Is your dog destined for more than fetch? Our Carmel Valley vocational training program equips your pup for important roles like service, therapy, search-and-rescue, or specialized tasks.
We provide in-depth, focused training tailored precisely to your dog's future career, ensuring they master necessary tasks and behaviors efficiently.
With vocational training, your dog gains purpose, confidence, and a sense of accomplishment, positively impacting your life and your Carmel Valley community.
Got Sit Dog Training is one of the premier dog training companies on the West Coast. Our founder Marvin Versteeg started out solo in 2007 with his grand concept of creating amazing, real world dogs. The training system quickly gained popularity with clients and the momentum began.
With so much information available through the internet, just figuring out what to trust is overwhelming And then there is all of your friends and family that have their opinions for you. With so many options and techniques to choose from, how does a person decide which path to follow? At Got Sit Dog Training, we believe that seeing is believing and that you should have the opportunity to see what we do before becoming financially invested. For this reason, we offer a complimentary in-home consultation to each potential client that is interested in training their dog and wants to be sure that they are comfortable with the company they will be working together with.
Our vocational training creates confident, capable dogs who excel in service, therapy, or specialized roles, providing immense value and satisfaction.
With targeted vocational training, your pup becomes an indispensable partner, contributing positively to your Carmel Valley family and community.
Carmel Valley dog owners trust our vocational training to help their dogs discover and excel in rewarding careers, enhancing life for everyone involved.
For the young dog, we have an extended program that starts with private lessons at your home to put you on the path you need to be on to create the dog you want. The private lessons are followed up with one year of unlimited access to our group training in public to proof the training language that you and your puppy learned in private. This allows you to acclimate your dog to the real world while working with our trainers and alongside our other clients on the program to lead your dog into a higher level of emotional balance.
Our Executive training program is the program that all our other training options were founded on. Consisting of private in-home training and graduating into group training, this program takes you and your dog from kindergarten through university. This gives you all the opportunity you could wish for to create and maintain a brilliant companion.
The Board and Train options may just be the jump start you need. Not every person has the patience or time to do what it takes to rehabilitate their dog. With the boarding and training foundation, you are able to see progress all ready started and confidently take over and maintain your dogs new skill set.
Then there is the confused, fearful and sometimes aggressive dog We have a program just for you! Working together with you, we bring you a vast array of options to help your dog through. emotional stresses and confusion. We help you to create a stronger bond with your dog and clear leadership.
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