Dog Obedience Training Austin, TX
Build practical skills for a more connected life with your dog, from calmer routines at home to more enjoyable outings together. Private, one-on-one training in your home and neighborhood, built around your dog, your goals and your real life.
Professional Certifications & Memberships
Steven Tallas, CBCC-KA, Dip.CBST, CSCC — certified in canine behavior consulting, behavior science & technology, and canine sports conditioning.
Dog Obedience Training
Movement & Manners
Build practical skills for a more connected life with your dog, from calmer routines at home to more enjoyable outings together.
Personalized training and practical coaching for you and your dog.
Also included: weekly check-ins, full phone and email support between lessons, a 10% graduate discount on additional lessons, and an optional virtual follow-up up to one month after your program.
Who It Is For
Dogs who need stronger everyday skills, including leash manners, coming when called, settling, and paying attention around distractions.
What We Work On
Leash Skills & Engagement
Practice walking together and checking in with you.
Useful Everyday Cues
Develop recall, sit, down, stay, and leave it.
Calmer Manners
Work on jumping, impulse control, and settling.
Real-world Practice
Build skills gradually in settings that match your lifestyle, with practice around everyday distractions.
Door & Guest Manners
Practice polite greetings and waiting calmly at doors.
Coaching for You
Learn to read your dog and keep practice going between lessons.
Training Where Your Dog Actually Lives
Your dog's problem behaviors do not happen in a training facility. They happen at your front door when the delivery driver knocks. On the sidewalk where the neighbor's dog appears. In the kitchen where counter surfing pays off. That is exactly where we train.
Venture Dog Training brings certified, professional dog training to homes across Austin. Every program is private and personalized: your dog, your household, your goals. We start with a full assessment of your dog's behavior, movement and environment, then build a step-by-step plan that fits your actual lifestyle rather than a one-size-fits-all curriculum.
This is the format nearly all of our work uses, whether the goal is everyday obedience, loose-leash walking, jumping and door manners, or deeper behavior work like reactivity, which runs through Dog Behavior Training. Practicing where the behavior happens is what makes the skills useful in daily life.
You Are Half the Program
We train dogs, but our real job is coaching you. Every lesson ends with clear homework, and every week includes a check-in so questions do not have to wait for the next lesson. You will learn to read your dog's body language, manage the environment so good choices come easily, and handle setbacks without losing progress.
When the humans understand the why behind every technique, the dog's new habits have somewhere to live. Clients regularly tell us the biggest change was not in their dog, it was in how confidently they could communicate with them.
Ready to see what a personalized program looks like for your dog? The consultation is free, and it starts with listening, not selling.
Related Programs
Puppies start with Puppy Training. Dogs who bark and lunge on leash should begin with Dog Behavior Training. Want the physical side on its own? See Canine Fitness, or join a group class or clinic once your dog is ready to work around others.
Dog Obedience Training Questions
Why choose in-home dog training over classes at a facility?
Dogs do not generalize well. A sit that works in a quiet training hall often disappears at your front door, on South Lamar, or when the doorbell rings. Training in your home means we work directly with the real triggers, the real routines and the real environment your dog lives in, so what you practice carries into daily life.
Who will be training my dog?
Steven Tallas, a Certified Behavior Consultant (CBCC-KA) with 13 years of professional experience, leads our training programs personally. You are never handed to a junior trainer who finished a six-week course last month.
What does Dog Obedience Training cost?
Dog Obedience Training, Movement & Manners, is $1,120 for 7 lessons of personalized training and practical coaching for you and your dog. Every program also includes weekly check-ins, full phone and email support between lessons, a 10% graduate discount on additional lessons, and an optional virtual follow-up up to one month after your program. Your free consultation comes first, so you know the plan before committing.
Do you work with the whole family?
Yes, and we encourage it. Consistency is what makes training stick, so we align everyone in the household on the same techniques, including kids. You are coached in every session, because you are the one living with your dog the other 167 hours a week.
Which areas of Austin do you serve?
Core service areas are South and Central Austin, including Sunset Valley, Manchaca, West Lake Hills and Circle C. North Austin, Pflugerville and Hutto are served on designated service days. If you are nearby, ask, we are often more flexible than the map suggests.
Let’s Find the Right Next Step
Book a free consultation and tell us about your dog. We’ll talk through your dog’s needs and find the right training program.