Focus
Structure, communication and the beginning of the One Unit language in one concentrated workweek.
Learn as a team. Move as a team. Become One Unit.
Your dog knowing a command is understanding what you want from them in different environments, distractions and skill levels. One Unit Canine builds that understanding through structure, communication, repetition and real-world training.
Real dogs. Real handling. Real repetitions. See the work before you choose a program.
Calm at the door. Connected on a walk. Able to settle while life moves around them. Training should change daily life—not just look good during a session.
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Board & Train, Private Training, or Group Classes. Pick the path that fits how you want to work.
Your dog stays with One Unit Canine for concentrated structure, repetition and professional training.
You keep the dog and learn the timing, mechanics and training system with direct coaching.
Practice around dogs, people, movement and real-world distractions without direct dog-to-dog play.
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Each Board & Train program has a clear job—from establishing structure and communication to building a reliable family companion and, at OUC1, proving a measurable One Unit standard.
Board & Train gives One Unit Canine the time to build the repetitions, structure and reliability first—then teach you how to carry that training into everyday life.
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Structure, communication and the beginning of the One Unit language in one concentrated workweek.
More repetition, clearer obedience and a full 10-day training stay while your dog is away from you for only one weekend.
Everyday reliability for home, neighborhood life and the distractions families actually encounter.
If your dog has bite/aggression history, behavior-modification needs or potty/house-training concerns, contact us before enrolling so we can understand the situation and recommend the right starting point.
Ask Us Where to StartYour dog already knows the One Unit system. Graduate coaching helps you sharpen your handling, work through real-life situations and keep progressing after the dog comes home. Board & Train graduates receive these four-lesson packages at 20% off the regular package value.
Regular package value: $300. Four follow-up coaching lessons at One Unit Canine for Board & Train graduates.
Regular package value: $600. Four follow-up coaching lessons at your location within the applicable service area.
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Focus is a concentrated introduction to the One Unit Canine system. The goal is not to cram in commands. The goal is to create predictable structure and teach the dog how the training language works.
The dog repeatedly practices settling, waiting, coming out correctly, allowing the leash to be attached and moving into work with the handler. Repetition makes the structure predictable and begins creating the communication system later programs build on.
Best for: owners who want a professional reset and a strong starting point without committing to a longer residential stay.
Add private owner coaching during the eligible follow-up period. We’ll work one-on-one with you on handling, timing, leash communication and how to continue the structure your dog learned during Focus.
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Foundation gives the dog more time to understand the system, repeat the work and begin carrying the training into everyday routines and controlled distractions.
The Foundation calendar is intentionally scheduled so your dog is away from you for only one weekend during the 10-day program. You get a longer concentrated training stay without giving up two weekends together.
The exact drop-off and pickup dates are set when your training dates are reserved.
We’ll work directly with you on handling the leash, reinforcing Place, recall, household structure and carrying the training into your daily routine. Additional private coaching can be purchased if you want more follow-up.
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Family Dog moves beyond learning behaviors in a training area. The goal is to make the obedience more useful at home, around the neighborhood and through the normal distractions of family life.
The dog is not staying with the trainer forever. Family Dog is built around obedience that can make sense at home, around the neighborhood and in the routines the owners actually live.
Three weeks gives the dog time to build reliable obedience and begin generalizing it outside the primary training environment. The program is not marketed as an off-leash package; the emphasis is dependable everyday family life.
The two private lessons transfer the system back to you. Group classes give you an ongoing place to practice around controlled distractions.
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OUC1 is where obedience becomes a measurable standard for the working dog living a modern family life.
The One Unit standard develops the dog's usefulness, communication, confidence and working capability. The AKC Canine Good Citizen standard provides an outside benchmark for the companion behavior and public manners expected from a dog living with a family. OUC1 requires both.
Structured obedience, distance, duration, retrieval, controlled deterrence, environmental confidence, e-collar understanding and reliability with the handler.
Composure, handling, appropriate public behavior and the manners required to move through everyday life with the family. A CGC pass is required to earn OUC1.
Family Dog is built for dependable everyday life. OUC1 takes that foundation into measurable distance, duration, working skills and proof under a defined standard.
Develop the dog to go to an object, retrieve at approximately 30 feet, return, hold for approximately 30 seconds and give the object cleanly to the handler.
Beginning controlled bark/alert behavior, quiet/release and recovery. The standard is not uncontrolled aggression; the dog must remain accountable to the handler.
Six weeks is the program. OUC1 is the title—and the title has to be earned.
Private training is for owners who want one-on-one coaching while keeping the dog at home and doing the repetitions between sessions.
Private lessons put the leash in your hand. You learn timing, communication, handling and how to keep practicing after the trainer is gone.
Both packages put the mechanics in your hands: timing, markers, leash communication, structure and how to carry the work into daily life.
Two one-on-one lessons per week for four weeks. A concentrated path for owners who can practice consistently between sessions.
Two one-on-one lessons per week for six weeks, with more time for repetition, distractions and real-life carryover.
Not every dog needs a package to get started. A single private lesson lets us evaluate the dog and handler, work the immediate issue and give you a clear next step.
One private lesson and evaluation at One Unit Canine.
One private lesson and evaluation at your location within the applicable service area.
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Group class adds dogs, people, movement, waiting and pressure while you learn how to keep your dog connected to you. There is no direct dog-to-dog play.
Family Dog and OUC1 include complimentary group classes. The two private lessons transfer the system one-on-one; group class gives you a controlled place to practice it around real distractions.
Your dog works around other teams without nose-to-nose greetings or direct dog-to-dog play. You learn leash handling, markers, timing, position, recalls, heeling and how to keep the dog responsible when the environment becomes more interesting.
Structured Saturday progression through the One Unit group system.
Single-class participation for qualified teams.
Teams move forward when the current level is reliable enough for the next level—not simply because another week passed. After Level 4, the goal is the Doghouse Test.
Command first, then help. Mark GOOD and reward when the dog reaches position. If the dog breaks: mark NO, give directional help/correction, re-command, then mark GOOD and reward when position is restored.
Do not make every recall look identical. Vary when the handler steps to the end of the leash so the dog does not simply anticipate the recall.
Level 4 connects the pieces into the working sequence the team will be asked to perform in the Doghouse Test.
The four class levels are the preparation path. A team that has met the Level 4 standard moves to Doghouse Test readiness and performs the official judge-called route below.
You’ve trained the skills. Now prove you can perform them together. Complete Levels 1–4, then step onto the course for the official ONE UNIT CANINE Doghouse Test.
The team begins at the starting position with the dog in Ready. The judge calls every component. The handler gives the appropriate cue and the team works continuously through the route.
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Choose the type of care you need first. Overnight Boarding and Daycare (Power Play) are separate services with their own schedules and pricing.
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This is the full structured-care boarding option. Your dog rests indoors in a standard wire crate between care periods and comes out four to five times each day for structured walks/outings, potty needs, movement and individual handling. The 5 × 10 outdoor kennel is not part of Standard Boarding.
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Secure indoor standard wire-crate rest, feeding and fresh water, four to five structured walks/outings each day, potty care, individual handling, and the practical leash, door and kennel manners that naturally happen during daily care. Formal training is not automatically included.
This is a different boarding setup, not Standard Boarding without a few walks. Your dog is housed in an individual 5 × 10 outdoor kennel and receives basic boarding care: food, water, kennel upkeep, welfare checks and necessary handling. Structured walks/outings are not included.
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Choose the boarding setup, dates and how your dog will get here. If you need One Unit Canine transportation, select Yes and the transportation choices will open. If you are bringing the dog yourself, the appointment windows will open instead.
Choose Yes only if you want One Unit Canine to pick your dog up and return your dog home after service.
Transportation means One Unit Canine picks your dog up from home and returns your dog home after service. The price shown is the complete transportation charge.
One Unit Canine will confirm the pickup time after the reservation request is reviewed.
Dogs that have previously completed training with One Unit Canine stay at the standard boarding rate. For other dogs, a $5 Weekend Handling fee is added for each Friday, Saturday or Sunday overnight in the stay.
The 25% deposit is calculated on the boarding stay. Transportation, approved appointment fees and any Weekend Handling charge are shown in the estimated service total and added to the remaining balance.
Complete Selections to Reserve Your reservation is not confirmed until One Unit Canine receives your reservation details, payment proof and replies with confirmation.These are appointment windows, not walk-in business hours. Every pickup and drop-off receives a scheduled time.
Unexpected traffic happens. Notify One Unit Canine if you are running late. The grace period is for previously scheduled appointments.
If a boarding dog is not picked up by the final cutoff, the dog remains until the next available appointment window and the applicable additional boarding charge applies.
Call or text One Unit Canine and tell us what you need from your dog. We’ll point you to the right service or standard.
Power Play is not dog daycare and it is not group play. Your dog spends the day with One Unit Canine doing purposeful work chosen for the dog in front of us — exercise when the dog needs an outlet, focus work when the dog needs to think, confidence work when the dog needs to explore, and useful training when the dog needs better everyday behavior.
A Power Play dog is not simply placed in a yard with other dogs. The day is broken into purposeful activity, training, recovery and rest. What we do changes according to the dog.
If the dog needs a healthy physical outlet, we may throw a ball, work a retrieve, move through the field or use structured exercise. If the dog needs attention and self-control, we may work name response, engagement, leash skills, Place, Sit, Down, Recall, door manners or calm transitions. If the dog needs confidence, we can use new surfaces, objects, problem-solving and controlled environmental exposure.
The point is simple: the dog should go home having done something productive — physically, mentally, or both.
Single-day Power Play service.
Three scheduled Power Play days in the same week. No separate $10 processing fee on each day.
Boarding has its own housing choices, nightly rates and appointment rules.
See Boarding →Text the dog’s age, breed, goals and any bite or aggression history so we can point you toward the right service.
Power Play is One Unit Canine’s trainer-directed daycare service. It is not open group play. Your dog spends the day with One Unit Canine doing purposeful work chosen for the dog in front of us — exercise when the dog needs an outlet, focus work when the dog needs to think, confidence work when the dog needs to explore, and useful training when the dog needs better everyday behavior.
A Power Play dog is not simply placed in a yard with other dogs. The day is broken into purposeful activity, training, recovery and rest. What we do changes according to the dog.
If the dog needs a healthy physical outlet, we may throw a ball, work a retrieve, move through the field or use structured exercise. If the dog needs attention and self-control, we may work name response, engagement, leash skills, Place, Sit, Down, Recall, door manners or calm transitions. If the dog needs confidence, we can use new surfaces, objects, problem-solving and controlled environmental exposure.
The point is simple: the dog should go home having done something productive — physically, mentally, or both.
Single-day Power Play service.
Three scheduled Power Play days in the same week. No separate $10 processing fee on each day.
Boarding has its own housing choices, nightly rates and appointment rules.
See Overnight Boarding →Text the dog’s age, breed, goals and any bite or aggression history so we can point you toward the right service.
The calendar never awards the title. Each level means the dog has demonstrated a defined standard. OUP develops the dog. OUC1 establishes the standard. OUC2 builds advanced reliability. OUC3 completes the standard.
OUP begins with development rather than pressure: confidence, communication, food motivation, positions, working attitude, neutrality and early exposure. Recall begins in Week 1. The puppy learns how to learn before being asked to prove adult reliability.
OUC2 takes the OUC1 dog beyond close, constant management. The dog must maintain the same language and standards as distance and independence increase.
OUC3 represents completion of the One Unit Canine development system. The dog has demonstrated the skills, reliability, independence and composure required by the OUC3 standard. The standard is complete. The work continues.
OUP is the official puppy designation. Internally, One Unit develops puppies through five training stages, but those stages are a trainer roadmap—not permanent public titles. The record simply shows ONE UNIT PUPPY — OUP COMPLETE after the Doghouse Test is passed.
Puppy development may begin around 5–6 weeks old. Early lessons are tiny building blocks that teach the puppy how to learn, follow direction, use its body and communicate with a handler.
Leash management, forward-pop teaching, sit/down leash language, shaping and handler relevance.
Finger hold, PVC/object holds and retrieval development build calm possession, return and controlled release.
Finger point, jump training, directional work and body awareness teach the puppy to move where the handler directs.
OUP is the developmental beginning of OUC — The Working Family Dog. For puppies being considered for the separate Battle Buddy track, One Unit may also develop early working-drive foundations. This is optional development and does not make every OUP puppy a Battle Buddy candidate.
The Doghouse Test is a filmed performance test. It does not need to repeat every teaching drill. It evaluates the useful behavior those drills created.
The team begins at the starting position with the dog in Ready. The judge calls every component. The handler gives the appropriate cue and the team works continuously through the route.
The requirement was demonstrated cleanly to the published standard.
The behavior exists, but it did not meet the required performance level yet.
The required behavior was not shown or could not be fairly evaluated.
Important repeatable skills may use a 4-of-5 standard. Retrieval may use 2 of 3. Duration behaviors pass by completing the prescribed duration cleanly. If one category fails, train that category, film the retest and add the successful result. OUP is complete only after every required category has passed.
Continue to OUC Levels →Call or text One Unit Canine and tell us the dog’s age, current training and your goals. We’ll explain where that dog fits in the One Unit development system.
OUC1, OUC2 and OUC3 are the core Working Family Dog standards. A dog can complete the OUC system without participating in Battle Buddy. Battle Buddy is a separate suitability-based deterrence/protection development track.
The first true trained-dog level. OUC1 is primarily an on-leash control standard proving that the dog can function reliably with a handler in ordinary real-world situations.
OUC1 is not the finished advanced off-leash standard.
OUC2 begins removing physical leash dependence. The dog must keep the same communication and control while working farther away and through stronger environmental pressure.
OUC2 is where meaningful off-leash behavior begins to show. OUC3 is the complete One Unit standard.
OUC3 represents completion of the One Unit Canine development system. The dog must demonstrate the skills, reliability, independence and composure required by the OUC3 standard across real life—not only inside a familiar training picture. The standard is complete. The work continues.
OUC3 completes the core Working Family Dog standard. Battle Buddy capability is evaluated separately.
OUC develops the family dog through control, independence and complete-standard reliability. Retrieval remains part of the OUC progression. Protection development is not required to understand or complete the core OUC system.
Battle Buddy develops advanced deterrence/protection capability for suitable dogs and handlers. It is built alongside OUC and culminates in the OUC3-BB endorsement rather than replacing the core OUC titles.
Battle Buddy is separate from the core OUC Working Family Dog system. Development is suitability-based and remains centered on handler control, disengagement and recovery. Detailed training procedures and final evaluation standards remain in the internal One Unit Canine trainer system.
Confidence, engagement, working drive, toy/tug interest, possession, release/control, vocal confidence and recovery after excitement.
Develop an appropriate, convincing vocal alarm while the dog remains responsive to the handler, can disengage on command and can return to neutral.
Build a stronger deterrent presence under increased environmental or human pressure while activation, continued behavior, obedience, disengagement and recovery remain under handler control.
The advanced endorsement is organized around three real-life environments: Person / Handler, Home and Vehicle. At a high level, development and evaluation may include controlled area-check/search concepts, controlled bark-and-hold concepts, advanced protection capability, disengagement, recall and return to handler control.
One Unit dogs are not required to play with other dogs. Testing may use a secured dog, a dog walking nearby, changes in distance and handler redirection. The dog may notice another dog; the standard is that it can recover, remain functional and return to the handler. Unnecessary direct contact is not required.
See Dogs Available →Call or text One Unit Canine and tell us the dog’s age, current training and your goals. We’ll explain where that dog fits in the One Unit development system.
Every dog profile will show the highest One Unit standard the dog has actually passed, its earned credentials and its filmed evaluation. The designation shown is always based on completed proof.
When dogs are published here, each profile will show the standard actually passed, earned AKC credentials and the filmed evaluation that proves the work.
OUP, OUC 1, OUC 2 or OUC 3 only appears after the corresponding evaluation is passed.
AKC credentials are shown only after they are officially completed.
The individual evaluation video lets you see what that specific dog can actually do.
No dog will be labeled OUP, OUC 1, OUC 2 or OUC 3 until the corresponding evaluation has been passed.
Tell us the dog’s age, breed, goals and any bite or aggression history. We’ll point you toward the right One Unit service.
Bred with the capability to work. Selected with the temperament to live with you. Trained for the life your family actually lives.
I have always been fascinated by the fact that dogs can do real work. But when I listened to families, most were not asking for a dog they had to manage all day. They wanted a companion they could love on—a dog with intelligence, confidence and useful ability, without the behavior problems that come from the wrong temperament or more drive than the family can live with.
The Rottweiler became my breed of choice because, when bred correctly, the breed can combine a distinct head, substance and unmistakable presence with confidence, calmness and real working ability. I did not want to choose between the dog people admire and the dog people can actually use.
Working ancestry matters because it gives us more than a look. I want a dog with enough nerve, intelligence and drive to retrieve, learn, alert, travel, train and help its family when asked—but with an off switch when the work is over.
The family should not spend its life managing the dog. The goal is a confident dog that can settle, think, recover and live in the house; a dog capable of more when needed, but enjoyable when nothing is being asked of it.
Head, substance and beauty matter—but the dog has to be more than a picture. Movement, confidence, composure, temperament and real-world function are part of the same standard. These dogs show the combination the OUC Bloodline is being built around.
I watched Serbian lines produce increasingly beautiful Rottweilers from working ancestry—dogs selected heavily for type and presence, even when they were not the dogs competing on the field. I also studied lines that concentrated on working qualities and strong head type. My niche is the combination: preserve the beauty people are drawn to, preserve the capability behind the breed, and select for the temperament required to live a modern family life.
The result I am pursuing is not the most extreme dog in any one direction. It is a healthy, intelligent, confident Rottweiler with presence, useful working ability and the ability to become a stable member of the family and team for years to come.
That is the modern family working dog.
We have dogs in development, but none are ready to be offered at this time. We do not list a dog until we are ready to stand behind what that dog is and what it has proven.
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