As a veterinary hospital, we understand your dog’s physical and behavioral health. Our trainer works closely with our medical team when needed to support dogs with anxiety, medical limitations, or unique behavior challenges.
- Positive, Reward-Based Methods: We use modern, science-backed training techniques that build trust, confidence, and long-lasting good habits—never fear or punishment.
- Customized Plans for Every Dog: No two dogs learn the same way. We tailor each training plan to your pet’s personality, age, history, and specific goals, ensuring the best possible learning experience.
- Consistent Reinforcement Through Daycare & Boarding: If your dog attends daycare or stays with us for boarding, our team maintains consistent routines to help support and reinforce training goals.
- A Safe, Clean, Enriching Environment: Our facility is designed to keep pets relaxed and enriched, with controlled playgroups, calm spaces, and staff trained to manage behavior safely and kindly.
- Experienced, Caring Team: From our trainer to our veterinary professionals and resort staff, your dog is supported by a knowledgeable team dedicated to their well-being, confidence, and happiness.
Training Vaccination / Test Requirements
Requirements for dogs coming into the hospital for boarding, grooming, daycare, training and/or day admittance, pets must be current with the following immunizations/parasite tests:
Dogs:
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Rabies (initial vaccine booster after 1 year, then administered every 3 years thereafter)
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DHPP (every three years)
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Bordetella (every six months)
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Canine Influenza (H3N2) (yearly)
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Fecal (yearly) * pet has tested negative within the last 12 months
Pets less than a year old need to have completed their vaccination series up to the Rabies vaccination to be admitted into boarding, dog daycare, training, and grooming. All vaccinations must have been administered by a licensed veterinarian. Due to the risk of being contagious, patients displaying potential respiratory illness, coughing, vomiting, and/or diarrhea must be scheduled for an appointment with a veterinarian, these pets are NOT eligible for day admission into the hospital. Pets must also be free of internal and external parasites (or will be treated at the pet owner’s expense).
Dog Training Options
6 week Puppy Course 101 - $199
Saturdays from 2:30pm-3:30pm
-For Puppies 8 weeks – 9 months
-Core Life Skills Covered – obedience training, loose leash walking, greeting people, house training, biting & chewing, socialization, and much more!
-Price also includes clicker, bag of treats, 50% off certificate for spay/neuter, and a free dog daycare evaluation.
Daycare (Group Play) + Train - $50 per 30 minute session + Daycare Charge
Offered Mondays and Thursdays
-For dogs that have passed a daycare (group play) evaluation.
-We tailor each training plan to your pet’s personality, age, history, and specific goals, ensuring the best possible learning experience.
-Each 30-minute session is recorded so you can watch your dog’s progress at home, and we provide tailored “homework” exercises to continue training between visits.
-Money Saving Daycare and 1 on 1 Training Packages available! The more you buy, the more you save!
-Group Play is from 9am-12pm and then 2pm-5pm. Training sessions done during daily break time (12pm-2pm). Can choose from a half day of daycare for $25 (4 hours or less) or a full day of daycare for $34.
Dayboarding + Train - $50 per 30 minute session + $30 for Dayboarding
Offered Mondays and Thursdays
-For dogs who prefer one-on-one attention and do not enjoy group settings.
-We tailor each training plan to your pet’s personality, age, history, and specific goals, ensuring the best possible learning experience.
-Each 30-minute session is recorded so you can watch your dog’s progress at home, and we provide tailored “homework” exercises to continue training between visits.
-Money Saving 1 on 1 Training Packages available! The more you buy, the more you save!
-Pet must be dropped off no later than 11:30am on these days.
Private Lessons ($50 per session)
Talk To Our Trainer to Schedule
-We tailor each training plan to your pet’s personality, age, history, and specific goals, ensuring the best possible learning experience.