Happy Social Dog’s Training Programs rely heavily on training the owners and helping you to build a stronger, more respectful relationship with your dog. The training is foundational based and teaches you a better way to communicate with your dog. Having a well-behaved dog is something we all dream about but it does require work and consistency from the humans to achieve. Once you learn how to be a good leader for your dog you can carry that knowledge throughout your life and create healthy, balanced relationships with dogs going forward.
What is Foundational Training?
Foundational Training is laying the first core building blocks for dogs. While our training goals are the same for every dog how we get to those goals depends on the dog. It’s not cookie cutter, box store obedience training. It focuses on nurturing a calm mindset and is a very organic process driven by the dogs needs.
Concepts we focus on: Loose Leash Walking, Long Line/Fulfilling Drives, Impulse Control, Recall, Learning Boundaries for Doorways & Thresholds, Crate Training, Place Work, How to Guide Your Dog versus Correcting It, The Importance of Creating Structure, Understanding Your Dogs Drives and The Behaviors Associated With Them, How to Communicate Effectively with Less, and Being Relevant To Your Dog.
Please review the Frequently Asked Questions page for training style and for services we do not offer.
We work all behavioral cases including fear/aggression, reactivity, nervous/anxious/insecure, to easy going happy go lucky dogs. We offer training for all ages; puppy, adolescent, adult, and senior dogs and their humans.
Happy Social Dog is licensed, bonded, insured, First Aid/CPR certified and member of: