Group Training Classes
Your pet(s) will work in small groups to learn new behaviors, correct old habits and prepare for new situations. Group classes are offered in a 3-week series or single sessions.
Our group behavior and training series are 3 weeks long and allow you to create, observe and sustain positive behaviors in your pet.
Our single-session classes aim to work on improving specific behaviors and getting your pet ready and trained to excel in scenarios that are common issues for them.
May Training Classes
Canine Good Citizen Prep
Get your dog ready for AKC's CGC test-
Each Tuesday, May 2nd-16th @5pm
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Includes all skills on CGC test
Better Basics
Go past basic obedience and refine skills-
Each Friday, May 5th-21st @5pm
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Skills include target, recall, leave it, drop it and more
Puppy 101
Lay the best foundation for your puppy's future-
Each Sunday, May 7th-21st @10am
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Skills include basic obedience, leash walking and more
Well-Mannered Dog
Basic obedience skills-
Each Sunday, May 7th-21st @11am
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Skills include sit, stay, recall, leash walking and more
Single Classes
- $50
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- $30
- $30
June Training Classes
Well-Mannered Dog
Basic obedience skills-
Each Friday, June 2nd-16th @5pm @11am
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Skills include sit, stay, recall, leash walking and more
Better Basics
Go past basic obedience and refine skills-
Each Saturday, June 3rd-17th @10am
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Skills include target, recall, leave it, drop it and more
Puppy 101
Lay the best foundation for your puppy's future-
Each Tuesday, June 6th-20th @5pm
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Skills include basic obedience, leash walking and more
Single Classes
- $30
- $30
- $30
- $30
- FREE
- $30
- $30
Meet the Instructors
Elizabeth Stanley-Reicherter CPDT-KA, ABCDT – AWA Behavior Coordinator
Liz is a certified behavior consultant canine (CBCC- KA). She is one of only 402 in the world. Liz is also a certified professional dog trainer (CPDT-KA) and canine good citizen evaluator with a degree in Anthropology from New York University. She specializes in finding solutions for behavioral challenged dogs, cats and small animals. Liz designs and implements effective behavior modification plans to achieve behaviorally health animals within the shelter environment. Ensuring the animals at AWA stay mentally and physically healthy is critical to AWA’s work. To this Liz also teaches community workshops and public dog training classes.
The topics covered in AWA’s community workshops are diverse: Listening to Your Dog for Girl Scout to Zoom sessions at Medford Leas about Clicker Training Cats to Proper Leash Walking and At Home Enrichment Toys 101 for the public. The love of teaching others has helped Liz in her designing AWA’s staff and volunteer training program as well as in developing a future dog trainer mentoring program for college students.
Before joining AWA in 2015 Liz was an independent dog trainer focusing on problem behavior solving at the Dog Lady Dog Training. She also volunteered and assisted with behavior modification at an open-admission high volume animal shelter on Long Island, NY. With a strong focus on behavior and behavior modification she was able to increase the number of animal lives saved and lower animal relinquishments to that animal shelter.
Liz loves learning. Her goal is to eventually secure the title of “Behaviorist,” a title reserved for only a few hundred trainers in the US.
When away from AWA Liz enjoys time on her farm with her son, husband and a house and barn yard of animals.
If you have any questions about the class please feel free to contact the AWA behavior team at [email protected]
Abby Pukenas - AWA Behavior Assistant
Hi! My name is Abby and I am the Behavior Assistant here at the Animal Welfare Association.
I’m a lover of all animals! I have been working primarily with dogs in a professional training setting for over 4 years and I am currently studying at CATCH Trainers Academy to further my education.
I am always curious and eager to learn everything I can about animals to help better understand them. Learning about and helping animals is my passion!-
