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Board & Train
Three intensive weeks of daily training, real-life exposure, and handler transfer lessons.
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5.0 ★ on Google · 77 Reviews
A calmer dog.A strongerbond.
Expert obedience and behavior training that brings out the best in your dog — and gives you the confidence to enjoy every walk, guest and adventure together. Based in Midway, serving all of Central Kentucky.
Chihuahuas to Great Danes — every breed welcomeThe Curriculum
Training your dog for real life.
Every dog is different — from Chihuahuas to doodles to Great Danes, we train them all. Our work meets the dog in front of us, then builds the clarity, confidence and control that holds up under real-life distraction.
Obedience
Clear, kind communication from first cues to a dog who happily listens — on-leash to off.
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Puppy Foundation
Engagement, luring, shaping, recall and early manners after initial puppy vaccinations.
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Behavior Modification
A structured path to minimizing negative behaviors and building confidence and calm.
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Boarding & Daycare
Safe, structured boarding and seasonal daycare with optional day training.
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Protection Sport
Purposeful drive development and evaluations rooted in IGP experience, control, and clarity.
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Programs built for every stage of your dog.
Transparent pricing for every program — from first puppy lessons to advanced off-leash obedience and our flagship board & train.
Obedience Training
$350–$600/ lesson packages
From first manners to a dog who listens anywhere — on-leash to off.
- Engagement & manners
- Education on training tools
- Leash, hand & verbal cues
- Recalls under distraction
- Extended sits, downs & place/stays
Board & Train
$2,600/ 3-week program
3-week immersive program with daily real-world training and handler transfer.
- Confidence building — calm and comfortable anywhere
- Minimizing & extinguishing negative behaviors
- Leash, hand & verbal cues
- Recalls under heavy distraction
- Auto sits & extended stays
Puppy Training
$350/ 3 one-on-one lessons
Engagement, socialization and early manners after initial vaccinations.
- Imprinting / shaping & luring
- Behavioral markers & free shaping
- Engagement & drive building
- Intro to the recall
- Intro to sit, down, place & heeling
Aggressive & Reactive
Consult/ evaluation required first
Structured behavior modification for reactivity, fear and aggression.
- One-on-one evaluation of your dog
- Structured behavior-modification plan
- Building confidence & environmental neutrality
- Minimizing & extinguishing negative behaviors
- Owner coaching on management & timing
Protection Sport
Consult/ evaluation first
IGP-rooted drive development, control and evaluations.
- Drive development & channeling
- Obedience under drive
- Control & clarity first — always
- Evaluations for sport prospects
- Rooted in IGP experience
Boarding & Daycare
$40–$50/ per day
Safe, structured boarding and seasonal daycare with optional training.
- Boarding: $50/day · $25/day each additional dog
- Daycare: $40/day (runs May–November)
- Optional day training available
- Basic obedience reinforcement
- Safe, structured environment
The Standard
Experience is earned in the work.
Founder Brian Charry has worked with hundreds of club, national and world-level dogs and handlers — training rooted in real IGP experience, clear communication, and control that holds up in the real world.
Raised around animal husbandry and training working-line German Shepherds since 2012, Brian founded the academy in Midway, Kentucky to bring that standard to everyday dogs and their owners.
2017
Academy Founded
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Training Farm
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Dogs & Handlers
What Owners Say
5.0 on Google — 77 reviews and counting.
★★★★★
"We have the best trainer for our fur babies! Brian truly understands dogs and how to communicate with them."
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Amra Robinson
via Google
★★★★★
"Prior to dropping her off, our puppy was not listening to commands and pretty much running the show in our home. After three weeks with weekly visits, we met Brian at Lowe's to witness our baby dog staying in place with one command for an extended period of time while customers shopped all around her. It was astonishing."
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Owner of a 6-month-old puppy
via Google
★★★★★
"Working with Brian was very easy, every week he would go through what he worked on and showed me how to work with my pup. Brian knows what he is doing, he is professional, flexible with meetings and you can tell he loves dogs."
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Owner of a 7-month-old German Shepherd
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Service Areas
Training across Central Kentucky.
Our academy sits in Midway — minutes from Lexington, Frankfort and the surrounding counties. We serve owners throughout the Bluegrass.
Command Center
Come see the work.
Training and facility visits are by appointment. Reach out and we'll find the right program for your dog.
Call to Schedule
(859) 447-0446Thanks — your request is in. Brian will reach out shortly. For anything urgent, call (859) 447-0446.
Ready when you are
Give your dog the clarity to succeed.
Enrollment is by appointment and spots are limited. Start with a quick call and we'll map out the path.