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We Do:
- Help you understand the root causes of "normal" but unwanted dog behaviors
- Work with you to set up a management program to prevent unwanted behaviors until new behaviors are in place
- Teach you how to:
- Teach your dog the rules of your household (pack) = MANNERS!
- Use positive reinforcement (usually food rewards) in training
- Use management and training tools that are gentle on your dog
- Use management and training tools that are gentle on your dog
- Teach your dog to want to pay attention to you
- Teach your dog useful obedience skills
- Transition from frequent to less frequent rewards when you and your dog are ready [food delay]
- Set your dog up for success in training and living with you
We Don't:
- Use prong, shock or choke collars
- Jerk on the collar to correct the dog
- Correct the dog for not understanding the activity or skill. [If he doesn’t understand, than we haven’t taught him well enough yet]
- Set the dog up for failure
We Believe:
- In teaching the human end of the leash at least as much as the dog end.
- Leadership is the act of giving guidance or direction
- A good relationship with your dog starts with teaching your dog that you can provide clear leadership
- We help people provide leadership that dogs easily understand
- We help people provide leadership that dogs easily understand
- LEADERSHIP IS NOT THE SAME AS DOMINANCE
- Leadership implies guidance and humans often don’t provide nearly enough
- Leadership implies guidance and humans often don’t provide nearly enough
- When we lead in a way the dog naturally understands, dogs easily accept & thrive on our leadership
- Training should be fun for both ends of the leash!
We Teach:
- Dogs to pay attention to owners
- Our dogs to yield to the space around us unless invited in.[takes care of jumping up, rubbing, licking, pushing on us for petting, etc.]
- Our dogs to accept mild restraint.[for holding still during grooming, body inspection, bathing, leashes on and off, etc.]
- A wide range of practical skills in addition to our leadership and attention activities.
- Just about any skill you need to pursue a variety of dog sports.
- Flex-drills ala Dawn Jecs and Choose to Heel as a great foundation for precision oriented dog sports
- The solid foundation you need for safe Agility for fun or performance.
Another way to look at it:
THE DANCE OF COOPERATION IN THE DOG AND OWNER RELATIONSHIP
- Cooperation is the act of working towards a common end.
- In the case of the relationship between the human and dog, it involves the dog learning to cooperate with the human family or “pack” agenda.
- The dog cooperates with us and the benefits to him are the safety of shelter, food, interaction, and entertainment, to name a few.
- Dog training is also a bit like dancing: It works best when there is a leader and a follower.
- If you’ve ever danced with a really good lead partner, you’ll have a since of what most dogs feel like when their owner is willing to step up to the plate and provide clear leadership. It’s easy for them to follow.
- On the other hand, if you’ve ever danced with someone who isn’t clear or consistent with their cues and expectations, it’s harder to know what you’re supposed to do. This can be frustrating.
- When you’re frustrated, sometimes you feel aggressive or angry, and even though your supposed to be the follower, you end up wanting and trying to take over and lead, because somebody has to.
- Sometimes when humans won’t lead, dogs try to take over because somebody has to, and the human won’t.
- Most dogs are very relieved when someone is taking the leadership roll in their lives.
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