Best Neighborhood Dog

The Best Neighborhood Dog Program is for owners who want more training after graduating from our Foundation Training, Remote Collar, or Advanced Remote Collar Program. The work that goes into having a calm, confident, and attentive dog is a process that can take additional training support and more one-on-one work with a trainer to focus on obedience and behavioral issues.

Best Neighborhood Dog instruction will raise the bar of your dog training results by meeting your desire for an awesome dog with a strong commitment to make change happen. Each session ends with written recommendations you can add to your training plan. There’s always plenty to practice!

Some examples of behavior we encourage in the Best Neighborhood Dog include:

Does not jump on people when greeting them
Plays well with all dogs
Does not chase the mailman, ever
Does not rush the front door whenever the doorbell rings
Will always come when called, straight back to you
Is calm when being fed
Is relaxed whenever you need him to be relaxed

Best Neighborhood Dog is a focus on:

Teaching your dog good choices – Do certain habits in your dog keep repeating?
Balanced socialization – Can your dog ignore other dogs as appropriate? Can you manage your dog greeting other dogs and strangers?
Tougher distractions – How does your dog respond to your commands when the toughest distractions are present, like squirrels, food, or visitors?
Perfecting your Structured Walk – Is your dog handling skill able to meet your dog’s walk habits?
Advanced lesson scenarios – Can you anticipate your dog making a good decision or a poor choice? Can you take control of your dog’s toughest behavior or is it still stressful?

Life with your dog takes a daily commitment to teach him to grow along with you. The advanced techniques and strategies in the Best Neighborhood Dog Program will challenge you to be a leader and imagine a new relationship with your dog.

Examples of Best Neighborhood Dog Training Sessions:

A direct continuation of the training done in a five-session program here at the training barn
Working on being fully off-leash, here at the training barn in our enclosed yard
Meeting a trainer at a park to practice working around higher distractions
Teaching your dog to go swimming with the help of a trainer
Walking in a heavily trafficked downtown area to practice around big distractions
A trainer comes to your house to continue working on specific issues identified during a five-session program
Meeting a trainer to practice off-leash in a local wooded area
A trainer meets you to address a highly specific skill you’d like to practice with your dog: biking, boating, camping, anything really!

All of these are suggestions and your trainer will help you create a realistic, achievable training plan. For example, if your goal is off-leash in the woods, we may suggest a session here at the barn first.