Want to Start a Career with Dogs?
Highland Canine Training offers a school and certification program that will teach you progressive and innovative methods of beginning your new dog training career. Whether you are interested in learning basic or advanced obedience training, behavior modification, police K-9 training, detection, search and rescue, competition obedience or sport dog training or even want to advance your skills for a dog related business that you already own, our courses are the best place to begin.
We offer various courses in the dog
training industry so that you can learn as much as you would like. Our instructors
can teach you proven techniques that will make your dog training career
successful.
We are convenient to Charlotte, Statesville, Hickory and the Lake Norman
area. We gladly welcome students from out-of-state as well as international
students. Call us locally at 704.728.9494 or toll-free at 866.200.2207 to
start your dog training career today!
Basic Obedience Application
Course
4 Week Course - Teaches
the student the proper techniques of teaching, correcting and proofing dogs
for reliable on-leash obedience. This course includes practical hands on work
with our instructors as well as classroom lecture.
$2,000 Cost of course includes
tuition, application fee, basic equipment and course materials.
Advanced Obedience
Application Course
4 Week Course - Teaches
the student the proper techniques of teaching, correcting and proofing dogs
for reliable off-leash obedience. This course includes practical hands on
work with our instructors as well as classroom lecture.
$2,200 Cost of course includes
tuition, application fee, basic equipment and course materials.
Canine Training
and Behavior Modification Professional Course
6 Week Course - Teaches
the student the proper techniques of teaching, correcting and proofing dogs
for reliable on and off -leash obedience. This course also teaches the student
how to deal with problem behaviors such as, housebreaking, aggression, fear
biting, phobias, etc. This course includes practical hands on work with our
instructors as well as classroom lecture.
$3,000 Cost
of course includes tuition, application fee, basic equipment and course materials.
Canine Training
and Behavior Modification Professional Course
8 Week Course - Teaches
the student the proper techniques of teaching, correcting and proofing dogs
for reliable on and off -leash obedience. This course also teaches the student
how to deal with problem behaviors such as, housebreaking, aggression, fear
biting, phobias, etc. This course includes practical hands on work with our
instructors as well as classroom lecture.
$3,700 Cost
of course includes tuition, application fee, basic equipment and course materials.
Canine Training
and Behavior Modification Professional Course
12 Week Course - Teaches
the student the proper techniques of teaching, correcting and proofing dogs
for reliable on and off -leash obedience. This course also teaches the student
how to deal with problem behaviors such as, housebreaking, aggression, fear
biting, phobias, etc. This course includes practical hands on work with our
instructors as well as classroom lecture.
$4,900 Cost of course includes
tuition, application fee, basic equipment and course materials.
Detection
Canine Trainer Course
6 Week Course
- Teaches the student the
proper methods of selecting a detection prospect, as well as imprinting and
training the detection dog for narcotics, explosives or human remains detection
work.
$3,200 Cost
of course includes tuition, application fee, basic equipment and course materials.
Protection Canine
Trainer Course
6 Week Course
- Teaches the student the
proper methods of selecting a protection dog prospect, as well as training
the protection dog for competition, personal protection or police patrol work.
This course als covers the skills to properly decoy protection dogs.
$3,200 Cost
of course includes tuition, application fee, basic equipment and course materials.
Police
Canine Trainer / Instructor Course
6 Week Course -
Teaches the student the
proper methods of selecting a police dog prospect, as well as all areas of
detection, obedience, agility and protection necessary for police patrol work.
$4,100 Cost
of course includes tuition, application fee, basic equipment and course materials.
Police
Canine Trainer / Instructor Course
8 Week Course
- Teaches the student the
proper methods of selecting a police dog prospect, as well as all areas of
detection, obedience, agility and protection necessary for police patrol work.
$4,800 Cost
of course includes tuition, application fee, basic equipment and course materials.
Police
Canine Trainer / Instructor Course
12 Week Course
- Teaches the student the
proper methods of selecting a police dog prospect, as well as all areas of
detection, obedience, agility and protection necessary for police patrol work.
$6,000 Cost
of course includes tuition, application fee, basic equipment and course materials.
Search and Rescue
Dog Trainer Course
6 Week Course
- Teaches the student the
proper methods of selecting a search and rescue dog prospect, as well as all
areas of tracking and trailing. This course includes one specialty area, i.e.
Human Remains Detection, Urban Search and Rescue, Wilderness Search and Rescue,
etc. Additional areas are available for $800.
$2,800 Cost
of course includes tuition, application fee, basic equipment and course materials.
On-site housing during our courses is available for an additional fee. Our on-site housing facilities have a full kitchen with stove, microwave and refrigerator. Our facility also has cable televisions, wireless internet access, laundry and seperate sleeping quarters for males and females. Contact us for more details.
Our trainers courses begin at about any time to fit your schedule and our class sizes are generally small to give students individualized attention..
Students are allowed to bring up to two (2) personal dogs for training while attending any of our dog training courses.
Free follow-up training is included with the cost of any of our training programs. We can also customize programs to fit your specific needs.
Airport pick-up and return is provided for out-of-state and international students. Transportation is also provided. Our facility is minutes away from several supermarkets, restaurants and shopping malls.
Listed below are some of the graduates and dog training businesses from our dog trainers courses:
Diane Thompson
- Achtung Dog Training
Columbia, South Carolina
"I would like
to take this time to thank you for the opportunity you gave me to visit and
train at your training facility. I have owned and trained dogs for over 15
years and to put it short, the knowledge and understanding of canine behavior
you taught me in your dog training course allowed me to learn more in the
month I was at your facility than I have learned in the past 15 years of being
a dog owner. It is amazing how clients bring their dogs to Highland Canine
with anything from obedience problems to aggressiveness and the staff of Highland
Canine roll up their sleeves and solve their clients problems by returning
the dog to the client with the requested behavior modification.
I encourage anyone who wants results with their dog or is interested in learning
to train dogs, to give Highland Canine a call, they won't disappoint you!"
Henry Fair-
Quality
Security Services, Inc.
New York, New York
"My six weeks of training at Highland Canine were tremendously informative and fun! Jason and the staff are very "hands on" and competent. I would like to express my gratitude to them for the knowledge and skills they passed along to me. I look forward to a bright new career with dogs and it is all thanks to my experience at Highland Canine! "
Julia Hicks
Atlanta, Georgia
