Red Rover Dog Training Centre Ltd.

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Red Rover Dog Training Centre Ltd.

We offer mobile professional dog training services for the family pet. We work with you to enhance the relationship between you and your dog.

Using a 'big picture' approach, we address not only obedience with training, but also delve deeper in order to eliminate your dog's unwanted behaviours so that you can get the best out of your dog in real world situations as well as at home. From puppy training to aggressive dog rehab, and off leash training as well, we can help you with your dog.

07/22/2024

Daisy in doggles! These are not just for a fun photo op, Daisy is receiving laser treatments for her ears. We are so grateful to all of the wonderful people at Main Street Vet in Lambeth and the excellent treatments and care Daisy has been receiving!

07/18/2024

So glad that the weather changed for the better and that we were able to hold our group class tonight! Here are a few pics of some of our clients and their dogs.

07/15/2024

Great advice ~ Please Share

07/14/2024

Had another group class at Ballistic K9 with Venus yesterday. She’s doing really well in the group environment, especially around new people. We really appreciate having the opportunity to join a class at another training facility.

07/11/2024

Congratulations to Chilli and her family! They have just completed our Puppy Good Start Program AND passed the Foundation & Manners exam! Well done! ❤️

07/06/2024

Congratulations Ashley and Echo for passing our Foundation & Manners program and overcoming some behaviour issues that made walking Echo challenging. Echo was a nervous girl that found many situations overwhelming. We started training in quiet areas and then ventured out to the park and dog friendly stores for more environmental exposure to a wider range of distractions and she did extremely well! Walking is now a pleasure for both dog and her humans ❤️

07/04/2024

Great group training last night at Waterworks park!

06/16/2024

Great group training class at Ballistic K9 yesterday! I’ve been taking Venus there to help with her socialization, especially around more people. I greatly appreciate the support from fellow trainer, Vedran. Even though we are running our own group training lessons, I cannot bring Venus (yet) because our own students need assistance from both Peter and me and Venus is not at a stage where she can be left in a down stay or on place yet. She’s getting there though!

06/07/2024

I’ve been a dog trainer a long time now and I’ve got plenty of funny stories to share….

05/31/2024

Congratulations to sweet little Sophie and handsome Grigio - both dogs passed the Foundation & Manners exam yesterday! There’s a full and inclusive life with their families for both of these young dogs. More training and establishing what’s acceptable and what’s not gives dogs so much more freedom and a fun and full life. We like to say that your dog should complement your life, not complicate it!

05/23/2024

Our Summer Group training started last night. We had great weather an a fantastic turnout. Here are a few photos.

05/22/2024

Congratulations to Juan and Joanna and these 2 adorable pups, Coco and Lucky! They have completed our Puppy Good Start Program AND passed the Foundation & Manners exam today. Getting young dogs off your a good start is a lot of work, especially when there are 2! It’s double to work and it’s extremely important to teach littermates to do things independently of each other and to focus on their humans more than on each other. Well done everyone!

05/20/2024

Congratulations to Kathy and her sweet girl, Frankie, our most recent Foundation & Manners Grads!

05/17/2024

A suggestion on how to deal with off leash dogs.

Check out RedRoverDogTraining’s video.

05/15/2024

Attention new puppy owners! Please watch this video to see how we set up our puppy zone for optimal potty training and sanity saving tip.

Check out RedRoverDogTraining’s video.

05/06/2024

Here’s a photo of Venus doing her first Sit Stay WITHOUT me holding the leash. We have been done a few group training classes at Ballistic K9 to help her with her confidence and to give her more exposure in a controlled environment especially around new people. It’s important to help nervous dogs work through their fears and she is great around so many things, but she just needs more guided exposure around people and groups of people.

05/03/2024

And we have another graduate! This extremely handsome (and charming) boy is Cooper and he just completed our 5 lesson Mini Foundation & Manners course!

05/02/2024

Way to go Coral! This lovely young girl completed our Puppy Good Start program AND passed our Foundation & Manners exam. She and her family worked hard and did the test at Rens Pets - a place full of distractions. ❤️

05/01/2024

Distraction proofing the Down Stay. This photo was taken in 2007 and is part of the training we did with our dogs Jupiter and Bo’sun (left and right dogs respectively). It’s amazing how quickly these two very out-of-control dogs learned ‘simple’ foundational obedience AND impulse control around all sorts of real world distractions. Peter and I even did a very hard down stay out of sight in this same park. We had both dogs lie down further away from where the cars are parked in this photo. We told them to stay and our trainer stayed close to them - they were leashed but he wasn’t holding the leash. We walked away to our car (it’s in this photo - the gold one), Peter and I got in and we drove away, circled around, and returned, parked, and walked back to our dogs. They hadn’t moved! They also weren’t anxious! Their state of mind plus the training we had done (only 4 lessons!) allowed us to do this. Obviously, you’re not just going to TRY this and see how it goes. There were numerous practice sessions that we did with our dogs between the weekly lessons and we gradually increased the duration of the commands, distance from our dogs, and level of distractions.

05/01/2024

Congratulations to Roxy and her new family. Roxy, an 8 month old mastiff mix, was newly adopted very recently and was soon enrolled in our Foundation & Manners program. She has now passed the exam and graduated with ease and she still has a few lessons left. She’s one smart pup!

04/30/2024

Say Hello to some of our new pups that have started their training with us - Ella (golden retriever), Quincy (golden doodle), and Grigio (lab husky mix).

04/28/2024

Congratulations to Winston and his family for passing our Foundation & Manners program! Our newest grad family did an excellent job with their young dog, Winston!

04/19/2024

Such handsome boys - Finn and Cooper! Finn, the Aussie shepherd, is back for a couple of lessons just to refresh his puppy training and Cooper, the golden retriever, has just started his Foundation & Manners training. Both boys are super smart and quick to learn!

04/17/2024

This lovely memory from 9 years ago popped up for me. This is Ruby doing a sit stay at a pet store right beside the open bulk treats and I also took her to the wash station for exposure to something brand new. She did extremely well - miss you every day sweet girl ❤️

04/15/2024

What a wide range of dogs we are working with lately! Whether your dog is big, small, very young, or more mature, we can help you. From puppy training and household manners to advanced obedience and behaviour rehab (mild to severe aggression), we’ve got you covered.

04/04/2024

Congratulations to Joan and her lovely GSD, Lexi, for passing our Foundation & Manners exam. Lexi is still very young, and is doing extremely well, but training is still on-going. We’ll be seeing Lexi and Joan for some of our summer group lessons and Joan will continue to build on what they’ve learned so far well.

04/02/2024

Congratulations Belushi! This big and handsome boy is our most recent Foundation & Manners graduate. He is also a new addition to a multi-pet home. His owners have been working hard to ensure that the transition into his new family is a good one for everyone and Belushi is a pleasure to be around.

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http://www.redroverdogtraining.com/

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Building confidence in a nervous dog

Do you have a dog that’s reactive on walks? Here are some tips and things to think about…

Dog Trainer Tales - Funny Stories

I’ve been a dog trainer a long time now and I’ve got plenty of funny stories to share….

Teaching a dog how to walk politely on leash is only more pleasant for everyone, but is also safer for you, your dog, and anyone else you encounter.

Our girls like to have fun! Please note before you read further - This is a post about dogs from the same household, if dogs that know and like each other. This is NOT about going to a dog park! Play is great for dogs to engage in, but it should be reciprocal play, meaning that one dog isn’t always on the offensive. It’s also the human who’s in charge to end the play session if it’s becoming too rambunctious or you suspect that it escalate into something unpleasant.

Be proactive when training your dog!

Threshold training is very important when it comes to impulse control and it’s nice to have a dog with good manners 😊

Venus is getting lots of guided exposure to increase her confidence around different distractions. We are at Ballistic K9 doing group training. Our own group training will be starting later this month.

Venus and I have been going for some group training classes at Ballistic K9 to provide more socialization for her. Venus has been an extremely nervous dog, especially around people, and I have been providing guided exposure to help her with this. I really appreciate Vedran of Ballistic K9 being supportive to another dog trainer so that Venus can experience a variety of distractions including more appropriate exposure to people different environments.

Early Bird Special for our Summer Group Training - special pricing expires March 31st. This is only available to our students - if you’re interested and not a student yet, please contact us to start your training! For details please fill in our contact form on our website www.redroverdogtraining.com

Puppies grow up quickly! Look at how different these young pups are compared to a GSD that is 7 weeks older. It’s so important to set your young pups up for success through training, establishing healthy routines, and proper guided socialization when they are especially impressionable. It doesn’t mean you can’t do it later, it’s just a lot easier when you give them a good start. That’s why we call our program for young puppies, The Puppy Good Start Program 😊

We get a real cross section when it comes to the dogs we train! Here are just a few faces of our recent and current clients!

Venus vs the Crock - showing the Out Command during play

Venus! Our Phu Quoc Ridgeback

Teach your dog to switch sides on command

Our little Venus is 1 year old today!

A short video from last night’s summer group training class. This is ‘random heeling’ - everyone walks randomly around each other, so it’s much less structured, with the exception that the dogs must continue to heel beside their owners. You will notice some doing the ‘switch command’ - passing the dog behind them to the other side. We teach this so that you can create distract between dogs, people, and anything else you don’t want your dog to be close to.

Practicing down stays - even going out of sight!

Who has a shy dog? I do, and she’s a lot better, but random people rushing her to say HI and pet her, DOES NOT help. You should never approach or touch a dog that doesn’t belong to you without getting PERMISSION FIRST!