Frequently Asked Questions
Am I the right trainer for you? Are you the right client for me?
In order to be successful at transforming your dogs behavior, it is important for you to be familiar with my balanced training tools and method. I provide these details to all my clients (and non-clients) on my website including my training and Facebook page because I want you to be comfortable with my style of training straight away. It is very important for you to be just as excited to train with your dog as I am.
The reality of dog training, especially continuing a behavior modification program, is that if you choose to stick to the structure of the training plan, you and your dog will build a successful relationship together. If you are in a race to end the structure of the training plan, and stop using the training tools as soon as possible, you and your dog will likely continue to struggle. This is tried and true advice. Essentially, I am a life coach for the relationship between you and your dog. If you are ready to work through your drama with your dog, I am available to help you reach your realistic goals.
Here are the qualities in a client that I feel are absolutely necessary for success:
- My successful clients recognize that there is a problem with the relationship between themselves and their dog(s). They take responsibility for the fact that something they are doing is contributing to their dog's behavioral problem, and they recognize they must make some changes if they want to resolve their dog's bad behavior.
- I need you to be comfortable with my training tools and method. You should be open to a balanced training approach.
- Giving your dog total freedom (no rules), the wrong type of love, and treats, will not lead you down the path to resolving your dog’s bad behavior. I know this is true, because I have tried it and failed at it. If you’re looking for more information on my experience, go here. With a lot of my clients I tell them to chill on the over petting, over talking (baby talk especially - drill sergeant voice is bad too) and over-praising. That does not mean you can never praise your dog, but I am talking about over praising your dog. Providing too much affection, and praise is not working. If giving your dog verbal praise, physical praise, and food praise was working, you likely would not be hiring me. In my professional opinion, the best reward is inclusion. For example, what I mean by inclusion, is that it is far better to have your dog resting in your home on the "place" command, than it is to have your dog barking in another room, or barking in a crate when you have guests visit. I can train your dog to be peacefully included in your regular life. Together we need to provide your dog with leadership and direction, before we can provide your dog with praise, and affection. Following a training plan does not mean you need to avoid any and all affection with your dog. What a training plan does require is that you follow the plan before giving affection, treats, and freedom to your dog. If you make a choice to adhere to the balanced training plan provided you will see your dog’s bad behavior resolved.
- Being in a rush to stop using your dog's training equipment, will not work. I use a method of training that works to resolve disobedient dog behaviors. I am very selective in terms of my client relationships. I am very motivated to work with clients who are ready to apply my training method, and training tools. Being consistent is crucial. Just like working out with a personal trainer. You need to follow through with the personal trainer's program if you want to see physical results.
- Ideally, your whole family is on board with this change in your dog's training lifestyle. Please understand, I recognize your dog absolutely has the ability to be an awesomely sweet companion. As a dog trainer, it is my passion to show you how your dog can be an awesome companion on a regular basis. Frankly, when the entire family is not on board, it can be a heartbreaking for everyone involved. I want you to get all of the value out of each training program we work through together.
- Some examples of your dog's training lifestyle change include, not being on your bed, or couch, regularly using the "place" command, and using the dog's crate when the dog returns home from training. -You will know when your dog has earned more household freedom. We will discuss this in detail during the board, and train return home session. Some dogs earn household freedom sooner than others. If you are in a rush to remove the dog's training equipment, and/or structured lifestyle (which includes "place", and the dog's crate), my program will likely not be a good fit for you, because your dog's unwanted behaviors will ultimately return. I want your dog to be happy and fulfilled alongside you and/or your family. Bad behavior expressed by your dog can be boiled down to this simple concept. Your dog is testing his/her limits within your territory. Your dog is under the impression that your territory is their territory. Your dog is constantly operating under the laws of nature. In the natural world, when an animal’s territory is encroached upon, the animal is entitled to defend their territory with a correction. I’ll give you an example. If you allow your dog to sleep on your bed, and you lack any kind of leadership role in your dog’s life, your dog has every right to correct you either through a warning growl, or bite, while you are in the vicinity of your own bed. That’s a pretty powerful situation there. So many dogs are surrendered to shelters and rescues every day for bad behavior such as this, and it is completely preventable, and resolvable.
Dog training is not a series of commands rewarded excitedly by a treat. Dog training is a lifestyle, rewarded by including our dogs in our daily lives. If you fully believe you and your family can commit to these lifestyle changes, please fill out my contact form!
Empowered K9 Training is currently not taking on human aggressive dogs with or without a bite history. However, I'm still working with human reactive dogs that might bark a little or growl at first but warm up quickly and become friendly after a few minutes.
In order to be successful at transforming your dogs behavior, it is important for you to be familiar with my balanced training tools and method. I provide these details to all my clients (and non-clients) on my website including my training and Facebook page because I want you to be comfortable with my style of training straight away. It is very important for you to be just as excited to train with your dog as I am.
The reality of dog training, especially continuing a behavior modification program, is that if you choose to stick to the structure of the training plan, you and your dog will build a successful relationship together. If you are in a race to end the structure of the training plan, and stop using the training tools as soon as possible, you and your dog will likely continue to struggle. This is tried and true advice. Essentially, I am a life coach for the relationship between you and your dog. If you are ready to work through your drama with your dog, I am available to help you reach your realistic goals.
Here are the qualities in a client that I feel are absolutely necessary for success:
- My successful clients recognize that there is a problem with the relationship between themselves and their dog(s). They take responsibility for the fact that something they are doing is contributing to their dog's behavioral problem, and they recognize they must make some changes if they want to resolve their dog's bad behavior.
- I need you to be comfortable with my training tools and method. You should be open to a balanced training approach.
- Giving your dog total freedom (no rules), the wrong type of love, and treats, will not lead you down the path to resolving your dog’s bad behavior. I know this is true, because I have tried it and failed at it. If you’re looking for more information on my experience, go here. With a lot of my clients I tell them to chill on the over petting, over talking (baby talk especially - drill sergeant voice is bad too) and over-praising. That does not mean you can never praise your dog, but I am talking about over praising your dog. Providing too much affection, and praise is not working. If giving your dog verbal praise, physical praise, and food praise was working, you likely would not be hiring me. In my professional opinion, the best reward is inclusion. For example, what I mean by inclusion, is that it is far better to have your dog resting in your home on the "place" command, than it is to have your dog barking in another room, or barking in a crate when you have guests visit. I can train your dog to be peacefully included in your regular life. Together we need to provide your dog with leadership and direction, before we can provide your dog with praise, and affection. Following a training plan does not mean you need to avoid any and all affection with your dog. What a training plan does require is that you follow the plan before giving affection, treats, and freedom to your dog. If you make a choice to adhere to the balanced training plan provided you will see your dog’s bad behavior resolved.
- Being in a rush to stop using your dog's training equipment, will not work. I use a method of training that works to resolve disobedient dog behaviors. I am very selective in terms of my client relationships. I am very motivated to work with clients who are ready to apply my training method, and training tools. Being consistent is crucial. Just like working out with a personal trainer. You need to follow through with the personal trainer's program if you want to see physical results.
- Ideally, your whole family is on board with this change in your dog's training lifestyle. Please understand, I recognize your dog absolutely has the ability to be an awesomely sweet companion. As a dog trainer, it is my passion to show you how your dog can be an awesome companion on a regular basis. Frankly, when the entire family is not on board, it can be a heartbreaking for everyone involved. I want you to get all of the value out of each training program we work through together.
- Some examples of your dog's training lifestyle change include, not being on your bed, or couch, regularly using the "place" command, and using the dog's crate when the dog returns home from training. -You will know when your dog has earned more household freedom. We will discuss this in detail during the board, and train return home session. Some dogs earn household freedom sooner than others. If you are in a rush to remove the dog's training equipment, and/or structured lifestyle (which includes "place", and the dog's crate), my program will likely not be a good fit for you, because your dog's unwanted behaviors will ultimately return. I want your dog to be happy and fulfilled alongside you and/or your family. Bad behavior expressed by your dog can be boiled down to this simple concept. Your dog is testing his/her limits within your territory. Your dog is under the impression that your territory is their territory. Your dog is constantly operating under the laws of nature. In the natural world, when an animal’s territory is encroached upon, the animal is entitled to defend their territory with a correction. I’ll give you an example. If you allow your dog to sleep on your bed, and you lack any kind of leadership role in your dog’s life, your dog has every right to correct you either through a warning growl, or bite, while you are in the vicinity of your own bed. That’s a pretty powerful situation there. So many dogs are surrendered to shelters and rescues every day for bad behavior such as this, and it is completely preventable, and resolvable.
Dog training is not a series of commands rewarded excitedly by a treat. Dog training is a lifestyle, rewarded by including our dogs in our daily lives. If you fully believe you and your family can commit to these lifestyle changes, please fill out my contact form!
Empowered K9 Training is currently not taking on human aggressive dogs with or without a bite history. However, I'm still working with human reactive dogs that might bark a little or growl at first but warm up quickly and become friendly after a few minutes.
Why Board and Train?
If your dog is leash reactive, dog aggressive, struggles with more than a couple of behavior issues, you want to raise a puppy into an awesome adult, or you want them off-leash e-collar trained, then you and your dog will achieve the most success through Board & Train. It has often taken many months or years to develop the behavioral problem that have you seeking training help, there will not be a quick or easy fix for unpacking deeply rooted issues and patterns. Board and Train allows me to do the heavy lifting for you, to take your dog out of their routine, familiar and habitual processes and hit the “reset” button. You wouldn’t rush drug rehab or a health camp, with dog training time and consistency, along with the right tools and guidance, are the keys to achieving big time change in a shorter period of time.
Sometimes the problem is so big, or the lifestyle so frustrating, that waiting out eight weeks of private dog training is just not going to cut it. Alternately, being pro-active and bringing in a young dog for basic obedience or e collar conditioning is a life saver when dealing with adolescent behaviors. Booking a Board & Train will expedite your solutions, make for solid patterning in your dog that lasts, and take a TON of stress off of you. Using a balanced approach and wonderfully effective tools such as prong and e collar, we can help your dog understand clear and consistent expectations when they’re back at home with you. You will still have work to do, you will still need to earn respect and trust from your dog by maintaining a consistent leadership, but we can give you the head start you need, the guidelines for successful relationship building, and the tools to maintain your new and improved dog.
Empowered K9 Training is currently not taking on human aggressive dogs with or without a bite history. However, I'm still working with human reactive dogs that might bark a little or growl at first but warm up quickly and become friendly after a few minutes.
If your dog is leash reactive, dog aggressive, struggles with more than a couple of behavior issues, you want to raise a puppy into an awesome adult, or you want them off-leash e-collar trained, then you and your dog will achieve the most success through Board & Train. It has often taken many months or years to develop the behavioral problem that have you seeking training help, there will not be a quick or easy fix for unpacking deeply rooted issues and patterns. Board and Train allows me to do the heavy lifting for you, to take your dog out of their routine, familiar and habitual processes and hit the “reset” button. You wouldn’t rush drug rehab or a health camp, with dog training time and consistency, along with the right tools and guidance, are the keys to achieving big time change in a shorter period of time.
Sometimes the problem is so big, or the lifestyle so frustrating, that waiting out eight weeks of private dog training is just not going to cut it. Alternately, being pro-active and bringing in a young dog for basic obedience or e collar conditioning is a life saver when dealing with adolescent behaviors. Booking a Board & Train will expedite your solutions, make for solid patterning in your dog that lasts, and take a TON of stress off of you. Using a balanced approach and wonderfully effective tools such as prong and e collar, we can help your dog understand clear and consistent expectations when they’re back at home with you. You will still have work to do, you will still need to earn respect and trust from your dog by maintaining a consistent leadership, but we can give you the head start you need, the guidelines for successful relationship building, and the tools to maintain your new and improved dog.
Empowered K9 Training is currently not taking on human aggressive dogs with or without a bite history. However, I'm still working with human reactive dogs that might bark a little or growl at first but warm up quickly and become friendly after a few minutes.
Why do you only offer a 3 week Board and Train?
After working with close to 1500 dogs I've come to the conclusion that a 3 week board and train program is just the right amount of time to teach a dog all that my training program has to offer - please keep in mind that my training program is unlike any other in the Arizona. Three weeks is also a perfect amount of time for not only the easier and younger dogs, but it's also the perfect amount of time to get a handle on dogs with serious behavior issues. At one time I did offer 2, 3 and 4 week programs but year after year 99.9% of my board and trains were doing 3 weeks so I figured it would be best to just offer that one program.
After working with close to 1500 dogs I've come to the conclusion that a 3 week board and train program is just the right amount of time to teach a dog all that my training program has to offer - please keep in mind that my training program is unlike any other in the Arizona. Three weeks is also a perfect amount of time for not only the easier and younger dogs, but it's also the perfect amount of time to get a handle on dogs with serious behavior issues. At one time I did offer 2, 3 and 4 week programs but year after year 99.9% of my board and trains were doing 3 weeks so I figured it would be best to just offer that one program.
Why do you use E-Collars? What are the benefits? What brand do you use?
Before I became a dog trainer I was very much against the use of e-collars and prong collars. I thought they were mean and cruel training tools. The reason I felt that way wasn't because I had ever used them, it was because I was uneducated about them and believed what other uneducated people said that either never used them before or didn't use them properly. I was finally lucky enough to see through all the fear mongering, lies and "stories" to learn about how wonderful these tools can be with not only saving and helping dogs, but also playing a huge roll with helping struggling and hopeless dog owners like I once was.
Modern remote collar training has provided the most gentle, effective, consistent, and expansive training there is today. There is truly no better tool to quickly and calmly train or rehabilitate dogs. With e collar training, your dog receives clear and consistent feedback to mold and shape their behavior, garnering reliable results that open the world up for many dogs who have lost all freedom due to reactivity, aggression, escape tendencies and more. Whether used as an early intervention training method for puppies (imagine avoiding behavioral issues altogether!), or in a dog behavior modification and rehabilitation context, e collar training saves lives, and empowers owners to be fair and consistent with their communication. Ultimately, you and your dog can enjoy a more full and rewarding relationship as nature intended!
E collar training offers the best off-leash reliability with your dog, the tool neutralizes all family members by giving your dog the same exact prompt or correction from all parties regardless of their size, confidence, training proficiency, or verbal tone. Have you experienced that in your home? Does your dog listen to one family member, but not the other? Dogs of all shapes, sizes, temperaments, and training backgrounds can be moved forward with remote collar work, building confidence, clarity and a desire to partner with you whether three feet from you, or three hundred. My program focuses on laying a foundation of obedience for your dog with low level collar communication, explaining to your dog that working is positive and comes with freedom. Modern remote collars, such as the Mini Educator, the only brand I use from E Collar Technologies are designed with the same technology as a TENS unit, and provide a soft, split second “tickle” to prompt your dog that you are communicating with them. The remote collar I use is not a shock collar, there is no shocking or zapping of dogs, the device has 100 levels to identify the lowest possible working level that your dog senses. Further, because of how I train with the e collar tool, dogs understand the collar sensation and what to do with it, eliminating anxiety and reactivity better than any other protocol. I teach your dog that the e collar sensation is your voice, how to listen to your voice, and how to be excited to hear from you! If you think you’ve tried everything, dog obedience classes, extreme amounts of exercise, dog anxiety medications, avoiding all triggers, but your dog is still a problem, I can help you! Many clients come to me with a history of several unsuccessful training experiences, and they can’t believe the change that e collar training brings about in their dogs. You do not have to continue to suffer with the dog you have today, let us get you on the path to better behavior, connectedness, calm, and FUN going forward!
Modern e-collars, such as the E Collar Technologies Mini Educator is the only brand I use and is the only brand I will put on my own personal dogs (not all e-collars are created equal!), they provide a localized smooth stim just like a tens unit for pain management. These tools do NOT shock or zap your dog, nor are they intended to instill fear in your dog for obedience. I do not advocate applying this tool and beginning to correct your dog without a thorough education for both yourself and your dog about how to condition your dog to the collar, and how to work at the lowest possible level, teaching them how to process that cue in the most calm and positive way results in a calmer dog, and more reliable obedience. I use the Mini Educator collar because it has several awesome features such as a digital reading of the collar levels, an LED light for off-leash freedom at night, 1/2 miles transmitter range, is water proof, has vibrate and tone, has a nice small size and dogs love them. Through my Board and Train service you will learn all of the ins and outs of the Educator Mini Collar, and how to properly maintain your dog’s training with it.
Before I became a dog trainer I was very much against the use of e-collars and prong collars. I thought they were mean and cruel training tools. The reason I felt that way wasn't because I had ever used them, it was because I was uneducated about them and believed what other uneducated people said that either never used them before or didn't use them properly. I was finally lucky enough to see through all the fear mongering, lies and "stories" to learn about how wonderful these tools can be with not only saving and helping dogs, but also playing a huge roll with helping struggling and hopeless dog owners like I once was.
Modern remote collar training has provided the most gentle, effective, consistent, and expansive training there is today. There is truly no better tool to quickly and calmly train or rehabilitate dogs. With e collar training, your dog receives clear and consistent feedback to mold and shape their behavior, garnering reliable results that open the world up for many dogs who have lost all freedom due to reactivity, aggression, escape tendencies and more. Whether used as an early intervention training method for puppies (imagine avoiding behavioral issues altogether!), or in a dog behavior modification and rehabilitation context, e collar training saves lives, and empowers owners to be fair and consistent with their communication. Ultimately, you and your dog can enjoy a more full and rewarding relationship as nature intended!
E collar training offers the best off-leash reliability with your dog, the tool neutralizes all family members by giving your dog the same exact prompt or correction from all parties regardless of their size, confidence, training proficiency, or verbal tone. Have you experienced that in your home? Does your dog listen to one family member, but not the other? Dogs of all shapes, sizes, temperaments, and training backgrounds can be moved forward with remote collar work, building confidence, clarity and a desire to partner with you whether three feet from you, or three hundred. My program focuses on laying a foundation of obedience for your dog with low level collar communication, explaining to your dog that working is positive and comes with freedom. Modern remote collars, such as the Mini Educator, the only brand I use from E Collar Technologies are designed with the same technology as a TENS unit, and provide a soft, split second “tickle” to prompt your dog that you are communicating with them. The remote collar I use is not a shock collar, there is no shocking or zapping of dogs, the device has 100 levels to identify the lowest possible working level that your dog senses. Further, because of how I train with the e collar tool, dogs understand the collar sensation and what to do with it, eliminating anxiety and reactivity better than any other protocol. I teach your dog that the e collar sensation is your voice, how to listen to your voice, and how to be excited to hear from you! If you think you’ve tried everything, dog obedience classes, extreme amounts of exercise, dog anxiety medications, avoiding all triggers, but your dog is still a problem, I can help you! Many clients come to me with a history of several unsuccessful training experiences, and they can’t believe the change that e collar training brings about in their dogs. You do not have to continue to suffer with the dog you have today, let us get you on the path to better behavior, connectedness, calm, and FUN going forward!
Modern e-collars, such as the E Collar Technologies Mini Educator is the only brand I use and is the only brand I will put on my own personal dogs (not all e-collars are created equal!), they provide a localized smooth stim just like a tens unit for pain management. These tools do NOT shock or zap your dog, nor are they intended to instill fear in your dog for obedience. I do not advocate applying this tool and beginning to correct your dog without a thorough education for both yourself and your dog about how to condition your dog to the collar, and how to work at the lowest possible level, teaching them how to process that cue in the most calm and positive way results in a calmer dog, and more reliable obedience. I use the Mini Educator collar because it has several awesome features such as a digital reading of the collar levels, an LED light for off-leash freedom at night, 1/2 miles transmitter range, is water proof, has vibrate and tone, has a nice small size and dogs love them. Through my Board and Train service you will learn all of the ins and outs of the Educator Mini Collar, and how to properly maintain your dog’s training with it.
Why do you use prong collars?
I use prong collars because I find them to be the best tool for connecting, communicating, and creating a harmonious relationship with the least amount of physical stress to the dog and owner. Most tools tend to only mask or manage the behavior, while the prong collar allows us to actually break through and effortlessly communicate, creating a vastly different state of mind and a highly responsive dog. While prong collars tend to look horrible, when used correctly, they have been proven to be the least physically taxing, most humane, and one of the safest tools available.
All collar tools are about “volume.” Choosing the right tool for each dog means effectively speaking at a volume your dog can hear, through the varying degrees of mental noise your dog experiences every day. A prong collar allows a handler to offer directional pressure (go this way, move like this…), feedback (don’t do that), and general information to their dog (positive also!) with more gentle pressure, and most importantly the handler can release that pressure quickly unlike with harnesses or flat collars when a dog is straining. Many tools are actually more harmful to a dog structurally due to the constant pressure/tension they cause, a factor that only perpetuates more pulling and resistance from your dog as well.
A prong collar is designed to distribute pressure evenly around the dog’s neck, there is not one constant pressure point to harm your dog’s windpipe or dig into the skin. With a prong collar I can also effectively eliminate tension and regain a dog’s focus much more easily and clearly when a dog is in a heightened state. Much like a tap on the shoulder or someone whistling to grab your attention when your focus is elsewhere, a prong collar provides an effective and fair interruption to conduct conversation with our dogs and give them information. Check out my videos (all throughout the website) and social media posts to see how I use this tool gently, effectively, and the awesome results I achieve with dogs who are aggressive, anxious, insecure, reactive, bratty, generally over-exuberant, and more!
I use prong collars because I find them to be the best tool for connecting, communicating, and creating a harmonious relationship with the least amount of physical stress to the dog and owner. Most tools tend to only mask or manage the behavior, while the prong collar allows us to actually break through and effortlessly communicate, creating a vastly different state of mind and a highly responsive dog. While prong collars tend to look horrible, when used correctly, they have been proven to be the least physically taxing, most humane, and one of the safest tools available.
All collar tools are about “volume.” Choosing the right tool for each dog means effectively speaking at a volume your dog can hear, through the varying degrees of mental noise your dog experiences every day. A prong collar allows a handler to offer directional pressure (go this way, move like this…), feedback (don’t do that), and general information to their dog (positive also!) with more gentle pressure, and most importantly the handler can release that pressure quickly unlike with harnesses or flat collars when a dog is straining. Many tools are actually more harmful to a dog structurally due to the constant pressure/tension they cause, a factor that only perpetuates more pulling and resistance from your dog as well.
A prong collar is designed to distribute pressure evenly around the dog’s neck, there is not one constant pressure point to harm your dog’s windpipe or dig into the skin. With a prong collar I can also effectively eliminate tension and regain a dog’s focus much more easily and clearly when a dog is in a heightened state. Much like a tap on the shoulder or someone whistling to grab your attention when your focus is elsewhere, a prong collar provides an effective and fair interruption to conduct conversation with our dogs and give them information. Check out my videos (all throughout the website) and social media posts to see how I use this tool gently, effectively, and the awesome results I achieve with dogs who are aggressive, anxious, insecure, reactive, bratty, generally over-exuberant, and more!
Do you train puppies?
Yes, I work with a lot of puppies! Most of my puppy clients first go through my 2 hour puppy class {at 8-12 weeks old} and when they hit 5-6 months old they come back for their 3 week board and train. My puppy program is like no other in Arizona and the results are mind blowing. My puppy training program is a blue print based on how I raised my Rottweilers Dutch and Maeve (MG) and if you've seen their videos on my FACEBOOK page then you know how awesome they've both turned out.
Yes, I work with a lot of puppies! Most of my puppy clients first go through my 2 hour puppy class {at 8-12 weeks old} and when they hit 5-6 months old they come back for their 3 week board and train. My puppy program is like no other in Arizona and the results are mind blowing. My puppy training program is a blue print based on how I raised my Rottweilers Dutch and Maeve (MG) and if you've seen their videos on my FACEBOOK page then you know how awesome they've both turned out.
My dog is really aggressive. Do you work with aggressive dogs?
Yes. I specialize in dog to dog aggression rehab, and I am one of the few places in the Phoenix area (East Valley) providing successful rehabilitation solutions for problem dogs. I have built my reputation by successfully rehabbing some of the most severe dog aggression cases.
Empowered K9 Training is currently not taking on human aggressive dogs with or without a bite history. However, I'm still working with human reactive dogs that might bark a little or growl at first but warm up quickly and become friendly after a few minutes.
Yes. I specialize in dog to dog aggression rehab, and I am one of the few places in the Phoenix area (East Valley) providing successful rehabilitation solutions for problem dogs. I have built my reputation by successfully rehabbing some of the most severe dog aggression cases.
Empowered K9 Training is currently not taking on human aggressive dogs with or without a bite history. However, I'm still working with human reactive dogs that might bark a little or growl at first but warm up quickly and become friendly after a few minutes.
My dog is uncontrollable on the walk – pulling, lunging, barking, growling – can you fix this?
I consistently get fantastic results with all levels of issues, from mild pulling and disobedience, to severe dog aggression reactivity.
I consistently get fantastic results with all levels of issues, from mild pulling and disobedience, to severe dog aggression reactivity.
Do you work with dogs that fight with each other in the house?
Sorry, but I do not. The reason being is that I work alone so that can easily turn into a safety issue for the dogs and myself.
Sorry, but I do not. The reason being is that I work alone so that can easily turn into a safety issue for the dogs and myself.
I have tried other trainers before and didn’t get the results I desired – what makes your program and approach different and more effective?
I'm often the last stop (quickly becoming the first and only stop) after clients have been through multiple trainers. Unlike other training approaches that only focus on developing rehearsed behaviors, bribing with treats, or merely managing/bandaiding the problem, I have developed a unique approach that fundamentally changes the dog’s state of mind. Once I address the dog’s state of mind, the sky’s the limit for what I can create. By cultivating new habits, teaching the dog to make better choices, training calmness instead of excitability, and employing our unique duration work, we are consistently successful with dogs that others are unable to help. This will be the last dog training you will ever need.
I'm often the last stop (quickly becoming the first and only stop) after clients have been through multiple trainers. Unlike other training approaches that only focus on developing rehearsed behaviors, bribing with treats, or merely managing/bandaiding the problem, I have developed a unique approach that fundamentally changes the dog’s state of mind. Once I address the dog’s state of mind, the sky’s the limit for what I can create. By cultivating new habits, teaching the dog to make better choices, training calmness instead of excitability, and employing our unique duration work, we are consistently successful with dogs that others are unable to help. This will be the last dog training you will ever need.
What happens if I don’t get the results I want from the training? Is there a guarantee?
Due to the many variables involved to create a well-behaved, balanced dog, including owner commitment, consistency, and follow-through, it would be unethical for me to offer a 100% guarantee. However, I only choose the most dedicated and diligent owners so, in my experience, no matter how severe the issues, I consistently see breakthrough results and amazing transformations. I have never come across a dog I could not help. We work hand in hand as a team in your dog’s rehabilitation. This process of teamwork and collaboration begins before I even meet your dog, moves through the training process, and continues long after your dog has gone home. Once you hire me, I consider you part of Empowered K9 Training family, and your success is my utmost priority.
Due to the many variables involved to create a well-behaved, balanced dog, including owner commitment, consistency, and follow-through, it would be unethical for me to offer a 100% guarantee. However, I only choose the most dedicated and diligent owners so, in my experience, no matter how severe the issues, I consistently see breakthrough results and amazing transformations. I have never come across a dog I could not help. We work hand in hand as a team in your dog’s rehabilitation. This process of teamwork and collaboration begins before I even meet your dog, moves through the training process, and continues long after your dog has gone home. Once you hire me, I consider you part of Empowered K9 Training family, and your success is my utmost priority.
What is a day in the life at Empowered K9 Board and Train look like?
The dogs sleep inside in my climate-controlled kennel, which is also a room in my house. I only work with a small number of dogs to give every dog the attention they need, and maintain a relaxed environment. First thing in the morning, all dogs go out on a 45-min to 1-hour long structured walk, followed by treadmill work, and our unique socialization/play time with our balanced pack (client’s dogs will not be in danger of interacting with dangerous dogs). After this, dogs go through several hours of hands-on training, alternating between active commands, duration work, and specific behavior modification. They will also receive plenty of rest, down time, personal one-on-one attention and free time.
The dogs sleep inside in my climate-controlled kennel, which is also a room in my house. I only work with a small number of dogs to give every dog the attention they need, and maintain a relaxed environment. First thing in the morning, all dogs go out on a 45-min to 1-hour long structured walk, followed by treadmill work, and our unique socialization/play time with our balanced pack (client’s dogs will not be in danger of interacting with dangerous dogs). After this, dogs go through several hours of hands-on training, alternating between active commands, duration work, and specific behavior modification. They will also receive plenty of rest, down time, personal one-on-one attention and free time.