Children’s Village & Oakland County Animal Control

Youth trainers are paired with hard-to-adopt shelter dogs for a 10-week program.

Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:30-5:30

Oakland County Children’s Village offers a safe, structured environment for youth, including secure detention residential treatment, and shelter care services.

Each session is split into two one-hour sessions. For 1 hour, youth trainers teach dogs life skills and basic obedience to make them more adoptable using positive reinforcement training methods. While the other hour is dedicated to classroom time learning about body language, force-free training, dogfighting, puppy mills, shelters, and more.