ONE YEAR
DOG TRAINING
PACKAGES
For those looking for the absolute
best in home dog training
*It takes less than 30 seconds
WHY IN-HOME DOG TRAINING?
Many dogs behave well in traditional obedience classes, but revert back to their same bad habits at home. Our expert trainers can ensure your dog behaves at home, in your neighborhood, or anywhere else you go.
Why choose the One Year or One Year Plus In Home Dog Training Package?
Our One Year Program is extremely popular and is the top recommendation from our trainers for anyone who wants their dog to be the best they can be. The program delivers proven results by utilizing our internal series of checklists and schedules. We have been tweaking the program for years and are incredibly proud of it!
One of our clients favorite parts of the program is that they don’t even need to be home! The trainer can train your dog while you are at work or out running errands.
The One Year Program consists of 30 sessions that take place in your home over the course of roughly one year. In the first three weeks the trainer will complete ten sessions in order to get your dog off to a great start! After your dog has made a ton of progress in the first three weeks we will slowly move your dog to a more spaced out training schedule. This allows us to make progress quickly and then maintain the training for a full year.
The One Year Plus Program offers an additional 15 lessons more than the One Year Program. These lessons can be scheduled wherever you and your trainer feel they will be best used to achieve your goals.
If you like what you have read about the One Year Packages but would prefer services that include boarding, we offer the Board and Train Plus Package. In order to bring our services to as many customers as possible we even offer Financing on all of our house call packages.
THE SUBURBAN K9 ONE YEAR IN-HOME DOG TRAINING DIFFERENCE
30 or 45 Private Lessons
spaced out over the course of
one year
Risk-free
Program
60-minute
Standard Lessons
WHO ARE THE ONE YEAR IN HOME DOG TRAINING PACKAGES GOOD FOR?
Puppies:
Our One Year Program works well with any age of dog, but it was especially created for puppies. Puppies change as they grow older and we love to help clients guide their dog through puppy-hood and adolescence. Although your little puppy may be a bundle of joy right now, we want to make sure he doesn’t turn into an adult dog with bad manners, fear, anxiety or aggression.
Adult Dogs:
When adult dogs are enrolled in our One Year Program we use a modified training program depending on their current issues. We are able to modify our program for any training issue from obedience issues to more severe problems such as fear, anxiety or aggression. We still follow everything included on our puppy checklist and modify based on your particular dog.
TRAINING INDIVIDUALLY TAILORED FOR YOUR DOG
Teach your Dog:
- Heel
- Sit
- Down
- Stay
- Come
- Front Door Manners
- Off Leash Heel
- Nosework
- Potty Training
- And more...
Stop Unwanted Behaviors:
- Jumping
- Nipping
- Leash pulling
- Barking
- Counter surfing
- Chewing
- Aggression
- And more...
*It takes less than 30 seconds
WHAT DOES THE PROGRAM INCLUDE?
There’s no better convenience than in-home training, tailored specifically for your dog. The One Year Program includes the following:
- 30 or 45 In-Home Dog Training Sessions - These hour long sessions are designed so you can or cannot be involved for the majority. There are touchpoint lessons designed for your trainer to catch you up on what they and your dog have been working on.
- Premium Leather Leash - Our thick leather leash with brass fittings are: Made in the USA, preferred by every one of our trainers, and are simply the most comfortable and sturdy leashes you could ask for
- A Free CGC Evaluation - All of our trainers are certified with the AKC to administer the Canine Good Citizen Test, part of your package includes one free testing for your dog upon request.
- Company Founder Review - Three times over the course of the program Matt Covey will have a phone meeting and go over the notes and progression checklist with your trainer and provide tailored advice for your specific dog
- Customized Lifestyle Adjustment Plan (LAP) -With the One Year programs you will work together with your trainer to create a Lifestyle Adjustment Plan (LAP). Your LAP is a highly tailored plan that helps you combine simple lifestyle changes, obedience training, and fun jobs that give your dog purpose. This plan will help your dog live as a happy and harmonies member of your family.
Our main goal is to help dogs and their owners live happily together.
LEARN ABOUT OUR IN-HOME TRAINING
How to teach a dog how to act around food
Matt Covey uses and explains our technique called "Claiming" food to help teach this puppy not to steal food dropped on the floor!
How a Dog Should Behave Around Food
Suburban K9 can help your dog how to behave in kitchen and around food.
Teach your dog off leash Heel
Holly gives pointers on how to transition your dog from on leash to off leash Heel!
What is a typical lesson like?
In the initial lesson your trainer will sit down and learn about your dog and their personality. They will also discuss the goals that your family has for your dog. We understand that every dog is different and every family has a different idea of what they are looking for from their dog. Once we have determined your goals we lay out a game plan and get to work on it right away. The trainer will work with your dog and show you the things that you need to work on. At the end of the lesson the trainer will provide you with homework to work on in-between lessons.
Should I plan to be home for the training?
It is best that everyone that will be involved in the training is present for at least the first lesson. After the first lesson there are options for you either being present or having us work with the dog when you are not home. You should talk with your trainer about which approach is best for your individual situation.
I have more than one dog. Can you train multiple dogs at the same time?
With In-Home training we can work with all the dogs in your home. Better yet, there is no additional charge for working with multiple dogs within a standard length lesson. If you have multiple dogs and extensive goals for each of them, the trainer might recommend adding on additional time to your lessons.
WHAT OUR IN-HOME TRAINING CLIENTS ARE SAYING
- I cannot speak highly enough of SK-9 and our trainer, Shelby. Our beautiful pup used to bark at everything, pull on the leash so hard he injured more than one family member, and rush and jump on anyone coming in the door. After the one year program with Shelby, he’s so well behaved. He still barks- it’s instinct- but we can easily redirect him so the barking stops within seconds. He no longer rushes the door every time he hears the doorbell, he no longer jumps on people coming in (still jumps on us, but we do allow that). He can sit and stay for an extended period of time and his leash behavior is so improved that we can let our youngest (8 yr old) take him out for short walks. He is still the same funny, energetic, spry doggo- just so much more we’ll behaved and manageable. Shelby was very clear from the get go that consistency and daily practice were key to success. She worked with the whole family and we practiced in different scenarios, including dog park, neighborhood walk, etc. Since working with Shelby, even our friends have noticed how much more we’ll behaved our dog is. Would give Shelby and SK9 a hundred stars if I could!read moreread less
N B.1/30/2023We recently completed a year long training package for our dog Meeka, a deaf Macedonian Shepherd. Meeka had a really tough start to life with many health issues (rickets as a small puppy, then an elbow surgery at 9 months old) that made her lose out on so much of the important puppy socialization time. At 10 months old we adopted Meeka (it's also the time we figured out she was deaf) and while she was super sweet and loved people, she really didn't have any social skills. She was afraid of and reactive to cars, people, and dogs on walks. She's a shepherd through and through so she was protective of her home and yard, and incredibly stubborn. The fact that she was deaf made everything just a little extra challenging for us. That's when we were introduced to Lauren and Suburban K-9. At our initial consult Lauren was confident that Meeka had a lot of potential, it would just take time. We completely trusted the process, and Lauren eased our minds when we had any questions or concerns. She has the patience of a saint (did I mention how stubborn Meeka can be?) and was always thinking on her feet to find solutions to working with Meeka and understanding any physical limitations she had. The fact that Lauren would bring in other trainers or dogs to her training sessions to help with certain behaviors showed me just how invested she was in helping Meeka succeed. Lauren worked closely with us in finding the right signs to use with her and showing/talking us through everything. She always made sure to listen closely to our concerns about any new behaviors that popped up and let us know why that might be happening and the best way to handle it. I've learned so much from Lauren and feel like a much more confident dog owner (even though we already owned 2 dogs!) now that we've worked with her. After completing our training with Lauren, Meeka can go on walks through the neighborhood in a heel without reacting to anything around her, her basic obedience is solid, sits and waits back when someone is at the door, and I can trust her off-leash. My next goal for Meeka is to train her to be a therapy dog that can go into schools or assisted living facilities. Let me tell you, I did NOT think that would be a possibility a year ago. I absolutely recommend using Suburban K-9 for any dog training needs and can't say enough good things about working with Lauren specifically.read moreread less Jenna R.1/30/2022Our experience with Suburban K9 was wonderful! We started the one year training program with our two dogs right after our son was born. Lexi is an amazing trainer! She quickly assessed what we needed the most help with and improved their behaviors dramatically over the course of the year, as well as gave us tools and plans to keep on top of their training. We would absolutely recommend Suburban K9 and Lexi to anyone in the Indy area!read moreread less
Claire McCormick1/29/2020 - We started the one year program when we got an 8 week old puppy that we wanted to train and socialize properly. We have two older dogs that are very friendly with people, but could use some pointers in the dog socialization department. We wanted professional help with the transition and to have a successful first year with the puppy and we got nothing less than amazing results! Our 12 yo dog was not exactly thrilled with an exuberant nipping puppy. Maggie made this transition flawless for the entire family. Any issues, she immediately helped us correct. Seeing the two of them play for the first time was amazing. Maggie worked with our older two dogs as well on leash training and commands. Our 7 yo and now 1 yo dogs are both off leash trained in our yard and can play freely with us without the restraints of a leash. If you are having any issues or even just want to insure your puppy is trained and socialized properly at the most important time of their life I highly recommend giving Suburban K9 a call!read moreread less Bria Wemmert8/24/2019I am really grateful to Holly Wengerski and Suburban K9. When my dog was involved in a bite incident, Holly came to assess my dog and immediately identified triggers and behavior we could begin to change. We went from a single appointment to a year long commitment for both of our dogs. The investment was well worth it - I can easily walk 200 pounds of dogs, they don't lunge and bark at other dogs and I'm really proud of them (and us)! Sincere thanks to Holly and suburban K9!read moreread less Jane A.2/03/2023We just completed our year long training for our three dogs with Erin from the Indianapolis region. What a transformation for our rat terriers! We loved working with Erin. She brought positivity, joy and professionalism to each session. The dogs loved her. We highly recommend Erin and Suburban K9 Dog Training!read moreread less Mary S.9/30/2023
- We just completed our year long training for our three dogs with Erin from the Indianapolis region. What a transformation for our rat terriers! We loved working with Erin. She brought positivity, joy and professionalism to each session. The dogs loved her. We highly recommend Erin and Suburban K9 Dog Training!read moreread less Mary Clark Shaw8/31/2023My 2 year old pup, Nash, struggled with an array of issues including, in short, dominant tendencies, toy obsession, and trouble with leash walking. His obsessive behavior relating to his toys made him unable to do anything else throughout the day other than play and eat. Before working with Suburban K9, Nash would bark, jump, scratch, and tug at our clothing all day long to get us to play with him. We were unable to take toys away from him or walk away because it increased his frustration and led to aggression. I tried working with several different trainers, behaviorists, and my veterinarian and nothing seemed to work. I honestly had no where else to turn until I found Suburban K9. After just one session with our trainer, Nash was showing major improvements! I remember after my first in home visit, I was able to sit on the couch with Nash and watch television, which is something I haven’t been able to do since he was a puppy! The results just kept getting better as our training progressed. We signed up for the year long 30-day package which includes 30 in-home training sessions dispersed throughout the year. We are about 1/3 of the way through our sessions and Nash’s behavior is night and day. He is able to hold a sit in place for up to 40 minutes, he sits and lays down on command, we are able put toys away without him getting aggressive, and we are able to walk him so much better than before. He definitely still needs some work, but I can’t wait to see how much better his behavior gets throughout the year! If you choose Suburban K9 you will definitely not regret it! My only regret is not reaching out to them sooner!!read moreread less Jennifer D.3/30/2023First time dog owner and experiencing dog training. Molly at Suburban K9 has exceeded my expectations. She is not only very professional, punctual and caring, but also she goes the extra mile to make sure your dog has all the adequate training and adjust to your dog’s needs! Leo loves her and I’m extremely excited to have her as my dog’s trainer. 💯 recommend suburban K9 and Molly!! Took the one year program and it’s definitely worth it!!read moreread less Elizabeth Echeverri3/30/2023
- First time dog owner and experiencing dog training. Molly at Suburban K9 has exceeded my expectations. She is not only very professional, punctual and caring, but also she goes the extra mile to make sure your dog has all the adequate training and adjust to your dog’s needs! Leo loves her and I’m extremely excited to have her as my dog’s trainer. 💯 recommend suburban K9 and Molly!! Took the one year program and it’s definitely worth it!!read moreread less Elizabeth Echeverri3/29/2023Addison has worked wonders with my 8 month old husky/cattle dog Zuko! I adopted Zuko at 13 weeks and after a few months, realized I was going to need help training him since my roommate was due to have a baby soon and we wanted him to be as well-mannered as possible. I initially was going to go with the 3 week board and train option. However, after discussing my situation and what I wanted to get out of our training experience, I decided to go with the one year house call option instead. Addison was super helpful and informative in helping me make a decision that would be the most beneficial to not only Zuko, but to everyone else in my household. Since then we have made so much progress! Zuko is doing great in learning his basic obedience commands. He no longer bites at the leash when we go on walks, his socializing with other dogs and people is coming along beautifully, and his counter surfing is down to a bare minimum. All of this in the first three months of our one year package! Addison has done such a great job so far in not only teaching Zuko, but in teaching myself as well. Especially on how to maintain what Zuko has been learning and how to work through any behavioral issues that may arise. We both have learned such a great deal from Addison and I can’t wait to see what the end result will look like! I have no doubt that Zuko will be the best well-mannered boy and I can’t thank Addison enough for helping us get there!read moreread less Marlenne V.2/28/2023I would like to share my year long experience with Holly and the Suburban K9 team. In a word, amazing. From the beginning Holly was very clear on her plan for Maisie (mini bernedoodle) who was about a year old. We had tried a food based trainer which did not work as it was extremely complicated given you had to feed the dog every time you wanted to work on commands. Holly came in with a year long plan that was very successful. We saw results immediately. She gave us homework to work on and I will say that the homework and continued training is the key to the success of a well trained dog. Holly was firm but so loving towards Maisie and truly cared about her growth. Holly is very good at what she does and there is no doubt that she is highly committed to her job and the animals she trains. She is personable communicates well and is always ready to get to work. When I work with Maisie in town and people see how well trained she is I am constantly asked who her trainer is. I am always so thrilled to tell people that it is Holly and Suburban K9, best of the best.read moreread less Jason D.2/03/2023
- I highly recommend Suburban K9 as they have made training easy from start to finish. Brooke J has been an amazing trainer for our golden doodle, Bailey. I appreciate her patience and professional approach to training. She creates an environment of trust and treats our dog as her own. Brooke J has become like family and we have seen such great progress with our dog over the last several months. We used Suburban K9’s year long training program with Brooke J which has helped us navigate the puppy stage into adolescence. I was shocked at the progress our dog made with Brooke in just a few lessons. It was important to us to have a dog that walked without pulling and Brooke J was able to fix that in our first visit!! I highly recommend both the program and Brooke J.read moreread less Nicole E.2/03/2023I cannot speak highly enough of SK-9 and our trainer, Shelby. Our beautiful pup used to bark at everything, pull on the leash so hard he injured more than one family member, and rush and jump on anyone coming in the door. After the one year program with Shelby, he’s so well behaved. He still barks- it’s instinct- but we can easily redirect him so the barking stops within seconds. He no longer rushes the door every time he hears the doorbell, he no longer jumps on people coming in (still jumps on us, but we do allow that). He can sit and stay for an extended period of time and his leash behavior is so improved that we can let our youngest (8 yr old) take him out for short walks. He is still the same funny, energetic, spry doggo- just so much more we’ll behaved and manageable.
Shelby was very clear from the get go that consistency and daily practice were key to success. She worked with the whole family and we practiced in different scenarios, including dog park, neighborhood walk, etc. Since working with Shelby, even our friends have noticed how much more we’ll behaved our dog is. Would give Shelby and SK9 a hundred stars if I could!read moreread less Neha Bucaro8/04/2022We recently completed a year long training package for our dog Meeka, a deaf Macedonian Shepherd. Meeka had a really tough start to life with many health issues (rickets as a small puppy, then an elbow surgery at 9 months old) that made her lose out on so much of the important puppy socialization time. At 10 months old we adopted Meeka (it's also the time we figured out she was deaf) and while she was super sweet and loved people, she really didn't have any social skills. She was afraid of and reactive to cars, people, and dogs on walks. She's a shepherd through and through so she was protective of her home and yard, and incredibly stubborn. The fact that she was deaf made everything just a little extra challenging for us.
That's when we were introduced to Lauren Hauge and Suburban K-9. At our initial consult Lauren was confident that Meeka had a lot of potential, it would just take time. We completely trusted the process, and Lauren eased our minds when we had any questions or concerns. She has the patience of a saint (did I mention how stubborn Meeka can be?) and was always thinking on her feet to find solutions to working with Meeka and understanding any physical limitations she had. The fact that Lauren would bring in other trainers or dogs to her training sessions to help with certain behaviors showed me just how invested she was in helping Meeka succeed.
Lauren worked closely with us in finding the right signs to use with her and showing/talking us through everything. She always made sure to listen closely to our concerns about any new behaviors that popped up and let us know why that might be happening and the best way to handle it. I've learned so much from Lauren and feel like a much more confident dog owner (even though we already owned 2 dogs!) now that we've worked with her.
After completing our training with Lauren, Meeka can go on walks through the neighborhood in a heel without reacting to anything around her, her basic obedience is solid, sits and waits back when someone is at the door, and I can trust her off-leash. My next goal for Meeka is to train her to be a therapy dog that can go into schools or assisted living facilities. Let me tell you, I did NOT think that would be a possibility a year ago.
I absolutely recommend using Suburban K-9 for any dog training needs and can't say enough good things about working with Lauren specifically.read moreread less Jenna Rortvedt12/21/2021 - My family had the delight of having Sabrina Lopez as our dog trainer. We signed our puppy, Happy, up for the year long training program and could not be happier. Sabrina helped Happy become a well behaved, well mannered part of our family but more importantly she helped train us to be great dog owners. I appreciate Sabrina taking the time to get to know us and Happy on a personal level. She takes into account the different personalities (us and the dog) and creates a training program that works best for the whole family. Whenever I had a question, Sabrina was quick to respond with a phone call to walk me through some solutions. She encouraged us to include the kids in training sessions and even grandparents. She was flexible and accommodating, Happy adored her but we all looked forward to our sessions with Sabrina. Happy receives compliments wherever we take him and I always credit Sabrina. I feel the one year program was great and helped during all stages of being a puppy. We have a great relationship with Sabrina and hope it will carry on beyond our program. Thank you Sabrina and K-9 Suburban.read moreread less Addie D.2/03/2021Last summer I purchased a German Shepherd puppy and I knew I was going to have to get him into obedience training so after a lot of research I chose Suburban K9. I was contacted by Holly and after she came over to meet my puppy REMY for the trial appointment I was impressed by her ability to work with REMY.after the first appointment he listened and behaved better.i chose to get the one year training package and it has turned out to be the best decision of my life.i can bring REMY anywhere and constantly get compliments on his behavior and I owe that to Holly and Suburban K9.read moreread less Bob Spagnola11/16/2019
What do you mean by "risk-free program"
We offer a Money Back Guarantee. If you aren’t happy with your first lesson, just let your trainer know and we will issue a full refund. If you decide to move forward with a package of lessons and at any point within the first 31 days determine the package isn’t for you, we will refund any unused lessons.
OUR TRAINERS COME TO YOUR HOME!
Suburban K9 believes in-home training is simply more effective and convenient than many traditional classes. At home, we’re able to provide a deeper, more focused level of one-on-one attention—the gold standard in dog training.