Metropawlitan Dog Training

10/16/2024

Food for thought. Training is as much technical learning as it is about understanding the relationship you cultivate with your dog. While the most common question I get asked is “How do I stop x behaviour”, the real question that often needs to be looked at is how are you yourself contributing to the problem behaviour? In my humble experience, this is often the root cause.

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05/17/2024

Playing with your dog shouldn't be a mindless, repetitive process. There are ways you can add dynamics to your game with your dog to make it more challenging, engaging, and fun for both of you to play. Let us show you some tweaks we've added to our existing game with our dog to keep things interesting, challenging, and super fun.
The best part? It develops focus, concentration, and better overall behaviour and bonding between you and your dog! Check out our blog post below as we share with you our favourite tweaks! https://wix.to/PIZgbVi

You already know we love combining training your dog and play rewards. But did you know you can make the game more challenging and fun?

05/07/2024

Just got an email from one of my sport dog students today and I just had to celebrate her success with all of you!

"Robbie went into this weekend’s trial needing one Standard and three Jumpers and she got them all, plus a Gamble. She earned her Masters Agility Dog of Canada, her Masters Jumper Dog of Canada and the big one, her Agility Trial Champion of Canada.

We couldn’t have done it without you. Thanks for all your help. Really looking forward to our next sessions."

Thank you so much for the opportunity to work with you and excited for how much more we'll be accomplishing in the future!

05/05/2024

What do you do when you and your heart puppy earn your first BH in the sport of IGP? Why, share a Tim Bit of course!

We want to extend a MASSIVE congratulations to Kristy Nelson for a wonderful accomplishment this weekend! We couldn’t be more proud of you two!

05/02/2024

Bit of confidence building and fun in training today.

05/01/2024

Day 8 with Frank means we need to start pushing distraction proofing. It’s my goal to have Frank as proofed and reliable as possible before his final day with me and we transition the training back to his owner.

04/30/2024

5 month old Frank is learning to maintain sit stays with me while I’m teaching a class. My Demo Dogs need a high degree of distraction proofing in order to be helpers to both me and my clients.

04/28/2024

Frank’s first time transitioning his Come training outdoors. Little did I know there was a soccer game going on!

04/27/2024

Frank just learned the concept of Place a day ago. Thanks to his puppy foundations (and just who he is) we started adding distraction proofing to this exercise ahead of schedule.

04/26/2024

Frankie is learning to sit patiently at the door before walking through it with me. I absolutely love this puppy!

04/26/2024

Frank is back with me for round 2 of Demo Dog training and I could not be more proud of this awesome puppy! At just 5 months and his 6th day of training with me, this was his first time working his down stay in front of a major distraction like this and I have to say he really made my heart swell with pride!

04/18/2024

Ever wonder what it's like behind the scenes as a dog trainer? Just like you, we're privvy to the same struggles that comes with puppy raising and training - even with numerous tools to work with. Our new series - Diary Of A Dog Trainer, will share with you our personal behind the scenes experiences of raising and training dogs! You'll laugh. You'll cry. You'll learn a few things. But most of all, you'll know that you're not going through those dog training and raising triumphs woes alone!

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Join me inside my first episode - The Diary Of A Dog Trainer a I go through the trials and tribulations of helping a puppy overcome his submissive p*e tendencies whenever he greets someone new.