San Bruno Dog Obedience School (SBDOS)

San Bruno Dog Obedience School (SBDOS) San Bruno Dog Obedience School, founded by Mal Lightfoot, has been offering classes in all levels of obedience training.

Mal believed that, for dogs, "untrained is unloved" and would like to see all dogs achieve the title of "Canine Good Citizen." San Bruno Dog Obedience School, founded by Mal Lightfoot, has been offering classes in all levels of obedience training to the community for over 35 years.

โœจ Hello to all!Itโ€™s that time of year (already!). San Bruno Dog School is wishing you a wonderful holiday season. ๐ŸŽ„๐Ÿพ๐Ÿ“Œ Pl...
11/24/2025

โœจ Hello to all!
Itโ€™s that time of year (already!). San Bruno Dog School is wishing you a wonderful holiday season. ๐ŸŽ„๐Ÿพ

๐Ÿ“Œ Please Note: Our last classes for the year will be held on November 29th (yes, we are open Thanksgiving weekend!)
We will be closed for the month of December and will reopen on January 3rd, 2026.

๐Ÿถ Upcoming Classes Starting January 3rd:
โ€ข New Puppy
โ€ข Beginning Adult
โ€ข Beginning Adult Attitudes

๐Ÿ–ฅ๏ธ Registration is now open โ€” sign up online!

๐Ÿพ So Thankful for Our Dogs! ๐ŸฆƒThis time of year, weโ€™re extra thankful for the dogs who fill our lives with love, laughter...
11/12/2025

๐Ÿพ So Thankful for Our Dogs! ๐Ÿฆƒ
This time of year, weโ€™re extra thankful for the dogs who fill our lives with love, laughter, and wagging tails. โค๏ธ

As you gather around the table, donโ€™t forget to help your pup practice their holiday manners:
๐Ÿ— โ€œPlaceโ€ = relax on your mat during dinner
๐Ÿฆด Reward calm behavior
๐Ÿšซ No table scraps (some foods arenโ€™t safe!)

Good manners make for a peaceful feast and happy pups!
From all of us at San Bruno Dog Obedience School, weโ€™re so grateful for our wonderful students and their amazing dogs. ๐Ÿถ๐Ÿ’›

Happy Halloween! Here are some fun pictures from our famous annual Halloween party at the dog school! There was fun an...
10/31/2025

Happy Halloween! Here are some fun pictures from our famous annual Halloween party at the dog school! There was fun and games and no one ended up in a cone!

Dog food recall - Raw Bistro pet food.
10/13/2025

Dog food recall - Raw Bistro pet food.

See a complete list of all dog food recalls and FDA warnings since 2009, as tracked by the editors of the Dog Food Advisor.

Nature's Own Pet Chews Recall
10/07/2025

Nature's Own Pet Chews Recall

See a complete list of all dog food recalls and FDA warnings since 2009, as tracked by the editors of the Dog Food Advisor.

Woof!
09/22/2025

Woof!

Raise your hand if you're a cynophilist. Woof.

09/19/2025

๐Ÿพ ๐‡๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ž๐ญ ๐›๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ง๐ž๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ?

Our next Pet Therapy Class starts ๐Ž๐œ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–๐ญ๐ก (๐ฌ๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ฌ ๐Ž๐œ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ก)
๐Ÿ“ San Bruno Dog Obedience School

๐Ÿ”— ๐ƒ๐ž๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐ญ๐จ๐๐š๐ฒ:
https://www.sbdos.com/therapy-dog.html

๐Ÿ’– ๐–๐ก๐ฒ ๐๐ž๐ญ ๐“๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ฉ๐ฒ ๐‡๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž:
โœจ Reduces stress & anxiety
โœจ Lifts mood & brings smiles
โœจ Encourages healing & recovery
โœจ Builds connection & comfort

๐Ÿถ๐ˆ๐ฆ๐š๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐  ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ โ€ฆ
๐Ÿฅ Hospitals
๐Ÿซ Schools
๐Ÿก Senior communities
๐Ÿ’ฌ โ€ฆbringing joy where itโ€™s needed most!

๐Ÿ‘‰ Spots are limited โ€“ donโ€™t miss out!
๐Ÿ”— Sign up today: https://www.sbdos.com/therapy-dog.html

09/19/2025

๐”๐๐ƒ๐€๐“๐„: ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐†๐‚ ๐œ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐œ๐ก๐ž๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐›๐ž๐ž๐ง ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ค. ๐’๐ž๐ž ๐›๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ.

๐‚๐š๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐†๐จ๐จ๐ ๐‚๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ณ๐ž๐ง (๐‚๐†๐‚) ๐‚๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ & ๐“๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ
โœจ ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐’๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ ยท ๐€๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ž๐ฏ๐ž ๐‚๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ยท ๐”๐ง๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ก ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐š๐ฅโœจ
Is your dog ready to take the next step? Join our CGC Class & Test and strengthen the bond with your canine companion while working toward the prestigious AKC Canine Good Citizen certification!
๐Ÿ“… ๐‚๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ƒ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ: ๐’๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ, ๐’๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ. ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ• โ€“ ๐Ž๐œ๐ญ. ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–
๐Ÿ•š ๐“๐ข๐ฆ๐ž: ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ:๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“ ๐€๐Œ โ€“ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ:๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“ ๐๐Œ
๐Ÿ“ ๐‹๐จ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง: ๐‚๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐’๐š๐ง ๐Œ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐จ โ€“ ๐๐š๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‹๐จ๐ญ ๐—
๐Ÿ’ฒ ๐‚๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ: $๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“๐ŸŽ (๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐Ÿ’ ๐œ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ + ๐‚๐†๐‚ ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ)
๐Ÿถ ๐‚๐†๐‚ ๐“๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ
๐Ÿ“… ๐’๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐Ž๐œ๐ญ. ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“ | ๐Ÿ•š ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ:๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“ ๐€๐Œ โ€“ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ:๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“ ๐๐Œ | ๐Ÿ“ ๐’๐š๐ฆ๐ž ๐ฅ๐จ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง
๐Ÿ’ฒ ๐‚๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ: $๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ

09/15/2025

Donโ€™t miss out on the Canine Good Citizen class! Registration ends this week!

09/06/2025

๐‚๐š๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐†๐จ๐จ๐ ๐‚๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ณ๐ž๐ง (๐‚๐†๐‚) ๐‚๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ & ๐“๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ
โœจ ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐’๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ ยท ๐€๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ž๐ฏ๐ž ๐‚๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ยท ๐”๐ง๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ก ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐š๐ฅโœจ

Is your dog ready to take the next step? Join our CGC Class & Test and strengthen the bond with your canine companion while working toward the prestigious AKC Canine Good Citizen certification!

๐Ÿ“… ๐‚๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ƒ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ: ๐’๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ, ๐’๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ. ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ โ€“ ๐Ž๐œ๐ญ. ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ
๐Ÿ•š ๐“๐ข๐ฆ๐ž: ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ:๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“ ๐€๐Œ โ€“ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ:๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“ ๐๐Œ
๐Ÿ“ ๐‹๐จ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง: ๐‚๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐’๐š๐ง ๐Œ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐จ โ€“ ๐๐š๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‹๐จ๐ญ ๐—
๐Ÿ’ฒ ๐‚๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ: $๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“๐ŸŽ (๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐Ÿ’ ๐œ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ + ๐‚๐†๐‚ ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ)

๐Ÿถ ๐‚๐†๐‚ ๐“๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ
๐Ÿ“… ๐’๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐Ž๐œ๐ญ. ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ– | ๐Ÿ•š ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ:๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“ ๐€๐Œ โ€“ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ:๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“ ๐๐Œ | ๐Ÿ“ ๐’๐š๐ฆ๐ž ๐ฅ๐จ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง
๐Ÿ’ฒ ๐‚๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ: $๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎโ€™๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐†๐ž๐ญ:
โœ… Four weeks of hands-on training focused on the 10 CGC test skills (obedience, manners, confidence, and more).
โœ… Expert instruction in a positive, supportive environment.
โœ… The chance to earn your dogโ€™s Canine Good Citizen certificate!

๐–๐ก๐จ ๐‚๐š๐ง ๐‰๐จ๐ข๐ง?
Dogs 6 months and older who can:
โ€ข Walk on a loose leash
โ€ข Sit, down, stay, and come
โ€ข Be non-aggressive toward people and other dogs

๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ:
๐Ÿ‘‰ Sign up online at sbdos.com
for the full class ($150) or for the test only ($20).
โš ๏ธ Spots are limitedโ€”reserve yours today!

๐Ÿ’› Give your dog the chance to shineโ€”become a Canine Good Citizen!

๐Ÿพ Check out Oreoโ€™s story in this monthโ€™s Punch Magazine! ๐Ÿ“ฐโœจOreo is one of our star students here at San Bruno Dog Obedie...
08/20/2025

๐Ÿพ Check out Oreoโ€™s story in this monthโ€™s Punch Magazine! ๐Ÿ“ฐโœจ
Oreo is one of our star students here at San Bruno Dog Obedience School (SBDOS). He first joined Dinaโ€™s โ€œAttitudesโ€ class and has now graduated into our Intermediate Level 1 class with Mel. ๐ŸŽ“๐Ÿถ
We love watching our pups grow, learn, and advance through each level, becoming the best well-mannered companions and doggy citizens they can be! ๐Ÿ’™
https://www.jgdpubs.com/epubs/36Media/Punch/2025/august/32/

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College Of San Mateo 1700 W Hillsdale Boulevard Parking Lot X
San Mateo, CA
94402

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San Bruno Dog Obedience School (SBDOS), founded by Mal Lightfoot, has been offering classes in all levels of obedience training to the community for over 45 years. Mal believed that, for dogs, "untrained is unloved". The trainers at San Bruno Dog Obedience School have more than 40 years of experience training pet, competition and therapy dogs, and love what they do! Families from all over the Bay Area have brought generations of their family dogs to SBDOS. Our commitment is to help people achieve a rewarding relationship with their dog and develop a well-mannered companion, whether it be a first-time family pet or an obedience champion.

We want to help you strengthen your partnership.