Dog Obedience Training Specialists

Does YOUR Dog Need Obedience Training?

More than just a pet, your dog is part of the family.

But for some families, owning a dog is not always a pleasure. It’s no fun when your dog darts out through an open door and does not come when called. It’s no fun when your dog embarrasses you by jumping all over a visitor to your home. Or when he begs for food at the table in front of a house full of guests. Or picks up your shoe and runs around the house playing “chase” when you’re already late for work.

It’s no fun when you have to clean up your dog’s urine and feces inside your home.

And when he growls at you to protect his food or bone, it’s more than just annoying, it’s downright dangerous.

Owning a trained dog is an entirely different experience. Dog obedience training is the process of training the dog to perform 5 very important basic obedience commands: sit, down, come, stay and drop-it. These 5 commands give you the ability to control your dog’s daily activities. Dog obedience training helps build a strong bond of trust between you and your dog because it trains your dog to look to you for approval in everything he does!

Dogs have 2 separate and distinct brain functions: the limbic system and the cerebral cortex. The limbic system is the center of all of the “doggy drives" like chase, forage, hunt and defend. The cerebral cortex controls more complex thought - let’s call them “doggy decisions.”

These 2 brain functions share an inverse relationship. When one is activated, the other is inhibited. That’s why, for example, an untrained dog will not come back to you when called if he is “busy” chasing a squirrel. A trained dog will stop, turn around and shoot back to you when called, even if he was in mid-chase. His training has taught him to interrupt the “doggy drive” and turn his thought-center back on.

With obedience training, the relationship between you and your dog can reach its full potential! Dogs are pack animals and are genetically programmed to enjoy following a benevolent leader. Obedience training gives them confidence and security.

Obedience commands are not mere “parlor tricks.” These 5 basic commands are the foundation upon which a benevolent pack leader can build an unbreakable bond of loyalty, respect and trust between family and dog. Obedience training  is the greatest gift you can give your dog!