Have you recently added a new puppy or a dog to your family?  Do you currently have a dog in your family that is ill-mannered and lacks basic commands?  Are you looking for a new way to have fun with your dog?  Is a great relationship possible with your dog?

Your new well behaved, well trained pet can bring you and your family so much joy, but it will take time, patience and consistency.

 What Orion Kennel Dog Training Academy Offers:

Puppy Class (Puppies 4-6 months): Basic socialization skills, basic care, prevention of behavioral problems, covers clicker training, sit, down, puppy recalls and walking on a loose leash.  This class is held here at the Orion Kennel Dog Training Academy facilities. Cost of this class is $60.00 for 5 lessons if you pay by the lesson it is $15.00/lesson.

Private Obedience Training (for dogs 6 months and up): Seven lessons of Basic Obedience.  The first lesson is free and includes a temperament evaluation.  The seven lessons include: walking on a loose leash, sit, down, come when called, and heeling.  The lessons are here at the Orion Kennel Dog Training Academy facilities and are at your convenience within a 3 month time limit.  They last for approximately 45 minutes and the price is $75.00 for 7 lessons or if you want to pay by the lesson it is $15.00/lesson.

Semi Private Obedience Training (for dogs 6 months and up): (2 persons) Seven lessons of Basic Obedience.  The first lesson is free and includes a temperament evaluation.  The seven lessons include: walking on a loose leash, sit, down, come when called, and heeling.  The lessons are here at the Orion Kennel Dog Training Academy facilities and are at your convenience within a 3 month time limit.  They last for approximately one hour and the price is $75.00/person for 7 lessons or if you want to pay by the lesson it is $15.00/lesson/person.

In Kennel Training:  Learn basic leash skills and manners.  Great for people who don’t leash train their dogs at home because of time or physical limitations.  Sending your dog to doggie camp where they are taken out everyday and worked to learn basic obedience, manners and confidence builders.  They are housed here on property in one of the kennels on site.  They have a dog house to go in and other dogs to see next door.

This training usually lasts 10 days to 2 weeks.  It covers walking on a loose leash, sit, heeling, down, and come when called.  At the end of this training is 2 free lessons with you and your dog to reinforce the behaviors once your pet goes home.

Agility Training: Agility is a fun and exciting sport that you and your dog can enjoy together.  Why do agility? There are a wide variety of reasons pet owners are attracted to agility.  Some like it for the “quality time” they spend with their pets while others find it helps build confidence in their canine companion.  There have been many a pet owner that has found that agility allows their pet to “blow off steam” and thus has stopped or reduced destructive behavior at home. 

Who can do agility?  Any physically sound canine and willing owner can do agility.

Beginner Agility: This class covers individual obstacles, targeting, & weave poles. Price for this class is $75.00 for 6 lessons held once a week over 6 weeks.

Intermediate Agility: Topics include review of individual obstacles, and the start of sequencing and the beginning of obstacle discrimination. Price for this class is $75.00 for 6 lessons held once a week for 6 weeks.

Advanced Agility: Topics include sequencing an entire course, crossing and turning in a course, setting up a course, preparing for competition. Price for this class is $15.00/lesson held at your convenience.

Obedience and Agility combination: Let's say you want to work your dog on both obedience and agility.  We can split your hour into two ½ hour sessions,  ½ hour for obedience and ½ hour for agility.  The price for this combination is $75.00/6 lessons.  If you want to pay by the lesson it is $15.00/lesson.

Boarding: For $20.00/ day your dog is exercised everyday and allowed to romp in our large fenced in doggie yard.  If your dog is doggie friendly they can frolic with other dogs in the large yard.  If the weather gets too cold, your dog will stay in our house where it is nice and warm. 

ABOUT US

Orion Kennel Dog Training Academy is a small training facility located in the hills of Tennessee.  It is situated on the Cumberland Plateau between Nashville and Knoxville outside of Monterey, Tennessee.  Cindi Anderson, the trainer of Orion Kennel Dog Training Academy is a graduate of the Triple Crown Dog Academy located in Hutto, Texas.  Cindi successfully completed the course in 2003 with an A average with course study in Pet Obedience, Basic Principles of Behaviors (how a dog learns), Training Equipment and Theory, Remote Collar Techniques, Agility, Business Techniques, Clicker Training Techniques, Group & Private lessons, and Kennel Management.  Cindi is an American Kennel Club evaluator for the Canine Good Citizen Program.

Cindi raises and shows Jack Russell Terriers and is a member of the Jack Russell Terrier Club of America and the Blue Grass Working Terrier Association.  She regularly shows her Jack Russells in Agility, Conformation, Lure Coursing and Go-to-Ground.  She believes in keeping the Jack Russell as a working terrier and her Jack Russells hold Natural Hunting Certificates to Raccoon, Groundhog and Opossum.