My responsibility to pets and their owners is to prevent fear, anxiety or stress, not cause it.  I will always have your dog's welfare and yours in mind when helping you along your training journey.

 

Training dogs takes consistency, repetition, time, and patience. Behavior modification takes knowledge, patience, and the ability to communicate with the dog. You need to learn to read their body language because that is how they communicate, not just with us, but with other dogs.

 

We use only science-based, kind, effective positive reinforcement training

methods. That means that we NEVER use any aversive methods such as

choke collars, prong collars, e-collars (shock collars) or any other methods

that use fear or intimidation methods. That includes any tools or techniques

that cause dogs pain or discomfort. 

 

Studies show that the only humane training method is positive reinforcement

training. Read the article here from the American Veterinary Society of

Animal Behavior to learn more.

 

We use positive reinforcement to teach dogs how to do what we want them to do. We instruct our clients how to effectively reinforce their dog for the behaviors we want to see and how to cease reward patterns, either environmental or intentional, for undesirable behaviors.

 

Behavior that is reinforced will occur again and behavior that is not reinforced will decline. 

 

But, you have to show your dog what you want them to do instead of the unwanted behavior in order to change their behavior patterns.

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