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Mission Statement

To help dogs and their people have a happy, satisfied life together through positive obedience training, psychology of animal behavior, behavior modification, and the development of a joyful relationship.

Individualized Private Dog Training

Want to improve your dog’s recall for safety? Does your puppy need to learn some manners? Pulling on leash? Won’t bring the toy back? Jumps on your guests? Let’s train and love your dog with games, toys, treats, and a joyful relationship. Positive reinforcement and force-free methods based on behavior modification strategies are the keys to obedience and a happy relationship with your dog. Laura exclusively uses LIMA training methods (see button below for more info on LIMA!). Laura has been successfully teaching these proven methods to dogs and their owners since 1995. Offering live online one-on-one lessons as well as in-person training locally (within 20 miles of Rhododendron, OR).

Develop the right relationship with your dog, and training is a snap!

Individualized One-on-One Classes

Puppy Kindergarten

  • Stop sharky biting you!

  • Socialize for a resilient, calm dog

  • Lay a training foundation to survive adolescence

  • Play games, bond, enrich your dog’s life

  • Solve typical puppy problems

Basic Obedience

  • Solve problems and develop a happy relationship

  • Lay or build on a training foundation with basic cues: sit, down, stand, stay, leave it, come, settle, place, off

  • Solidify those cues with the 4 D’s: Distance, Distractions, Duration, Diversity

  • Use games to enrich your dog’s life and eliminate nuisance problems like digging, barking, running off, chewing, general shenanigans

Action & Distraction

  • Make those cues bomb-proof

  • Train through distractions to get amazing compliance

  • Work up to off-leash control

  • Call your dog off deer, squirrels, rabbits (PhD level!)

  • Have fun and create a tight bond with your dog

Out & About

  • Train in real-life situations at local dog-friendly places

  • Politely walk through a feed or hardware store, on busy sidewalks, at parks, crowded places

  • Position changes and recalls in high-distraction environments

  • Obedience cues at a dog park (PhD level)

Graduation from a class, with a cute, personalized certificate, requires 6 sessions minimum. BUT, because it’s private lessons, you can craft any number of lessons that you want. Your goals, your choice!

  • 1 private lesson $65

  • 3-session package $185, save $10

  • 6-session package $360, save $30

Bebe learns to be a good dog! Need help making your dog into a good one? Private lessons are efficient and effective!

We loved our first time puppy training with you! After one lesson we are already seeing very positive results. It has really opened up our discussions and communication in the home so we feel good about our training program.
— Ruth Swain, client

When you work with us, you receive access to over 25 training videos and documents. Here are three for free!

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Chester watches Laura’s training video!

Chester the Boston terrier always comes running when his mom turns on Laura’s training videos!

A love story between owner and dog where training makes all the difference.

 
Our Leonberger boy Rollo at 10 weeks

Our Leonberger boy Rollo at 10 weeks

 

Positive Reinforcement Methods

  • Learn the best ways to motivate your puppy to behave appropriately in your human household.

  • Use positive methods to develop the right relationship with your dog.

  • You’re the calm and confident leader; puppy is the obedient, loving follower.

 

Psychology of Animal Behavior

  • Stages of puppy development—Why is my dog suddenly exploring more?

  • Dog body language—Read your dog’s mind

  • Calming signals—Is my dog feeling anxious?

  • Predatory outlet games—How to channel those drives

Bebe, our female Leonberger

Bebe the Leonberger

Mabel the Bernese Mountain Dog

Mabel the Bernese Mountain Dog

 

Operant Conditioning

  • Use best practices to teach the behaviors that you want.

  • Develop a strong understanding of the psychology of training animals and be able to apply these concepts to your training methods.

  • Follow the correct steps of teaching a behavior to avoid confusing the dog and teach them quickly with reliable results.

  • $65 per one-hour session

  • 3-session package for $185 ($10 off)

  • 6-session package for $360 ($30 off)

Includes access to 25+ training videos & docs for your personal use

Dog training lessons available online (live, private video lessons) and locally within 20 miles of Rhododendron, Oregon