As much as you love your best friend, sometimes their annoying little habits can put you on edge. At The Dog House in Glen Carbon, our trainers can help both you and your furry buddy modify your behaviors so you can have the best relationship possible for years to come!
Whether your puppy needs basic obedience training or your older dog is dealing with aggression issues, The Dog House, in Glen Carbon offers a variety of class options to target bad behavior on the spot and teach you how to deter poor manners at home. With positive reinforcement and the right communication, you can stop the jumping, leash-pulling and furniture-chewing that comes naturally to every canine.
All dog training at The Dog House, in Glen Carbon starts with a one-on-one consultation with our expert dog trainers. During your 30-40-minute consultation, you’ll meet with your trainer, share a little background on your dog or puppy, and discuss the behaviors you would like changed to help the trainer choose the best training option for your pet. Consultations are $25, or you can receive a free consult if you enroll in a Hawthorne Animal Hospital Wellness Membership plan.
Our dog trainers offer personal drop off day training sessions that are customized for your pet based on the behaviors discussed in your consultation. Drop off your canine for the day with our training and at pick up we will go over all things learned that day.
Same training as 1 on 1 but a small discount is given for buying in bulk.
Through 1-on-1 sessions, Our trainer can help rehabilitate dogs who display canine or human aggression. The training is especially beneficial for those dogs recently rescued from a shelter. Depending on the behavior, sessions can be full or half days. Owners will drop off the dog in the morning with the trainer.
To better fit your schedule or to ease the anxiety your pup may experience in a group class, The Dog House offers in-home training to teach your dog basic commands on their turf.
To participate in any of our training, your pet must be up to date on their rabies, DHPP, CIV and Bordetella vaccines, and have a negative fecal result.
While our experts can tackle the trickiest of dog behavior issues through rewards-based training, there are so many other benefits to registering for a class or private session. Training offers the mental stimulation an active dog craves, makes them more confident in new situations, and strengthens the loving bond between pet and owner. For more information on any of our training classes, contact The Dog House in Glen Carbon at 618-288-3971.
Christine has been with Hawthorne, working in many capacities since 2019, including day camp, reception, and training. She has been training dogs for the last 6 years, and before that was training and showing high level Quarter Horses.
Christine enjoys working on basic obedience training and aggression rehabilitation and specializes in E-collar training for behavioral and “off leash” training. Christine did a year-long apprenticeship to gain training experience with one of the top trainers in Illinois before joining the Hawthorne team.
In her spare time, she enjoys traveling and spending time with her Labrador, Stella, and her Husky/Aussie mix, Kara. Stella is Christine’s working k9 partner and Kara is a rescue.
Christine also has an EMT degree through SWIC. She is originally from the Chicago area and relocated to southern Illinois in 2016.
Christine and the staff at The Doghouse are wonderful! Our Bentley has been going to Christine since he was old enough to enroll! It’s been over 2 years now and I don’t believe he would be as great as he is today without her help. She has done a wonderful job with teaching him commands and socialization. He absolutely loves to go and we continue to send him weekly because of it. Our guy literally never meets a stranger because of this and loves other dogs! Christine and The Doghouse staff are the BEST!!!
Jodi Walsh & “Bentley”
A year ago my Husband Keith & I adopted a dog, Mitchell Card Twichell aka Mitch, he was approximately 1 year old. I work from home most days but wanted to be sure Mitch had a place to go when I had to go into work. Also to help him learn some obedience as when we adopted him he had been running the streets of St. Louis. We put him in daycare/training with Christine at The Dog House by Hawthorne Animal Hospital. He absolutely loves going to hang with Christine, the staff, & most of all his 4 legged friends. Christine is super easy to work with & communicates effectively & very timely whenever I have questions. Mitch is now there 2 days a week by choice as I am only in the office like once a month. But he is so excited to go hang out with everyone. Christine is amazing with all the dogs & everyone there knows Mitch by name. When he comes home at night he usually falls asleep in the car as he is exhausted from all the fun. As long as Christine is there Mitch will be there.
Amanda Card & “Mitch”
Christine, trainer, has been amazing with our pup Louie! She has been great to work with and so communicative! Louie has learned so much in such a short period of time. Everything has been easy to implement at home and works great! Highly recommend Christine for your training needs!
Emily Moore & “Louie”
We started our puppy at Hawthorne’s training classes right after we got her. She *loves* going and comes home absolutely exhausted. We’re in our third ‘course’ with her now. She’s still a puppy, but her problem behaviors are almost completely gone. She gets a day each week to spend time with other people and other animals, and we get a day each week to get more done around the house without having a puppy at our feet. We also have use of the fenced in dog park to allow her to get some energy out on days she’s not in training. It;s a win-win-win. Thanks Christine!
Kim Bosco & “Juno”
Christine has been very helpful helping us understand and manage our new rescue dog, a beagle/basset mix. In addition to her own training and experience, she knows a lot about beagles and adores ours. The 6 day drop off training package has been a good new year’s resolution for us!
Alison Lamothe & “Pluto”
Grizzly is ecstatic when he gets to go to training day with Christine. That tells me a lot. And his barking and jumping are now easily controlled not only with his beepy collar but also, amazingly, by me. Grizz isn’t the only one who’s learned a lot from Christine!
Gisela Sommer & “Grizzly”
We were having issues with our 9 month old german shepherd (fear-biting and acting aggressive). He needed to be muzzled when we took him out anywhere and he barked at everything. We were very lucky to discover Christine … She works with the entire family as a unit to customize a training plan based on what the family (including the pet) are telling her. Rather than work with only a standard rote training plan, she offers targeted techniques and behavior modification, so that we could learn to work together with our pet. Working with the Veterinarians at Hawthorne, she recommended some “temporary” calming medications and training tools that turned our dog into a calm, well-mannered pet that is a happy part of our family. We can now join in the fun at outdoor events, family reunions and walks. Apollo now communicates with us in ways we can appreciate and is a happy young dog now living a very happy life.
Keenen, Jan Lotz & “Apollo”
Our golden retriever, Grace, started training with Christine when she was 6 months old. She had failed a puppy daycare orientation because she was very submissive and timid. After a few sessions she started to gain her confidence around other dogs and now loves getting together to play with other pups! During this time she also learned household commands as well as leash walking. We had some issues with leash pulling when a squirrel was around so we scheduled a Saturday session with Christine (to train us how to train our pup while walking) and after following her guidance on our first walk, we no longer have an issue. And best of all, Grace LOVES her sessions – so much so that 2 years later we continue to sign her up for two sessions a month for refreshers and to keep her socialized. We’d highly recommend- I’m so glad we found Christine and Hawthorn Training to give Grace confidence and obedience!
Helen Yarber & “Grace Rose”
My Dog Elroy seemed to struggle with Anxiety and cage aggression before he got to go see Christine for Training. She has dramatically improved his overall ability to cope with stressful events as well as created a level of confidence for himself around other animals. He’s still a 105 pound German Shepherd but now the only thing we have to deal with is a very strong energetic dog vs. an anxious one!
Justin Hopkins & “El Roy”