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Pack of Paws Dog Training

Charlton, Massachusetts

4.7/5· 111 Google reviews

About Pack of Paws Dog Training

Pack of Paws Professional Dog Training is a full-service dog training facility located in Charlton, MA. We offer Group Dog Training Classes for all levels of obedience and many sports and Private Dog Training Lessons in our training center, as well as Seminars and other Special Events. Save money with our Discount Training Packages! Whether you are interested in Puppy Kindergarten and Basic Obedience or Dog Sports, there’s something fun for every dog at Pack of Paws! We offer specialized training for Aggressive Dogs, Reactive Dogs, Fearful Dogs, and Shy Dogs.

Training & services

Training goals

  • Behavior consultation
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  • Canine Good Citizen preparation
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    The AKC’s Canine Good Citizen program is recognized as the gold standard for dog behavior. The Canine Good Citizen Program teaches good manners to dogs and responsible dog ownership to their owners. Working with your dog to teach the CGC skills offers a variety of benefits for you and your pet. In addition to improving your dog’s manners, training also helps enhance the bond between you and your pet. Dogs with solid obedience education are more fun to live with and better behaved around people and other dogs.

  • Leash training
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  • Obedience training
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    In our Basic Obedience Level 1 class you will learn the foundation behaviors needed to make your dog a good companion – sit, stay, down, come when called, polite greetings and loose leash walking. https://www.packofpawsdogtraining.com/product-category/classes-lessons/obedience/

  • Puppy training
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    Our Puppy Kindergarten class provides puppy obedience and supervised socialization with people and other puppies which is crucial for your puppy to become a confident and social adult dog. https://www.packofpawsdogtraining.com/product-category/classes-lessons/obedience/puppy-classes/

  • Recall training Customer-reported
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  • Socialization
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Behavior support

  • Aggression training
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  • Fear and confidence
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    Our Confidence Building courses are packed full of innovative, easy-to-implement techniques to help your dog overcome their issues with fear and anxiety. If your dog is afraid of people, other dogs, cowers at new experiences then this class is perfect for you.

  • Reactivity training
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    This 6 week class is designed for those dogs who react in a seemingly aggressive manner to other dogs or people particularly while on leash. If your dog barks at, lunges at or demonstrates chaotic behavior in the presence of other dogs or people, this class is perfect for you. We teach alternate behaviors that help the dog dismiss any distraction in his environment including other dogs and people.

    Reactive Dog Level 2 will help you and your dog continue to build skills toward calm walks with other dogs and people.

How training happens

  • Day training
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  • Group classes
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  • Private training
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Dog age

  • Adult dogs
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  • Puppies
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Training level

  • Advanced obedience
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  • Advanced training
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  • Beginner training
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Class options

  • Small classes
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Support between sessions

  • Personalized training plans
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Assistance and working dogs

  • Therapy dog training
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Dog sports

  • Agility
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    Dog Agility training is all about building communication between the dog and handler. By navigating obstacles such as weave poles, tire jumps, hurdles, and see-saws, agility not only demonstrates a dog’s athletic ability, but also their willingness to work with their handler to conquer the course. This fast paced, beat the clock sport is fun for spectators and competitors alike!

  • Barn hunt
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  • Dock diving
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  • Scent work
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  • Trick training
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Your dog’s background

  • Rescue dogs
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Other listed services

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  • Akc Programs
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  • Animal Behavior Consultants
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  • Assistant Dog
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  • Behavior Adjustment
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  • Behavior Analysis
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  • Behavior Specialist
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  • Canine Enrichment
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  • Canine Fitness
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  • Canine Freestyle
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  • Certified Behavior Consultant
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  • Coaching Sessions
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  • Confidence Courses
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  • Continuing Education
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  • Dog Bites
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  • Dog Course
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  • Dog Intro
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  • Dog Sports Classes
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  • Dog Trainer Program
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  • Dog Workshop
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  • Educational Program
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  • Facility Rental
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  • Fearful Canine
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  • Flex Classes
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  • Group Walks
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  • Growly Dog Class
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  • Impulse Control Class
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  • Learning Classes
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  • Nuisance Behaviors
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  • Pet Safe
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  • Pet Therapy
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  • Private Behavioral Classes
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  • Remote Learning
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  • Ring Rentals
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  • Shelter Dog
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  • Shy Dogs
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  • Teaching Seminars
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  • The Active Dog
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    Does your dog steal your food or your things and play keep away? Lunge at anything that looks fun or interesting? Does he seem unsatisfied by a daily walk on a leash or free access to a fenced yard? Chew, dig, scratch, attention bark?In this class, you will build on what you learned in basic obedience, learn games and fun activities with your dog, run agility courses and more.

  • Video Lessons
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  • Animal Control
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Questions & answers

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What people have asked about this business.

You have a class start May 13 how do I register for that should I call and what hrs are good to call

Go on the website to register and pay

Community answer · Amanda Jenks · 2019-09-21

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Do you do basic ob. without a clicker

Yes, Michelle is wonderful!

Community answer · Alicia Kerr · 2019-09-21

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Hello I was looking doing dog therapy with my dog she is 1 1/2 wanted to know if you offer any services like that? If you don't do you have any recomendations? Thank you.

Hi Maria! This is Donna Savoie, I didn't know that folks could leave messages here on the Google Business page, I'm so sorry to not get back to you in a timely manner. Yes, we do offer classes that will promote a lovely therapy dog team, we offer evaluations through the Pet Partners program. If you haven't taken any group classes before, I would recommend Basic Obedience 1, feel free to give us a call at 508-248-4677 to chat about your dog and the right class.

Community answer · Pack of Paws Dog Training · 2019-09-21

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Customer reviews

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4.7
out of 5111 Google reviews

Mentioned in reviews

  • obedience 2 7
  • experienced trainers 6
  • behavior modification 4
  • dog knowledge 4
  • kind trainer 4
  • obedience classes 3
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  • private lessons 3
  • agility training 2
  • effective instructors 2
  • patient trainers 2

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100 collected reviews

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John Ho
5/5

amazing place

WhtMntHiker
5/5
At Pack of Paws it's not so much about training the dog it's about training the human to become the trainer! I've had many years of success and relationship building between myself and my Pack! You won't find anyone better than Donna Savoie and her team of dedicated trainers. I'…Read full reviewClose full review

At Pack of Paws it's not so much about training the dog it's about training the human to become the trainer! I've had many years of success and relationship building between myself and my Pack! You won't find anyone better than Donna Savoie and her team of dedicated trainers. I've done Basic obedience on through agility and nose work. I've also had extensive training with her reactive university program for 2 very reactive dogs, successfully getting these 2 very aggressive large dogs to live in peace with each other. There isn't enough good words in the dictionary to describe Donna Savoie and her team! Thank you Donna!

Chelsea Dietlin
5/5

The owner is so kind and she does a great job. Her expertise and knowledge on dogs is the best around. I even had my car break down once after a class and she helped me out. It shows she cares for animals and people too. Highly recommend her training!

Daniel Chase
5/5

We love Pack of Paws! We brought our pup for entry level obedience. It really helped

Alex Livingston
2/5
Avoid Board and Train with Pack of Paws - We left our dog with Pack of Paws for a couple of weeks with an ask to focus on recall and she came back with no noticeable difference in her abilities. In fact she came back emaciated (15% loss in weight) and we had to double her food fo…Read full reviewClose full review

Avoid Board and Train with Pack of Paws - We left our dog with Pack of Paws for a couple of weeks with an ask to focus on recall and she came back with no noticeable difference in her abilities. In fact she came back emaciated (15% loss in weight) and we had to double her food for the following weeks to get her back to a normal (trim) weight. In addition, despite promising good communication and care, we got only two notifications during the entire 15 day period (one we had to request), no videos and no evidence of training. We were also told that "sometimes she was in a crate for 4+ hours" while the trainer trained other dogs, and "sometimes she was left in the car". We contacted the owner about this and she got very defensive offering only a zoom call to go over the training. This might be a great training facility, but boarding with them was not a great choice for us (or our dog).

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