A Dog in Motion

A Dog in Motion We offer dog walking and dog training services for the greater Pasadena area, including Altadena, Arcadia, Monrovia, Duarte and El Monte.

A dog in motion stays in motion. Dogs are happier when their bodies and minds get exercised. We are here to help you with both. At A Dog in Motion we offer dog walking and a wide array of dog training services. Feel free to look around and discover how we can help you and your dog become a happy, healthy family unit. Our dog trainers use only gentle techniques that are based in science and have pr

oven their efficacy time and time again. Positive reinforcement keeps your dog thinking and happy. It teaches them to make the right choices, because they want to. Dogs inherently like to please their owners. We channel that drive to help them learn how to achieve that goal.

Wondering if she’ll ever see her dad again…(He’s out of town and she misses him so very much.) #626...
01/25/2024

Wondering if she’ll ever see her dad again…

(He’s out of town and she misses him so very much.)

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I might make fun of my friends for feeding her whenever Charm begs, but ngl, I give her a treat every time she turns and...
01/17/2024

I might make fun of my friends for feeding her whenever Charm begs, but ngl, I give her a treat every time she turns and looks at me like that on a walk. 😂

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How can you look at this face and not think: “What a doofus.”💕 #626
12/28/2023

How can you look at this face and not think: “What a doofus.”
💕

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Merry Christmas from all of us!! 🎄✨ #626
12/25/2023

Merry Christmas from all of us!! 🎄✨

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Happy Christmas Eve!! 🎄 #626
12/24/2023

Happy Christmas Eve!! 🎄

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Treats when? #626
12/05/2023

Treats when?

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Charm thinking about all the gifts she’ll get this year for Christmas, cause she’s the bestest girl ever. 💕✨🎄We’ll have ...
12/04/2023

Charm thinking about all the gifts she’ll get this year for Christmas, cause she’s the bestest girl ever. 💕✨🎄
We’ll have to go back to for pics on a cloudy day. Blue eyes and harsh sunshine don’t mix.

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(look at her paws) 💕✨ #626
11/29/2023

(look at her paws) 💕✨

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Charm mid-way through her Tuesday morning hour long strenuous job of begging for food. #626 ...
11/28/2023

Charm mid-way through her Tuesday morning hour long strenuous job of begging for food.

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Fall is finally here in SoCal!! 🍁 (This is a pic of a Charm in a pile of leaves in our street. 😂) #...
11/27/2023

Fall is finally here in SoCal!! 🍁

(This is a pic of a Charm in a pile of leaves in our street. 😂)

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Charm is 7!! What’s your favorite thing about Charm? She’s my sensitive girl who taught me to be aware of my mood and te...
11/16/2023

Charm is 7!! What’s your favorite thing about Charm? She’s my sensitive girl who taught me to be aware of my mood and temper when training. Her favorite things in life are pets, treats and tugging. And all her human friends, of course. Happy birthday to my girl! ✨

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Happy Halloween! May it be full of funny frights and yummy treats! - Charm #626 ...
10/31/2023

Happy Halloween! May it be full of funny frights and yummy treats! - Charm

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This poor, sad abused dog would like it to be known that she is looking for a new home. A home where she doesn’t have an...
10/26/2023

This poor, sad abused dog would like it to be known that she is looking for a new home. A home where she doesn’t have an abusive pawrent that makes her sit for pictures. Please and thank you. - Charm

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🤔🤷‍♀️
10/26/2023

🤔🤷‍♀️

I’ve had the privilege these last few months to help a couple find a breed that works for them, and then find a respons...
10/16/2023

I’ve had the privilege these last few months to help a couple find a breed that works for them, and then find a responsible breeder. And yesterday, at 9 wks old, Lolly arrived at her new home. She’s a Staffie and ridiculously tiny and, of course, super adorable. She had her first training session, just starting to teach her the secondary reinforcer they will be using and potty training. I got my fill of puppy snuggles, without having to deal with the potty accidents and interrupted sleep myself. I call that a win win. 💕😁

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Charm agrees with me that it is too hot today for classes. So she told me to cancel them. Any complaints may be directed...
10/05/2023

Charm agrees with me that it is too hot today for classes. So she told me to cancel them. Any complaints may be directed at her. 😁

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Today is ! Or as we say in Belgium; (sounds much better) Charm was not pleased being made to pose in WET grass. Such...
10/04/2023

Today is ! Or as we say in Belgium; (sounds much better) Charm was not pleased being made to pose in WET grass. Such a poor baby. 😂

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San Marcos, CA
92069

Opening Hours

Monday 8:30am - 5pm
Tuesday 8:30am - 5pm
Wednesday 8:30am - 5pm
Thursday 8:30am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm
Saturday 12pm - 5pm
Sunday 12pm - 5pm

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+16263794666

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You haven’t seen a blep until you’ve seen Lolly’s. #puppy #staffie

Happy National Dog Day!!

Jinx’ little oopsie last night 🤔😂

10 minutes of Jinx and Charm waiting their turn, sped up into one minute of cuteness. 💕

Just wondering… 🤔

Some dogs take a little longer to get there and that’s fine. ✨

We finished our 6 week Agility Foundations class last week. This was an amazing group of people and dogs. Sadly one dog has to drop out after a coyote attack. 😞 (He will be OK, but be careful out there with your smol dogs!) All the dogs came to my class with the ability to work and focus around other dogs and it showed! I’m so happy most of them will continue on to the Beginners class. We had a toy Pomeranian, doodle, Aussie x2, Aussie mix, and little white fluffy Len. You can do agility with all breeds! . . . . . . . . #agilitydog #agilitytraining #agility #dog #dogsofinstagram #petsofinstagram #dogtraining #dogtrainer #pasadena #sgv #626 #dailyfluff #bestwoof #dogwalker #cute #pets #petsofinstagram #duarte #arcadia #elmonte #monrovia #sierramadre #sanmarino #templecity #dogwalking #workingdog

Jinx did so much better yesterday when working on staying calm around other dogs doing agility. This past week we worked a lot on self-regulation and self-control. A lot of go and stay on your place games, “It’s your choice” games, taking turns with Charm games. Things we work on intermittently, but really focused on this week. I also only used food when practicing agility. He still works willingly, but food is lower value. Tug toys create big feelings in him. We don’t want those right now. And then yesterday morning he had a 3 hour play date, where both his socialization needs and moving his body needs were met. Like last week, he got to run on the field, play agility (for food!) and swim beforehand. That’s a lot of work and planning! But it payed off yesterday. And in the meantime @brightlikeorla got some quiet, private agility time with her mom. :) . . . . . . . . . #agilitydog #agilitytraining #agility #dog #dogsofinstagram #petsofinstagram #dogtraining #dogtrainer #pasadena #sgv #626 #dailyfluff #bestwoof #dogwalker #cute #pets #petsofinstagram #duarte #arcadia #elmonte #monrovia #sierramadre #sanmarino #templecity #dogwalking #workingdog

Appropriate play, where both dogs like to play chase, and both dogs initiate breaks with play bows and/or looking away, to make sure the play does not escalate. . . . . . . . . #agilitydog #agilitytraining #agility #dog #dogsofinstagram #petsofinstagram #dogtraining #dogtrainer #pasadena #sgv #626 #dailyfluff #bestwoof #dogwalker #cute #pets #petsofinstagram #duarte #arcadia #elmonte #monrovia #sierramadre #sanmarino #templecity #dogwalking #workingdog

And for your (tiny) chuckle of the day: Charm and the evil black bowl. . . . . . . . . #agilitydog #agilitytraining #agility #dog #dogsofinstagram #petsofinstagram #dogtraining #dogtrainer #pasadena #sgv #626 #dailyfluff #bestwoof #dogwalker #cute #pets #petsofinstagram #duarte #arcadia #elmonte #monrovia #sierramadre #sanmarino #templecity #dogwalking #workingdog #australianshepherd

Jinx’ amazing progress around cars. (He used to try and chase cars.) And a voice-over where I’m not super annoyed by the sound of my own voice! 🤣 . . . . . . . . . #agilitydog #agilitytraining #agility #dog #dogsofinstagram #petsofinstagram #dogtraining #dogtrainer #pasadena #sgv #626 #dailyfluff #bestwoof #dogwalker #cute #pets #petsofinstagram #duarte #arcadia #elmonte #monrovia #sierramadre #sanmarino #templecity #dogwalking #workingdog #bordercollie

The next couple of weeks I will be working on getting Jinx to stay under threshold when another dog is doing agility. We started last night, after he got to run around, play agility and swim and it was … Not great. We had to move all the way diagonally across the street and he still could barely hold it together. It doesn’t help of course that another trigger, cars driving by, is impossible to avoid. This was the best I got and it didn’t last long. Mostly just excited panting, but I’m afraid that if I move even farther away, I’ll just be working on the car issue and not the agility anymore. 🙃 . . . . . . . . . #agilitydog #agilitytraining #agility #dog #dogsofinstagram #petsofinstagram #dogtraining #dogtrainer #pasadena #sgv #626 #dailyfluff #bestwoof #dogwalker #cute #pets #petsofinstagram #duarte #arcadia #elmonte #monrovia #sierramadre #sanmarino #templecity #dogwalking #workingdog #bordercollie

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