Puppy Training – Foundation Obedience Part 1

Foundation Obedience  Part 1 – Imprinting & Socializing
(30 days) Minimum Age: 8 weeks
ATL KING PITS  puppies 1 month $2,000 (includes boarding) Non-ATL KING PIT puppies 1 month $2500

  • Learning how to respond to a collar and leash
  • Marker Conditioning
    • Sit on command
    • Come and sit in the front position
    • Down on command
  • Follow the handler on leash
  • Puppies are trained regularly in short intervals for optimum learning retention “training in blocks”
  • Reward system of cut-up pieces of hot dogs until the puppy is ready to be transferred over to a reward object.
  • Create drive to learn and retain information
  • Name association
  • Teach the meaning of “no” is stop
  • Single kennel acclimation
  • Introduced to house-training within an indoor environment.
  • Vehicle familiarization
  • Crate trained
  • Bathing, trimming of nails and ear cleaning
  • Introduction to Stairs
  • Exposure to slippery floors
  • Regular grooming on an elevated table and handling


Puppy Training Part 2 – Manners & Obedience

Puppy Obedience Part 2 – Manners & Obedience
(30 days) Minimum Age: 12 weeks
ATL KING PITS  puppies 1 month $2,000 (includes boarding) Non-ATL KING PIT puppies 1 month $2500

  • Sit and Stay (One Minute)
  • Down and Stay (Three Minute)
  • Come and sit in the front position
  • Walk on a loose lead in the heel position without pulling
  • The meaning of “no” is stop
  • Introduction of a training collar as a positive experience. Diffusing the possibility of becoming collar-wise
  • Stop Mouthing, inappropriate biting, and jumping.
  • Introduced to house-training within an indoor environment.
  • Introduction of distractions during learned exercises, proofing what the dog has already learned

Older Puppy Part 3 – Intermediate Obedience

Training programs are custom tailored to suit each dog and family’s needs.

Young Adult Dog Program  – Intermediate Obedience
(30 days) Minimum Age: 6 Months (Adult Teeth In)
  ATL KING PITS Dog 1 month $3000 (includes boarding)
NON-ATL KING PITS Dog 1 month $3000 (includes boarding)

  •  Heel (Walk on a loose lead in the heel position without pulling)
  • Automatically sits when the handler stops
  • Here and Sit Front
  • Finish – Get into heel position from the here front sit.
  • Increasing duration of sit and down stays.
  • The meaning of “no” is stop
  • Extending the area of influence the handler has on the dog from six feet to thirty feet with the use of a long line
  • Proofing already learned behaviors around distractions. Dogs, People, Vehicles, In Home, and Office environments.
  • Promotion of off-leash response to commands creating positive expectation based on quickness of performance