The Best Dog Training in Chicago

Tucker Pup's is considered an "essential business" and we are conducting training classes, puppy socials, and private lessons during the coronavirus outbreak. All events are being held outdoors, at either a park or in the Tucker Pup's fenced-in outdoor area. For classes held at a park, there will be no off-leash socialization component. All participants must stay at least 6-8 feet between each other. Private lessons are being held outdoors.

Nobody may participate who is showing symptoms of the illness or has tested positive.

Dogs need positive-reinforcement training and mental stimulation. Now is a great time to focus on improving your dog's behavior, while you may have downtime. Please keep in mind that they do not contract coronavirus.

All of our other services (daycare, grooming, boarding, and retail) are open as well, with some minor adjustments such as curbside checkin.

Learn more about adjustments we are making during the coronavirus outbreak.

Train-the-Trainer Approach

Training a dog is the easy part. Training humans to change their behavior is much harder! If you don't change your ways, your dog's improvement will not last long. That's why we need to train YOU to train your dog. Once you're at home and no trainer is around to help, you must be able to work with your dog effectively.

Progressive Difficulty

We don't want to just teach super-easy behaviors such as sitting. We want your dog to master the behavior under any condition, so we make the exercises harder and harder, under a variety of circumstances. For example, he comes to you when you call him, but will he do that while at the dog park, playing with other dogs? When walking or running away from you? Our "progressive difficulty" model is how you build long-term listening and reliability.

Call Your Trainer

You can call your trainer if you need some quick advice in between sessions, if you are having difficulty and simply can't progress. We can typically give you a power boost.

Skills, Listening, and Self-Control

Many people teach their dog a few commands, which may work well indoors with no distractions. However, everything goes out the window when taking the dog outside, where it's highly distracting, inviting, and sometimes stressful.

With our program, we show you how to teach your dog a broad set of important skills, not just a few. Our exercises help your dog to learn to listen the first time, every time. Your dog will learn self-control, so it remains cool and calm, no matter the situation. You will notice the difference right away!

Decide How Far You Want to Go

Stop after one course or 6-lesson private lesson package? Continue to intermediate and advanced training? Delve into agility or other sports? Gain certifications? Visit hospitals with your therapy dog? We can help you go quite a long way and bring out the best in your dog.