Monument City Dog

Monument City Dog We offer board & train for basic obedience, behavior modification, off-leash training, puppy trainin

The face you make after mom makes you go back to school after a full week of snow ❄️Please welcome Gavin, the 3yo Great ...
01/13/2025

The face you make after mom makes you go back to school after a full week of snow ❄️

Please welcome Gavin, the 3yo Great Pyr mix for our three week program!

07/09/2024

Our very own Morgan’s dog Louie with the biggest distraction of them all - deer! If you have a dog with prey drive you KNOW how impressive this is. Louie graduated a few years ago and he is still out here making good choices! 💪🏻

07/09/2024

Meeka the 7yo cattle dog is about halfway through her behavior mod program for dog reactivity! Her dad has very realistic goals for her - like being able to walk her in the daylight 😄

We have worked really hard on building a solid foundation giving her access to lower arousal levels as well as trust & respect for her handler. What we’ve found is that Meeka is actually extremely uncomfortable with other dogs and has had limited exposure to other dogs prior to being adopted by her current family.

Having positive social interactions as well as regard for whoever is holding the leash has made her feel much more comfortable. We still have a lot of work to do but I’m really proud of how far she has come already!

Our last post of Max on place was viewed over 2 million times and some of the commenters collectively lost their mind ov...
01/30/2024

Our last post of Max on place was viewed over 2 million times and some of the commenters collectively lost their mind over the fact that he was leashed inside. Everyone is entitled to their opinion and I thought that this would be a good opportunity to elaborate on why we utilize back-ties and suggest our clients do at home as well for the first few weeks.

The short answer is that we don’t want to allow our dogs to self-reward. I’ll use people coming over as an example because it’s quite a common problem with our clients! Our overexcited dogs loose their minds over visitors because it feels good - someone comes in, dogs adrenaline shoots up and the dog screams, jumps and generally just looses their mind. These behaviors are an adrenaline dump - it feels good to release all that stress.

So by the time the dogs get to us, it’s a pattern. The first thing we do is stop the freak out, but we are ALSO not allowing our dogs to even get to that person using a back tie. If our dogs are getting corrected and still make it to that person, whatever number they took was “worth” it because in the end, they still got what they wanted.

And this is a mindset that spills into your whole relationship. Dogs are constantly weighing their options to determine whether or not what they want is more valuable than what you want. So while the moment seems small and inconsequential, to the dog there is always a 20% chance that they can still get what they want.

Our job is to help the dog figure out what TO do once we stop the chaos. Dogs here aren’t weighing their options because they know that there isn’t a chance of it happening. This opens up space for the dog to really be using their mind to start patterning what they should be doing - keeping their emotions in check.

*it needs to be said that you should NEVER leave a dog back-tied when they are unsupervised. Our dogs are always monitored.*

STRESS IN TRAINING The most important goal of our training program is to teach our dogs how to better handle stress by d...
01/14/2024

STRESS IN TRAINING

The most important goal of our training program is to teach our dogs how to better handle stress by developing their coping skills and teaching them how to regulate their nervous systems on their own. Sometimes in the process of working through their issues, dogs will look stressed… because they are.

Dogs come to us who have developed their own coping skills to deal with stress and often that looks like reactivity, spinning, biting, frantic movements, jumping, etc. These behaviors can look “cute” and look like the dog is having fun but if you really dig deep to what the dog is feeling on the inside, it’s anything but happy.

IMO working any animal through stress is an art and you can only really navigate it by having your hands on hundreds, if not thousands of dogs. We currently have four different dogs on each end of the spectrum of anxiety. Lulu the German shepherd is very stable and just needed more clarity on what was expected so she will move the quickest through her program. Our doodles, Royal and Max are somewhere in the middle and have very similar issues, but deal with them differently. They will be behind Lulu in terms of how quick they move and will need more help navigating more stressful situations. Charlie our schnauzer is on the far end of the anxiety spectrum and we won’t leave the house or yard for the first week because his stress level outside is so high. This is also why his program is the longest.

Being clear and fair is so important and something we take very seriously. We also take time to reassure, give breaks and have free time so the dog has time to blow off steam so we maintain a healthy balance. The goal is always to move the dog along at a pace they can handle while exposing them to stressful situations, because that is life.

Our program is meant for real dogs in the real world making them the best version of themselves ☺️

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Bug is a 4yo corgi/heeler mix who is here for a few things and one of them is being unable to walk in Patterson Park due to squirrels 🐿️ she was big on stalking & chasing and the only one having fun on walks was Bug 😂 Fast forward and we were walking home from a field trip where we grabbed coffee! Many of my clients goals is simply to be able to enjoy walking their dogs in Patterson Park - I’d say we accomplished that with Ms. Buggy!

We are about half way through Petey’s behavior modification program and we have been working really hard on his reactivity - particularly dogs barking behind windows. If you are a city resident, you already know! Petey has a pretty deep seated fear of other dogs after multiple unfortunate incidents and it has made him super defensive overall. While he still has big feelings - we are working on creating clarity for him while also building trust in his handler that we will keep him safe! We have two weeks left and I’m super excited about the progress we’ve made so far!

Our very own Morgan’s dog Louie with the biggest distraction of them all - deer! If you have a dog with prey drive you KNOW how impressive this is. Louie graduated a few years ago and he is still out here making good choices! 💪🏻

Meeka the 7yo cattle dog is about halfway through her behavior mod program for dog reactivity! Her dad has very realistic goals for her - like being able to walk her in the daylight 😄 We have worked really hard on building a solid foundation giving her access to lower arousal levels as well as trust & respect for her handler. What we’ve found is that Meeka is actually extremely uncomfortable with other dogs and has had limited exposure to other dogs prior to being adopted by her current family. Having positive social interactions as well as regard for whoever is holding the leash has made her feel much more comfortable. We still have a lot of work to do but I’m really proud of how far she has come already!

Penny was a 9mo old Golden/lab mix that is so sweet but was really hard to live with! She loves all people and dogs and that lead to her saying hi to everyone and jumping which made walking her difficult. She counter surfed, couldn’t be left alone because she would eat things and could never settle. Fast forward to the end of her training where she was able to go anywhere, could settle anywhere and most importantly was able to regulate her emotions like a pro! We had so much fun working with Penny and I am so excited for her mom and their new life together! 💕#dogtraining #baltimoredogtraining #dogsofinstagram #behaviormodification #obediencetraining #baltimoredogs #dogbehavior #ecollartraining #dogsofbmore #bmorepups #dogsofbaltimore #bmoredogs #dogsofmaryland #marylanddogs #bmore #charmcity #goldens #labsofinstagram #labs #goldensofbaltimore

In 2023 we trained 46 dogs and had 8 dogs back for a tune up. To say this year was a success would be massive understatement. To everyone who joined the MCD family in 2023, thank you! Looking forward to what 2024 has in store 🎉🍾🥳

MCD rolling into 2024 like 🎉🍾🥳

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