Knallhart Training & Boarding Programs
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Balance. Trust.
Success.
Where Iowa’s most dedicated dog owners come for real, lasting results.
For over a decade, Knallhart Kennels & Training Academy has earned the trust of families across the Midwest by delivering proven, psychology-based training and unmatched one-on-one education for owners. Our programs are built on a balanced methodology, the strategic blend of positive reinforcement, fair correction, and clear communication that creates reliable, confident, emotionally balanced dogs.
Every new client begins with a required phone consultation to ensure your dog’s goals, history, and needs are matched with the most effective training program. We also offer flexible financing through Affirm, simple monthly payments with zero hidden fees.
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Knallhart Kennels
Boarding & Training Programs
And Pricing
Puppy Dog Programs
The puppy programs at Knallhart Academy are designed to give dogs a strong, confident start through balanced, positive training. Each program focuses on building good manners, emotional balance, and real-world skills to help dogs become well-behaved, happy companions.
Jump Start Puppy Program
- Program Length: 4 Weeks
- Price: $4,800
This program is designed for puppies (8-16 weeks) ready to begin their training journey right after leaving their litter or breeder. Our focus is on creating a positive foundation through crate training, socialization, name recognition, leash introduction, and early obedience commands.
We also guide owners on the best ways to build a strong relationship and lasting bond with their puppy—setting you both up for a lifetime of trust, communication, and success together. Because of the young age of participants, a waiver acknowledging the risks of early training must be signed, and specific health and vaccination requirements must be met for approval.
Older Puppy Obedience Program
- Program Length: 4 Weeks
- Price: $6,600
This program is ideal for puppies (16 weeks +) who already have a solid start and are ready for their next level of growth. It’s designed for young dogs without major behavioral challenges whose owners want to elevate their dog’s manners, focus, and reliability through a professional, psychology-based approach.
Throughout the program, your puppy will build confidence, consistency, and impulse control while mastering real-world obedience skills. You’ll gain the tools, structure, and guidance to maintain that progress at home, setting you and your puppy up for a lifetime of success together.
Advanced Puppy Obedience / Troublesome Puppy Repair Program
- Program Length: 6 Weeks
- Price: $8,400
This comprehensive program is designed for puppies (16 weeks +) who are ready to advance into the next phase of training, refining skills into reliable, confident behaviors that hold up in real-world situations. Over six weeks, we take their early skills and refine them into reliable, confident behaviors that hold up in real-world situations.
Your puppy will learn to maintain focus and obedience through distractions, walk politely on leash, hold extended stays, and recall promptly even with environmental challenges. We’ll strengthen impulse control, build calmness in stimulating environments, and introduce off-leash reliability in a safe, structured way. This program is also ideal for puppies needing behavioral support, such as fear, nervousness, or overexcitement. Using a psychology-based approach, we help them build confidence, trust, and emotional balance. By the end of the program, you’ll have a composed, confident young dog who listens, adapts, and thrives both at home and in public.
Family Dog Programs & Behavioral Modification
The Family Dog and Behavioral Modification programs at Knallhart Academy are designed to help everyday dogs build reliable obedience, confidence, and calm behavior in real-world settings. Whether your dog needs a solid foundation or more advanced support to overcome challenges like leash manners, impulse control, or mild behavioral issues, these structured programs use a balanced, psychology-based approach to create lasting, positive results for both dog and owner.
Basic Obedience / Behavioral Modifications
- Program Length: 4 Weeks
- Price: $5,200
Our 4-Week Program is ideal for dogs with little to moderate training who need to build reliable obedience, confidence, and calm behavior in everyday situations. During their stay, dogs work daily with our trainers to master key skills such as leash manners, place work, recall, impulse control, and polite greetings, while also addressing mild behavioral challenges like jumping or pulling.
This program is perfect for dogs who need structure, consistency, and focused training to reach the next level in their development. By the end of four weeks, your dog will return home with a stronger foundation, improved listening skills, and a calmer, more balanced mindset. You’ll also receive hands-on lessons and guidance to ensure lasting success once your dog transitions back home.
Intermediate Obedience / Behavioral Modification
- Program Length: 6 Weeks
- Price: $7,200
Our 6-Week Program is ideal for owners looking to take their dog’s training to the next level. Building on a strong foundation, this extended option allows for more practice, polish, and real-world proofing of skills. We focus on advancing obedience under higher levels of distraction and strengthening off-leash reliability in new environments.
This program is an excellent choice for dogs who benefit from a slower pace of learning or need extra structure to overcome mild behavioral challenges. The 6-Week Program gives your dog the time and consistency to internalize training more deeply—turning learned skills into dependable habits. You’ll notice a smoother, more confident response both at home and out in public, supported by our detailed guidance to maintain long-term success.
Advanced Obedience / Behavioral Modification
- Program Length: 8 Weeks
- Price: $8,800
Our 8-Week Program is designed for dogs who need the highest level of training or more intensive behavioral work. This most comprehensive program is crafted to create lasting change for dogs with complex challenges such as reactivity, fear, anxiety, or severe impulse-control issues, with a strong focus on emotional balance and real-world reliability.
Over the course of eight weeks, we build on all foundational and advanced skills, giving your dog the consistency and exposure needed to turn new behaviors into second nature. This program is also the best fit for owners pursuing off-leash mastery, therapy or service dog readiness, or complete behavioral transformation. You’ll receive ongoing communication and in-depth lessons to ensure a seamless transition home and continued success.
Working Dog Programs
The Working Dog programs at Knallhart Academy are crafted to develop highly capable dogs and handlers ready for meaningful roles beyond basic obedience. From the Certified Therapy Dog Program that builds calm, socially appropriate companions for community work to Service Dog and Advanced Service Dog training tailored to specialized tasks and public-access skills, each program focuses on advanced obedience, emotional stability, and real-world reliability to create confident, dependable working partnerships.
Certified Therapy Dog Program
- Price: Inquire For Pricing
This program is designed for dogs and owners who want to make a positive impact in the lives of others. It focuses on creating calm, confident, and socially appropriate dogs who can provide comfort and connection in schools, hospitals, nursing homes, and community settings. Training includes advanced obedience, public manners, emotional stability, and exposure to real-world environments.
We also prepare both dog and handler for certification testing and public access readiness. Because every dog’s journey is unique, pricing for this program varies depending on age, temperament, and previous training experience. We’ll create a customized plan that fits your dog’s starting point and your specific goals. The Therapy Dog Program is more than training—it’s the foundation for a lifelong partnership that brings comfort, confidence, and joy wherever you go.
Basic Service Dog Program
- Price: Inquire For Pricing
Our Service Dog Program is built for dogs who will provide essential support to their handlers through specialized training and reliable performance in public settings. This program focuses on advanced obedience, task-specific training, public access skills, and emotional stability, creating dependable service partners equipped to assist with daily life needs.
Each dog’s training plan is fully customized based on the handler’s requirements and the dog’s natural abilities. We work closely with each team to ensure consistent progress, clear communication, and full preparation for service certification and public access evaluations. Because service dog training varies greatly depending on age, temperament, and the type of assistance needed, pricing is determined after an individual assessment and consultation. This program is designed to create a confident, capable, and trustworthy service dog that enhances independence and strengthens the bond between dog and handler.
Advanced Certified Service Dog Program
- Price: Inquire For Pricing
This program is designed for dogs and handlers requiring a higher level of precision, reliability, and task-specific mastery. It builds on foundational service training and moves into complex task work, advanced public access, and full certification readiness, with a strong focus on composure under stress and confident task execution in any setting.
Dogs in this program are trained to perform specialized tasks such as mobility assistance, deep pressure therapy, medical alert, or other individualized needs based on the handler’s requirements. Because every service team’s goals and needs are unique, pricing for this program varies depending on the level of task training, age, and prior experience. Each dog’s journey is carefully evaluated to create a customized plan for long-term success. The Advanced Service Dog Program represents the highest level of our training, crafted for those who require unwavering reliability, emotional balance, and the deepest partnership between dog and handler.
Flexible Payment
Options With Affirm
Enjoy peace of mind knowing you can receive our reputable services at a flexible pricing plan that works for you with zero hidden fees. To learn more about Affirm, click here. If interested in utilizing Affirm’s services, please mention this with Chelsey during your meeting.
Our Payment & Refund Policy
Invest in a lifetime of clarity, confidence, and control. Knallhart programs go far beyond obedience commands—your dog learns to think, regulate emotions, respond respectfully, and succeed in real-world environments. At the same time, you become confident, educated, and equipped to maintain the transformation.
Payment Policy
Boarding & Training invoices must be paid in full at booking to reserve your dog’s training dates. All payments are non-refundable once confirmed.
Every Program Includes:
- Customized training plans tailored to your dog’s psychology & goals
- Daily hands-on work with our training team
- Visit & Train owner sessions while your dog is enrolled
- Essential homework assignments
- 5 FREE private lessons every calendar year after graduation
- Unlimited text support
- Free, unlimited invitation to our Canine Good Citizen group class
TRAINING SERVICES
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Questions
Have more questions? Get in touch today to learn more and get your questions answered.
It is not our goal to turn your dog into a robot. We want your dog coming home as the best version of themself. We do not use harsh corrections or unethical training methods. Our balanced training program encourages the dogs to want to obey and respect their handler due to us teaching them clear expectations. By correcting undesirable behaviors and positively rewarding the dog when they complete a task, the dog is happily willing to follow directions.
During your dog’s stay, you’ll gain a deeper understanding of canine psychology through guided homework assignments that help you continue the progress at home. Dogs live fully in the moment, and while it’s natural for some to show brief signs of stress early on, they quickly settle into the routine, usually within the first week, becoming relaxed, confident, and eager to learn.
Every dog in our care is loved, well-fed, hydrated, exercised, and kept in a clean, structured environment. This sense of consistency and safety allows them to feel calm and content throughout their stay.
We know it can be hard to imagine, but rest assured your dog will be perfectly happy here. They don’t experience separation the way humans do, and once they settle in, they’re focused, secure, and enjoying their time with us.
Yes, we encourage owner participation throughout the program. You’ll have scheduled visits and training sessions so you can learn alongside your dog and practice the skills we’re developing.
These sessions may not occur every week, as scheduling depends on your dog’s progress, weather, and trainer availability. Our priority is ensuring that both you and your dog are successful together, and we’ll provide as many sessions as needed to support that goal.
The only requirement of things we need you to send is plenty of dog food. Other items are allowed with no guarantee any items sent will make it back home.
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Why should you put your dog through boarding & training?
Read more on the importance of boarding & training.
Time
Many owners simply don’t have the time it takes to do their dog’s training themselves. Board and Train programs allow us to do the heavy lifting, getting your dog through the challenges of getting started, and getting in a lot of repetition that can be time-consuming and tedious for owners.
Quality
Our quality programs are intentionally designed to produce real, lasting results built on psychology and structure. Knallhart Kennels was built to provide a world-class experience combining professional expertise, modern facilities, and compassionate care in one place.
Efficiency
At Knallhart, efficiency doesn’t mean cutting corners; it means knowing exactly how to get lasting results without wasting time. Our programs are designed to maximize your dog’s progress through structure, consistency, and expertly timed training sessions to help them and you succeed.
Consistency
Board and Train programs allow us to maintain a controlled environment in which we can observe, guide, and reinforce every single choice your dog makes during their time with us. We can achieve a level of consistency that is nearly impossible to achieve by any other means.
Customization
Having your dog with us for multiple weeks gives us the opportunity to get to know your dog on a deeper level than any other program. This enables us to develop individualized strategies and exercises for your specific dog.
Get Started!
Ready to get started on building you and your companions relationship? Call us today to start your required phone consultation. We can’t wait to talk with you and discuss our plan of action for you and your furry friend.