Customized Obedience Training
Our Obedience Training will help your dog psychologically and and emotionally, as well as help to build strong bonds with family members. Our goal is to leave you with a healthy, well-adjusted dog who has a strong sense of boundaries and knows his role in your family unit, rather than a performer who simply knows a few obedience commands.
With Obedience Training, your dog learns that a certain sound or gesture indicates he should respond in a certain way. Typical commands include: heel, sit, stay, down and drop it. While some of these commands are entertaining, they serve a more important purpose, helping your dog to center himself and understand what is expected of him.
We do not use “positive reinforcement” in its pure form for a very important reason known to every seasoned Dog Behaviorist— because it causes confusion for the dog. Achieving long term results is difficult, if not impossible to do, by simply ignoring unwanted behavior, and rewarding the desired behavior. A dog’s mind simply doesn’t work that way.
Training dogs with treats is also extremely limiting on many levels. One example is if a dog becomes frightened. No animal will take food in a fearful or stressed state of mind. Further, If the dog is startled by a loud noise, goes to the Vet, thunderstorms erupt, or if he panics for any reason—and doesn’t have a good basic training foundation—the end result could be disastrous.
To the Positive Reinforcement/Treat trainers words like abuse, fear, cruel, and corporal punishment mean the same as a correction. These terms are taken completely out of context in an attempt to validate their own methodology. This is blatant fraudulent propaganda.
Correcting a behavior, either by natural means (i.e. a person touching a thorn on a rose stem), or by training one’s dog to stop leash pulling, is not abusive, cruel, or a form of corporal punishment. It is simply CAUSE and EFFECT. Cause and effect is a natural part of the learning process in all animals, humans and dogs.
“CAUSE and EFFECT is a natural part of the learning process in all animals.”
After completing a full interview and assessment, Mike will tailor a custom Obedience Training Plan for your dog. Whether your goals include teaching your dog manners, patience or leash control and commands, you will have a crystal clear picture of what will happen when and how. You may be surprised to start seeing results even after the first session. This program will also include behavior modification that may address issues like-intensity behavioral issues like: mouthing, jumping, counter surfing or nipping.
The initial 90 minute session includes a consultation, assessment, and hands-on training session with you and your dog. Follow-up training sessions run from 60 to 90 minutes depending on how much your dog will tolerate and include refinement and reinforcement, plus correction of specific issues.