Community
More Than a School, a Community of Arizona Dog People
Graduations, pack walks, reunions, and a steady stream of wins from families across the Valley. When your dog trains here, you join a community that keeps showing up for each other.
What is the Partners Dogs community?
The Partners Dogs community is the network of graduate families, events, and shared stories that grows out of training together across Scottsdale and Cave Creek. It is pack walks and reunions, alumni classes and play days, live reviews and referral connections, the human side of having worked through 70,000+ dogs over 28+ years. Training may bring you in, but the community is what keeps families coming back: a place to celebrate progress, swap advice, and stay connected to the trainers and dog people who get it.
WHY IT MATTERS
When Your Dog Trains Here, You Join the Pack
- A familiar team that knows your dog. The same people handle training, daycare, boarding, and grooming, so every visit feels like coming back to people who already know your dog's name and story.
- Families who have been where you are. From the first chaotic puppy weeks to a calm dog you can take anywhere, you are surrounded by owners a few steps ahead, happy to share what worked.
- A place to keep showing up. Graduation is the start, not the finish. Pack walks, reunions, and open classes give you reasons to stay connected long after your first program ends.
LOCAL ROOTS SINCE 1997
Family Owned, Arizona Grown
Partners Dogs started as one family's commitment to Arizona dogs and their people, and it has stayed family owned ever since. Our founding campus sits on the desert in Cave Creek, where owner Leighton Oosthuisen still lives on the property, and our Scottsdale campus on Shea brings the same team and the same standards closer to the heart of the Valley.
Over 28+ years we have worked through 70,000+ dogs from neighborhoods all across greater Phoenix. We are not a franchise that rolled into town. We are your neighbors, and this is home.
WAYS TO GET INVOLVED
Show Up, Connect, Keep Growing
Events and meetups. Pack walks, reunions, and seasonal get-togethers across both campuses. See what is coming up. View the events calendar
Alumni network. Stay connected after your program with open classes, play days, and a community of graduate families. Join the alumni network
SEE OUR CAMPUSES
A Look at Home Base
From the desert acreage in Cave Creek to our Shea campus in Scottsdale, this is where the community gathers. Press play for an aerial look at where your dog trains, plays, and belongs.
HEAR FROM THE PACK
Real Families, Real Wins
- Read the reviews. Thousands of five-star reviews from Valley families who came in overwhelmed and left with a dog they can finally relax around. Read the reviews
- Browse the blog. Training tips, dog-life stories, and Arizona-specific advice from the team who trains here every day. Visit the blog
- Refer a friend. The community grows when good dog people send other good dog people our way. See referral partners
New here? Let us help you find your starting point.
Tell us what is happening at home and we will recommend the right training path and next step, then welcome you into the community that comes with it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do I need to be a client to join community events?
Many events are geared toward current and alumni families, but several, like clinics and open classes, welcome the broader Valley dog community. Check the events calendar for details on each one.
How do I stay in the loop?
Follow our social channels and join the alumni network, where we post pack walks, reunions, and seasonal meetups across both campuses.