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Dog's Play
Archer, Florida
About Dog's Play
Dog's Play Training provides professional dog training, puppy training, behavior modification, reactive dog training, service dog training, AKC programs, boarding, daycare, and grooming services in Gainesville, Florida. Led by Julie Hughes, the area's only board-certified dog behavior consultant within 100 miles, we help dogs and their families build lasting success through customized, science-based training programs.
Training & services
Training goals
- Behavior consultation
- Canine Good Citizen preparation
Program details
The 6 classes in the AKC Canine Good Citizen (CGC) program help dogs develop the skills needed to become well-mannered family companions. Preparation includes polite greetings, loose-leash walking, reliable obedience, and other behaviors required to pass the AKC Canine Good Citizen evaluation. · Listed price: From $165.00
- House training
- Leash training
- Obedience training
Program details
Puppy training programs focus on socialization, house training, basic obedience, confidence building, and preventing behavior problems before they start. · Listed price: From $60.00
- Puppy training
- Socialization
Behavior support
- Aggression training
- Fear and confidence
- Reactivity training
- Resource guarding
How training happens
- Board and train
Program details
Immersive training programs where dogs stay with a trainer and receive structured daily training, enrichment, socialization, and behavior coaching. · Listed price: From $90.00
- Group classes
- Private training
Dog age
- Adult dogs
- Puppies
Program details
Puppy training programs focus on socialization, house training, basic obedience, confidence building, and preventing behavior problems before they start.
Training level
- Beginner training
Class options
- Drop-in classes
Support between sessions
- Personalized training plans
Assistance and working dogs
- Service dog training
Program details
Immersive training programs where dogs stay with a trainer and receive structured daily training, enrichment, socialization, and behavior coaching. · Listed price: From $85.00
Dog sports
- Agility
- Rally obedience
Your dog’s background
- Rescue dogs
Training approach
- Balanced training
Additional services
- Boarding
Program details
Safe, supervised boarding with enrichment activities and individualized care designed to support your dog's physical and emotional well-being. · Listed price: From $60.00
- Daycare
Program details
Doggie Day Camp provides a safe, supervised environment where dogs can play, learn, exercise, and socialize. Structured activities, enrichment, and professional supervision help dogs build confidence, burn energy, and develop positive social skills. · Listed price: From $60.00
- Grooming
Other listed services
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- Dog training
Program details
Professional dog training for puppies, adolescents, and adult dogs. Customized programs help dogs develop reliable obedience skills, improve manners, and strengthen communication with their families. · Listed price: From $60.00
- Adoptable Dogs
- Akc Community Canine
- Canine Learning
- Certified Behavior Consultant
Program details
Julie is the only board-certified dog behavior consultant within 100 mi. of GNV, FL, through IAABC - International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants. She specializes in helping dogs with aggression, reactivity, anxiety, fear-based behaviors, resource guarding, and other challenges. · Listed price: From $85.00
- Day Camps
Program details
Doggie Day Camp provides a safe, supervised environment where dogs can play, learn, exercise, and socialize. Structured activities, enrichment, and professional supervision help dogs build confidence, burn energy, and develop positive social skills. · Listed price: From $60.00
- Prep School
- Trick Dogs
- Week Class
- Animal Behavior
- Behavior Change
- Behavior Mod
- Behavior Plan
- Canine Athlete
- Canine Behavior Consultant
- Canine Family
- Canine Fitness
- Dog Beginner
- Dog Playgroup
- Dog Team
- Fitness Class
- Master Trainer
- Problematic Behaviors
- Reactive Canine
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Business-stated qualifications
Qualifications stated by the business, not independently verified.
- Training team
- CDBC
Customer reviews
Google listing5
53 Google reviews
Mentioned in reviews
- Obedience training 8
- Agility course 3
- Behavior training 3
- Dog psychology 3
- Fear reduction 3
- Dog bonding 2
All 10 topics
- Fair pricing 2
- Kind training 2
- Reactivity management 2
- Rescue pup training 2
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We had a great time with Julie on our first visit. She knows her stuff and our dog Dash is already responding better to us. Thank you!
They were real nice . And they knew what they are doing
One of the only people I've been able to find around that has actual science based certifications in behavioral dog training. Everyone else I've went to has "their way" of doing things that may or may not work for any given animal. I've had Julie train me with four separate anim…Read full reviewClose full review
One of the only people I've been able to find around that has actual science based certifications in behavioral dog training. Everyone else I've went to has "their way" of doing things that may or may not work for any given animal. I've had Julie train me with four separate animals all with dramatically different personalities. The approach Julie took towards training each animal grew more and more specific as lessons went on and as she grew familiar with each of my dogs. While classes are specific, disciplined, demanding, and engaging, you also leave feeling like you got plenty of personalized training between Julie and her partner trainer, Grace. I have not been traveling recently due to the coronavirus epidemic, so I have only been able to board my dogs with Dog's Play once. Picking them up was the first it felt like my dogs wanted me to come play with them at the facilities instead of jumping in my car to go home away from the nightmare that is most boarding kennels. There's so much to say, and there are so many things offered from one place. Definitely worth it to check it out for the facilities alone.
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