Best Dog Trainers in and Near Greensboro, NC

Barbara Wood runs Nose Work 4 K9's out of Burlington, and her site is built around scent detection training for companion and performance dogs. She is a Certified Nose Work Instructor through the National Association of Canine Scent Work and holds the Dip.CBST from the Companion Animal Sciences Institute. Our database also lists her as a Pet Professional Guild member, with behavior consulting and aggression and reactivity among her specialties. Group classes run six weeks with one hour sessions. They start with Intro to Nose Work, move through Odor Foundations, and end with Competition Skills levels aimed at NACSW and AKC scent work trials. A private or semi private Handler's Choice option lets you pick a problem to work on, such as buried hides or reading your dog. Private sessions are listed on her site as $70 per hour. Her instructor page says she focuses on helping fearful and behavior challenged dogs live fuller lives. Class locations can vary, so ask where your session meets.

Sit Means Sit Greensboro is a franchise location led by owner and head trainer Alyssa Smith. She started with the company in 2016 and led training at its Raleigh location, where she was also assistant manager. She is an AKC Canine Good Citizen Evaluator and an AKC S.T.A.R. Puppy Evaluator. The program uses a remote electronic collar the company calls the Sit Means Sit Collar, and its site describes the stimulation as a tap to get your dog's attention. You can choose a board and train stay of 5 to 10 days on weekdays or a day train program one or two days a week. Private lessons are also offered, and each program comes with a group class membership. Group classes and pack walks meet at the facility and in public places. Puppies from 10 weeks to 11 months can take a six week AKC S.T.A.R. Puppy class that uses food rewards and leash work. A free consultation of about an hour covers your goals and pricing. The site lists Summerfield, Oak Ridge and High Point among the towns it serves.

Best Friends Bed and Biscuit is a Greensboro boarding and daycare center that also runs a full training program. Its trainer, Julie Atchison, has more than 20 years of professional experience and, per the site, holds a 2013 national protection title. The site calls its method balanced, with rewards taught through play and games, and board and train clients can add an electronic collar for off leash work. Private lessons cover puppy basics such as house training and leash pulling, plus help for separation anxiety and aggression. A one hour private lesson is listed on their site as $120 at the center or $160 in your home. Board and train stays run two to four weeks and include daily one on one training and an owner lesson at the end. The two week stay is listed at $2,450. An eight week group puppy class meets on Tuesday evenings and is listed at $260.

Carolina Dog Training Club is a volunteer AKC club in Greensboro that teaches obedience to all breeds and mixes. Its site lists Puppy, Beginner 1 and Beginner 2 obedience classes, Beginner and Continuing Scent Work, and a Rally class. Sessions start on the first Tuesday of each quarter, with classes at 6:30 or 7:45, and classes meet at the Lewis Recreation Center in Greensboro. The club says it trains with positive reinforcement and force free methods. Recent class fees are listed on their site as $90 to $130 per session, and the club mentions a discount for rescue dogs. You'll need proof of current vaccines to enroll. The club also holds AKC obedience and rally trials each year. The August 2026 sessions have ended, so ask when the next quarter opens.

Spence K9 Academy is listed under Greensboro in our database, but its own site gives Oak Ridge as home and says it serves the Piedmont Triad and surrounding areas. The site promotes individualized training and lists private lessons and group classes. It also offers a puppy class and two board and train options, one of them called vacation board and train. Our database adds service and therapy dog training, and the site names service dogs and therapy dogs among its programs, though it doesn't describe them in detail. Behavior modification is offered, and the site's description mentions training for aggressive dogs. The site shows badges for IACP associate membership and AKC Canine Good Citizen evaluator status. It also shows an authorized dealer badge for E-Collar Technologies and an IACP prong collar assessment badge, so ask how collars fit into training. The site doesn't name its trainers or list prices, and you start with a training interest form.

Quicksilver Canine in Julian calls itself the Triad's first indoor canine training and events center, established in 2017. Owner Julie Norman Jenkins is a multi sport trainer who has shown her own dogs in obedience, herding, agility, flyball and more. Her flyball team, Fur Fun, won the 2018 Flyball Open World Cup in France. Her approach, per the site, centers on building a relationship through play and cooperative learning. Recent classes include Agility with Deb, an intermediate sequencing class on Monday nights, with a six week session listed on their site at $210. The fall 2026 Barn Hunt with Deb session is listed at $175 for five weeks, and drop ins are listed at $35 with instructor approval. The center also runs recall and flyball bootcamps along with UpDog events, and it hosts CPE and USDAA agility trials plus CPE scent trials. Contact Deb to find the right agility class level for your dog.

Dog Gone Fun is a Kernersville training school that also offers daycare and boarding. Classes are small and meet at several times through the week, using a climate controlled indoor room and a large fenced outdoor area. The lineup covers positive reinforcement puppy classes, adolescent and adult dog classes, an agility and tricks class called Above and Beyond the Basics, and K9 Nose Work classes. Owner Jan Wilson is CPDT-KA certified and an AKC Canine Good Citizen evaluator, with more than 35 years in the dog field. Trainers Nancy Osborne and Cheri Moore are Certified Nose Work Instructors, and Nancy is also an NACSW certifying official and judge. Trainer Caroline Currie is CPDT-KA certified and follows the least intrusive, minimally aversive approach with reactive dogs. The school hosts NACSW trials and odor recognition tests. The site doesn't list class prices.

Pawsitive Leash Dog Training is run by Caitlin Untied in Kernersville. Our database lists a certification through Animal Behavior College and membership in the Pet Professional Guild, one of the groups the AVSAB position statement names as a place to look for humane trainers. Her listing covers both dogs and cats. Her website blocked our automated check this run, so we couldn't confirm her services, where she trains or her prices from the site itself. When you call, ask what a first session looks like and whether she offers private lessons, group classes or both.

Dulcey Trimble runs Professional Paws Academy in Kernersville and calls herself a force free trainer who will never hurt or scare your dog. She earned the CPDT-KA in 2012 and the CPDT-KSA in 2015. She has been an AKC Canine Good Citizen evaluator since 2011 and holds a bachelor's degree in animal science from the University of Kentucky. She belongs to the Pet Professional Guild and the Association of Professional Dog Trainers, and her site says she has taught group and private classes in the Triad for nearly a decade. Training covers basic manners such as jumping and leash pulling, plus behavior modification for phobias, aggression, separation anxiety and resource guarding. She also helps with problem prevention in the first weeks with a new dog. Sessions can be in person or online. A new puppy consultation, in person or virtual, is listed on her site at $100 and helps you choose a dog that fits your home. She also offers pet sitting.

Off Leash K9 Training's Winston-Salem location is a franchise based in Kernersville, and its site lists Greensboro and Burlington among more than 20 towns it serves. Programs include a four lesson basic obedience package covering recall, place, heeling and stopping unwanted behavior, and an eight lesson package that adds advanced commands and distraction work. A two week board and train stay focuses on off leash obedience and behavior modification and ends with a one on one owner session. Puppies under five months start with a consultation on potty and crate training. An eight lesson therapy dog development program prepares dogs for therapy certification. The site also lists a clicker and reward program called Basic Marker Mastery and help with aggression and reactivity, while noting that major aggression can't be guaranteed fixed. The site doesn't name its trainers, and prices sit on a separate plans page.