Spirit Ranch Professional Dog Training

Update: Chewie just graduated his beginners training class with Trainer Cody! It's a 7 week class that meets once a week. Cody was great about educating us not just on teaching commands, but also on different types of harnesses, toys, bones, etc. With a class like this, you as the owner does most of the work. Cody taught us *how* to teach the commands to our dogs, but it takes consistent practice at home to make it stick.This class was very helpful for Chewie and myself as well! I'd definitely recommend taking a training class at Spirit Ranch!

My fiancé and I got a puppy unexpectedly a few months ago, and as soon as she was old enough we put her in Spirit Ranch's puppy class. Our trainer Niki is amazing -- so sweet and smart, and really understands how pups behave! We've loved what we've learned and how much care our puppy receives in a group class setting. There are a variety of classes offered, and they have daycare options too! I highly recommend looking through their classes for the right fit for your dog!

I am forever grateful to Spirit Ranch any girls amazing trainer Ester. I rescued a puppy from a very abusive situation. She was not properly socialized, and I did not have the time to give her the socialization she needed. Her fear was making her mean and scared of humans. Ester turned her into a completely different dog with a 2 week bootcamp. She now gets compliments when we go out in public on how well-behaved she is. I make sure everyone knows this has nothing to do with me and everything to do with her trainer Ester and Spirit Ranch . Her sister, my dachshund also trains with Ester and is socializing on outings with her. She now listens and follows commands, which is against a dachshunds nature lol. Both my girls are obsessed with Ester and daycare at spirit ranch. The daycare staff are amazing with them. My girls look forward to seeing their human and doggy friends at daycare. They play so much and sleep so well when I pick them up. Daycare has done so much good with their socialization with both humans and dogs. I highly recommend Spirit Ranch for training and daycare! Your dogs will LOVE it and trust me you will be super grateful.

I highly recommend Spirit Ranch Dog Training! I am extremely chronically ill and this limits my mobility and quality of life significantly. We rescued my dog Charlie 4 years ago and took him to Spirit Ranch for a Service Dog temperament evaluation. We felt that the owner Amy was very honest with us about her initial impression of his strengths AND his weaknesses. We love Amy's honesty and insight with dogs. Spirit Ranch trains dogs AND their owners - sometimes the best thing we can do for our dogs is learn how to communicate with them, recognize their needs, understand their behavior and know how to respond. Charlie trained with Spirit Ranch for basic training classes, in-home privates, boot camp with Amy, his canine good citizen certification and became my mobility assistance service dog. I am forever thankful for Spirit Ranch! Charlie flies on planes with me, stays in the hospital with me, goes to all my doctors' appointments, helps me walk with stability, picks up items for me, and keeps me safe. He watches me closely when I'm feeling bad and reminds me of my limits when he knows I need to rest. He's been with me to weddings, funerals, hotels, restaurants, church, and his favorite place - the movies. He even stood by my side on stage at the LuLaRoe national convention where I was a speaker. Spirit Ranch trained Charlie AND me. They truly helped us to be the best team we can be. Charlie has 100% changed my life. He's given me independence, comfort, companionship, safety and so much more. Charlie is about to do a second boot camp stay with Amy to add some additional tasks so he can help me even more. I love that there's always more we can learn from Spirit Ranch. I trust Amy and Spirit Ranch with my best friend and you can, too !

Wonderful organization that will train your dog to be the best! A must do for any breed!

My Great Dane, Auggie, is the sweetest, goofiest, most lovable, tiny-dog-in-a-big-dog-body that I have ever had the pleasure of sharing my life with. I absolutely adore him! Auggie is from a rescue and got a rough start. From early on, he exhibited issues with anxiety and, after some online searching, I found Spirit Ranch. We did some private training with Amy and Megan and he made so much progress! He also completed several of the Spirit Ranch training classes and he is seriously the most well-trained, obedient, eager-to-please dog. Well, like everyone, our lives got busy and we didn't keep up our practice of socializing Auggie as much as we should. To top it off, we adopted another rescue, who came with her own set of issues (chiefly anxiety) that ultimately seem to feed Auggie's insecurities. Due to us not doing the work, the new dogs' anxiety, added to my own added worries about him, Auggie's issues have gotten progressively worse. When he is outside of his comfort zone he is shy, unsure of himself, anxious and displays aggressive, predatory behavior, especially towards women, children, and small dogs. It had gotten to the point that I just kept him at home or at his daycare (the one other place he seems to feel at home) and never had people over to the house. Of course, that just made things even worse. It was past time to call Amy. We went in for a consult and immediately agreed to begin an intensive boot camp. Auggie spent 4 weeks in boot camp at Amy's house and with the Spirit Ranch family. He came home a changed dog!!! Before he left, I had a dog that nipped at a woman for saying something to him as he walked by, growled and nipped at my female friends, exhibited predatory behavior towards dogs and women, and absolutely went berserk around children. He has been home for about a week now and I have take him to Woofstock, the car wash waiting room, Home Depot, Southern Ag, and all around busy shopping center sidewalks. Not one single growl at anyone. He seems happy and confident while he's out - a huge change for him.While he was gone, Amy sent lots of amazing photos and updates about Auggie and I really felt like she made him part of her family. He ADORES Amy and that is high praise as he doesn't give his heart to just anyone. She took him absolutely everywhere to socialize him and he spent tons of time around Amy's amazingly patient daughter so he could get used to being around kids. I felt like he was in great hands and, although I missed him terribly, I didn't worry about him. I am so excited that Auggie can go out and about now and enjoy himself. I don't kid myself that we need to keep up the work in the future but I am beyond happy with his time at the Spirit Ranch boot camp.People who know me know that my dogs are a big priority to me. I put a lot of time and research into decisions I make for them and I did not take the decision to send him to boot camp lightly. In the past, I have completed dog training at many places in Tulsa but Spirit Ranch is by far the best, in my opinion. I really appreciate the fact that training focuses on positive reinforcement and the only training tools, besides praise and treats, we ever use are water bottles and scent collars. No shock collars or negative experiences that I feel would be a setback for a shy butterfly like my Augs. If you are looking for any type of training - from puppy kindergarten to advanced courses - look no further than Spirit Ranch. If you are experiencing behavioral issues with your dog the absolute best decision you can make for you and your dog is to take him/her into a consult with Amy. You will not regret it.

Our puppy, Hank, just graduated from puppy classes at Spirit Ranch! Cody was very knowledgeable and patient with the pups. We learned a-lot of commands, great products to use in training, and training for the future. Highly recommend Cody or any of the staff for training, privates, dog sitting, doggie care ect. We will be back!!!

My wife and I enrolled our goldendoodle "Archie," in Cody's puppy class. I've had dogs my entire life but this was the first time we actually worked with a professional trainer. I will never have another dog unless we get it trained. Cody worked wonders in helping us teach Archie to sit, stay, lay down, leave things alone, walk on a leash, and most of all - come when called! Cody is an outstanding teacher and guided us in breaking the bad habits dogs learn early in their puppy years. I highly recommend this class for anyone bringing a dog into their family.

Our little guy Kekoa Li'ili'i (Koa) has been in classes, day care, and stays with Amy when he can't travel with us since he was 10-weeks old. Since becoming a Spirit Ranch student he has completed puppy, intermediate, intermediate adventure, and starts advanced this weekend. Everywhere Koa goes everyone comments on the fact he is the most calm and well behaved Jack Russell Terrier they have ever met (and he is about to turn 8-months old). If Spirit Ranch can tame a JRT puppy, they can tame anything!!! Instagram.com/Kekoa.li.ili.i

Great puppy classes. My dog really enjoyed it and we learned all of the basics you need for a puppy.