Chattanooga Dog Training

Welcome to Valor K9 Academy!

Founded in 2014, Valor K9 Academy – Chattanooga offers a variety of dog training services to help you and your canine companion. Our services include private lesson training, board & train programs, and boarding for clients. Our dog training is open to dogs of all ages, needs, and breeds. We serve the greater Chattanooga area to include Chattanooga, Signal Mountain, Lookout Mountain, Hixson, Ooltewah, and Soddy Daisy.

Valor K9 Academy is recommended by the Animal Care Center of Ooltewah, Nooga Paws, Play Wash Pint, and many more!

Private Lesson Training

In Private Lesson Training, you work one-on-one with the trainer to reach your goals. Lessons can be done at your home, our home, or in public locations. Private lesson training includes puppy training, crate training, potty training, socialization, obedience training, e-collar training, and manners at home and in public.

When you book private lessons with us, you tell us what you would like to work on with your dog and we customize each lesson to meet your training objectives. This gives us the freedom and flexibility to train your specific dog. There is nothing cookie cutter about our private lesson program. In between lessons, you can call or text your trainer anytime with questions to stay on track. We are here to help you every step of the way! Clients achieve great results from this program and enjoy the flexibility it allows them. We have three great lesson packages to meet your needs.

Bronze package (four 1-hour lessons) $599.00
Silver package (six 1-hour lessons) $749.00
Gold package (eight 1-hour lessons) $899.00

Chattanooga Dog Board & Train

A board & train is a comprehensive learning experience for your dog. During a board & train, your dog lives with the trainer in his/her home and does one to two hours of total training each day in addition to exercise and play time. At the end of training, you pick up a happy, well-behaved dog and we teach you what your dog has learned with us so you can continue that training at home. After that, you are in maintenance mode and get to enjoy your well-behaved dog for life!

The board training option enhances learning and sets dogs up for success with obedience and manners training. It is an excellent choice for busy households, for travel (to board and train while you are gone), and for getting great results in a short period of time.

Let us help you train your dog!

Puppy Head Start™ Board & Train

For puppies 8-24 weeks of age

The Puppy Head Start™ Board & Train is a foundation training program for puppies. It covers potty training, crate training, basic obedience commands, manners at home and in public, and socialization & exposure for confidence building. We do the heavy lifting for you so you can enjoy having a well-trained puppy. We strongly recommend this program for all puppies to set them up for success in the short- and long-term.

The Puppy Head Start™ program includes:

• Potty Training (no accidents in house while leashed or crate, potty on command)
• Crate Drills™ (enter, wait, exit crate on command)
• Crate Manners (calm and quiet in crate)
• Socialization with People and Animals
• Exposure to New Sights, Sounds, and Surfaces
• Experiences (Car rides, baths, brushing, and nail trims)
• Engagement and The Name Game™
• The Art of Doing Nothing™
• Marker Training
• Luring Skills
• Sit on Command and Stay
• Down on Command Stay
• Intro to Heel (Preheeling™)
• Intro to Come (Recall Drills™)
• Intro to Place Bed Training
• Tethered Decompression
• Manners Around People, Dogs, and Doorways
• Leave It
• No Biting
• No Jumping
• Flirt Pole Fun
• Supervised Puppy Play

Two weeks – $2399.00
Three weeks – $3299.00
Four weeks – $3999.00

The Good Dog™ Board & Train

For dogs 6 months of age and older

The Good Dog™ Board & Train is for friendly dogs who need obedience and manners training. It is a three-week program that covers basic obedience, off-leash e-collar training, and manners at home and in public. It is our most popular training program for social dog and gives your dog the training needed to be well-behaved everywhere you go!

The Good Dog™ program includes:

• Engagement
• Sit – Stay
• Down – Stay
• Heel on Leash (no pulling!)
• The Art of Doing Nothing™
• Come when Called On and Off Leash
• Place Bed Training
• Manners with People, Dogs, and at the Door
• Introduction to the e-collar
• Crate Drills™ (enter, wait, exit crate on command)
• Crate Manners (calm and quiet in crate)
• Leave It (impulse control around food)
• No Jumping
• No Counter Surfing

Three weeks – $3599.00

Custom Board & Train

For dogs of all ages

A Custom Board & Train is fully customized to your specific dog and your training goals. Need help with reactivity issues? Does your dog have separation anxiety? Looking to build your dog’s confidence? Perhaps you want to do refresher training while you’re away so you come home to a well-trained dog. We can help with all of that. Custom training fills in the gaps and allows us to meet all your dog training needs.

$1299.00 to 1499.00 weekly

Stay & Play

Stay & Play is our in-home dog boarding service. Dogs stay with us, in our home and as part of our family, while their owners go out of town. This gives our clients peace of mind knowing their dogs are in good hands. During their stay, we provide dogs with daily exercise, supervised play sessions, and consistent leadership and training. This allows dogs to maintain their training and go home as well-mannered as when they arrived. When dogs come to stay with us, they are relaxed in our home atmosphere as opposed to feeling stressed in a loud and largely unregulated kennel environment.

This service is offered to past and present clients only and space is limited.

Nightly – $55
Nightly for additional dogs – $40
Major Holidays – extra $10 per night

Optional Add-ons

Training – $50 for 30 minutes or $95 for 60 minutes
Bath – $30
Nail trim – $20

Consultation

The first step to getting started with training is booking a Private Consultation for your dog. This allows us to find out more information about your dog’s background and history, then assess your dog’s behavior so we can recommend the best-fit training program for your dog. Consultations are generally recommended for dogs four months of age and older or dogs with behavioral issues. Consultations for our Chattanooga location are done virtually.

Consultation fee – $99.00