Luna the shelter dog training with a staff member

Train Your Pet

At Oregon Humane Society, we want to help keep pets happy in their homes by educating people about humane, responsible treatment and training.

Our training classes and resources are available to everyone in the community—both online or in-person at our campuses in Portland or Salem.

Brown, white and black puppy posing for the camera

Puppy
Classes

Start your puppy off on the right paw. Check out our training classes, tailored to your pet’s specific needs at this unique stage in their life.

Adolescent
Training

Start your adolescent dog off on the right paw. Check out our training classes, tailored to your pet’s specific needs at this unique stage in their life.

Basic Dog
Training

Looking to improve your dog’s manners while building your bond? Check out our basic training classes, tailored to your dog’s specific needs.

Reactive Dog
Training

Does your dog lunge and bark when they see other dogs out on a walk? Check out our reactive dog training classes, tailored to your pet’s specific needs.

Recently Adopted Dogs

Looking to improve your dog’s manners while building your bond? Check out our Recently Adopted Dogs training classes, tailored to your dog’s specific needs.

Small dog looking at camera

Small
Dogs

These in-person classes are designed for small dogs, 25 pounds and under and not taller than 15” at the back of the neck, age 4 months and older.

Dexter the dog posing by the rose garden at OHS

Agility
& Games

Looking for something fun, active, and educational to do with your dog? Check out our agility and training game classes, tailored to your dog’s specific needs.

Private
Training

Do you need training advice with your puppy, dog, kitten, or cat? Maybe you need help starting off in the right direction with your new puppy or kitten or maybe you are having behavior problems? We can help!

Canine
Good Citizen

These in-person classes are designed for dogs, age one year and older, working to obtain Canine Good Citizen (CGC) certification.

Cat posing for the camera in Oregon Humane Society Behavior and Rescue Center

Cat & Kitten
Training

Bond with your kitty, increase mental stimulation, and curb unwanted behavior with our available virtual classes—made just for cats and kittens.

Virtual Training
Classes & Videos

Get useful tips on helping your pet from our certified trainers. Live virtual classes, as well as on-demand and free training videos are available.

More Training Help

Have questions about our training facilities or classes? Need more help for your pet? Check out our frequently-asked questions, use our interactive resource tool, or book a private training to find solutions.

Contact Us

Training & Behavior  

(503) 802-6729

Free Pet Behavior Helpline  

(503) 416-2983