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Off Leash K9 Training Asheville

Arden, North Carolina

4.9/5· 247 Google reviews

About Off Leash K9 Training Asheville

OLK9 Training proudly offers professional training services for companion dogs of Any Breed, Any Age, Any Size. All classes are taught 1-on-1, and are available by appointment only. Board and Train availability is limited so reserve your desired dates early!

Training & services

Training goals

  • Behavior consultation
  • Canine Good Citizen preparation
  • Obedience training
    Program details

    Your dog must finish our Basic Obedience Package before we will teach them any advanced lessons! Advanced Obedience is $400 and includes 4 of the following lessons: “Come to Heel” command: your dog will walk around you and position themselves for an off leash heel on command. “Watch” command: Eye contact until released. “Through” command: Your dog will walk between your legs and sit. “Stand” command: your dog will assume a standing position on command (great for mobility support of conformation dogs). “Front” Command: Your dog will come and sit directly in front of you. “Touch” Command: Your dog will use his two front feet to "touch" anything you point to. “Directional” Sends: You can point your finger and your dog will go “place” on anything you point to, without you having to walk over to the object. · Listed price: $400.00

    This includes the Off-Leash K9 Training E-Collar, a 15-foot leash, and FOUR one-hour lessons (taught once per week for 4 weeks). By the end of this package, your dog will be able to be outside, off-leash, with distractions while under complete control. Commands include the following: “Come,” “Sit,” and “Extended Sit.” “Down” and “Extended Down.” “Place” and “Extended Place.” (Your dog will sit on a location that you choose, like his bed, until released by you). “Break” Your dog is expected to maintain the command given until you give this release command. “Heel” They will walk right beside you, either consistently on your left or right side, either on or OFF the leash. “Off” is used to stop your dog in the act of jumping, counter surfing, digging, barking, etc. - if you can catch your dog doing it, you can stop it! **During classes we are teaching YOU how to teach your dog, so you will need to budget 45 minutes to 1-hour per day to practice between classes! · Listed price: $600.00

  • Puppy training
  • Recall training

Behavior support

  • Aggression training
    Program details

    We keep your dog for 2 weeks and help them stabilize into the manageable family member they are capable of being! We pick your dog up at your front door step (as long as you live within an hour of the city) and we do ALL the initial teaching for you. By the end of their session, your dog will know all 7 basic commands included in basic, and you won’t need to go through the brain damage of teaching commands to them (or dedicating 45 minutes to an hour EVERY day for a month on training). During your dog’s stay, they will live with one of our certified trainers as if they were one of their own – going everywhere with them and working on desensitization to the things that set them off in the past! Your dog will go where our trainer goes, and you will get photo and/or video updates daily (so you know what they are learning and doing). At the very end, we spend 2 hours with you showing you how to maintain that training at home, but the also includes a lifetime support guarantee! · Listed price: $3,500.00

  • Barking
  • Fear and confidence
  • Reactivity training

How training happens

  • Board and train
    Program details

    Your dog will come and live with one of our trainers for 14 days – where they will achieve all of the items listed in the proficient package. They will be treated as a member of our own family during their stay, while also being worked in many short sessions daily to ensure that they graduate their B&T session able to conduct an independent search and alert on odor alone (without the presence of a reward). · Listed price: $2,400.00

  • Private training

Dog age

  • Puppies
    Program details

    **For puppies under 5 months old** A single 1-hour PRIVATE class with our trainer where you can get all your questions answered and off on the right paw with your puppy! · Listed price: $100.00

Training level

  • Advanced obedience
  • Advanced training
  • Beginner training

Support between sessions

  • Follow-up support
  • Photo updates
  • Refresher training

Assistance and working dogs

  • Psychiatric service dog training
  • Service dog training
    Program details

    Autism can leave the world confusing and difficult to navigate for children and adults alike – which is where our Autism Support Service Dog Program comes in to help. Do you, or a close family member struggle with repetitive speech or movements? The inability to speak when overloaded by sensory input from what is going on in the immediate vicinity? How about the urge to get up and leave the room or area you are in (for different reasons that sometimes you can’t explain?This course will not only give your dog the ability to focus on you or an affected child and listen in all environments, but will also teach your dog to actively interrupt that repetitive speech or body movement, comfort you when you feel overwhelmed, and trail (using scent) an autistic individual that has left their caregivers without warning. This program can run $1300 – $2500 for classes, or $4100+ for a Board and Train and classes combination program.

    Do you have a disability that affects your mobility? This 8-session course includes all 7 commands included in the basic obedience course (above) but also prepares your dog for real world scenarios as well as some advanced commands (like stand) that will help your dog assist you on command! This includes the e-collar and a 15ft training leash. This program is $900. Additional classes to learn how to open/close doors on command, attain a forced fetch, or turning on a light run at a per lesson charge of $100 each. **For those without a dog, we do offer Service Dog temperament evaluations for dogs in shelters and rescues, but recommend a Board and Train for these dogs rather than classes to help them acclimate to their new responsibilities more quickly. · Listed price: $900.00

    Do you have anxiety attacks that make daily tasks difficult? Not know when they are going to occur? Perhaps you have night terrors that make it impossible for you to get a good night’s sleep? If you fit one or more of those categories – we can help you! Our 8 to 12 week course includes basic obedience, testing for your CGC, anxiety alerts as they are happening, turning on lights for you at night on command, and even closing a door on command to help you feel more secure when needed. This program runs $900 – $1300 for classes, or $3700+ for a Board and Train and classes combination program.

  • Therapy dog training
    Program details

    Is your goal to have your dog become a therapy dog or perhaps just well-behaved enough to serve as your Emotional Support Animal? This specially designed 8-lesson course prepares you and your dog for their therapy dog testing and certification (on the therapy route), or to be a well-behaved family member able to comfort you when needed (the ESA route). This includes the e-collar and a 15ft training leash. This program is $900. · Listed price: $900.00

Dog sports

  • Scent work

Your dog’s background

  • Rescue dogs

Training approach

  • E-collar training

Additional services

  • Boarding

Consultations

  • Free consultation

Other listed services

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  • Day Program
  • Disputes Resolution
  • Dog Basic
  • Dog Purchase
  • Dog Testing
  • Dog Training Packages
  • In- Home Dog Training
  • In-Home Classes
    Program details

    These packages are the same as above, except WE come to YOU! Basic Obedience: $800 (4 lessons, electronic collar, and leash); Basic and Advanced Obedience: $1200 (8 lessons, electronic collar, and leash). *Pricing includes traveling within 25 miles of either Chattanooga, Asheville, Sevierville, or Knoxville.

  • Off Leash K9 Trainer
  • Off Leash K9 Training
  • Shock Collar
  • Tracking and Trailing
    Program details

    Are you interested in sport tracking or trailing? Are you interested in being part of a local search and rescue team? Do you just want a fun/engaging outdoor activity to mentally and physically stimulate your dog? Do you want a closer bond with your dog? If you answered yes to any of these questions, check out our tracking and trailing courses! Option A) FOUR 1-hour PRIVATE sessions over 4 weeks, where you bring a friend to help us lay trails for your dog to follow! Your K9 will learn how to exchange prey drive for hunt drive, while you learn basic odor concepts to help you get started Tracking and Trailing the right way! – $600. Option B) FOUR Day Seminar – Just like option A, but in a fun fast-paced GROUP environment! **Subject to dates and availability. Please call 865.258.0415 for more information.**

  • Training Your Dog
  • Working Dogs

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Questions & answers

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Is this service free for Veterans?

No, Off Leash K9 Training is not a non-profit agency. However, there is a veteran's discount offered at every OLK9 across the country, the percentage just differs between locations.

Community answer · Fallon Houser · 2018-09-21

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Customer reviews

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4.9
out of 5247 Google reviews

Mentioned in reviews

  • Confidence building 34
  • Board and train 19
  • Daily updates 17
  • Leash training 17
  • Basic obedience 13
  • Reactive dog training 8
All 10 topics
  • Confident dog 7
  • Behavior modification 6
  • Dog whisperer 4
  • Stubborn dog training 3

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100 collected reviews

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Nettie White
5/5
I am so pleased with the results of my one and a half year old Bernadoodle’s recent Off Leash training.Erin did a fabulous job, transforming our very playful but willful puppy into a well behaved dog. After 2 weeks she continues to come on command off leash, allowing us to walk h…Read full reviewClose full review

I am so pleased with the results of my one and a half year old Bernadoodle’s recent Off Leash training.Erin did a fabulous job, transforming our very playful but willful puppy into a well behaved dog. After 2 weeks she continues to come on command off leash, allowing us to walk her and letting her run without her running away! We hardly ever need to use the correction button except in highly distracting settings. Great solution for those high spirited puppies!

Amy Williamson
5/5
Erin deserves more than 5 stars! We could not have asked for a better trainer that has become a valued friend. Our two puppies went for the two week board and train at the age of 23 weeks (yes you read that correctly two puppies just four days apart). The best decision we made, t…Read full reviewClose full review

Erin deserves more than 5 stars! We could not have asked for a better trainer that has become a valued friend. Our two puppies went for the two week board and train at the age of 23 weeks (yes you read that correctly two puppies just four days apart). The best decision we made, they no longer jump to say hello to us or people, they walk on their leash without pulling. The place while eating dinner, we could go on and on. You might be thinking is the two week board and train worth it, it's a lot of money.... YES 100%. Thank you Erin!!!

Jack Mckinney
5/5

Caliegh is an amazing trainer!!!

Monica Northcutt
5/5
We recently worked with August, from OLK9 of Birmingham, Alabama and we were beyond pleased with him and his work! He took our (previously) neglected German Shephard, that we adopted from our local Humane Society, who had no previous training at all ( he didn't even know the basi…Read full reviewClose full review

We recently worked with August, from OLK9 of Birmingham, Alabama and we were beyond pleased with him and his work! He took our (previously) neglected German Shephard, that we adopted from our local Humane Society, who had no previous training at all ( he didn't even know the basics- sit, stay, down, etc.) and taught him how to do everything we needed, and more. Because of August and his patience, our dog, Deuce, has become obedient, much less stubborn, and he also follows every command. Deuce was also terrified of kennels, and August not only helped Deuce acclimate to them, but he also taught Deuce that his kennel was a safe place for him and now he actually *loves* his kennel! August is also very communicative with daily updates and did an excellent job showing us the commands when we Deuce picked up. We can't thank August enough for the training he provided. We are also so thankful for the love he gave to our boy while he was away for two weeks. We were so sad to hear that August is leaving Birmingham, and is actually moving to North Carolina. The good news is that OLK9 is available in NC, so if you live in that area, we HIGHLY recommend that you ask for August for any and all training needs for your pups! He is a miracle worker, and you won't find anyone else who will love your dog as much as he does, while also teaching them all of the commands you need your pup to know! Huge thank you to August! Birmingham will miss you!

Johnny Martinez
5/5
I had Caliegh, as my companion Freedom trainer. ( puppy S.T.A.R ) Freedom completed that course, I was really impressed with her training techniques..techniques. That I decided to have him board and train ( with Caliegh ) I am so very grateful and very happy with Freedom’s behavi…Read full reviewClose full review

I had Caliegh, as my companion Freedom trainer. ( puppy S.T.A.R ) Freedom completed that course, I was really impressed with her training techniques..techniques. That I decided to have him board and train ( with Caliegh ) I am so very grateful and very happy with Freedom’s behavior and following all the commands I give him. I'm looking forward to further training in the near future. I am a disabled Veteran. And I have so much confidence in Caliegh, that I would really be happy to work with Caleigh on training Freedom to be my Service dog. I am completely satisfied with Caliegh’s knowledge and well informed training methods. She’s very thorough and explains why and how, Freedom’s commands are important. Thank you so much, k-9 off-leash training for Caliegh and your company. Johnny

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