Follow the Leader
Professional Dog Training in Toronto
When you know what to do,
your dog does too.
Follow the Leader Dog Training in Toronto offers professional dog training classes, Walk & Train programs, in-home sessions, and specialized support for reactive or fearful dogs. Our certified trainers use positive, science-based methods to help dogs build confidence, obedience, and calm behaviour in real-life situations.
Serving families across Toronto, including Forest Hill, Roncesvalles, St. Clair West, and surrounding neighbourhoods.
Follow the Leader Dog Training in Toronto offers group classes, Walk & Train programs, in-home training, reactive dog support, and fear and anxiety training to help dogs build confidence, obedience, and calm behaviour.
Dog Training Classes
Group classes for puppies and adult dogs, building obedience and confidence together.
Walk & Train Program
Hands-on training during real-world walks, right in your neighbourhood.
In-Home Training
One-on-one training at home, tailored to your dog's specific challenges.
Reactive Dog Training
Structured, reward-based support for dogs that overreact to people or other dogs.
Fear & Anxiety Training
Supportive techniques that help shy or anxious dogs build confidence.
REAL-LIFE DOG TRAINING
If your dog’s behaviour feels unpredictable, you’re not alone.
Most behaviour issues aren’t random. Pulling on walks. Jumping on guests. Ignoring commands. Reactivity around dogs or kids.
It usually comes down to one thing: your dog doesn’t fully understand what to do in those moments.
And when that’s unclear, they make their own decisions.
We make training clear for both you and your dog.
HOW WE APPROACH TRAINING
Our approach is practical and grounded in real life.
We don’t just train your dog, we teach you what to do, so behaviour becomes consistent across environments.
- At home. On walks.
- Around people. Around other dogs.
How Our Dog Training System Works
1.
Assessment
Start with a conversation so we can understand your dog, your home, and any issues.
2.
Evaluation
We observe your dog in their environment and identify what’s driving the behaviour.
3.
Plan
We show you exactly what to do with clear, practical steps tailored to you and your dog.
4.
Support
We refine and build consistency so the behaviour holds at home, on walks, and around others.
Certified Trainers
Professional, qualified dog trainers you can trust
Positive, Science-Based Training
Reward-focused methods for lasting results
Tailored for Your Dog
Programs built for every dog’s needs
Everyday Life Skills
Calm, confident behaviour in real-world situations
Behaviour Support Experts
Safe, structured help for reactive or fearful dogs
Toronto-Focused
Flexible classes, Walk & Train, and in-home guidance in your neighbourhood.
Dog Training Classes & Services
In-Home Dog Training
In home one-on-one personalized training with Follow The Leader includes a custom dog training plan. Address behaviour challenges, obedience, and real-life skills tailored specifically to your dog. We often achieve dramatic results working with any behavior within 5 lessons!
Online Dog Training & Consultations
Our dog training consultations give you personalized, science-based guidance, real results, and flexible support — tailored to your dog, your home, and any stage or behaviour challenge.
Walk & Train
Hands-on training during real-world structured walks. Teach loose-leash walking, focus, and calm behaviour while your dog experiences everyday environments in your neighbourhood, focusing on the behaviours that matter most to you.
Rally-O Excellent
Excellent Rally-O introduces off-leash active heeling and advanced competition skills, including distractions, send-over jumps, pivots, and precision movement. Designed for serious teams ready to complete a full Excellent-level Rally Obedience course.
Rally-O Advanced
Advanced Rally-O training prepares teams for competitive Rally Obedience, covering CARO exercises and refining active heeling, transitions, and course performance. Ideal for dogs with solid basic obedience skills ready to advance in CKC, UKC, AKC, or WCR Rally-O.
Next Steps
Next Steps is designed to apply the knowledge gained in our basic level to real life situations, strengthening obedience under distraction and building real-world reliability with a focus on duration, distance, and distraction.
Doggie Basics
Doggie Basics is our beginner everyday obedience class for dogs who need structure, clarity, and reliable manners at home and in public. This class addresses any issues you may be having with your new rescue or older puppy over 18 weeks of age.
Puppy Pupils
Set your puppy up for lifelong success with Puppy Pupils, our foundational puppy training program designed for socialization, confidence building, and essential obedience skills. Your puppy must be under 18 weeks of age to join our Puppy Pupils class.
Rally-O Novice
Rally Obedience is a fast-growing dog sport that builds focus, teamwork, and precision obedience. This beginner Rally-O class bridges Puppy and Basic Obedience, teaching active heeling, stays, recalls, fronts, and polished positioning while navigating a timed course.
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Serving families across Toronto, including Forest Hill, Roncesvalles, St. Clair West, and surrounding neighbourhoods, we pride ourselves on delivering flexible, accessible, and high-quality dog training services throughout the city. Whether your goal is to teach your dog basic obedience, address behaviour challenges, or prepare for advanced activities like Rally-O, we are here to guide you every step of the way.
Specialties
1.
Dog Training
Through home visits or walk & train, we help you & your dog using science-backed methods.
2.
Training Classes
Our dog training classes are developed to help you & your dog work together in a group setting.
3.
Reactive Dogs
We help dogs that overreact to people, dogs, or stimuli using safe, reward-based methods.
4.
Fear & Anxiety
Our supportive, science-backed techniques help reduce stress for dog and owners.
Real Results from Toronto Dog Owners
Clear changes you can see and behaviour you can rely on.
PERSONALIZED REAL-LIFE TRAINING
This isn't generic dog training.
We don’t rely on tricks, shortcuts, or one-size-fits-all methods. We do focus on science-based tactics.
Everything is built around:
how your dog learns
how your home functions
and what exactly happens in your daily life
Because that's where behaviour matters.
With Follow The Leader Dog Training, your dog will not only learn skills but also gain confidence, self-control, and a stronger bond with you. We are committed to helping Toronto dogs and their owners achieve harmony, understanding, and long-term success through science-based, positive, and effective dog training.