Dogma Training - Chinook

Been taking our little busy boi here for some added socialization and bonus extra training and we are thrilled with the little guy who comes home at the end of his day! Hershel loves the four legged friends he meets at the dog-care and the trainers at day school are exceptional! Can’t say enough good things about this place and the people who work here!

I would highly recommend Dogma for training your new puppy. We enrolled for 3 months and helped our new dog build a solid foundation of positive training, behaviours and socialization. The Dogma team are exceptional - they are caring, professional and very good instructors/trainers. I appreciated the daily reports on our dog's progress, and the added bonus were the photos and videos shared. Thank you Dogma!

Dogma has been awesome! We started with VIP pups and then Kinder pups for our Boston Terrier which helped so much for foundations. Melinda was her main trainer for the first class series and she was amazing! Our dog does Dogma Play once a week now and absolutely loves it (and she comes home very tired from playing). The Dogma pup class series was as helpful for the people as much as the pup! The trainers are exceptional and genuinely care about the dogs.

Dogma is positive reinforcement based and they honestly just are helping the process so much. I have one reactive dog and one that really lacks confidence/is shy. Their group classes are really great and flexible. Day school albeit is expensive but you can’t be the quality of care, one on one training and video updates throughout they day, they even have report cards. I can’t stress enough how lovely everyone is to work with and they’re always willing to lend a hand. Thank you Dogma for all that you do!!

Dogma offers exceptional services! If you're looking for training for your dog or considering taking DDT or DCBC to become a trainer, I highly recommend them. They are amazing, make you feel like family, and go above and beyond for their clients and students.

I cannot express how much love and appreciation I have for Dogma and their staff. From working with the branch manager Adria to the behaviour specialist Elizabeth to the founder Megan, and Director Shelley and everyone else in between. Each of the staff members we interacted with were knowledgeable, passionate and empathetic. This is the place you need if you are looking for support for your fur-member. Being first time dog owners, we adopted our (at the time she was 6-month-old and starting her adolescent phase) Chinese Shar-Pei mix Squish. When they tell you being a dog owner is a lot of work (especially for a rescue) they were not kidding! I reached out to Dogma looking for guidance and boy did I find it and then some. I felt supported in the unknown waters of dog training, but I felt embraced with no judgement. They were flexible and worked with us and Squish’s needs and created a "road map" that we were able to take to the outside world on our own. I know if I ever need any help, I will ONLY call Dogma.

This place was great for my one pup and I! We also used their online services to help train my 2nd dog. The reactivity classes are great for desensitizing dogs to their triggers. I went from avoiding walks at any cost to being able to have a nice walk without any strain, no lunging or barking, whereas when I first adopted my rescue she was quite the handful. This company cares about its clients and its clients dogs, and reactivity classes are such a help. While I can't speak on puppy classes or obedience classes (desensitization was always my focus) I'm sure they're both phenomenal as well, as their philosophy is applicable to all scenarios and they make sure to only bring on trainers who care. Overall a great and caring company with phenomenal customer service. I'll definitely be using their services again!