Best Dog Trainers in Louisiana

This Bossier City location of a national training franchise serves the Shreveport area and also offers lessons in your home. Its main program is a structured two week board and train, where your dog stays at the facility and works with trainers every day. Private lessons happen at your home or at the facility, and the site mentions introductory group classes without a schedule. The site describes positive reinforcement methods and lifetime support for graduates. Costs are listed on their site as $145 for introductory group classes up to $2,400 for residential training, with private home sessions at $95 to $180 an hour.

Black Bayou Boarding in Lake Charles hosts group classes taught by trainers from Bayou Pawsitivity. The puppy class takes dogs 12 weeks to 5 months old and covers potty training, puppy biting and loose leash walking. Level 1 is for dogs 6 months and older. Level 2 prepares dogs for the AKC Canine Good Citizen test, and Level 3 rehearses skills for therapy dog visits. Five week classes are listed on their site at $155. A hybrid option pairs daycare with an hour of training each weekday at $300 a week, and board and train is listed at $1,200 for two weeks. Class rules ban choke and prong collars.

Bonin Dog Training Center sits in Duson, just west of Lafayette, and its site says John Bonin has trained dogs since 1987, with his son Andre working alongside him. Training here includes boarding. Your dog stays on site, and the package is listed on their site at $600 per dog per week, with half due at booking. Programs include obedience for puppies and adult dogs, plans for dogs with behavior problems and retriever training for hunting dogs. Its listed service area runs from Opelousas to Morgan City. Methods and tools aren't described, so ask on your first call.

Camp Bow Wow Shreveport is a daycare and boarding franchise that posts a full training menu with prices. Six week group classes start with Level I, in a puppy version for dogs 10 weeks to 4 months or an adult version, and climb to a Public Polishing class that can prepare dogs for the CGC test. Each level is listed on their site at $300, and a four week tricks class at $150. Dogs at camp can add 30 minute one on one sessions for $45. Puppy socialization is $25 for 30 minutes, and monthly seminars are $45. The site describes positive reinforcement with treats, praise, toys or play.

Dog Gone Right is run by Carolyn Kerner and Jamie Peterson from a training site in Hammond. Our directory lists Carolyn as a CPDT-KA and a Certified Nose Work Instructor, and her site says she has trained dogs for more than 40 years, 19 of them with an assistance dog organization. Jamie holds the KPA-CTP credential from Karen Pryor Academy and uses force free methods without shock or prong collars. Manners classes cap at six dogs, include a clicker and open with an orientation night for people only. The class is listed on their site at $185. Day training, board and train and nose work classes are offered too.

Curly's Top Dog in West Monroe runs training next to its grooming and boarding. Its general obedience program keeps your dog on site, with all dogs sleeping inside and one trainer for every five dogs. Trainers rotate so your dog learns to answer different voices, and graduates can take the Canine Good Citizen test and get free tune ups for life. The program is listed on their site as starting at $2,500 a month. The site also lists private, virtual and service dog training, and it says the business has trained gun dogs and tracked deer since 2012. Methods and tools aren't described.

Fido Finishing School is a Mandeville training business on the Northshore. Its website blocked our automated check, so this entry comes from our directory record alone. That record lists basic obedience, competition obedience, agility, a new family pet program and puppy preschool. Agility is rare on this list, so call if you want a dog sport. We couldn't confirm class formats, trainer names or prices. Ask about those on your first call, along with how the trainers reward and correct dogs and which vaccines puppy preschool requires.

In Control Dog Training is based in Covington, and owner and master trainer Morris Chaisson works with families from Mandeville and Madisonville to Metairie and Harahan. Training comes as private packages for adult dogs and for puppies. The entry packages give you three lessons at a set location and five commands, with a focus on jumping and bolting out the front door. The middle packages add a lesson at your home and work on and off leash, including coming when called. The largest package moves all four lessons into your home and adds a lifetime guarantee. The site doesn't list prices or name its methods.

La Fundación K-9 Academy in Tickfaw runs most of its training as board and train. STAR Puppy is a two week stay for puppies under 5 months, listed on their site at $750. Basic Obedience is a boot camp for dogs 5 months and older at $1,800, with daily one on one sessions and a handler course for you. Advanced Obedience, at $2,300, works toward off leash control and includes electronic collar recommendations. Behavior Modification is listed at $2,500, and aggression rehabilitation is priced case by case. The site calls its method balanced, pairing reward with gentle consequences.

Mandeville Canine Academy opened in 2019 under Ted Carlson Dog Training, a veteran owned company, and the site says Carlson has nearly 15 years of experience. Head trainer Katie Carlson leads one on one sessions in board and train, where dogs train five days a week and staff teach you the cues at pickup. Programs are listed on their site from $1,400 for a two week Jump Start to $3,100 for four weeks of advanced off leash work, and rehabilitation for aggression or severe fear is $3,400 a month. Programs past the Jump Start include a prong collar or slip lead, with an electronic collar optional. Day training and private lessons at the academy or your home are also offered.

Midnight Retrievers in Shreveport was started in 2003 by Jeff and Shelly Mathews after they went looking for obedience help for their own Lab puppy. Most training happens with your dog staying at the kennel. Obedience is a two month program that uses a leash and an electronic collar, and retriever training gets dogs used to gunfire and shot birds with an eye toward AKC hunt test titles. Both are listed on their site as starting at $700 a month. The Head Start program takes puppies from 4 months for two week stays at $400 each. Mobile obedience is five one hour lessons at your house for $800.

Mill Pond Kennels sits off Highway 90 near Carencro and serves Acadiana and towns as far off as Baton Rouge and Lake Charles. The training menu lists board and train, dayschool, lessons and obedience for dogs and puppies, and the site says it teaches owners as well as dogs. Owners get weekly updates, and the site says its training videos are unedited. Mill Pond stands out for dog sports. A pool built for dogs hosts dock diving and swimming, and the kennel hosts disc practice days, with a disc seminar set for December 12, 2026. The site doesn't post prices or name its trainers.

Off Leash K9 Training Lafayette is part of a national franchise founded by Nick White, a former Marine and Secret Service agent, and it serves the Lafayette area, including Scott and Maurice. Training is mostly private lessons. Basic Obedience is four lessons and comes with a leash and an electronic collar, and an eight lesson package adds advanced commands and distraction work. The menu also lists a two week board and train for off leash obedience, a puppy consultation for dogs under 5 months and an eight lesson therapy dog program. A separate eight lesson package targets aggression and reactivity. Prices aren't on the homepage.

Optimal Canine is Ronny LeJeune's Lafayette business, and she has worked with dogs professionally since 2015. Her focus is high energy performance and working dogs, and she competes in scent detection, tracking, dock diving and barn hunt. Training uses positive reinforcement, and the site says she avoids choke chains, prong collars and electronic collars. Behavior work for fear and aggression runs online, as a hybrid program or as a board and train. Private training runs in your home in Lafayette or online. She holds canine fitness certifications from the University of Tennessee and Do More With Your Dog.

Red River Obedience Training Club is an all volunteer, AKC sanctioned club in Shreveport founded in 1959, and it trains purebred and mixed breed dogs. Puppy Kindergarten runs four weeks for puppies 3 to 6 months at $100, and AKC S.T.A.R. Puppy runs six weeks at $150. The basic series includes a Good Dog class on home manners, Beginner I and II and a four week CGC class, and each dog is fitted for a training collar at the first class. The club also teaches scent work, rally, tricks and competition obedience. A $50 deposit holds a spot, and rescue dogs get a discount on one class.

Sit Happens Dog Training in Lafayette is led by Vikki Bourgeois, whose site lists the CPDT-KA and CBCC-KA credentials along with CTDI and FFCP. The site describes positive reinforcement methods approved by veterinarians. Private lessons can happen in your home, and behavior modification is offered alongside obedience. A two week board and train is built for young puppies, and a hybrid program serves puppies 5 months and under. The four week puppy class takes puppies 10 weeks to 5 months and covers come, stay and loose leash walking, listed on their site at $175. Client stories mention families from Lake Charles and Moss Bluff.

Southern Canine Services is run by Jade Burdick, who holds an animal science degree from LSU and completed the Master Trainer Program at Highland Canine, with certificates as a service dog trainer and a detection dog trainer. She also spent nine years as a veterinary assistant. Private lessons happen at your home around Lafayette and Baton Rouge, and in kennel training keeps your dog at the facility. Behavior work covers problems such as biting and resource guarding. Group classes meet one hour a week for six weeks, with a puppy class for dogs 3 to 10 months and basic obedience for dogs new to training. The site doesn't list prices.

The Dog School is a veteran owned business in Harahan run by Brooke Defore, a former military police officer who spent years as a police K9 handler. Our directory records that background as her credential. The site offers puppy packages, basic obedience and advanced obedience with behavior modification, and it says each dog gets its own training plan. Boarding and detection dog training are listed as well. The Dog School gives AKC Canine Good Citizen evaluations, listed on their site at $50 each. The homepage doesn't explain training formats or methods, so ask how lessons run before you book.

The Dog Stop Kenner is a daycare and boarding franchise location that also posts training prices. Private training happens in the store with you present, listed on their site at $55 for 30 minutes or $75 for an hour. Play and Train sessions happen while your dog is there for daycare or boarding, and you get a video of what your dog learned. Those sessions are listed at $30 for 15 minutes or $45 for 30 minutes. A puppy class for dogs 12 weeks to 6 months is listed as coming soon. Trainers Gianna and Rob describe science based, positive reinforcement work, and the site lists Gianna as a CPDT-KA.

The Dog Stop Metairie is a daycare and boarding franchise location that also lists training. Its services page names one on one training sessions and Play and Train, where your dog works with a trainer during a daycare or boarding visit. Group classes are planned, and the site says updates go out by email. The Metairie page doesn't list prices or session lengths, and we couldn't confirm which trainers work at this location, so ask who will train your dog and what methods they use before you book. If you live closer to Kenner, the Kenner location on this list posts its training prices.

TIMCO Kennels in Thibodaux is a board and train program for Labradors and other retrievers, started in 2021 by owner Timothy Caillouet. Training moves through three stages. Basic Obedience covers sit, stay, place, heel and off lead control. Basic Retriever adds force fetch, marks, delivery to hand and steadiness, and Advanced Retriever brings hand signals, blind retrieves and duck blind manners. The site says a full program takes 3 to 9 months, with daily field and water work nearby. Its service area covers Lafourche and Terrebonne parishes along with Assumption Parish. Prices aren't listed.

Y-Farms Kennels in Zachary is a family owned kennel that has been home to Y-Farms Retrievers since 1998, and it also offers boarding and day camp. Its obedience program is open to all breeds and uses positive reinforcement. Training covers sit, stay, come when called, leash walking, place and focus, along with self control for problems at home. A social media post on the site describes a board and train for puppies that need manners. The site doesn't post prices or name its trainers, and a deposit button starts enrollment.