Best Dog Trainers in and Near Los Angeles, CA

PupHub Dog Training works across Orange County, and our records list Brandi Wade as a CPDT-KA trainer and Pet Professional Guild member. The site describes positive reinforcement and force free methods, with each plan built around your dog's age and history. In owner coaching sessions you're fully involved in the training. In day training sessions a trainer works your dog first and then coaches you. Virtual sessions are set aside for highly reactive dogs with a bite history. Training is sold in packages with payment plans, and PupHub says it doesn't guarantee results.

Prestigious Pooch is a husband and wife team, Cora and Sim, who describe themselves as certified professional dog trainers with 30 years of combined experience and education. Our records list Cora's credentials as CPDT-KA and FDM. Their training is reward based, and they work out why your dog acts a certain way before setting a plan. You can book private sessions in your Los Angeles home or send your dog to their board and train program at a facility in the Los Padres National Forest. The site focuses on reactivity toward people or other dogs, along with anxiety and aggression.

I Said Sit School for Dogs has served West Los Angeles since 2006 from its building on South Robertson Boulevard. The school calls itself 100% reward based and says it never uses prong collars or shock collars. Its most popular program is educational daycare, where your dog trains during the day and you get a weekly private lesson. Private lessons also run at the school or in your home, with a live online option. Group classes cover puppies and adult manners, plus classes for reactive dogs. Our records list four credentials for Elisha Stynchula, including the CPDT-KA.

Hudson Shock runs a private, in home training business in North Hollywood and describes his methods as force free and pain free. He holds the CPDT-KA and belongs to the APDT and the Pet Professional Guild. Clients start with an initial visit, where he sizes up the dog and shows you techniques. His day training has him working your dog at home four times a week while you're at work, with regular transfer sessions so you learn the cues. Coaching teaches you to do the work yourself, and Puppy 101 is a single session for new puppies.

J9's K9s Dog Training is a Southern California school with a Granada Hills mailing address, and our records place Janine Pierce in Canoga Park with a CPDT-KA. The site describes science based, positive reinforcement training. You can choose group classes or private training for puppies and adult dogs of any breed, from basic manners up through advanced obedience and behavior modification. The site shows logos from the CCPDT and Karen Pryor Academy, along with AKC Canine Good Citizen evaluator status. Our records add separation anxiety and assistance animal training to her specialties.

MobilityDog is the working name of Mobility Service Dogs West Coast Project, a Pasadena nonprofit founded in January 2018. The group raises service dogs for people with mobility disabilities, and its site has an application if you need one. It's an Assistance Dogs International candidate program, still in accreditation according to our records. For owners who want to train their own dog, the site lists a course for training your own service dog or pet dog, with a separate application. The site doesn't give that course's schedule or fee, so ask when you call.

Fun Paw Care is run by Russell Hartstein, whose site calls him a certified dog behaviorist and trainer. Our records list his CDBC and CPDT credentials along with Fear Free certification. The main program is Dog Boot Camp, a one on one board and train, with a puppy version held on a 5 acre fenced ranch. He also offers private lessons and puppy training, plus phone and video consults. The site covers service dog and therapy dog training. The areas named on the site run from Malibu to Pasadena, and Fun Paw Care also offers boarding and daycare.

Arrow Custom Dog Training and Services centers its work on service dogs, and the site says it trains them to international and IAADP standards. Our records list Bradley Arrowood as a NADOI associate member, and the site adds IAADP membership and an AKC evaluator badge. Group classes include CGC prep and Puppy Star. Arrow also runs board and train with indoor boarding and no outdoor kennels, along with custom programs for basic and advanced obedience. For businesses, Arrow offers ADA consulting and staff training.

Caryl Wolff runs Doggie Manners from West Los Angeles and her site says she has helped dogs with behavior problems since 1994. Our records list her as a NADOI certified instructor. She teaches in your home or over Zoom, and her main in home area runs from Sunset Boulevard to Venice Boulevard and from Beverly Glen to the beach. Puppy training is on the list too. Prices are listed on her site as $325 for a first in home lesson of about 90 minutes and $225 for each hour after that, or $295 and $195 on Zoom.

Bark Busters East Orange County is a local branch of the Bark Busters franchise, which started in 1989. Trainer Johnny Jumper runs it, and the site says he has trained professionally for over six years. Lessons are one on one in your home or out in public, with a virtual option, and no kennel stays. You learn to use body language and tone of voice, backed by calm leadership. The site lists aggression and leash pulling among the problems it handles. Under the Life of Dog Support Guarantee, Johnny stays available by phone at no extra cost. The service area lists 22 Orange County cities.

The Greater Los Angeles Bark Busters team is brother and sister Christen and Kevin Hagan, described on the site as certified trainers. They come to your home for one on one lessons across the West San Gabriel Valley, with Pasadena and Glendale on the service list. Their site says they use no treats or harsh punishment and no shock or prong collars. Owners learn to guide the dog with voice and body language instead. Under the Life of Dog Support Guarantee, you can call the trainers later at no added cost, and they'll come back if problems return.

This Bark Busters team, led by Carrie and Pascha Jordan, covers a wide stretch of Los Angeles, from Bellflower and Downey to Santa Monica and Sherman Oaks. Training happens one on one at your home, and the site says trainers work outside on the real distractions in your neighborhood. They say they use no shock collars or prong collars and no aversive methods. The site covers aggression and barking, and linked pages address resource guarding and reactivity. The first consultation is free, and the company's support guarantee keeps the Jordans available to help at no added charge.

LA's Dog Trainer works out of Moorpark Street in Studio City, and the site says the business has run for over 21 years. Trainer Jacqueline Gaillard holds degrees in animal training and behavior management, according to the site. Training uses positive reinforcement and behavior modification. Group classes and workshops run indoors and outdoors, with separate tracks for CGC prep and agility. You can also book private behavior sessions or board and train, and the business offers AKC Canine Good Citizen testing. The trainers work with cats and exotic pets too.

Sit Means Sit Long Beach opened in 2022 under owner and trainer Lisa-Marie Bruce. The site describes an attention based system created by company founder Fred Hassen. Training can use the company's remote electronic collar, which the site describes as a highly adjustable sensation that cues your dog to pay attention. The Day Train program has you drop your dog off, then review progress with the trainer at pickup. Private lessons happen at times and places you pick, and ongoing group classes practice real world behaviors. The first evaluation is free.

This listing's website now runs as OffLeash SoCal, serving Los Angeles and much of Southern California. Board and train is the core service, with programs from one week up to three weeks. The two week Urban K9 program is built for dogs in busy city areas, and a three week reactive dog program stays on leash for dogs with high reactivity or anxiety. Private lessons include in home packages, and Basic and Advanced Obedience runs 8 lessons covering over 15 commands. The site says training usually starts with positive reinforcement.

Pasadena Humane runs a Behavior and Training Center at its Raymond Avenue campus, and its class list is long. Puppy classes start as young as 7.5 weeks, and Puppy Manners is listed on their site as $215 for five weeks. Adult dogs can move from Basics 101 to Beyond Basics. Two reactive dog courses split dogs by size, with six students at most, and neither accepts dogs with a bite history. Private sessions are listed as $150 for 75 minutes on campus or $95 for 45 minutes on Zoom. Trainers use methods without punishment or force.

Pasanita Obedience Club is a nonprofit that has taught Pasadena area owners to train their own dogs for over 60 years. Every class meets outdoors at Brookside Park, just south of the Rose Bowl, with the City of Pasadena Recreation Division as a sponsor. Puppies start in Kindergarten Puppy or the S.T.A.R. Puppy program. Owners then move on to Beginning Novice and Advanced Novice with CGC prep. Competition classes cover CD prep along with Open and Utility, and the club also teaches rally and Scent Work. The five week Scent Work class is listed on their site as $150.

Paul Owens works out of Van Nuys, and his site says he's often called the original Dog Whisperer. Sessions are private, in your home or at his Raise With Praise Headquarters, and he also trains over Zoom. The first session runs 90 minutes. Paul evaluates your dog and your home setting, goes through your list of problem behaviors, then sets up a step by step behavior modification program. Prices are listed on his site as $240 for the first session at home or $230 at headquarters, and $115 for an hour on Zoom. Our records add separation anxiety and assistance animal training to his specialties.

Southwest Obedience Club of Los Angeles keeps a Gardena mailing address and runs a nine week AKC Beginning Novice class on Saturdays at La Romeria Park in Torrance. The class is listed on their site as $90 for all nine weeks, with the CGC test as an optional extra. Dogs must be at least five months old, and mixed breeds are welcome. You'll bring a training collar and a six foot leash, and lessons include leash corrections along with heeling and stays. Week nine ends with a practice obedience trial, complete with a judge and score cards.

spcaLA runs group dog classes kept to four to eight dogs, using positive reinforcement only. Its obedience page says it won't support aversive tools such as prong collars or shock collars. Classes move in levels, from Puppy Preschool for puppies 8 to 16 weeks up to Level 4 Collegiate Canines. Level 2 prepares dogs for the AKC Canine Good Citizen test, and Level 3 builds toward the therapy dog test. A five week obedience course is listed on their site as $150. There's also agility and Fun Nose Work, plus a free behavior helpline.

Sit Means Sit San Gabriel Valley trains from Foothill Boulevard in Glendora and lists 37 cities it serves, from Alhambra to Whittier. Programs include full day training with a dedicated trainer and puppy training for the first 20 weeks, plus group classes and private lessons. The system uses a remote electronic collar, which the site calls the Sit Means Sit Collar. Training runs in phases: a teaching phase of 6 to 12 weeks or more, a reinforcement phase of the same length as the collar is phased out, then ongoing maintenance. Kyle Maguire is head trainer, and costs are set after a free consultation.

Zoom Room Culver City is an indoor dog training gym on Teale Street that also serves Marina del Rey and Venice. You stay with your dog for every class, since the gym doesn't take drop offs, and training is positive reinforcement only. Programs cover puppy training and obedience, with agility on the side. Socialization includes playgroups and open gym time. Instead of a fixed six week course, you book classes as your schedule allows. New clients can start with a free 30 minute orientation.

The Lakewood Zoom Room sits on Woodruff Avenue and also serves Cerritos and Norwalk. It's an indoor gym where owners learn alongside their dogs with no drop offs, and every class uses positive reinforcement only. Clicker basics are part of the free orientation. Puppy training and obedience classes run alongside agility and playgroups. Private training sessions are also available, according to the gym's booking policy. Classes are booked ahead, and you need 24 hours notice to cancel without losing the credit.

Zoom Room Long Beach is on East Willow Street and also serves Signal Hill and Seal Beach. The gym puts socialization first, with a focus on skills your dog will use out in the world. Owners attend every class with their dog, and the gym sticks to positive reinforcement. You can join puppy training or obedience classes, and agility and playgroups are on the menu too. Scheduling is flexible, so you aren't locked into a set number of weeks. A free orientation without your dog or an evaluation with your dog gets you started.