Basic Obedience Class
Basic Obedience Class
Next Class Scheduled Once Waitlist Full
Message to be put on the waiting list.
Five Weeks
Location: Medical Lake, WA or Spokane Valley, WA
Cost: $295
Eight Spots Avaliable
Instructor: TBD
Dogs Over Four Months Welcome: No Dog or Human Aggression
This class will cover the foundations of dog training for owners as well as basic commands. Sit, Down, Stay, Place, Heel, Loose Leash Walking, and Come. Rewards/reinforcement, corrections, how dogs learn, value and motivation, luring, training tools, solving behavior issues, and name recognition.
Deposit is refundable in case of emergencies. Nonrefundable ensures folks commit to showing up!
Contact: Karin Wagemann at karinwagemannk9@gmail.com to sign up or for any questions.
Intermediate Obedience Class
Next Class Scheduled Once Waitlist Full
Message to be put on waitlist.
Five Weeks
Location: Nine Realms Facility, Medical Lake
Cost: $295
Waitlist Open
Eight Spots Avaliable
Instructor: Karin Wagemann
Dogs must have completed basic obedience, private lessons, or other group classes with Nine Realms to be eligible. No Dog or Human Aggression. Dog must be over six months and current on vaccines.
This class will expand upon the Basic Obedience Class. Class will cover stay out of sight, sending to place at a distance, polite greeting, heel postion on verbal, heeling with distractions, down at a distance and while walking, recall with distractions, leave it, door manners, and two field trips.
Deposit is refundable in case of emergencies. Nonrefundable ensures folks commit to showing up!
Contact: Karin Wagemann at karinwagemannk9@gmail.com to sign up or for any questions.
Service Dog Task Class
Next Class Scheduled Once Waitlist Full
Message to be put on waitlist.
Five Weeks
Location: Nine Realms Training Facility
Cost: $295.00
$100 Nonrefundable Deposit to Hold Spot
Minimum Four People
Contact: Karin Wagemann at karinwagemannk9@gmail.com to sign up or for any questions.
Information: This course is designed as a more affordable option than private lessons or board and trains for folks that would like to train their dog as their service dog. This class will teach handlers how to train their dog to perform one task to help mitigate their disability. The task will be specific to each handler in the class. Task training will be specialized to each group of handlers, with discretion taken to keep each individuals’ disability private. The Task Class will focus on the top tasks need by the group of handlers. For example, behavior interruptions for anxiety/autism/PTSD/etc., picking up objects, pressing handicap buttons, deep pressure therapy, hearing alerts, mobility, etc. This class will not cover alerts to low blood sugar, heart rate, etc. but will share websites and books that you can learn how to do this with or offer private lessons for these tasks.
Service Dog Public Access Class
Next Class: TBD
Seven Weeks
Location: Varies Per Week
Cost: $450.00
$100 Nonrefundable Deposit to Hold Spot
Minimum Four People
Contact: Karin Wagemann at karinwagemannk9@gmail.com to sign up or for any questions.
Public Access Class: Dogs in this class must have passed the initial service dog evaluation ($85) or be a Nine Realms Client already, must have a task trained or actively working on training, and they must have have demonstrated to the class instructor basic obedience (sit, down, heel, stay, come) to ensure the dog is safe and professional for public work. There is a lot this class will cover including ADA laws, service dog rights, how a professional service dog should act, restaurant behavior, behavior in a grocery store, behavior in large crowds, leave it, door manners, checking out manners, proper leash walking skills in all environments, ignoring the public, walking next to a cart, ignoring dogs in public, settling in public, and much more.
Handlers will focus on all skills and information needed to be independent and professional service dog teams first and foremost. If there is time and dogs are progressing nicely, handlers will be offered opportunities to test for all three levels of Canine Good Citizen and the Nine Realms Public Access Test. However, these tests do not make a service dog a service dog and thus the focus of the class will be on training professional service dogs that accurately task.
Service Dog Classes Basic Information:
- For the Public Access Class, handlers must have done a one on one, in person evaluation with their dog in order to be eligible for the work in public places to ensure their dog is safe and comfortable in new places. Or, handlers must have already done lessons, or basic obedience group class with Nine Realms
- For the Public Access Class, handlers must have a disability that a service dog could help mitigate with a task. There is no exception to this rule. You will have to share with the Instructor Karin Wagemann the tasks you want the dog to perform for your disability. This is per ADA law.
- For Public Access the dog must have a complete understanding of basic obedience.
- The Task Class is open to handlers who do not have a disablity but want to train some of the skills learned in the class or trainers that want to learn how to train these tasks. There is no law saying you cannot train a dog to perform tasks if you do not have a disability. So all are welcome.
- Dogs MUST be over 7 months of age to start the Public Access Class.
- Dogs MUST be over 4 months of age to start the Task Class.
- Dogs cannot have any human or dog aggression.
- Any breed welcome.
- The handler of the dog must be over 18 years of age or accompanied by an adult for all classes.
Introduction to Detection
Five Weeks
Tuesdays 7-8pm
October 6th-November 3rd
Location: Nine Realms Training Facility
Cost: $350.00
$100 Nonrefundable Deposit to Hold Spot
Minimum Four People: Maximum Six
Contact: Karin Wagemann at karinwagemannk9@gmail.com to sign up or for any questions.
Get prepared for the dark winter months with an activity you can do with your dog year round! Detection! Welcome to the world of detection with your canine pal. Dog’s were meant to use their olfactory system, it helps burn mental and physical energy and is a great game to play with your dog.
Any dog welcome!!! Any age or breed! No dog aggresion or human aggresive dogs.
The class will cover odors you can train your dog on, odor imprinting, motivation, rewards, trained final responses, odor movement, behavior changes, prey/hunt drive, odor storage and care, and begining search patterns.
Drop In Classes
Next Class Date and Location:
Cost: $50 per class
Must reserve in advance.
Minimum Four People
Contact: Karin Wagemann at karinwagemannk9@gmail.com to sign up or for any questions.
These will be more flexible than a traditional multi-week class, and anyone is welcome to drop in.
Each week will have a different training focus, so you can come to the classes that are useful for you and your dog without committing to a five-week session.
Our Drop-In Group Classes offer a flexible way to continue training and practicing your dog’s skills without committing to a multi-week course! Each class focuses on different training exercises, obedience skills, and real-world distractions in a structured group environment. Classes are scheduled individually throughout the month, allowing you to attend those that interest you and fit your schedule. Space is limited, and advance registration and payment are required. Classes are held at the Nine Realms Canine Training Facility in Medical Lake, WA, with occasional off-site training opportunities. Check back regularly for upcoming classes and new training opportunities!
No dog aggresion or human aggresive dogs. Reactivity is okay if you have worked with Nine Realms to solve the problem in private lessons. Dogs must be four months and older.
Keep checking back for more information on these classes as we schedule them. If you want to sign up for them let me know!
