West Columbia
Dog Training & Enrichment
Enhance your dog’s abilities under the expert guidance of our accomplished dog training professionals
A content and well-trained dog contributes to a harmonious household. At Central Bark® West Columbia, our team of skilled dog trainers employs enjoyable and positive methods, integrating rewards to instill essential life skills and behaviors customized for dogs of all ages.
Our services include personalized training, enrichment sessions, and group classes, reinforcing positive habits and strengthening the affectionate bond you share with your dog. Training lays the foundation for canine good citizenship, nurturing happy, sociable, and well-rounded dogs.
Discover Essential Aspects of Dog Training at Central Bark West Columbia:
Embark with us on a journey through the realm of dog training. Together, we’ll forge a harmonious and joyful connection between you and your beloved furry companion.
- Personalized Instruction: Experience tailored training sessions designed to address your dog’s specific needs and objectives. Our experienced trainers offer guidance to overcome behavioral challenges. They also introduce new commands, ensuring personalized attention for your dog’s growth and success.
- Group Classes for Skill Enhancement: Engage in our group classes to reinforce positive behaviors and enhance your dog’s socialization within a secure and supportive environment. These sessions provide valuable opportunities for your furry friend to interact with fellow dogs and humans while mastering essential skills.
- Fostering Exemplary Citizenship: Training serves as the cornerstone of responsible behavior. We instill positive routines and essential commands in your dog, molding them into well-rounded individuals who navigate social situations with poise and confidence.
- Strengthening the Bond: Beyond just teaching commands, our training helps you and your dog develop mutual understanding, trust, and successful communication. This strengthens your special bond with your four-legged friend and fosters an affectionate and respectful companionship.
Central Bark
West Columbia
2931 Augusta Rd,
West Columbia, SC 29170Get Directions
westcolumbia@centralbarkusa.com
Open Today 7:00 AM – 6:30 PM
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Central Bark provides personalized dog training programs tailored to meet the unique needs of each individual dog. Our training services encompass a diverse range of skills and behaviors, including:
- Name Recognition: Ensure your dog’s safety by teaching them to respond to their name using positive and effective techniques.
- Fundamental Commands: Master essential instructions such as sit, stay, down, wait, and leave it through positive reinforcement, refining their behavior.
- Door and Gate Etiquette: Train your dog to enter and exit calmly upon command, displaying polite behavior.
- Relaxed Leash Walking: Enjoy pleasant walks by instructing your dog to walk calmly on a slack leash, eliminating pulling.
- Additional Behaviors: Tackle concerns like separation anxiety, excessive barking, or destructive chewing with the assistance of our dedicated trainers. Let’s work together to enrich your dog’s life and unlock their full potential.
West Columbia Dog Training & Enrichment Options:
Training Tutor
Personalized one-on-one training sessions during day care visits help your dog develop important skills and behaviors like name recall, sit, stay, down, wait, leave-it, door and gate control, and loose-leash walking. Excellent for your dog and easy for you! Your dog will come home tired and well-socialized, with the training and skills they need to be a well-behaved member of your family.
One-on-One Enrichment
Personalized One-on-One Enrichment sessions give your dog the extra attention they love and the freedom to use their senses and safely explore their instincts through interactive toys, puzzles, and games. It’s fun and rewarding and exercise their bodies and minds and engage their senses. Add complexity with fitness and agility equipment.
Rest Period Enrichment
Your dog gets to relax and recharge in their own private space with calming interactive toys and healthy food pairings tailored to their preferences and diet. It promotes physical and mental relaxation which can help them achieve a healthy balance of play, learning, and rest. It can also help them become more comfortable in crates by building positive associations.
Pricing
Training & Enrichment Add-ons
| Service | Price |
|---|---|
| Training Tutor One-on-one training session during your dog’s visit to practice important cues and behavior skills. Memberships available. | 20 |
| One-on-One Enrichment Personalized session during your dog’s visit with interactive toys, puzzles, and games to exercise your dog’s body and mind. | 15 |
| Extra Rest Period Enrichment Private space with calming interactive food toy to help your dog achieve a healthy balance of activity and rest. | 5 |
Group Dog Training Classes
| Service | Price |
|---|---|
| Barkley’s Basic Elementary teaches dogs and their parents foundational behaviors such as loose-leash walking; eye contact and attention; sit, stay, down, and leave-it using clicker training. 6-week course, 1 hour per week | 150 |
Barkley’s Private School
| Service | Price |
|---|---|
| These personalized sessions allow the dog and parents to work on foundational and intermediate behaviors, tailored to the individual dog’s needs. | $50/Half Hour $99/Full Hour |
Packages available. Prepaid packages are nonrefundable. All sales are final. If you have any concerns about food sensitivities or toys, please speak to an associate at the front desk to discuss options.
The facility (both indoors and outside) is kept clean and well-maintained. The staff is professional, knowledgeable, and very friendly.
Our corgi goes to their enrichment daycare multiple days each week. She is always excited when we get there and can’t wait to see her friends!
Frequently Asked Questions
When potty training your pup, consistency is key. It’s crucial to establish a routine, practice positive reinforcement, supervise your puppy (especially when potty training), and avoid punishing your puppy when mistakes happen.
Potty training a puppy to eliminate outside can take just a few weeks or several months. But it will go more quickly if your training routine is consistent, and you’re consistent about taking your puppy outside every few hours.
Central Bark® offers everything you need to help you train your puppy. We offer expert training and classes so you and your puppy can learn and bond together.
Learn more about our training classes.
Visit our Dog Blog for more helpful tips.
With a variety of training solutions available, training costs depend upon what kind of training you and your dog need.
Central Bark® offers everything you need to help you train your new puppy or older dog. Including group classes and Training Tutor sessions that can take place during day care. Our expert training and classes help you, and your dog learn and bond together.
Dog day care gives dogs a fun place to play with their friends while their owners are busy at home and work.
At Central Bark®, doggy daycare is our specialty, and nobody does it quite like us. We don’t just give dogs a place to play. We create a personalized program of activities that optimize your dog’s whole health – their physical, mental, and emotional well-being.
Central Bark goes beyond a traditional doggy day care with our unique Whole Dog Care philosophy. Our personalized approach helps enrich your dog’s whole health and well-being throughout their entire life so you can enjoy a healthy, happy, and loving life together.
The heart of our whole dog care approach is our Enrichment Doggy Day Care program. We combine Central Bark’s industry-leading doggy day care expertise with the latest dog behavior science. Our mission is to give dogs a balanced blend of exercise, social group play, learning, rest, and TLC. To help your dog be a healthy, happy, calm, and well-rounded member of your family.
For dogs, being comfortable in a crate is a life skill that is incredibly useful for them and their owners. If you have ever traveled with your dog or had the unfortunate experience of an overnight stay at the vet, knowing your dog is comfortable in a crate is immeasurably comforting.
Crate training can take just days or a few months, based on your dog’s age, temperament, and past experiences with crates. The two keys to successful crate training are to keep the experience positive and go slowly.
When your puppy is not in their crate, keep the door open and reward them every time they choose to enter, even if you didn’t ask them to enter it. When crating your puppy, give them a safe enrichment item (like a stuffed Kong) that will keep them busy and allow them to self-soothe while confined. Remember that crate training should take place in a series of small, slow steps that will help your puppy become more comfortable.
Central Bark® offers everything you need to help you care for your new puppy. Our Enrichment Day Care gives puppies all the socialization, exercise, mental stimulation, and rest they need for a lifetime of happiness with you and your family. We also offer expert training and classes so you and your puppy can learn and bond together.
Learn more about our training classes.
Visit our Dog Blog for more helpful tips.
Central Bark® Whole Dog Care
Our whole dog care approach offers a full range of fun and personalized products and services. To promote your dog’s physical, mental, and emotional health and happiness throughout their entire life.
