Adolescent Ascent | Dog Obedience Training in Calgary

Program Overview:

Adolescent Ascent is a dog obedience class in SW Calgary designed to help you and your dog navigate the twists and turns of adolescence with confidence. This 8-hour program (8 x 1-hour or 4 x 2-hour sessions) will teach you how to work as a team, building a reliable framework of obedience, impulse control, emotional regulation, social awareness, and manners.

Adolescence is a challenging phase, but with the right tools and guidance, you and your dog can overcome these hurdles and come out stronger. We'll provide real-time support for common adolescent challenges like selective listening, jumping on strangers, testing boundaries, and running in the opposite direction when you call them.

What You’ll Learn:

Dog Skills:

• Emotional Regulation (managing those teenage big feelings).

• Personal Space (understanding boundaries in social interactions).

• How to Be Gentle

• Relaxation

• Energy Blasters (our nerdy secret sauce)

Obedience and Manners:

• Sit, Down, Stand

• Through, Around, Side

• Get In

• Front

• Middle

• Polite greetings

• Leash walking

• Navigating distractions

• Coming when called

• Leave It

• And so much more!!!

Human Skills:

• Trust and relationship building

• Reading your dog’s communication

• Communicating effectively with your dog

• Human micro signalling (and why it matters!)

• Behaviour problem solving for common adolescent dog challenges i.e. jumping up, selective hearing, counter-surfing, and other adolescent dog shenanigans

• Leading with love

Why Sign Up for Adolescent Ascent in SW Calgary:

• Turn chaos into connection by building trust, teamwork, and clear communication during your dog’s most confusing (and comical) developmental stage.

• Support your teenage dog’s big feelings with proven tools for emotional regulation, impulse control, and focus—even when the squirrels are winning.

  Learn the real-life obedience skills that matter the most—like recall, leash walking, polite greetings, and ignoring that tempting snack on the counter.

• Tackle common teenage dog behaviours like jumping, counter-surfing, selective hearing, and testing all the boundaries (with compassion, not frustration).

• Understand your dog’s social world with training that includes personal space bubbles and promote social awareness.

• Build your intuitive superpowers as a human—like micro-signaling, problem-solving, and leading with calm confidence.

  Boost your dog’s resiliency and self-control through fun, purposeful games (hello, Energy Blasters!) that channel all that energy into learning.

• Nerdy, heart-led instruction from trainers who get it—because we’ve lived through adolescence too (and survived to tell the tale).

Who Can Attend:

Dogs aged 6 months - 5 years and their amazing humans (up to 3 family members per dog.)

Price & Duration:

• Price: $349 + GST

• Duration: 8 hours (8 x 1-hour sessions or 4 x 2-hour sessions)

Location:

Classes are held indoors at the North Glenmore Park Community Association

📍 2231 Longridge Drive SW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Vaccinations:

Dogs must be up-to-date on their vaccinations (Rabies, DHPP, and Bordetella) to attend classes.

Fine Print:

All registrations are final. We are unable to offer make-up classes, pro-rate tuition, or accommodate class swaps. Thank you for your understanding!

Real Dogs. Real Growth.

“Her knowledge, experience, patience, and dedication are unlike any other professional we have dealt with in the past. Her extensive understanding of dog behavior, coupled with her calm and gentle demeanor, makes even the most daunting issues surmountable. Whether you have a new puppy or an adult dog with behavioral issues, I can't recommend her enough!"

– Ashley H.