Southwest Dog Training

09/03/2025

08/28/2025

Registration for our 4 Week Leash Walking Course is Live!
Join us on Saturdays beginning September 6th at 10 am.
DM us if interested!

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Les inscriptions pour notre cours de marche en laisse de 4 semaines sont ouvertes !
Rejoignez-nous les samedis à partir du 6 septembre à 10 h.
Écrivez-nous en DM si vous êtes intéressé !

08/08/2025

How quickly can your dog recover from excitement? This game is a great way to teach them to take a deep breathe, something many dogs in today’s climate have a hard time doing.

Pre-requisites include having a strong place command, strong drop it or “out”, and a good relationship.

If you can’t do this even for 5 seconds at a time, start with the basics, or give us a call!
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À quelle vitesse votre chien peut-il se calmer après une excitation ?
Ce jeu est un excellent moyen de lui apprendre à « prendre une grande respiration », ce que beaucoup de chiens ont du mal à faire de nos jours.

Les prérequis incluent une commande « place » solide, un bon « lâche » ou « donne », ainsi qu’une bonne relation avec votre chien.

Si vous n’arrivez pas à le faire, même pendant 5 secondes, commencez par les bases ou appelez-nous.

07/30/2025

🚨 Meet Jesse, the newest member of our Southwest Dog Training team! 🐶

Jesse joins us with 2 years of hands-on experience at the SPCA, where he worked with dogs of all breeds, sizes, and temperaments. His calm and confident presence is a natural fit for the work we do. If you have a big dog at home, you're in luck because Jesse has a soft spot for the big pups 🐕💪

He’s passionate about helping dogs succeed and building trust with their humans. Whether you're working on leash manners, basic obedience, or reactivity, Jesse is your guy.

You might catch him on training walks, our group classes, or one-on-one sessions Be sure to say hi when you see him!

💬 Thinking about booking with Jesse? Send us a DM or comment below!

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🚨 Voici Jesse, le nouveau membre de notre équipe chez Southwest Dog Training! 🐶

Jesse arrive avec 2 ans d'expérience pratique à la SPCA, où il a travaillé avec des chiens de toutes races, tailles et tempéraments. Sa présence calme et confiante correspond parfaitement à notre approche. Et si vous avez un gros chien à la maison, bonne nouvelle... Jesse a un faible pour les grands chiens 🐕💪

Il est passionné par le succès des chiens et la construction d’un lien de confiance avec leurs humains. Que vous ayez besoin d’aide pour la marche en laisse, l’obéissance de base ou la réactivité, Jesse est là pour vous aider.

Vous le verrez peut-être dans nos cours de groupe, en séances privées ou lors des promenades d'entraînement. N'hésitez pas à lui dire bonjour si vous le croisez!

💬 Vous pensez réserver avec Jesse? Écrivez-nous en DM ou laissez un commentaire!

07/25/2025

Our 4 week Puppies and Foundations classes are available for registration! Limited spots left!
Feel free to DM or sign up on our website link in bio!
Classes are held
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Nos cours de 4 semaines Chiots et Fondations sont ouverts aux inscriptions !
Places limitées !

N’hésitez pas à nous envoyer un message privé ou à vous inscrire via le lien dans notre bio !
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07/02/2025

Imagine your Dog Walker was a Professional Trainer?
Training Walks are a 1-hour service made to support the training you're already doing with us.
One of our trainers will come by to work one-on-one with your dog, focusing on leash manners, reactivity, and basic obedience. We’ll run through the drills you’ve been assigned and adjust based on how your dog is doing that week.

Each session includes around 50 minutes of hands-on training, plus a few minutes at the start to check in and at the end to review how things went and what to work on next.

It’s a great way to help your dog make progress while you take a well-earned break.
This service is only available to current clients.
Send us an email or give us a DM if you're interested!

05/02/2025

Teaching your dog neutrality is super important, so that they can learn how to regulate their emotions when different distractions pop up. Having a good base of engagement and relationship will obviously help too.

Another thing to look out for is if you are asking too much of your dog, or not communicating clearly when it’s time to work vs time for freedom. Be mindful of this and when you are applying pressure to the leash unnecessarily. A lot of frustration build up for a puppy on a walk comes from the handling and the communication.

05/01/2025

One of the biggest culprits for dogs being over-excited on a walk is how you start indoors. Instead of hyping your dog up for a walk, be calm and collected, or even do some obedience training right before. Another thing to do is work on some engagement when you get outside before releasing them to go sniff or start the walk.



























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04/24/2025

We'd love to welcome Lily to our Southwest Team! Bright, Positive and Energetic only scratches the surface of what Lily can bring for your dog training needs!

04/22/2025

Our 4 week Puppies, Foundations and Obedience level 1 classes are available for registration! Limited spots left!
Feel free to DM or sign up on our website link in bio!
Classes are held

03/03/2025

Our 4 Week Group classes for March are available for registration. Limited spots left!
Feel free to DM or sign up on our website link in bio!

02/25/2025

How to teach your dog something new!

This is the overall path you should follow for most operant conditioning (a.k.a. Obedience training)

There are many ways to teach new skills, if you want to know more about the individual one’s comment and we’ll make more videos on this very broad topic!

Not sure how to get started with new skills, join our group classes where we guide you every step of the way!