Heel Dog Training Academy - Clifton Park, NY

04/15/2025

Will be starting an Attention class for Obedience and Rally at Working Dogs NY, LLC in May. Contact Mary at [email protected] if you have any questions.

04/14/2025

Heel Dog Training is putting on another Obedience Road Workshop with Connie Cleveland-Nolan and Kelsey Wehr this August. The workshop is being held at Working Dogs NY, LLC in Amsterdam on August 30 and 31st. There is one working spot left and I will start taking a small waiting list if one of the working handlers have to drop out. Plenty of room for auditors to come watch a great weekend of dog training. Please email Mary at [email protected] if you have any questions.

04/03/2025

Rally run thrus this Sunday 4/6/25

04/02/2025

Do you want a dog that will walk nicely on a leash? Be able to call your dog to you? Have a canine companion that is fun to be around and become part of your family?

Let us help you with your dog or puppy.

New Classes starting in May 2025

Great Foundation for Puppies is a 6-week class, cost $185 and is held at the Pet Lodge of Clifton Park at 1868 Rte 9. For dogs 6 months and younger. The class will start an introduction to common obedience commands like sit, down, walking on a loose leash, and calling the dog to you. We will also go over common behavioral puppy issues like biting, barking and house training. Also included in the class is getting the puppy better socialized to new people, environments and structured meetings with other puppies. A new class will start on

May 7th (Wednesday) from 7 - 8 pm

Manners for the Family Dog is a 6-week class, cost $185 and is held at the Pet Lodge of Clifton Park. The class will cover sit, down, stays, walking on a loose leash, and calling the dog to you. We will show you how to teach these commands and also how to get reliability. Also covered are common behavioral problems like jumping and barking. A new class will start on

May 6th (Tuesday) from 7 - 8 pm
May 7th (Wednesday) from 8 - 9pm

03/19/2025

02/10/2025

Steel got mail today.

01/20/2025

Heel Dog Training Academy is moving to a new website. If you want to check out the new site visit

Are you having trouble walking your dog without being pulled all over the place?Does your dog think that when you call him to come in, it is an optional command?Would you like your dog to greet your guests politely?If you answered yes to any of these questions, Heel Dog Training Academy is the ans...

01/20/2025

New Class session starts in two weeks

Do you want a dog that will walk nicely on a leash? Be able to call your dog to you? Have a canine companion that is fun to be around and become part of your family?
Let us help you with your dog or puppy.

Great Foundation for Puppies is a 6-week class, cost $185 and is held at the Pet Lodge of Clifton Park at 1868 Rte 9. For dogs 6 months and younger. The class will start an introduction to common obedience commands like sit, down, walking on a loose leash, and calling the dog to you. We will also go over common behavioral puppy issues like biting, barking and house training. Also included in the class is getting the puppy better socialized to new people, environments and structured meetings with other puppies. A new class will start on

March 13th (Wednesday) from 7 - 8 pm

Manners for the Family Dog is a 6-week class, cost $185 and is held at the Pet Lodge of Clifton Park. The class will cover sit, down, stays, walking on a loose leash, and calling the dog to you. We will show you how to teach these commands and also how to get reliability. Also covered are common behavioral problems like jumping and barking. A new class will start on

March 12th (Tuesday) from 7 - 8 pm
March 13th (Wednesday) from 8 - 9pm (if needed)

Gift certificates for classes are available.
Contact Mary Maltbie - [email protected]
(518) 727 - 7851
heeldogtrainingacademy.net

01/08/2025

New class session starts next week.

Do you want a dog that will walk nicely on a leash? Be able to call your dog to you? Have a canine companion that is fun to be around and become part of your family?
Let us help you with your dog or puppy.

Great Foundation for Puppies is a 6-week class, cost $185 and is held at the Pet Lodge of Clifton Park at 1868 Rte 9. For dogs 6 months and younger. The class will start an introduction to common obedience commands like sit, down, walking on a loose leash, and calling the dog to you. We will also go over common behavioral puppy issues like biting, barking and house training. Also included in the class is getting the puppy better socialized to new people, environments and structured meetings with other puppies. A new class will start on

January 15th (Wednesday) from 7 - 8 pm

Manners for the Family Dog is a 6-week class, cost $185 and is held at the Pet Lodge of Clifton Park. The class will cover sit, down, stays, walking on a loose leash, and calling the dog to you. We will show you how to teach these commands and also how to get reliability. Also covered are common behavioral problems like jumping and barking. A new class will start on

January 14th (Tuesday) from 7 - 8 pm
January 15th (Wednesday) from 8 - 9pm (if needed)

Gift certificates for classes are available.
Contact Mary Maltbie - [email protected]
(518) 727 - 7851
heeldogtrainingacademy.net

12/27/2024

Steel, RACH Otterbrook's Song of Ice and Fire UD,PCDX,BN,GO,RAE4,RM3,JH,WC,CCA (4/3/2014 - 12/24/24). He loved to work and did everything with speed and intensity. I could not have asked for a better partner. Unfortunately, cancer took him too soon. At least, I still have a piece of him running around in my house and I let Holden know he has some big shoes to fill.

12/24/2024

I wish everyone a Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year!!

11/27/2024

New class session starting in 2025

Do you want a dog that will walk nicely on a leash? Be able to call your dog to you? Have a canine companion that is fun to be around and become part of your family?
Let us help you with your dog or puppy.

Great Foundation for Puppies is a 6-week class, cost $185 and is held at the Pet Lodge of Clifton Park at 1868 Rte 9. For dogs 6 months and younger. The class will start an introduction to common obedience commands like sit, down, walking on a loose leash, and calling the dog to you. We will also go over common behavioral puppy issues like biting, barking and house training. Also included in the class is getting the puppy better socialized to new people, environments and structured meetings with other puppies. A new class will start on

January 15th (Wednesday) from 7 - 8 pm

Manners for the Family Dog is a 6-week class, cost $185 and is held at the Pet Lodge of Clifton Park. The class will cover sit, down, stays, walking on a loose leash, and calling the dog to you. We will show you how to teach these commands and also how to get reliability. Also covered are common behavioral problems like jumping and barking. A new class will start on

January 14th (Tuesday) from 7 - 8 pm
January 15th (Wednesday) from 8 - 9pm (if needed)

Gift certificates for classes are available.

Contact Mary Maltbie at [email protected]

(518) 727 - 7851

09/04/2024

Do you want a dog that will walk nicely on a leash? Be able to call your dog to you? Have a canine companion that is fun to be around and become part of your family?

Let us help you with your dog or puppy.

New Classes starting in October

Great Foundation for Puppies is a 6-week class, cost $185 and is held at the Pet Lodge of Clifton Park at 1868 Rte 9. For dogs 6 months and younger. The class will start an introduction to common obedience commands like sit, down, walking on a loose leash, and calling the dog to you. We will also go over common behavioral puppy issues like biting, barking and house training. Also included in the class is getting the puppy better socialized to new people, environments and structured meetings with other puppies. A new class will start on
October 16th (Wednesday) from 7 - 8 pm

Manners for the Family Dog is a 6-week class, cost $185 and is held at the Pet Lodge of Clifton Park. The class will cover sit, down, stays, walking on a loose leash, and calling the dog to you. We will show you how to teach these commands and also how to get reliability. Also covered are common behavioral problems like jumping and barking. A new class will start on
October 15th (Tuesday) from 7 - 8 pm

08/30/2024

September 28 & 29th, 2024, Heel Dog will be hosting an Obedience Road Workshop with Connie Cleveland and Kelsey Wehr. I have one working spot that has become opened and if you are interested please contact me. To attend as a working dog you need to either be a member of Obedience Road or have attended a Connie Cleveland-Nolan seminar. If you want the registration form emailed to you, just let me know by email at [email protected].

There is plenty of room for auditors.

The Workshop will take place at Working Dogs NY, LLC. A beautiful facility to spend the weekend working dogs.

If you have any questions, please let me know by contacting me, Mary at [email protected]

07/24/2024

Great Foundation for Puppies is a 6-week class, cost $185 and is held at the Pet Lodge of Clifton Park at 1868 Rte 9. For dogs 6 months and younger. The class will start an introduction to common obedience commands like sit, down, walking on a loose leash, and calling the dog to you. We will also go over common behavioral puppy issues like biting, barking and house training. Also included in the class is getting the puppy better socialized to new people, environments and structured meetings with other puppies. A new class will start on

August 21st (Wednesday) from 7 - 8 pm

Manners for the Family Dog is a 6-week class, cost $185 and is held at the Pet Lodge of Clifton Park. The class will cover sit, down, stays, walking on a loose leash, and calling the dog to you. We will show you how to teach these commands and also how to get reliability. Also covered are common behavioral problems like jumping and barking. A new class will start on

August 20th (Tuesday) from 7 - 8 pm

Classes at Working Dogs NY Working Dogs NY, LLC

Canine Good Citizenship Class

Canine Good Citizen is sponsored by the American Kennel Club (AKC) and is for dogs that have been taught some basic obedience. The dogs should have some knowledge of a sit, down, walking on a leash, and have a command that means come when called. This class will have five weeks spent going over the 10 test items in the CGC test and then on the sixth week the test will be given by a CGC evaluator. Parts of the test deal with your dog walking nicely on a leash, sitting for petting or someone talking to you or the dog, coming when called (no major distraction), reaction to another dog (friendly and not off leash just walking by) and supervised separation.

August 19th (Monday) from 6:30 - 7:30pm