San Diego North County Dog Training

Customized Dog Training to Help You Get a Better Dog That Listens to Your Commands

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San Diego North County Dog Training

Our North County San Diego dog training programs will teach you how to better communicate with your dog to end bad behaviors. We can help you with basic commands to give you a great jump start to having a better dog as well as advanced dog obedience including off-leash training in North County San Diego! We offer many Dog Training Programs for San Diego North County

San Diego dog owners include:

  • Dog training Private Lessons
  • Dog Training Boot Camps
  • Puppy Training
  • Housebreaking
  • Service Dog Training

All-breed professional dog training in San Diego North County!

We believe every interaction is a learning opportunity. Using a mix of training, play and rest, we designed each program to prepare both your dog and you with a long-lasting educational foundation.

Our most popular dog training camps combine everything you need to make your dog amazing in San Diego North County:

  • Dog Obedience training
  • Behavior modification
  • Confidence-building exercises
  • Off-site training
  • Engagement games

We offer many Board and Train style programs at IQ K9 Training and can customize any program to meet your specific needs.

During your dog’s stay, our dedicated dog trainers instill marker words, commands, behavioral conditioning and socialization. With scheduled play and bonding time, our dog training camps ensures you’ll have a well-rounded, healthy pup.

There are two phases to to a dog training boot camp program.

In phase one, your dog comes and lives with us. We will do all of his training, lay a solid foundation and teach him to listen around distractions, both on and off-leash.

Once your dog has completed his training, we begin phase two of boot camp, where we train you. We do this through a series of follow-up lessons in order to transfer your fully trained dog back to you. Our training is conducted in a manner that will allow you, the owner, to effortlessly reinforce the training while at the same time maintaining a leadership status and keeping your dog mentally and physically balanced. This is the key to not only ensuring the training will last the life of your dog but also keep your canine companion happy and healthy.

Our training courses are unique in that they not only give you the control needed to navigate various aspects of the human environment with your canine companion but also the communication needed to successfully have your dog wanting to perform the commands, having fun and staying engaged with you, even around distractions.

Certain exercises, for example, having your dog ‘Heel’ politely at your side, we will want your dog in a calm state of mind. For this particular exercise, we will take the same approach to train your dog as is used to train ServiceDogs. The ‘Heel’ command will give you the control needed to navigate through public environments successfully with your dog.

When it comes to other exercises, like the ‘Come’ command, we want your dog in a reactive state of mind. We want him running, chasing and excited. We will test your dog to figure out what your dog really enjoys (toys, a certain type of treat, chase games etc). Once we know what he likes, we will incorporate that into certain aspects of his training like the ‘come’ command. This will enable us to build the correct muscle memory of a beautiful, flashy ‘come’ command that has him running towards you every time you call.

Consider our Boot Camp for Dogs/ Board & Train programs if you are going on an extended trip. Instead ofboarding your dog at a kennel, let him/her stay with our expert trainers, in our home based facility.You will come home to an obedient, happy and balanced canine companion.

Call (760) 227-5505 today for a Free Consultation

Photo Gallery

Belows are some photos of clients dogs training and having fun on our property and in our home

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What Our Clients Are Saying…

Let these Amazing Dog Training Success Stories Inspire You

“The BEST training facility! Our dog is so well behaved because of Stani and her team. They all truly love dogs and have so much skill and knowledge. The training goals are very personalized to our needs and the communication about progress is wonderful. We are able to enjoy our dog on so many more walks and outings because she was trained at IQ K9!”

~ Jessica J.

“After a lot of research, we chose IQ K9 for our extra large pups training. We did the 3 week board and train course when he was 6 months old and have since used them for follow up lessons and a refresher course.
I was honestly a nervous wreck just from the idea of leaving him for that period of time, but our pup Rowan came back home after his training course in perfect condition, if a littler dirtier and with MUCH better manners. Every time we have been back for follow up lessons and for the refresher course, he is so thrilled to see the trainers and staff that he can barely contain himself. That brings me so much comfort and confidence that he is in the best hands when he is there.
The wonderful people at IQ are so dedicated to giving owners the tools they need to continue the training protocols at home, and are always happy to provide support and advice, which has been a godsend.
We are in the thick of adolescence with him at the moment so he certainly has his challenging days, but with IQ’s help I feel sure that he will become a well mannered member of canine society.
I cannot recommend them highly enough, and absolutely trust them with our furry family members care.”

~ Ash

 

Your Dog Will Enjoy Our
Fully Fenced 2.5 + Acre Property

We are located in Valley Center (North San Diego County).
IQ K9 Training features a fully fenced 2+ acre property on of some of the best
land on which to train dogs here in North County San Diego.