Welcome!
Update January 24, 2012: Tuesday morning agility class canceled today.
A makeup class is scheduled for Friday, January 27, 9:30 AM.
Upcoming Classes & Events:
- Agility Open Runs: January 29, February 5, 12, 19, 26 – 3PM
- Family Dog Class – Sunday, January 22, 9:30 AM
- Puppy Kindergarten – Sunday, January 22, 11 AM
- Agility Handling 2: Wednesdays at 4 PM
For class details and ongoing Agility class days and times,
please see our Class Schedule page
Paying attention to "mom" in Puppy K at Mountain View Dog Training
Mountain View Dog Training has helped hundreds of people train their dogs to be the wonderful companions that only dogs can be. Our classes are held in beautiful Rappahannock County, Virginia, and our approach is positive, supportive, and fun for both the canine and the human members of each team.
Our Instructors
Our instructors have scores of years of experience training both dogs and humans, and continue their education by attending other classes and seminars on operant conditioning (“clicker training”), behavioral issues, and problem solving, in addition to reading books and watching DVDs on these and other subjects. In this way we remain on the cutting edge of behavioral learning and training, as well as the latest trends in agility training and handling, and our doggy students and their handlers reap the benefits from this.
Our Methods
We’re fortunate to live in an enlightened era vis a vis dog training – a happy farewell to the methods of years past, with force training, jerking and “correcting” dogs for not doing things for which they weren’t trained. The present focus on rewarding a dog for desirable behavior and ignoring incorrect responses (or “bad” behavior) is so much healthier for both our dogs and us!
Agility
At Mountain View we love agility. It’s more fun than a barrel of puppies! We’re also serious about agility competition (with quite a few grains of sensitivity and sensibility) and strive to teach our human students to respect their canine athlete partners, to give them tasks they can understand and achieve, and to have fun while playing the agility game. And that’s capital F-U-N for both dog and handler!