Off Leash K9 Training Lubbock is the top-rated dog training company on the South Plains, with a 4.8-star Google rating and 69+ five-star reviews. We are part of the Off Leash K9 Training network of 130+ locations nationwide, founded by Nick White, a former U.S. Marine and U.S. Secret Service agent and host of A&E's "America's Top Dog."

What sets us apart in Lubbock is that every lesson is private, one-on-one — never a group class — and our adult obedience programs carry a 100% off-leash obedience guarantee. Read our client reviews or watch before-and-after training videos.

Yes. Phone consultations are always free. Call (806) 656-3093 and we'll talk through your dog's behavior, your goals, and which program actually fits — no pressure and no sales pitch.

If you'd like a trainer to meet your dog in person first, we offer a $30 evaluation. It's 30 minutes, one-on-one with a trainer, and the $30 goes toward whatever program you book. Not sure where to start? Take our 2-minute dog assessment quiz.

Lessons are for owners who want to learn alongside their dog, one piece of the puzzle at a time. You meet your trainer for a one-hour private appointment each week and build week by week. Great if you have the time to practice and want to develop your own handling skills.

Board and train is for owners who want a jump-start. Your dog lives with a professional trainer for one to four weeks, trains multiple times a day, and comes home with the work already done — then you're taught everything in a long go-home lesson.

If you're dealing with serious aggression, reactivity, or anxiety, we'll usually recommend an evaluation first so a trainer can see the behavior in person before we recommend a path. Compare all our programs and pricing.

Board and train dates book out well in advance, so the sooner you reach out, the more date options you'll have. A $500 non-refundable deposit holds your dog's spot on a trainer's calendar, with the remaining balance due before training starts.

If you need to start sooner than the next open date, ask us about expedited scheduling — an added $100 for one-week programs or $200 for two-week programs moves you up the list. Call (806) 656-3093 to check current availability.

Dog training in Lubbock ranges from a $30 evaluation up to $5,400 for our most comprehensive program. Here is our full price list:

Private lessons (always one-on-one, never group classes): Basic Marker Mastery 4-Week $450, Basic Obedience 4-Week $625, Basic + Advanced 8-Week $950, Behavior Modification 8-Week $1,200, Therapy Dog Preparation 10-Week $1,400.

Board and train (your dog lives with a professional trainer): 1-Week Off Leash $1,400, 2-Week Puppy $1,600, 2-Week Basic $2,000, 2-Week Advanced $2,800, 2-Week Moderate Behavior Modification $3,500, 3-Week Severe Behavior Modification $5,000, 4-Week Elite $5,400.

Puppy options: 1-Hour Puppy Consultation $100, Puppy Lessons 4-pack $315.

Card payments add a 3% processing fee. Pricing is transparent with no hidden charges. View our current pricing page.

Yes. We offer Affirm financing through our website. Affirm runs a soft credit check that does not affect your credit score, and if approved you'll see several monthly payment options — 0% APR plans are usually available. Affirm pays us in full up front and you pay them back over time. There is no 3% card fee when you use Affirm.

For board and train specifically, we also accept a $500 non-refundable deposit to hold your dates, with an invoice for the balance due before training begins. Lessons must be paid in full before the first appointment. Apply through our pricing page.

Yes. We offer a 10% discount for households that are past or present military, EMT, firefighter, first responder, or law enforcement. We also offer a 10% discount for signing up multiple dogs for training.

Please note: our Behavior Modification programs qualify for the military and veteran discount only — they are not eligible for the multi-dog discount. Mention your service when you call (806) 656-3093 and we'll apply it.

Yes. A qualified trainer identifies and corrects problems far faster than trial and error, saving you months of frustration and the accidental bad habits that come from piecing together YouTube advice. Untrained dogs cost owners real money too — chewed furniture, damaged property, escapes, vet bills from fights, and liability from bites.

Spread across the years you'll have your dog, professional training works out to well under a dollar a day. Off Leash K9 Training Lubbock's adult obedience programs come with a 100% off-leash obedience guarantee and ongoing support after training ends. See what fits your budget.

Most standard pet insurance policies do not cover dog training, because training is treated as an elective service rather than medical care. Some wellness add-on plans from providers like Nationwide and Spot may put $50 to $150 per year toward training classes, so it's worth reading your policy.

If your dog has a diagnosed behavioral condition such as severe anxiety or a compulsive disorder, a veterinary behaviorist referral may qualify under your medical plan. Either way, our Affirm financing with 0% APR options makes professional training accessible without waiting on an insurance decision.

Yes. Modern e-collar training is safe, humane, and one of the most effective tools for reliable off-leash obedience. Today's e-collars use low-level stimulation similar to a TENS unit at the physical therapist — it is not a shock collar, and it is nothing like a taser. During your first session we'll put the collar on your own arm so you can feel exactly what your dog feels, and we stimulate ourselves with it in front of you. We would never use anything on your dog that we won't use on ourselves.

We find each dog's individual working level and use it as a clear communication signal — the equivalent of tapping someone on the shoulder. The e-collars we train with are also waterproof, so they're fine for dogs who swim at Buffalo Springs Lake or the Canyon Lakes. It's the same category of tool used by police and military K9 handlers.

We do not use e-collars in our Puppy programs or in Basic Marker Mastery lessons, and a trainer may recommend against it for certain behavior modification cases. See which programs include e-collar training.

Off Leash K9 Training Lubbock uses a balanced training approach that combines positive reinforcement with clear, fair communication. Every behavior is built first with rewards, markers, and praise. We then add reliability using tools like the slip lead, prong collar, long line, clicker, or e-collar — always fitted correctly, introduced gradually, and used at the lowest effective level. Never through intimidation or fear.

Our goal is a confident, happy dog that listens off leash anywhere on the South Plains — not a dog that only obeys when there's a treat in your hand. If you'd prefer a purely reward-based, no-e-collar path, our Basic Marker Mastery program ($450) uses a slip lead, clicker, and long line only. Learn about Marker Mastery.

No. Inside your home, your dog will respond to commands without it very quickly. We do recommend putting it on before off-leash time outdoors — think of it like a seatbelt. You never know what's going to catch your dog's attention out on a trail or in an open field, and the e-collar means you can always get them back. It's an invisible leash, not a permanent crutch.

No — and that's deliberate. Every lesson we teach is private and one-on-one with a professional trainer. Group classes split an instructor's attention across eight to twelve dogs, which is why so many Lubbock owners come to us after a group class didn't produce lasting results.

Private lessons mean the session is built entirely around your dog's temperament, your goals, and the specific behaviors you're struggling with. See our lesson programs.

We do not offer in-home lessons. Lubbock lessons meet at dog-friendly public locations chosen by your trainer based on what your dog needs to work on. There's a good reason for that: it's easy for a dog to listen inside their own house. Real obedience means listening in a parking lot, at a park, or on a busy sidewalk with distractions everywhere — so that's where we train.

If you want the training done for you, our board and train programs have your dog live in a professional trainer's home, where they're worked in real-world environments across Lubbock every day. Learn about board and train.

We do not offer boundary training, and we cannot train your dog using your invisible fence's own collar. What we can do is use the e-collar's beep function paired with a verbal recall, which gives your dog real clarity about how the collar communicates and makes them far more responsive when you call them.

That helps a lot with an underground fence system, but we want to be straightforward: it is not a guarantee your dog will respect the boundary. Reliable recall is the safety net we can genuinely deliver.

Board and train is a program where your dog lives in a professional trainer's home for one to four weeks and receives daily, structured training sessions. Unlike weekly lessons, board and train gives your dog full immersion, so results come faster and more consistently.

You receive daily updates including video of your dog's progress, every single day they're away. Your dog is worked in real-world environments around Lubbock — busy parking lots, hardware stores, parks, sidewalks — so the commands hold up under genuine distraction. Every program ends with a long go-home lesson where we teach you everything your dog learned. See our board and train programs.

We offer one-week, two-week, three-week, and four-week options so you can match the program to your dog's needs:

1-Week Off Leash ($1,400) — off-leash reliability around the home, on come, sit, and place, plus household manners.
2-Week Basic ($2,000) — on-leash control in high distractions and off-leash in low distractions, plus dog-friendly public outings.
2-Week Advanced ($2,800) — full on- and off-leash reliability in high distractions, adding down and heel, plus free lifetime obedience refreshers.
4-Week Elite ($5,400) — our most comprehensive program, adding send-away to place, sit in motion, pushups, distance down, and one command of your choosing, with 12+ public outings, a 30-minute video chat with your trainer at the two-week mark, and free lifetime refreshers.

Behavior modification board and trains run two weeks ($3,500) or three weeks ($5,000) depending on severity. Card payments add 3%. Compare all packages.

This is the most important question anyone asks, and it's the part cheap programs skip. Every board and train ends with a long go-home lesson where your trainer walks you through every command, every tool, and every technique your dog learned. You don't get handed a trained dog and a handshake — you get taught how to be the handler.

Our 2-Week Advanced and 4-Week Elite programs include free one-hour obedience refresher lessons for the lifetime of your dog, even if you move out of state. Our behavior modification board and trains include four weekly one-hour follow-up lessons after your dog comes home.

After that, maintenance is genuinely small: 10 to 15 minutes a day woven into your normal routine keeps everything sharp. Questions about aftercare? Get in touch.

Yes, in most cases. If your trainer's calendar is open for the additional dates, you can extend a shorter program into a longer one — for example moving from a 2-Week Basic into a 2-Week Advanced. You'll need to pay the difference and let us know before your current program ends so we can hold the dates. Just call (806) 656-3093 or message your trainer.

Timeline depends on the program and on your dog's age, breed, and temperament. Our 1-Week Off Leash builds off-leash reliability around the home. Our 2-Week Basic achieves off-leash in low distractions. Our 2-Week Advanced delivers full off-leash reliability in high distractions, and the 4-Week Elite layers advanced commands on top of that.

Through every program your dog is worked in real Lubbock environments so the commands hold up when it counts. Our adult obedience programs carry a 100% off-leash obedience guarantee. Explore the programs.

Training starts the day your puppy comes home — around 8 weeks — and that's when our free online puppy course and $100 puppy consultation are most useful, because the 8-to-16-week window is when your puppy's brain is most receptive.

For our hands-on programs, the age brackets are specific: our 2-Week Puppy Board & Train is for puppies ideally 10 to 12 weeks old, and no older than 16 weeks. Our adult obedience and e-collar programs start at 20 weeks.

That said, it is never too late. We train dogs of every age, including seniors well over ten years old. Age changes the approach, not the outcome. See our puppy programs.

For our Puppy Board & Train, your puppy must have two sets of vaccines covering distemper, hepatitis, leptospirosis, parvovirus, and parainfluenza. Vaccines must be given at least 3 days (72 hours) before the training start date so they've had time to take effect.

This protects your puppy and every other dog in the program. If you're unsure whether your puppy's records qualify, call (806) 656-3093 and we'll walk through it with you.

Our 2-Week Puppy Board & Train ($1,600) is about foundations, not finished obedience. It covers potty training with a "go potty" cue, crate training, positive socialization and exposure to new people, animals, surfaces and sounds, engagement through structured and free play, impulse control, and household manners — greeting, food, doors, jumping, counters.

We shape the early commands: come, sit, place, down, and leash. We also desensitize your puppy to grooming and vet handling, which pays off for the rest of their life.

To be straightforward with you: this program does not include an off-leash control guarantee. Puppies progress at their own pace, and this stage is about building the right habits so the real obedience work goes smoothly later. Read more about puppy training.

The 3-3-3 rule is a widely used guideline for how a newly adopted dog settles into a home, in three phases: the first 3 days are decompression, where your dog feels overwhelmed and may hide, refuse food, or shut down; the first 3 weeks are when they learn your routines and start testing boundaries; and the first 3 months are when they finally relax and show you their real personality.

For Lubbock families adopting from local rescues or the animal shelter, this framework prevents a lot of unnecessary panic in week one. Starting professional guidance during this window stops temporary bad habits from becoming permanent ones. Talk to us about your rescue dog.

The 7-7-7 rule is a puppy socialization framework: by 7 weeks of age, a puppy should have walked on 7 different surfaces, played with 7 different toys, been to 7 different locations, met 7 different people, and worked through 7 different challenges.

Early, positive exposure during this window is one of the most effective ways to prevent fear, reactivity, and aggression from developing later. For Lubbock puppy owners that means the sounds of West Texas wind, gravel and caliche underfoot, cattle trailers, and busy sidewalks near Texas Tech. Structured socialization is built into all of our puppy programs. See our puppy programs.

Schedule, supervision, and consistency. Take your puppy out first thing in the morning, after every meal, after every nap, and right before bed. Reward the instant they finish going outside, not when they come back in. Use a crate any time you can't actively watch them, and clean every accident with an enzymatic cleaner so the scent doesn't draw them back.

Most puppies are reliably house trained in 4 to 8 weeks with consistent effort. Our $100 one-hour puppy consultation covers this in detail, and our free online puppy course includes crate and potty modules you can start tonight. Get started with puppy training.

Yes. We have extensive experience with aggression, anxiety, and leash reactivity, and we build a customized behavior modification plan around each dog's specific triggers and history. Many Lubbock owners come to us after other trainers turned their dog away.

Two things to know up front. First, we require an evaluation before accepting an aggression case into a board and train — a trainer needs to see the dog in person to assess safely. Second, for aggression cases the owner must obtain a properly fitted muzzle and introduce it to the dog before training starts; we provide a free muzzle conditioning course to walk you through it.

And we'll be honest with you: our focus is teaching your dog how to handle their emotions and giving you the tools to manage and dramatically reduce dangerous behavior. No ethical trainer can guarantee a cure for aggression, and we won't promise you one. Learn about our behavior modification programs.

The 2-Week Moderate Behavior Modification Board & Train ($3,500) is for dogs with anxiety, reactivity, or aggression that hasn't escalated to a bite.

The 3-Week Severe Behavior Modification Board & Train ($5,000) is the right call when a dog has already bitten a person or another dog, has shown they will follow through on lashing out, or has anxiety severe enough that they could injure themselves. It's also the better option for very fearful dogs, simply because trust takes longer to build than obedience does.

Both include four weekly one-hour follow-up lessons after your dog comes home — and those four lessons can be moved to before the board and train if your dog needs time to warm up first. When in doubt, book an evaluation and let a trainer make the call. See behavior modification details.

Yes — anxiety is one of the core focuses of our behavior modification programs, alongside aggression and reactivity. The work centers on structure, crate conditioning, impulse control, and teaching your dog how to regulate their own state rather than just suppressing the symptoms.

Here's a useful distinction, though: a dog who whines or barks in the crate but is otherwise fine out of it — not excessive, not injuring themselves, not chewing at the crate — generally does not need a behavior modification program. That's usually a structure and conditioning issue we can address inside a standard obedience program. Severe cases, where a dog is hurting themselves, are a different matter and belong in behavior mod. Describe what you're seeing and we'll tell you honestly.

Leash reactivity is one of the most common problems we're called about, and one of the most fixable. Most leash reactivity is frustration or fear, not genuine aggression — the leash removes your dog's ability to create distance, so they escalate instead.

We address the root cause rather than just managing the symptom, teaching your dog a different default response and giving you the handling skills to hold it. Our 8-Week Behavior Modification Lessons ($1,200) combine four foundation lessons with four scenario-based lessons built around your dog's actual triggers, and our behavior modification board and trains handle heavier cases. Learn more.

Yes. Our Therapy Dog Preparation program is a 10-week course at $1,400, working one-on-one with a trainer to prepare your dog for the Public Access Test. The test is scheduled after your ten lessons are complete.

Your dog cannot have any behavioral issues to enter this program — therapy work requires a genuinely stable temperament around strangers, children, medical equipment, and other animals.

There's also an alternative route: you can do a 2-Week Advanced Board & Train and then sit the test, in which case the test cost is $150. See our therapy dog program.

Service dogs perform specific trained tasks for a handler with a disability and have full ADA public access rights. Therapy dogs provide comfort to other people — patients, students, seniors — in hospitals, schools, and care facilities, and they visit by invitation only, with no automatic public access rights.

Different purpose, different legal standing, different training path. Emotional support animals are a third category again, with no public access rights and no required training. Learn about therapy dog preparation.

Short sessions of 10 to 15 minutes, 2 to 3 times per day beat one long session every time. Dogs consolidate learning through frequent, brief repetition, and short sessions end while your dog is still engaged rather than mentally fried.

Between formal sessions, reinforce commands inside your normal routine — a sit before the food bowl goes down, a place command while you cook, a recall in the backyard. During your go-home lesson we show you exactly how to fold training into your day so it never feels like another chore.

Reliable recall — "come" — under heavy distraction, followed closely by a sustained place or stay. Both require impulse control, and impulse control is genuinely hard for a dog surrounded by squirrels, other dogs, and interesting smells.

Off-leash recall is the hardest of all because your dog has to actively choose you over whatever they're chasing. That's exactly what Off Leash K9 Training specializes in — it's in our name. We build distraction-proof obedience through progressive proofing, starting easy and layering on real-world difficulty until the recall holds anywhere on the South Plains.

You can absolutely teach basic commands yourself — and we'd encourage it. Where owners run into trouble is off-leash reliability, behavioral issues, and advanced work, because those depend on timing and reading canine body language at a level that takes years to develop. DIY training assembled from YouTube videos often creates accidental habits that are harder to undo than the original problem.

If you're dealing with aggression, anxiety, or leash reactivity, get professional eyes on it early. Our programs include owner education throughout, so you learn the techniques alongside your dog and can keep building on the results for life.

Never. The "you can't teach an old dog new tricks" line is simply not true. Puppies are easier to shape because they have fewer established habits, but adult and senior dogs often learn faster — they have longer attention spans and better impulse control than a 12-week-old ever will.

We've trained dogs well past ten years old, and some of our most dramatic transformations have been adult rescues. We adjust the approach for age, joint health, and temperament. See our obedience programs.

The breeds usually named as easiest are Labrador Retrievers, Golden Retrievers, Border Collies, Poodles, and German Shepherds — all common around Lubbock. They tend to be highly food- or praise-motivated and genuinely eager to work with their handler.

But every breed can be trained to a high level of obedience with the right methods. We work with everything from Chihuahuas to Great Danes, from stubborn English Bulldogs to the high-drive Australian Shepherds and heelers on South Plains ranches. Breed influences how fast a dog learns, not whether they can. See our breed-specific training guides.

We serve Lubbock and the wider South Plains, including Wolfforth, Shallowater, Slaton, Idalou, New Deal, Abernathy, Buffalo Springs, Ransom Canyon, and surrounding communities.

Our coverage spans Lubbock, Crosby, Hockley, Lynn, Garza, and Terry counties. Lessons meet at dog-friendly public locations across the region, and for board and train we welcome dogs from anywhere on the South Plains. Check whether we cover your town.

Look for verified Google reviews, a written results guarantee, transparent pricing published up front, and proof of real-world results. Ask to see before-and-after videos of actual local dogs, not stock footage. Be cautious of any trainer who won't let you observe a session or can't explain their methods in plain language.

Off Leash K9 Training Lubbock publishes our full price list, holds a 4.8-star Google rating with 69+ five-star reviews, backs adult obedience programs with a 100% off-leash obedience guarantee, and offers ongoing support after training ends. Watch our training videos or read what Lubbock clients say.

Our 100% off-leash obedience guarantee applies to our adult e-collar obedience programs — the lessons and board and trains built around off-leash reliability. If your dog isn't performing the commands the program covers, we keep working with you.

We want to be clear about two exceptions, because we'd rather be honest than oversell. Our Puppy Board & Train does not carry an off-leash control guarantee — puppies develop at their own pace and that program is about foundations. And our Behavior Modification programs do not guarantee a "fix" for aggression or anxiety; they focus on measurable improvement, management, and giving you real tools. Any trainer promising to cure aggression outright is overselling.

Big-box group classes typically run $120 to $300 for a six-week course, taught in a retail store with 8 to 12 dogs per class and very little individual attention. They're a reasonable introduction to basic cues in a low-distraction room.

Off Leash K9 Training Lubbock is a different product entirely: private one-on-one lessons and immersive board and train programs, never group classes. You get personal attention, real-world proofing outside a store aisle, a 100% off-leash obedience guarantee on adult obedience programs, and ongoing support afterward. A lot of our clients find us after a group class didn't hold up in real life. Compare our packages.

Off Leash K9 Training has 130+ locations nationwide. If you're on the South Plains, we're your team. If you're farther out and want to check whether another location is closer, you can look it up on the national Find a Trainer directory.

Not sure? Just call (806) 656-3093 — we'll tell you honestly, even if the answer is someone else.