Welcome

Ann Gafke’s
Dogschooling

Solving Dog Behavior Problems
& Achieving Training Goals

Secure Your Spot in Our Early Spring Program Now

Register now and begin with private lessons. The group work begins the week of March 16. Classes include one-on-one coaching sessions, tutorials, video critiques of the dog’s work with you, phone and email consultation and weekly class meetings. Tuition is $285 for as long as it takes for your dog to learn the material.

Puppy Kindergarten

For Puppies Not Yet 6 Months Old

Our Kindergarten will help you curb common puppy problems - biting, jumping, etc. Begin training your puppy as early as you can to teach them to pay attention and follow through on your commands.
Make it fun.

For Older Puppies & Adults

Introduction to school and learning for dogs and mature puppies over six months of age. Work is more formal, more precise and more advanced than puppy kindergarten. Also, help to curb problem behavior.Training should be fun for you and your dog.

Sassy Dog Training

Sassy Dog training is for dogs that are aggressive toward other dogs, people or are fearful of other dogs or people or that are acting in a dominant manner toward people or dogs or a combination of those behaviors.

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Therapy & Service Dog Training

Achieve therapy dog certification or lay the foundation for service dog work though our guided training sessions.

We Teach With Fun & Rewards

Dog training is a teaching assignment. The dog is your student

As the dog learns, their confidence, their eagerness to pay attention to you and their willingness to take instructions from you grow. The foundation exercises – sit, down, stand, heel, etc. – are the means to the major training goals – pay attention, do as you say, stay on task and have fun.

We Help Families:

Solve dog behavior issues, and
Prepare their dogs for therapy work and other important jobs including great family companions.

Open This Border Collie Memoir –
#1 on Amazon’s New Releases in Travel with Pets

In Sheep to Showbiz, you will find page after page of real-life dog adventures delivered to you by Border Collie Miste. Our plucky Border Collie was born in an ancient barn on a hillside in Perthshire, Scotland. In her own voice, she takes you through her despair on the death of her first, beloved mistress to discovery of new life purpose in Missouri. The adventure stories are drawn from Ann Gafke’s 60-year experience of dog training and dog therapy work. Play this short video.

Order your copy from Amazon, Barnes and Nobel, Walmart and other online bookstores.

Earn Recognition for Your Dog

Add Canine Good Citizen & Related Titles for Your Dog

Achieve Therapy Dog Status with Your Dog

See this list of tests and other recognition you may earn with your dog.

Our Physical Facilities

Our physical facilities are dedicated exclusively to dog training and puppy training activities. They include 27 acres, 3,200-square-foot dog training building, 15,900-square-foot, fenced training yard, 10-acre, wooded dog park.

We have a full array of obedience and agility dog training equipment. We have facilities for outdoor dog training including tracking..