Greetings Dog Parents! As a life-long dog and animal lover, long-term animal shelter volunteer (Berkeley Animal Care Services, Berkeley Humane) and dog walker in the East Bay (for about 7 years now), I am very excited to announce that I've recently graduated from Catch Canine Trainers's Academy (with distinction no less!) and am now a CCTA Certified Professional Dog Trainer. Using Positive Reinforcement/Rewards-Based/Force-Free methods exclusively, I'm now offering private training sessions in Basic and Advanced Obedience Skills, Behavior Issues, and purely for fun, Tricks! For busy dog parents who simply don't have a lot of time for training, I'll also be offering Training Visits in which I do the bulk of the training. I'll still be offering the neighborhood dog walks and pet-sitting, so please feel free to ask about these services also.
(Click "Learn More" for an excellent article from the Humane Society about Positive Reinforcement training!)
In our Private Training Sessions I'lI will be working with both you and your pup, essentially teaching you how to train your dog and how to maintain the new behaviors in the long term. Would you like your dog to learn Basic or Advanced Obedience skills? Perhaps your pup has some behavior issues that need addressing - jumping on people, counter surfing, destructive chewing, excessive barking, leash aggression, pulling on leash, begging at table, nipping, submissive urination, resource guarding, fear of people, other dogs (or of the outdoors in general), separation anxiety, digging, or house training issues. When it comes down to it, whether learning obedience skills, good manners or tricks, good training is always fun for all involved, canine and human!
Can't find the time for training? No worries! For dog parents who prefer that I do the bulk of the training, I will come to your home and work with your pup in 1/2 hour sessions 4x per week and meet with you for 1 hour once every week or two to teach you how to elicit and maintain the behaviors that I've "installed". Plan on 4-8 weeks depending on how much you need you dog to learn and on the complexity of the behaviors being taught. For dog owners new to Positive Reinforcement training, I recommend the Private Training sessions over the Training Visits as the Private Training Sessions will give you a good overview of the why's, what's and how's of Positive Reinforcement training.
I will be continuing to offer solo neighborhood dog walks and pet/dog sitting in the East Bay communities of Richmond, El Cerrito, Albany, Berkeley, Emeryville, Piedmont and Oakland, so please feel free to contact me about these services also. Group neighborhood walks available for residents of Oakland's Maxwell Park neighborhood.
Once per week I will come to your home (or a quiet park if you prefer) to work with you and your pup. Rather than directly training your dog, I will be teaching you how to train him/her and how to maintain the new behaviors. Between sessions you'll have the week to practice with your pup before we move on to the next lesson. Plan on 4-8 weeks depending on how much you need your pup to learn and on the complexity of the behaviors we're teaching him. Training sessions are 1 hour in length.
For dog parents who prefer that I do the bulk of the training, I will work with your dog in 1/2 hour sessions 4x per week and meet with you for 1 hour once every week or two to teach you how to elicit and maintain the behaviors that I've "installed". Plan on 4-8 weeks depending on how much you need your pup to learn and on the complexity of the behaviors being taught. For dog owners new to Positive Reinforcement Training, I recommend Private Training Sessions over the Training Visits.
Solo 1/2 hour neighborhood on-leash walks (minimum 2 walks per week) in Richmond, El Cerrito, Albany, Berkeley, Emeryville, Piedmont and Oakland. Group neighborhood walks also available in the Maxwell Park neighborhood of Oakland.
In-your-home care for your beloved furry and feathered friends in Marin, Richmond, El Cerrito, Albany, Berkeley, Emeryville, Piedmont or Oakland. Three night minimum.
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