Dog friendly, Relationship Centered  training for you and your dog!
The Association of Pet Dog Trainers defines “dog-friendly” training as “training that utilizes primarily positive reinforcement [rewards to strengthen appropriate behavior]; secondarily negative punishment [removal of something the dog wants (freedom/access/game) in order to reduce an unwanted behavior], and only occasionally, rarely, and/or as a last resort includes positive punishment and/or negative reinforcement.”

Our training philosophy is supported by the American Veterinary Society of Animal Behavior and American Animal Hospital Association.

Our training methods and philosophy are based on the principles of learning theory and ethology - the biological study of the natural behavior of a species. Our goal is to train effectively and humanely by understanding both how learning takes place and basic canine behavior. Trainers who are familiar with ethology are less likely to interpret dog behaviors based on anthropomorphism (assigning human traits and motivations to animals). Humane training relies heavily on reward-based techniques to build and strengthen desired behaviors and withholding rewards to extinguish undesired behaviors. We set our dogs up to succeed; we don't set the dog up to fail so it can be corrected.