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 residential program has a different job—from establishing structure and communication to advanced e-collar conditioning and the One Unit standard.
Residential training gives One Unit Canine the time to put in the daily repetitions, build the system and then teach the owner how to carry it forward.
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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.
E-collar conditioning built around stronger distance communication and less dependence on physical leash pressure.
Advanced less-leash reliability, deeper proofing and the OUC/CGC component.
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.
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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.
Add private owner coaching during the eligible follow-up period. We’ll work directly with you on handling the leash, reinforcing Place, recall, household structure and carrying the training into your daily routine.
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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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Freedom Reigns is One Unit Canine’s e-collar conditioning program. The goal is stronger communication at distance and less dependence on physical leash pressure—not selling a promise that the dog should be off leash everywhere.
The goal is not simply taking a leash off. The dog first learns how to stay connected to the handler, respond clearly and remain accountable as distance and freedom increase.
The dog learns the e-collar as a clear, conditioned communication tool. As reliability improves, the handler can rely less on constant physical leash pressure while still maintaining structure and accountability.
This is the introduction to the Freedom Reigns system. The OUC version adds substantially more time, proofing and the measurable OUC/CGC component.
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Freedom Reigns OUC is the highest residential training level: advanced e-collar communication, substantially more proofing and a measurable standard built around real-life control.
Parking lots, stores, people, movement and unfamiliar surroundings change the picture. OUC training is about making the communication hold up when the environment changes.
The extra time is used to make the work hold up in more places, around harder distractions and at greater handler distance. The dog is trained through the ten areas evaluated in the AKC Canine Good Citizen test as part of the OUC standard.
For eligible dogs, the program includes the CGC testing/title process when the dog demonstrates readiness to meet the standard.
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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.
These add-ons are reserved for dogs that have completed a One Unit Canine Board & Train program. Because the dog already knows the system, the lesson can focus on transfer, troubleshooting and applying the training with the owner.
One additional private lesson at One Unit Canine for an eligible Board & Train graduate.
One additional private lesson at the client’s location for an eligible Board & Train graduate, 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, Freedom Reigns and Freedom Reigns OUC 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.
Leash management, marker training, name response, engagement, Sit, Down and loose-leash foundations.
Positions under distraction, beginning recalls, heel development and more distance and duration.
Longer recalls, heeling turns and halts, harder distractions and longer stationary work.
Pace changes, quick halts, in-motion positions, advanced heeling and higher-level transitions.
Text the dog’s age, breed, location, current issues, current skills and what you want life with your dog to look like.
Choose the type of care you need first. Overnight Boarding and Daycare (Power Play) are separate services with their own schedules and pricing.
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.
Per night.
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A 25% reservation deposit locks the stay; the remaining balance is due at check-in. Rabies, Bordetella and DHPP are required. Holiday/peak stays may carry the current holiday premium.
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.
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A competency-based development system for One Unit dogs. Dogs advance by what they can demonstrate—not by age, package length or time spent in training.
The standard is primarily used to develop dogs and puppies owned by One Unit Canine for eventual placement. A dog stays in development as long as needed and keeps its last earned designation until the next standard is passed.
Puppy development begins with communication, body awareness, retrieval, direction, confidence and lifestyle structure. Completion is proven through the filmed OUP Doghouse Test.
VIEW OUP STANDARD →Primarily on-leash real-world control. The dog demonstrates functional obedience, neutrality, handling, retrieval, e-collar understanding and beginning controlled alert/quiet.
VIEW OUC 1 →Long line, drag line, dropped leash and controlled off-leash work begin to matter more as distance, duration, remote positions and environmental pressure increase.
VIEW OUC 2 →Advanced reliability with greater independence, public and environmental proofing, functional retrieval, controlled deterrence and finished skills demonstrated through real life.
VIEW OUC 3 →One Unit separates three things: the tool used to teach a behavior, the developmental exercise used to build it, and the final performance the dog must demonstrate. A hand kiss may help teach heel. A finger hold may build calm object possession. A finger point may build direction. The final evaluation tests what those lessons produced.
Small imprinting exercises, leash language, shaping and other trainer tools create understanding.
Duration, distance, distraction, confidence and repetition are layered without confusing the dog.
The test measures the finished skill—not every drill that was used to teach it.
One Unit dogs do not have to play with other dogs or perform unnecessary nose-to-nose greetings. The standard is recovery, neutrality and handler control.
OUC testing is not about high stimulation. The dog must understand the communication system and respond appropriately.
Controlled bark or alert work must include quiet, release, disengagement and recovery. No bite work, pursuit or apprehension is required.
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.
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.
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.
Kennel exit → threshold → heel pattern → halt/sit → down → 30-foot down stay → return to dog → sit → 30-foot sit stay → recall → front → finish/ready position → send to PVC/object → retrieve → return → hold → heel while holding object → halt → present/give object back to handler → ready position → send to place → place hold → final release.
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 earned performance standards. All OUC levels include e-collar education. The AKC CGC family of titles provides outside proof that complements—but does not replace—the One Unit standard.
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 true advanced reliability standard.
OUC3 is the finished One Unit dog. The dog must demonstrate advanced reliability and the ability to use trained behavior across real life—not only inside a familiar training picture.
If One Unit teaches the dog to turn something on, One Unit must also be able to turn it off.
Retrieval becomes increasingly functional and reliable as the dog progresses through the OUC system.
Alert behavior must remain under handler control and include a reliable off-switch.
Search work may still be developed for an individual dog, but it is no longer a universal requirement for earning OUC.
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.
Build reliable control in your working dog or pet. One Unit dogs progress by demonstrated ability—not by how long they have been in training.
See the current One Unit development ladder: OUP foundation, OUC1 control, OUC2 independence and OUC3 advanced reliability.
View the Standards → DOGS AVAILABLEAvailable-dog profiles show current training, temperament, strengths, status and the highest One Unit standard the dog has passed.
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