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Kindred Spirits Canine Education Center

Vista, California

5/5· 66 Google reviews

About Kindred Spirits Canine Education Center

Looking for a dog trainer near you? We offer professional dog training classes in the Vista, California area designed to help dogs develop good manners, confidence, and focus so they can become welcome members of the family and the community. Our group dog training classes include Puppy Training (10–16 weeks), Basic Obedience, Intermediate Obedience, Therapy Dog preparation, Canine Good Citizen (CGC), and Tricks classes. Training in a group setting helps dogs build social skills, gain confidence, and stay focused around real-life distractions. Just as importantly, training strengthens the communication, trust, and bond between dogs and their owners. A well-trained dog is a happy dog, and a happy dog helps create a calmer, more joyful home.

Training & services

Training goals

  • Behavior consultation
  • Canine Good Citizen preparation
    Program details

    Preparation for the AKC Canine Good Citizen evaluation and certification. Serving dog owners in Vista, Shadowridge, Carlsbad, and surrounding North County San Diego communities. · Listed price: $240.00

  • Crate training
  • House training
  • Leash training
  • Obedience training
    Program details

    Foundational dog training that teaches sit, down, stay, wait, loose leash walking, and focus. (And so much more!) Serving dog owners in Vista, Shadowridge, Carlsbad, and surrounding North County San Diego communities. · Listed price: $240.00

  • Puppy training
    Program details

    Training puppies 10-16 weeks focusing on socialization, confidence building, and basic skills and manners. Preparing puppies for the AKC Puppy S.T.A.R. evaluation and certification. Serving dog owners in Vista, Shadowridge, Carlsbad, and surrounding North County San Diego communities. · Listed price: $240.00

  • Recall training
  • Socialization

Behavior support

  • Chewing
  • Counter surfing
  • Fear and confidence
  • Jumping up
  • Reactivity training
  • Resource guarding

How training happens

  • Group classes
    Program details

    Structured group classes help dogs learn to focus on their owners and help them gain good social skills around other dogs.

  • Owner coaching Customer-reported
  • Private training

Dog age

  • Puppies
  • Senior dogs

Training level

  • Advanced training Customer-reported
  • Beginner training

Class options

  • Drop-in classes

Assistance and working dogs

  • Therapy dog training
    Program details

    Training for dogs working toward therapy and dog certification and public manners. Serving dog owners in Vista, Shadowridge, Carlsbad, and surrounding North County San Diego communities. · Listed price: $240.00

Dog sports

  • Trick training

Your dog’s background

  • Rescue dogs

Other listed services

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  • Advance Dog Training
  • Barking
  • Barking dogs
  • Basic Commands
  • Behavior Assesment
  • Behavior Consultant
  • Biting
  • Canine Body Language
  • Canine Education
  • Canine Learning
  • Canine Workshops
  • Dog Behavior and Training
  • Dog Handling
  • Dog Parents
  • Dog Training Programs
  • Dog Tricks
  • Dog biting prevention
  • Dogs jumping
  • Down
  • Find it
  • Fur Baby
  • Group walk training
  • Hand signals for dogs
  • In class dog training
  • Leash control
  • Leave it
  • Lessons And Training
  • Lure & Reward Training
  • Mouthing
  • Muzzle training
  • Nail trimming
  • No JumpTraining
  • No barking
  • Pet First Aid
  • Polite Greeting
  • Problem Prevention
  • Proper dog training
  • Rattlesnake Avoidance Training
  • Security Dog
  • Sit
  • Skills classes
  • Speciality classes
  • Stay
  • Teaching your dog
  • Training equipment
  • Training help
  • Training my dog
  • Tricks training
    Program details

    Fun classes that teach dogs engaging tricks while building confidence and communication. · Listed price: $240.00

  • Unique Training
  • Verbal commands for dogs
  • Wait
  • Walk nicely on a leash
  • Weekly Classes

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Customer reviews

Google listing
5
out of 566 Google reviews

Mentioned in reviews

  • Puppy class 22
  • Basic obedience class 10
  • Knowledgeable instructors 10
  • Canine good citizen class 5
  • Beginner class 3
  • Class environment 3
All 10 topics
  • Patient instructors 3
  • Informative classes 2
  • Intermediate class 2
  • Pet parent training 2

Google review topics, not confirmed services.

66 collected reviews

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Joseph Voss
5/5
Kate is a wonderful trainer!. She is always very patient with me as she teaches me how to train and interact with my dog. She deeply understands dog(and a bit of human psychology). She will definitely help you enjoy your dog a lot more as she guides you in developing your relatio…Read full reviewClose full review

Kate is a wonderful trainer!. She is always very patient with me as she teaches me how to train and interact with my dog. She deeply understands dog(and a bit of human psychology). She will definitely help you enjoy your dog a lot more as she guides you in developing your relationship with them. She clearly demonstrates the approach by working with your dog and then having you practice together . Our lab, Hazel is growing into an amazing girl because of the classes we have taken and what we have learned together. I highly recommend Kate and Kindred Spirits for your dog training. You’ll be very happy that you signed up. Also, a big shout out to Karin for all of her help in class! She is also quite good.

Debra Stef
5/5

Kate is just what I was looking for to help me become a good pet parent to my new puppy. We’ve attended the puppy class and the basic obedience class and are looking forward to going for refresher classes. The weekly handouts are so helpful to help tie all the training together.

Samantha Lesley
5/5

Our puppy attended 2 different classes and both were amazing! Very positive experience for her as well as for us. Would HIGHLY recommend Kindred Spirits for any and all dog training that anyone may need.

miss klibs
5/5
Kindred Spirits Canine Education Center In my lifetime, I have had five dogs and all were trained to come, sit, wait, etc. Last May, my cousin blessed with Kipper, an Australian Cattle Dog, aka a Queensland Heeler. I had wanted one since I was 15 and now, I had her. Training …Read full reviewClose full review

Kindred Spirits Canine Education Center In my lifetime, I have had five dogs and all were trained to come, sit, wait, etc. Last May, my cousin blessed with Kipper, an Australian Cattle Dog, aka a Queensland Heeler. I had wanted one since I was 15 and now, I had her. Training began on her first day with a good recall and leave it. As the summer passed, she was learning more however, she did like to argue while on a leash. I had contacted another trainer who suggested get her on a Martingale collar as to curb her arguing. I never used that type of collar and procured on immediately. Life had a hiccup and I was not able to work with that trainer. Looking for someone local, we found Kindred Spirits Canine Education Center and signed up for the six week Basic Obedience Class. Kate's knowledge base is vast and her tips on best practices training yourself to train your dog are marvelous. She uses all teaching modalities from write ups for each class, hands on training for proper techniques, and insights on how to best handle a multitude of situations. While my sweet girl has a Little Right Front Paw, it doesn't slow her down one bit. She is wants to meet and greet everyone. As a result of the great training, she is learning to wait for permission to meet people. Many of my friends are amazed at how much she had changed after the class. We had so much fun and will be back for the next Intermediate and Canine Good Citizen classes.

Kyle Dodd
5/5

Kate and Karen were 10/10 at educating us and leading us. Gave us all the tools to train our pup the basics. Now we can apply those tools to teach ‘em anything we want.

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