Seasonal Classes
At The Responsible Dog, we love celebrating the seasons, and we believe training should feel just as fresh and joyful as the world around us. Our seasonal classes pop up throughout the year as short, themed training adventures created to bring fun, build real-life skills, and deepen your connection with your dog while enjoying a little seasonal magic.
You might find holiday-inspired nosework missions, cozy winter manners refreshers, springtime confidence builders, summertime adventure skills, or a back-to-school obedience boost. Each class blends play, enrichment, and solid training foundations. These are perfect for anyone who wants to add variety to their dog’s routine, explore a new training challenge, or keep momentum going between our core programs.
Come learn, laugh, and make memories with your dog. Every season is a chance to grow together, and we are here to make it special.
Limited sessions. Big fun. Fresh themes.
Take a peek at what’s coming up:
Stays for the Holidays
Holiday season can be full of excitement, guests, food, wrapping paper, and moments where you just need your dog to pause and hold steady. Stays for the Holidays is a cheerful, skill-building mini-course focused entirely on one of the most useful life skills: a reliable, calm, confident stay.
In this class, we’ll work on rock-solid stationary cues in real-life scenarios: staying on a mat while you greet guests at the door, settling during holiday meals, holding position while you move around with decorations or gifts, and calmly waiting instead of rushing into the action. We’ll build duration, distance, and distractions while keeping sessions upbeat and encouraging for both you and your dog.
Whether you’re hoping for peaceful moments during family gatherings or just want to strengthen your dog's impulse control and focus, this course is a fun way to polish a skill that pays off all year long.
Come train with us and give your dog the gift of calm confidence this season.
Let’s get those stays holiday-ready! 🎁🐾
Starting Tuesday December 2nd at 7:00 P.M.
Teach your pup to fly back to you—just like Santa’s reindeer!
Get ready for a holiday-themed training class that’s all about one of the most important (and fun!) skills your dog can learn: coming when called! In this multi-week mini-course, we’ll turn recall training into a series of festive games designed to boost speed, reliability, and enthusiasm.
From “Dashing Through the Snow” races to “North Pole Hide & Seek,” you and your dog will build powerful recall habits through laughter, movement, and play. Perfect for dogs of all ages and skill levels, this class focuses on building a strong connection and lightning-fast response—even when distractions are flying like reindeer on Christmas Eve.
Starting, Thursday, December 4th at 5:00 P.M.
Reindeer Recall Games
Holiday Skills Series
🎁 Holiday Training Bundle — $155
Make this holiday season merry, bright, and beautifully behaved!
Our Holiday Training Bundle includes two festive favorites designed to help your dog shine through all the excitement of the season.
🦌 Reindeer Recalls (3 weeks – $75 value)
Build a recall that’s fast, fun, and reliable! Through playful “reindeer games” like Candy Cane Chase and Elf Hide-and-Seek, your dog will learn to come running with enthusiasm — even when distractions are flying.
🎄 Stays for the Holidays (4 weeks – $100 value)
Teach your dog to settle calmly during the chaos of the season. We’ll focus on solid stay skills around distractions, duration, and real-life holiday scenarios so your dog can relax when guests arrive, food is served, or presents are opened.
💫 Bundle & Save:
Get both courses for $155 total (a $175 value)!
That’s seven sessions of joyful, practical training — all focused on building calm, connected, and responsive dogs through the holidays and beyond.
✨ Limited spots available — reserve your bundle now and celebrate the season with your best-trained reindeer yet!
Your dog’s mission: find the clues, stop the bandits, and protect the North Pole!
Santa needs help—and only the sharpest noses can save the season!
In this holiday-themed scent work adventure, your dog becomes a North Pole K-9 Detective, working through a series of missions to uncover clues, locate hidden scents, and outsmart the mischievous “Christmas Bandits.”
This three-week course blends real scent detection training with the fun and imagination of an escape room-style story. Each week, you and your dog will solve new challenges, unlock clues, and progress through the case to save Christmas.
🎄 What Makes This Class Special:
Skill + Story: Every session builds real scent work and search pattern skills while advancing an ongoing Christmas mystery.
Fun + Enrichment: Great mental exercise and confidence building for dogs of all ages and breeds.
Immersive Play: Think “Clue,” but for canines—complete with missions, clues, badges, and festive surprises.
Positive Training: Reward-based, confidence-boosting exercises designed to make your dog love using their nose.
🎁 Perfect For:
Dogs of all experience levels—whether they’re new to nosework or already seasoned sniffers.
By the end of your mission, your dog will graduate as an Official North Pole K-9 Detection Officer—and you’ll both have had a sleigh-load of fun saving Christmas!
Starting Thursday, December 4th at 7:00 P.M.
