K9ology Dog Training

11/30/2025

Success in training is knowing your dog, environment, and challenges! Murphy had an awesome session at Lowes working on calming his arousal and focus.

Instead of moving (which encourages stimulation) work on building duration for grounding exercises such as down/stay. Capture good behavior. And see if your dog will offer relaxation!

In these moments rewards are not just ... rewarding. They are critical feedback and information for your dog so they can make good life decisions.

Thank you Murphy and his mom for being excellent students, and doing the work!

11/30/2025

Another one from the Christmas Wish List ...

Beckett enjoying the West Paw Toppl toy! This Kong alternative is great for puppies, senior dogs, or those new to stuffing food in toys. Freeze the whole thing for prolonged fun! All our puppies are raised with food dispensing "puppy pacifiers" to keep them entertained!

11/30/2025

Goose enjoying breakfast out of a Kong Wobbler toy while boarding with us!

11/30/2025

Rally National info is up!

The Companion Events Department is pleased to announce the judging panel for the 2026 AKC Rally National Championship.

11/29/2025

📖 New Blog Post Is Up! 📖

Thinking of getting a puppy this Christmas? Here's some things to consider before impulse buying becomes a problem ...

Picture this: an adorable young puppy, brimming with cuteness and playfulness, with a red ribbon around his neck romping under the Christmas tree as children wake up Christmas morning. What could be more adorable, more perfect?But you need to stop right there and think for a moment. A puppy, which w...

11/29/2025

We're diligently working on adding classes for the New Year! Check out our upcoming Basic Obedience, Puppy Essentials, and Household Manners and more!

From now until December 14th get 15% OFF ALL GROUP CLASSES with discount code 🎄HOLIDAYS🎄when you register on our website (must add code during checkout to be applied).

But wait, there's more! We're extending this offer for any GIFT CERTIFICATES requested this holiday season! Valid for any of our Group Classes, Private Puppy, or Private Obedience Programs!

More at:

K9ology offers weekly semi-private group classes at our Sperryville Center and Churchville locations! Each 4 week group is limited to 4 participants to allow for plenty of socialization and distractions while still receiving plenty of individual help and feedback! We welcome a fun and positive learn...

11/29/2025

After being sick for nearly a week by whatever plague is going around ... we want to wish our K9O Community a belated Happy Thanksgiving!

We are only as good as those who support this small business, and we owe sincere gratitude to every human/canine team that joins our little community.

Here's to many more training opportunities, more celebrations, and more memories! 25 years of training and counting!

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11/14/2025

Story of my life ... and one reason why I love the clicker. Hands be doing things

11/11/2025

11/04/2025

A solid example of "less is more". Murphy working on duration sit/stay on a walk around our farm. This is a fun example of a dog who is compliant, but needs some extra work on engagement. After some decompression, he walked beautifully!

10/30/2025

📸 We are offering Christmas Mini Studio sessions at the Dogography studio!🎄

Joins us:
Dogography Studio @ the K9ology Center
Sunday, November 30th from 12pm onwards
12167 Lee Hwy, Sperryville VA 22740
Appointments available from 12pm onwards!

For $90 you get:
- 20 min personal studio session
- 3 edited images
- personal gallery of 10 images to choose from

Register online to reserve your space!
https://www.dogography.art/events/

Happy Pawlidays!

Check out our upcoming assignments and events!