Puppy Play & Tweenie Time Sessions

Looking for the perfect playgroup for your puppy? K9U Chicago offers 2 options for your pup to socialize with puppies of their age group.

Free Puppy Play: Play Group for Puppies younger than 6 Months

No obedience! For puppies ages 6 months or younger. Each session is supervised by a certified trainer.

First 3 Sessions are FREE!

After the 3rd session, each session is then $15 per session.

Why Puppy Socialization is Important

It’s easier to teach good socialized behavior than to go back and try to correct an unwanted behavior.
Puppies learn to socialize with other puppies and people.
Owners learn about dog body language and how to interrupt unwanted play habits.
Your dog will be less apt to be aggressive with dogs or people.

FREE Puppy Play! No Obedience.

For Puppies of 6 months and younger
Every Saturday 10:00 - 11:00 am
Start your puppy out right. Socialization is just as important as obedience training. It’s easier to teach a good socialized behavior than to go back and try to correct an unwanted behavior. Puppies learn to socialize with other puppies and people. Owners learn about dog body language and how to interrupt unwanted play habits. Less apt to be dog or people aggressive. Supervised by a certified trainer.
Call or Email to Schedule FREE Session Register for Puppy Play Session
First 3 Sessions are FREE. After the third session, cost is $15 per Session

Tweenie Time: A Play Group for Older Puppies

A playtime for older puppies – tweenagers!

Just for puppies from 6 months – 1 year that have aged out of our young puppy play but still want to socialize with their friends…we are extending the party!

Tweenie Time is a curated playgroup for puppies who love to socialize with other puppies their own age. This is a great way to help puppies that have gotten to know each other through playing together in the younger group remain together as they continue to grow and learn.

Join us on Saturdays for Tweenie Time

Time: 11 am – Noon
Price: $15 per session

Vaccination requirements

First round of Booster Vaccines. Please be sure to fax or email us the current record of these for our files.

Review the K9U Waiver Form

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Please review the Waiver Form here. You will sign the form electronically when you register online.

Review Training FAQs

Be sure to review our Training FAQs for helpful information for you and your dog.

Be sure we have a profile for you and your pouch in our system by registering online.
Upload vaccination records to your online profile.

After that you will be able to place your reservation online. This will also give us the information we need to expedite the intake process.

Grace Huffman

Grace has been around dogs throughout her life. In many ways her life is centered around dogs. From training dogs, to relying on Medical Alert Service Dogs for daily tasks, to competing in National Agility competitions, dogs have been teammates, companions and life partners.

Grace’s home pack currently consists of four dogs each with their own special skills and gifts. She trains and competes in agility with her two Miniature Schnauzers Gus and Bernie, who qualified for nationals in his first year of competing! As well as her Standard Poodle, Rafiki, and her Sheltie, Bella, who is a NADAC Champion. Rafiki is also a working Medical Alert Dog and training for Water Fowl retrieval in her spare time.

At K9U Chicago Grace will teach all levels of Agility Training from puppies to competition and will be teaching group obedience training classes. Grace uses only positive training methods and believes in having fun while learning new skills that enhance the bond between dogs and their owners.

When not at K9U Chicago Grace volunteers with shelters and rescue groups in Naperville to help the disabled connect and train service dogs. She also founded Beard & Golden a hand-made custom clothing company providing dog gear and accessories.

Jessica Morales

Jessica is a native of Aurora, Illinois, and has a big love for dogs, especially large active breeds!
She has two dogs of her own that she trains in high energy sports such as Dock Diving and PSA, a protection sport. Her Cane Corso, Kovu, is a service dog and her German Shepherd, Akuma, is currently training in Schutzhund (IGP) a protective bite sport.

Her focus as a trainer at K9 University Chicago will be with our Day Trains, Board & Trains and Private Lesson programs. She has significant experience with many of the larger breeds that can be a bit more challenging to train, but of course she welcomes all breeds and can’t resist a puppy!

As a certified NAVC Canine Nutrition Coach, Jessica is happy to share her knowledge and expertise to help you optimize specific fitness and nutritional goals for your dog so they can live their best possible life, healthy and happy!

Ryan Kamm

Ryan, a native Chicagoan and dog trainer since 2012, has a passion to understand dogs with special needs and a commitment to help their families provide them with the best care and life possible.

As a trainer at K9 University Chicago Ryan focuses on rehabilitating dogs that are reactive and have specific aggressions or triggers. His work allows these dogs to become more confident and comfortable around other dogs and people.

This work is highly specialized and rewarding but also critically important in a city that has so many dogs living together in close proximity with distractions that can easily become reactivity triggers for dogs that may have been abused or not socialized.

Ryan runs our Social Rehabilitation Group for dogs that need to play away from the main daycare groups. He often brings his own dogs, all rescues; Zedah, a Dogo Argentino, Maya, an American Staffordshire Terrier, and Spyro, an American Bully, to help teach the other dogs how to successfully play and cohabitate in a group setting.

Ryan also works with clients offering Board & Train packages and private training sessions.

Puppy Play & Tweenie Time Sessions