Stop repeating yourself
We build a language your dog can actually understand, so Sit, Place, Here, Heel and everyday boundaries mean something instead of becoming background noise.
DOG TRAINING & BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION
Real-world training. Better behavior. A better family dog.
One Unit Canine combines professional dog training with behavior modification to build dependable obedience, better household behavior, stronger handling and real-world control — so the dog works in everyday life, not just during a training session.
Professional Dog Trainer & Canine Behavior Modification Specialist
Learn as a team. Move as a team. Become One Unit.
What you are really buying
A dog that understands you — and a system you know how to use.
The goal is not a dog that looks trained for a video. The goal is a dog you can live with, handle, redirect and trust more in the situations that matter to your family.
Take the training outside
A dog that only listens in the living room is not finished. We add movement, distance, distractions and real environments until the dog learns how to make better choices when life gets busy.
Bring home more than a trained dog
You learn how to handle, correct, reward, redirect and settle your dog so the results do not disappear the moment the trainer hands you the leash.
See the work
Watch One Unit training in action.
Real training. Real dogs. Real-world distractions, movement and control.
Training
Each level builds toward dependable real-world behavior.
The system is cumulative. Focus builds control. Foundation builds the language. Puppy Development / Home turns those skills into reliable household behavior. The One Unit Canine CGC Program takes that work into more demanding real-world settings and prepares the dog-and-handler team to meet the AKC Canine Good Citizen standard. The One is the One Unit Family Dog Program, where the full system is pushed to a higher real-world standard and tested again for One Unit certification.
Focus→Foundation→Puppy Development / Home→One Unit Canine CGC Program→The One · One Unit Family Dog Program
5 training days
Focus
$975
Focus is where control starts. We clean up leash communication, movement and attention so the dog stops dragging the handler through everyday life. It gives the later programs something solid to build on.
Think of it as putting the steering wheel back in your hands.
What this adds toward CGC
- Loose-leash movement and attention
- Stopping and changing direction with the handler
- Door, stair and crossing awareness
- A dog that can be redirected before distractions take over
Think Focus fits your dog?
2 weeks
Foundation
$2,499
Foundation gives the dog the language it will need later in the home and in public. This is where obedience stops being a collection of random words and starts becoming a system the dog understands.
Less guessing. Less repeating. A dog that finally understands what you are asking for.
What this adds toward CGC + One Unit living
- Sit, Down, Place and Recall
- Kennel, Leave It and Out
- Leash pressure and engagement
- Door control and calm settling
- The beginning of duration instead of instant release
Think Foundation fits your dog?
Puppy Development / Home
Build the home dog you actually want to live with.
$3,7493 weeks
$4,5994 weeks
This is where obedience becomes useful at home. We build Place with duration, crate and household routine, door manners, calm settling, confidence, handling, controlled vehicle loading and unloading, better transitions, stronger recall and better choices around distractions. The 3-week and 4-week options let us match the amount of training time to what the dog needs built or rebuilt.
Puppies need confidence, routine and good habits before poor patterns become normal. Older dogs may need existing habits replaced. The standards stay the same: the dog should become easier to live with and easier for the owner to handle.
This level turns obedience into household behavior and gives the CGC program something dependable to proof in public.
What this adds toward the level
- Place with real duration
- Door manners and waiting instead of rushing
- Crate and household routine
- Loading and unloading from vehicles under control
- More distractions, distance and handler responsibility
- Confidence, handling and calmer transitions around the home
Think Build the home dog you actually want to live with. fits your dog?
6 weeks · One Unit CGC Program
Real-World Standard
One Unit Canine CGC Program
$5,399
This program takes the obedience and household skills built in the earlier levels and proves them where life gets harder: around people, dogs, movement, entrances, parking lots, public distractions, handling and everyday pressure. The AKC Canine Good Citizen standard gives the dog-and-handler team a recognized outside benchmark, while One Unit adds the practical home and real-world skills that make the dog easier to live with every day.
The finish line: a dog-and-handler team prepared to demonstrate real manners, control and composure — with preparation for the AKC CGC test and title.
Want your dog working toward the One Unit Canine CGC standard?
6-week primary training phase · One Unit Family Dog Program
One Unit Family Dog Program
The One
$5,999
The One is the One Unit Family Dog Program. It carries forward the obedience, household manners and public standards built below it, then asks the dog and handler to perform those skills together under heavier real-world pressure. After the work is proofed, the team is tested again for One Unit certification in a high-traffic Home Depot environment.
The finish line: the dog and handler functioning as one unit when the environment is busy, crowded and less forgiving.
The One builds toward
- Advanced duration, distance and distraction proofing
- Place and controlled release in real-world situations
- Controlled entry and exit through busy doors
- Vehicle loading and unloading under control
- Working around carts, strangers, noise and tight aisles
- Calm transitions and practical household manners
- Owner handling without trainer dependence
- A separate One Unit certification evaluation at Home Depot
Think The One fits your dog?
One Unit Canine CGC Program
A real-world standard for the dog you actually live with.
This is not about teaching ten test items just long enough to pass. The goal is a dog that can move through real life with manners, control and composure. The AKC Canine Good Citizen® test gives us ten recognized essentials to prove, and One Unit builds beyond them with the household and public-life skills families need every day.
CGCCanine Good Citizen
The AKC gives us the benchmark. One Unit turns it into everyday behavior.
CGC gives the dog-and-handler team an outside standard for manners, handling and control. One Unit trains toward that standard, then adds Place with duration, stronger stays, controlled release, door manners, vehicle loading and unloading, household boundaries, calm settling, recall, Heel/Foos, Leave It, Out, Kennel and more distraction proofing so the behavior holds up beyond a test environment.
10 AKC ESSENTIALS + ONE UNIT HOUSEHOLD SKILLS + REAL-WORLD CONTROL.
The 10 CGC essentials your dog-and-handler team has to prove
These ten skills matter because they measure the things people actually notice in a good dog: polite handling, controlled movement, response to the owner, composure around people and dogs, recovery around distractions and the ability to remain manageable when the environment changes.
1Accept a friendly stranger without fear, resentment or overreaction.
2Sit politely while a friendly stranger pets the dog.
3Allow routine grooming and examination of ears and front feet.
4Walk under control on a loose leash with turns and stops.
5Move politely through a crowd without jumping or dragging the handler.
6Respond to sit and down, then remain in place on a stay.
7Come when called from a distance.
8Remain polite and controllable around another dog.
9Recover appropriately around normal distractions and sudden activity.
10Remain with a trusted person during supervised separation.
Then One Unit adds the things that make the dog easier to live with.
We add Place with real duration, stronger Sit/Down/Stay expectations, controlled release, door manners, household boundaries, calm settling, Leave It, Out, Kennel, Heel/Foos, recall, vehicle loading and unloading, heavier distraction work and owner handling. The point is not simply to pass a test. The point is to build a dog that can use those manners at home, in the car, around guests and out in the real world.
And the team can earn the official AKC CGC title.
When the dog-and-handler team passes the CGC test, the owner may choose to record CGC as an official AKC title if the dog has the appropriate AKC registration, PAL or Canine Partners number. Mixed-breed dogs can participate through AKC Canine Partners. That gives you both sides of the program: practical One Unit training for everyday life and the opportunity to prove the team against a recognized outside standard.
Puppies: puppies can work toward and may earn CGC when eligible. The title is not limited to one year. One Unit simply makes it clear that young dogs can still change as they mature, so the behavior and temperament you see in puppyhood still need to be maintained and developed into adulthood.
Want your dog working toward the One Unit CGC standard?
Boarding
Structured boarding — not just a place to keep your dog.
Boarding follows a predictable routine with handling, rest, structure and four or more outings each day. Drop-off and pick-up windows are shown right beside the rates so you know the exact cost before the stay begins.
Your dog is not simply put away until pickup. Standard boarding includes four or more daily outings, purposeful handling and reinforcement of the manners your dog already knows.
Standard boarding starts at $40.
Your dog is not simply put away until pickup. Boarding includes a structured daily rhythm, four or more outings each day, purposeful handling and reinforcement of the manners your dog already knows.
Early drop-off · 5:30–8:00 AM+$15 flat early-arrival fee
Regular drop-off · 4:00–6:00 PMIncluded in the nightly rate
Regular pick-up · 4:00–6:00 PMIncluded in the nightly rate
Outside these windows$20 scheduling charge for a requested drop-off or pick-up at another timeSubject to availability
Early drop-off from 5:30–8:00 AM is a flat +$15. Regular drop-off and pick-up from 4:00–6:00 PM are included. A requested drop-off or pick-up outside the published windows is +$20 and subject to availability.
$40Small 31 lb & under
$45Medium 32–75 lb
$50Large 76 lb & over
Four or more outings a day
Potty time is only part of it. Each outing is a chance to move, decompress, practice leash manners and stay mentally connected to the person handling the dog.
Rest is part of the program
Dogs do not need nonstop chaos to have a good stay. Structured rest gives them a predictable place to settle, recover and come back out ready to engage.
Outdoor-kennel boarding · 20% off
For dogs staying in an outside kennel without the structured-walk routine, the nightly rate is 20% below standard boarding.
$32Small
$36Medium
$40Large
Day Program
Power Play — give your dog a productive day.
$43 drop-in · $99 / 3-day week
Power Play is the daytime option for dogs that need more than sitting at home but do not need an overnight stay. Drop your dog off for a structured day built around exercise, walking, useful handling and the needs we see in that dog.
The day is organized around roughly three quality activity periods instead of nonstop chaos. That gives the dog movement, engagement, handling practice and time to settle between sessions.
4-week enrollment · $399 | Active-member renewal · $349
Want your dog in Power Play?
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More ways to train
The pinnacle of learning as a team.
This is where the One Unit philosophy is at its clearest: your dog stays with you, you learn the system together, and both sides improve. Instead of only seeing the finished behavior, you learn how to create it — through timing, consistency, motivation, luring, leash pressure, clear communication and balanced methods.
Private Coaching — Learn as a team. Move as a team. Become One Unit.
$1,320 / 8 lessons · $2,400 / 16 lessons
Your dog stays with you and you do the work together. You hold the leash, learn the timing, feel the difference between guidance and pressure, learn when to reward, when to help, when to wait, and how to stay consistent enough for the dog to understand. It is not just dog training — it is handler education and dog training happening at the same time.
- Timing — when to reward, guide, interrupt and release
- Consistency — how to make the rules mean the same thing every day
- Motivation — food, praise, movement and engagement used with purpose
- Luring + leash pressure — teach the movement, then build understanding
- Balanced handling — reward good decisions and create clear accountability
- Real-life carryover — doors, walks, Place, recall, settling and distractions
This is the pinnacle of “Learn as a team.” You are not handing your dog off and hoping the results stick. You are learning how to build the behavior, maintain it and move through real life together.
Want to train with your dog instead of sending them away?
Saturday Group Training — prove it around real distractions
$249 / 8 weeks · $40 walk-up
Once the dog understands the work, group training gives you the part that is hard to recreate alone: other dogs, other people, movement, waiting your turn, recovering from distractions and learning to stay connected to the handler when the environment gets busy.
The goal is not a dog that listens only in the living room. The goal is a dog you can handle when life is happening.
Want to train with your dog instead of sending them away?
Available Dogs
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REVIEWS
★★★★★ 5-Star Client Reviews
Real One Unit clients. Real dogs. Real progress.
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What clients are saying
Better control. Better communication. Real changes families can see at home and around everyday distractions.
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Sake
Sake used to panic around loud distractions and try to get away. After training, Katrice said she was extremely happy with the foundation One Unit K9 laid down and excited to keep building on her progress.
Katrice Charette · Columbus, GAClient Review
★★★★★
Maverick
Maverick came home listening to commands and staying in Place even while the family’s other dog wanted to play. Salon also praised the owner education and long-term value of the training.
Salon Ray · Atlanta, GAClient Review
★★★★★
Ronan
Ronan entered his first group class highly reactive around other dogs. By the end of class he was wagging his tail, and Maggie was looking forward to continuing the work.
Maggie Alford · Columbus, GAClient ReviewReal dogs. Real work.
Training photos from handoffs, family life, confidence work and public environments.
Family handoff
The goal is a smooth handoff: a dog that leaves training ready to live more cleanly inside the home.
Confidence and control
Clear handling, calm structure and more discipline around the dog from the very beginning.
Family life
The finished product should fit real family life — not just look good during a training session.
Real owners, real work
Training should help real people live more comfortably, confidently and safely with their dog.
One Unit Canine
Established 2020 by an Army veteran father with 15 years of experience — and his ugly ahh sons. LOL. Looooooove Yooooooou.
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The One Unit method
The finished product is not just the dog.
Build the dog
Clear expectations, communication and repetitions that create understanding instead of guessing.
Proof the work
Add distance, duration, distractions and environments as the dog becomes ready for more responsibility.
Build the handler
Your coaching matters because the dog needs the same clarity after the training comes home.
Want to start building your One Unit?
One Unit policies
Know the standard before you start.
These policies keep the training system clear for clients and keep One Unit consistent about what is earned, what is included and when a dog is considered finished.
The One certification is a separate One Unit field test
The One is an internal One Unit Canine certification, separate from the AKC CGC title. After the team has already built the lower-level standards, the final One Unit field evaluation is performed at a Home Depot location in a higher-traffic environment. The test is designed to re-check control, handling, doors, movement, distractions and practical obedience under more pressure. Home Depot does not sponsor or certify the program.
Puppies can earn CGC — but maturity still matters
AKC allows eligible puppies to participate in CGC, and One Unit supports that standard. We do not frame CGC as something that only counts for one year. We do make it clear that puppies can change with maturity and temperament development, which is why early work still has to be maintained as the dog grows into adulthood.
CGC is earned — not handed out
The One Unit Canine CGC Program is built around preparation for the AKC Canine Good Citizen (CGC) standard. Passing is not automatic. The dog-and-handler team has to pass the official test. Recording CGC as an official AKC suffix title also requires the appropriate AKC registration/listing and completion of AKC’s title process.
Training reservation deposits
Focus, Foundation and Puppy Development / Home: $250 deposit to lock the start date. The One Unit Canine CGC Program and The One: $500 deposit. Deposits credit toward the program total.
Boarding reservations
A 25% boarding deposit locks the reservation. Standard boarding is $40 small, $45 medium and $50 large. Early drop-off is 5:30–8:00 AM and adds 25% to that day’s applicable boarding rate. Regular drop-off and regular pick-up are 4:00–6:00 PM. A requested drop-off or pick-up outside those published windows carries a $20 scheduling charge.
Vaccination requirements
Residential training and boarding require current vaccination records before check-in, including Rabies, Bordetella and DHPP as appropriate for the dog’s age and veterinary schedule. Puppies must meet One Unit’s minimum age and vaccination requirements before a residential stay.
Continuation & cancellations
Home-level programs and above include a progress/continuation review around the two-week point. Private lesson changes require at least 24 hours’ notice so reserved training time can be managed fairly.
Ready to talk about your dog?
You do not have to figure out the program first.
Dog Training & Behavior Modification for the home, the real world and real life.
Tell us your dog’s age, breed, what you want help with and whether there is any aggression or bite history. We will talk through the situation and point you toward the right place to start.
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No online checkout. Training and boarding are discussed directly so the program matches the dog, the owner and the goal.