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Burk’s Dog Training

Board and Trains • Group Classes • Private Lessons • CGC Testing Sara Burk is the owner of Burk’s Dog Care.

She has nearly a decade of experience in training and caring for dogs. She is constantly renewing her education through various seminars, weekly classes, and self study. Burk’s Dog Care is insured through Pet Sitters Associates.

01/02/2025

Final confirmation emails have been sent out for this round of group classes.

If you didn’t get yours, check your spam box or send us a message!

12/30/2024

Last chance to register for our January session! Registration closes this week! Come join us for the first class of 2025!

This session will start the week of January 6th, 2025. These group classes are held in the Kittanning area at Pony Farm Trap and Gun Club, in Vandergrift at The Center on Franklin Avenue (262 Franklin Avenue), and in the Greensburg area at Grayt Adventures Training Center (479 Fosterville Road). All group classes are $160 for the 6 week session.

Our group classes help you and your dog form a stronger bond while building obedience skills for the real world. We offer everything from puppy to advanced obedience classes, so no matter what stage of life your dog is in, we’re here to help. We also offer CGC and STAR Puppy testing to our students at the end of each 6 week session for no additional charge! More information about our classes and the available times can be found on our registration form (linked below).

⭐️Register your dog here⭐️
Kittanning (Regular Classes) —> https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Ou0tzjcuBUJdyIMA0SELHbPTdCJ1ppfy-tTQ0_XiGcI/edit
Kittanning (Specialty Classes) —> https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1RDQUscnbhJGXokoP2oxM-wrfXaIguzEAEbMrozCiNJc/edit
Greensburg —> https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1mg6E_tXeCQnrSEt_3z1c7yAm2xYnTmVp1L2QmLImroU/edit
Vandergrift —> https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1FWhwDELi5lQQK7F3plJRUw1FqHDU5AtvceVoTOenYOM/edit

12/24/2024

Happy Holidays from our pack to yours!

12/22/2024

Old dogs can still learn! While they may take longer to pick up new skills due to age-related changes, patience, positive reinforcement, and consistent practice make all the difference. Training keeps their minds sharp, strengthens your bond, and boosts confidence, proving it’s never too late for them to learn something new.

12/20/2024

Congratulations to all the graduates of this sessions group classes!

12/16/2024

Set your puppy up for success from day one with our Puppy Board and Train program!

This week long program is only available to puppies under 12 weeks coming straight from their breeder or shelter to us. Your puppy will live in-home with their trainer during their entire stay.

The Puppy Board & Train is designed to help start good habits in your puppy from the beginning. We begin early socialization, potty training, obedience training, and manners training for you. While your puppy is here, they’ll learn all the foundations of what it takes to be a good family member.

Behaviors such as:
🐾 Potty training
🐾 Going to the bathroom on command
🐾 Crate training
🐾 Sit
🐾 Down
🐾 Come when called
🐾 Stay
🐾 Their name
🐾 No jumping
🐾 Loose leash walking

Once your puppy has completed their program with us, you’ll receive 6 months of FREE access to our group classes and in home private lessons.

Give us a call today to reserve your puppy’s spot!

Burk’s Dog Training
724-859-6416
BurksDogTraining.net

12/03/2024

Group class registration is now open for the January session! Come join us for the first class of 2025!

This session will start the week of January 6th, 2025. These group classes are held in the Kittanning area at Pony Farm Trap and Gun Club, in Vandergrift at The Center on Franklin Avenue (262 Franklin Avenue), and in the Greensburg area at Grayt Adventures Training Center (479 Fosterville Road). All group classes are $160 for the 6 week session.

Our group classes help you and your dog form a stronger bond while building obedience skills for the real world. We offer everything from puppy to advanced obedience classes, so no matter what stage of life your dog is in, we’re here to help. We also offer CGC and STAR Puppy testing to our students at the end of each 6 week session for no additional charge! More information about our classes and the available times can be found on our registration form (linked below).

⭐️Register your dog here⭐️
Kittanning (Regular Classes) —> https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Ou0tzjcuBUJdyIMA0SELHbPTdCJ1ppfy-tTQ0_XiGcI/edit
Kittanning (Specialty Classes) —> https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1RDQUscnbhJGXokoP2oxM-wrfXaIguzEAEbMrozCiNJc/edit
Greensburg —> https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1mg6E_tXeCQnrSEt_3z1c7yAm2xYnTmVp1L2QmLImroU/edit
Vandergrift —> https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1FWhwDELi5lQQK7F3plJRUw1FqHDU5AtvceVoTOenYOM/edit

12/01/2024

Give the gift of a well behaved dog this holiday season! We have gift certificates available for all of our training programs.

🐾 Board & Train
🐾 Private Lessons
🐾 Group Classes

Burk’s Dog Training
724-859-6416
BurksDogTraining.net

11/28/2024

Happy Thanksgiving, from our pack to yours!

11/19/2024

Our next nail trim days in the Ford City/Kittanning area will be November 25th and December 11th, 2024.

$15 per dog or $10 per dog when you have 4 or more at your house. These can be your dogs, a friends dogs, or a family members dogs.

On average, we’re done with most dogs in under 10 minutes. It often takes us more time to drive to your dogs house than it does to cut their nails! When we can save, so do you. That’s why more dogs at one home means a discount for you!

We work with fearful, anxious, and aggressive dogs for nail trims. If we can’t get your dogs nails clipped, you don’t pay! We also do cat nails.

Message Burk’s Dog Training on Facebook or give us a call to schedule your pets nail trim!

11/14/2024

SHIRT ORDERS

We’ll be placing another order for tee shirts, hoodies, jackets, and long sleeved shirts again. The first image is on the front left pocket area, the second image is the design on the back.

Most colors and all sizes available. Extra fees apply for 2X and up. Message us by November 23rd to place your order!

11/07/2024

Are you having potty training troubles with your new puppy, or even adult dog? Double check our foolproof potty training checklist and make sure you’re setting your dog up for successful training (or re-training).

🐾 No Free Roaming
When you can’t actively watch your puppy, they should be in a crate, playpen, gated in a room, or on leash near you. This prevents them from sneaking off to potty indoors. It also allows you to catch them as soon as they begin to go so that you can rush them outside. They can roam freely for 1-2 hours after they have gone to the bathroom outside.

🐾 Take Frequent Bathroom Breaks
Take your puppy out to the same spot each time, and do so frequently. Every 1-2 hours, sometimes even more frequently, to start. Once you have a better idea of their bathroom habits, you can adjust the time between potty breaks accordingly.

🐾 Stand Still
Moving around too much can distract your puppy by offering them new smells and sights. Puppies have a very short attention span, and even something as simple as a car driving by can make them loose their train of thought. Standing in the same spot helps them remain focused on the task at hand.

🐾 Have Scheduled Feeding Times
There are so many reasons to not free feed your dog, and this is definitely one of them! Knowing when your dog last ate helps you time their bathroom breaks more accurately. When your dog is able to eat whenever they want throughout the day, it can be hard to figure out when exactly they may need to go.

🐾 Consider Adding a “Potty Command”
“Potty commands” can speed up your puppy’s bathroom breaks and help keep their mind on the task at hand. For the first week, you will need to “Pavlov” them to the word or short phrase that you’d like to use to get them to go to the bathroom. You can have a word for each function, or just one for both. As your puppy is actively going outside, just repeat the short word or phrase the entire time they go. After that first week is up, you can begin to prompt them to go to the bathroom using your new potty command. Praise them for going after you’ve prompted them.

🐾 Troubleshooting
The biggest complaint we get is “We take them out, and they come back inside and immediately poop!”. This falls back to our third bullet point. Many dogs get distracted when they’re outside. After your first potty break, bring them inside for 5 minutes, put them in a crate or keep them on leash. After the 5 minutes it up, take them outside and try again. When they do what they need to do, they can come inside and roam freely again.
If you are having a lot of trouble with potty training, it is best to take your dog or puppy to the vet to ensure there are no medical issues causing the issue. If the vet check is clear, and you are still struggling, give us a call.

Burk’s Dog Training
724-859-6416
[email protected]
BurksDogTraining.net

10/31/2024

Congratulations to all of our group class graduates this session!

09/24/2024

Is your dog dragging you along on your walks?

These three exercises are where we start with 90% of our clients who are also struggling with their dog pulling on the leash. The training exercises we cover teach your dog to engage with you and yield to leash pressure. These two skills are the foundations required to have nice, loose leash walking.

09/19/2024

Congratulations to our recent group class graduates! Lots of STAR Puppies, CGC’s, and CGCA’s!

09/10/2024

OUR STORY

Sara is the owner and main trainer here at Burk’s Dog Training. She started the business nearly a decade ago after she adopted a shelter dog who turned out to have a variety of behavior and obedience issues. Between the leash reactivity, resource guarding, and overall lack of obedience, this dog was beyond a handful. Determined to keep the dog, she began researching dog training. In a few short weeks, the dog showed remarkable improvements. Friends and family began to take notice of the dogs improvement and asked Sara how she was able to turn the dog around so quickly. Sara offered her advice and helped them train their dogs for fun. She quickly realized she had a passion for helping people better understand their dogs, and went on to start an official training company.

Burk’s Dog Training started out offering just basic obedience. With continuing education and hundreds of hands-on hours Sara has been able to expand the available services to accommodate dogs with aggression, fear, anxiety, and reactivity as well.

As if working with dogs for a living wasn’t enough, Sara also spends her free time training and competing with her own dogs. She’s attended 5 national agility events, put three champion agility titles on her dogs, and completed many other titles in everything from scent work to dock diving.

With nearly a decade of training, showing, and living day-to-day life surrounded by dogs,, you can rest assured knowing you’re getting quality dog training advice here at Burk’s Dog Training.

07/19/2024

Congratulations to all our graduates from this session! Lots of new STAR Puppies, and CGC/CGCA dogs.

Enjoy the photos of a few of our four legged students!

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Latrobe, PA
15650

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https://www.burksdogtraining.net/

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Set your puppy up for success from day one with our Puppy Board and Train program! This week long program is only available to puppies under 12 weeks coming straight from their breeder or shelter to us. Your puppy will live in-home with their trainer during their entire stay. The Puppy Board & Train is designed to help start good habits in your puppy from the beginning. We begin early socialization, potty training, obedience training, and manners training for you. While your puppy is here, they’ll learn all the foundations of what it takes to be a good family member. Behaviors such as: 🐾 Potty training 🐾 Going to the bathroom on command 🐾 Crate training 🐾 Sit 🐾 Down 🐾 Come when called 🐾 Stay 🐾 Their name 🐾 No jumping 🐾 Loose leash walking Once your puppy has completed their program with us, you’ll receive 6 months of FREE access to our group classes and in home private lessons. Give us a call today to reserve your puppy’s spot! Burk’s Dog Training 724-859-6416 BurksDogTraining.net

Is your dog dragging you along on your walks? These three exercises are where we start with 90% of our clients who are also struggling with their dog pulling on the leash. The training exercises we cover teach your dog to engage with you and yield to leash pressure. These two skills are the foundations required to have nice, loose leash walking.