Group Classes
We are well-known across the dog industry for our awesome group classes!
Want to have some fun with your dog, while practicing basic manners and establishing a relationship with a pro trainer who can spot and help resolve or prevent the most common behavior problems?
We’ve got you!
**This page is for adolescent and adult dogs. Translation: Any dog over 5-months-old.
Got a puppy under 5-months? go here.
Summer Camp at AGDT is now available!
Click here to find out more.
Basic Manners
The essential class for all dogs and their humans!
Basic Manners at AGDT is not about drilling in commands. It’s about learning to connect with your dog, building pathways of communication, and playing games together to strengthen your relationship. Dogs help us to wake up to all of the best things in life. We will encourage you to put your worries from the day away, and to be completey present with your dog, while we learn the essential skills that every dog lover needs to help their dog thrive.
For more specifics about dates, times, pricing, and which cues and behaviors we work on during class, click your favorite location below.
Basic Manners - Level Two
This class is for graduates of Basic Manners at AGDT. Once you and your dog have wrapped your minds and paws around the basics, we’ll take you to the next level by creating the most common scenarios that New Yorkers encounter (elevator manners, anyone?) and turning them into fun and engaging activities that you can enjoy with your dog throughout your journey together.
This is the class to tackle difficult to untangle quandries like eating off the ground, issues with impulse control, stealing stuff, destroying stuff, pulling on leash, and hyper-activity.
(If you took a basics class at another school, give us a call so we can get you placed in the best class for you and your dog 540-327-3288)
“I saw Maple get better and better and more comfortable with the other dogs in the class. At the end of this class Maple learned so much that I can’t even believe it. It was absolutely the best group class I have ever attended.”
— Ester A.
Workshops
You’ve got specific issues. And we’ve got solutions.
Loads of folks come to their wit’s end with a particular behavior that their dog is giving them. Pulling on leash? Jumping on counters? Just being a general banana at in-opportune moments?
We have workshops for that.
Workshops are shorter than regular group classes, usually two or three weeks, and they focus on the thing you need to tackle the most.
Pro tip though: If you’re dog is struggling with a few of these, you’ll probably prefer our basic manners class (we’ll work on all of these things in that class too).
Agility and Parkour
Have you heard of agility?
That’s the dog sport that has dogs frolicking over A-frames, darting down tunnels, and weaving through poles. Try it! It’s an awesome way to have fun with your dog and it will do wonders for your manners training at the same time.
What’s parkour?
Oh, it’s that thing where dogs balance on benches or low walls, stand on tree stumps, and weave across found poles in the park. It’s just like agility, but without all the inconvenient equipment. Parkour is phenomenal for city dogs, because it’s something you can enjoy on every single walk and it’s so sticking fun.
Agility and Parkour classes are only offered at our Flagship location on West 85th Street, or nearby in Central Park.
Agility and Parkour is available summer 2025 as part of SUMMER CAMP.
Sequential group classes returning Fall 2025:
“I’ve [...] never felt so bonded with my dogs. If you want the best training - come to AGDT. They make you and your animals feel like family.”
— Darion G.
Famous Specialty Courses
Our Specialty Courses are beloved by dogs and their parents alike! Keep in mind, some of these classes may require pre-approval by a trainer, so be sure to read details carefully before signing up!
The below are offered based on demand. Contact us via email to show your interest.
Take it outside, you animals!
Every year, when the weather is fine, we take our classes outside.
What’s great about it, is that you get to work on your training in the real world scenarios where you want them to work the most! Like, the park.
Check back here for links as the seasons change.