Services
Basic Obedience
Join our 8-week group class and train your dog in essential obedience skills such as leash walking, recall, sit, down, stay, and more. Class meets once a week with a professional trainer to demonstrate each lesson, then works with each student and their dog on the new skills. Enroll now for dates and times.
$205
Advanced Obedience
Take your dog’s training to the next level with our 12-week Offlead Course, designed for dogs who have completed our Basic Obedience Class. Our indoor classes cover advanced skills like recall and leash walking with distractions. Enroll now for a fun and challenging training experience with your dog.
$285
Private Lessons
Cedarwoods offers private one-on-one 8-week Basic Obedience Course for dogs that are reactive around other dogs and people or need a more personalized training course. The private course covers all the same skills as the group Basic obedience course.
$100-$150 per Lesson
Tune-Up Classes
Tuesday at 6:00PM Wednesday at 1:00 PM Saturday at 12:30 PM
Tune up classes are critical to the overall success of the training. It provides an opportunity to work with a varying set of controlled distractions in a safe and effective way.
$5
Make-Up Classes
Our courses build off each other, so if you were unable to attend a particular class during one of our courses we offer make-up classes to make sure you and your pup don’t miss anything.
$10
Our Trainers
Sam McGrady
Lead Trainer
Sam began his career working with dogs in 1988 by assisting a canine trainer in Skagit and Island Counties. After completing a 1.5 year mentorship, Sam and his father, Ron, began to help train people and their dogs in Whatcom County using parks and various other facilities. In 1993, Cedarwoods Canine School was formed where, together, Sam and Ron have trained thousands of dogs over the years. Sam became Lead Trainer in 2013 when Ron passed away and he has continued to train dogs and their owners for over 30 years.
Ariel Watkins
Trainer
Ariel started training service dogs in 1998 at The Canine Association Partners located in Eugene, Oregon. She joined the Cedarwoods team about 3 years ago. Ariel believes that all dogs are amazing and she loves each one of them and all of their unique challenges.
Thank You!
A big thank you our wonderful students and friends for voting again this year. We were awarded Gold for Best Dog Trainer in the Northwest!! You guys rock! We couldn’t have done this without you. We dedicate this honor to our beloved father, and founder of Cedarwoods, Ron McGrady. Together let’s keep doing what we do best! Training our dogs to be excellent canine citizens!
Thank you to Bellingham Alive Magazine!
A sincere thank you to Sam and the folks at Cedarwoods for helping us with our out-of-control English mastiff. He was pulling us everywhere and lunging at people, other dogs and even moving vehicles. Now he is happier and more confident, has near perfect manners, and is welcome everywhere we go. Cedarwoods is a special place providing highly skilled training for dogs and their people. The classes are challenging and fun and the whole experience is immensely enjoyable. We are deeply grateful to them and recommend that you take your dog there. They are truly amazing!
Cedarwoods is run by excellent people who make it easy to understand and apply the methods.
My dog Buster is 5 years old and very energetic. He would pull on the lead and not listen to commands. After bringing him to Cedarwoods he no longer pulls on the lead, He can sit, lay down and stays on command. He handles being around other dogs much better than before. Thank you Cedarwoods!
I love that this is a long-standing family business. Our puppy has made leaps of progress and it is exciting to experience how to properly control our dog. The training as a handler has been invaluable. We will be back for off leash class.
I brought my first dog through Cedarwoods 13 years ago and I’ve been an avid fan ever since. My second dog came through 7 years ago and now I have a 6 month puppy enrolled. While I still remember all of the lessons, each dog is different, and each of them have benefited by being a part of the classes. I am looking forward to graduation day and moving Murphy on to off-lead classes just like her roommates, Mocha and Mambo did. And the tune up classes they offer are fantastic. Mambo hadn’t been in a training setting in 6 years, and he responded as if he had just graduated last week. The time and training you put into your dog is so important… and it stays with them their whole life. My dogs have become wonderful examples of Good Canine Citizens. Thank you Cedarwoods!
Bentley & I made more progress in the first two weeks at Cedarwoods than in the past two years.
Chat with a Trainer
Have more questions? Not sure if our training is the right fit for you and your dog? Schedule a free 15-minute consultation with one of our trainers.