TRAINING CLASSES
Whether you're welcoming home a brand-new puppy, navigating the ups and downs of adolescence, working through a specific behavior challenge, or simply looking to strengthen your bond with your dog, we're here to help! Our positive, reward-based training programs are designed to meet you and your dog where you are. Explore our current group classes, specialized workshops, focused training consults, and learn more about our trainer to find the perfect fit for your training journey. We can't wait to help you and your pup build confidence, communication, and lifelong skills together!
Currently Scheduled Classes!
Our small group training classes are designed to be fun, personalized, and effective! With classes capped at just 6 dogs, you'll receive individualized coaching, positive reinforcement-based training, and weekly take-home recaps to help you and your pup build confidence and succeed both in class and at home.
Workshops Starting Soon!
Our workshops provide focused, hands-on training for specific skills in a fun, supportive environment. Most workshops meet over two weeks, giving you time to practice at home before returning for personalized troubleshooting and coaching. With just 6 dogs per workshop, you'll receive individualized guidance and detailed take-home recaps to help you and your pup succeed.
Not quite ready for a full class or
just need help with one specific skill or concern?
Our Focused Training Consult offers one-on-one skill support with a trainer in a 15–60 minute phone or video session. You’ll get clear, practical guidance plus a personalized plan to start seeing progress right away!
is dog reactive and anxious which led Magen to learn several behavior modification training protocols (CAT, BAT, LAT, Counter Conditioning, Desensitization, Engage-Disengage, Management) with a behavior consultant, a vet behaviorist, and on her own and Control Unleashed pattern games. Her youngest dog, Kitsu, has taught her the value of patience and slowing down, building trust with your dog, and working from a place of consent, cooperation, and compassion.
Magen spent a decade as a college professor and test prep teacher and tutor. She also tutored students while in high school and throughout undergrad. She loves coaching and teaching humans as much as she loves working with dogs, which is vital since most of dog training is training humans to train their own dogs.
Magen is a force free, rewards based professional dog trainer, a member of the Pet Professional Guild (the association for force-free professionals) and Force Free Trainers of Wisconsin, and follows E⁴ (Ethical, Effective, Empathetic, Evidence-based) and LIFE (Least Inhibitive, Functionally Effective) based training methods. She is also Pet CPR and First Aid certified through Pet Emergency Education.
Magen’s first dog training experience was in the mid 1990s when she was in her early teens. Her family became puppy raisers for future service dogs for the blind. Magen attended training classes with the future service dogs, was actively involved in training outside of classes, and brought them to high school with her. Her family continued to raise future service dog puppies, providing her with a solid dog training foundation she continued to build on when she adopted her own dogs.
Magen currently has two dogs, who are very different from each other and have helped her grow immensely as a trainer. Her oldest dog, Toru,
Magen Knuth
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