Good Dog! Fundamentals 2026

Good Dog! Fundamentals is for the adult dog and older adolescent, and is appropriate for recently adopted dogs. In this class we develop skills and strategies for real life situations, from walking nicely on a leash to polite greetings, and much more. We pay special attention to learning how to help our dogs acclimate to new places, people, other dogs, and anything else that might worry or over-excite them. Please note that this class is not appropriate for dogs who tend to bark a lot – please contact us if you have a dog who would benefit from training but is not yet ready for group classes. For dogs 24 weeks and older.

We ask that your dogs vaccination records be sent to the DCHSdogtrainers email.

Please note that the first week of class will be held at 6:30 PM. All of the following classes will be held at the regularly scheduled time.

Questions? Please email DCHSdogtrainer@giveshelter.org or call us at (608) 838-0413 ext. 258.