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Pawsitive Chance Dog Training Pawsitive Chance is owned and operated by Shelby Regan, a Guide Dog Mobility Instructor and Karen Pryor Academy Certified Training Partner (KPA-CTP).
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🐶 Service dog trainer (GDMI, KPA-CTP), same foundations for your pet dog
Leash walking • focus • impulse control
FREE LEASH WALKING GUIDE ⬇️
https://stan.store/pawsitivechance She has been training service dogs since 2017 and has since expanded to help people train their companion pets as well. She enjoys attending dog training conferences and seminars, and always strives to continue learning so s

he can provide the best, most effective training techniques and methods to her clients. ​Shelby has two dogs: Chance, a black lab, and Atlas, an Australian Kelpie. Shelby is a dog sport enthusiast and spent many years competing with her dogs in flyball. She has also dabbled in disc, herding, canicross, and lure coursing. In her free time, she enjoys hiking and adventuring with her dogs and exploring the beautiful landscape that Central Oregon has to offer.

04/08/2026

Walks aren’t a requirement for having a dog.

Walks aren’t for every dog or every person. There are so many reasons why someone might not walk their dog regularly…or at all. As long as the dog has their needs met and is fulfilled, walks aren’t a requirement of having a dog.

03/08/2026

People think I care a lot about a lot of things that I actually couldn’t care less about just because I’m a dog trainer. I actually have very few opinions about how you and your dog live together (because why wouldn’t I?) UNLESS it’s a problem for you or for your dog.

I don’t care if your dog walks on your right side or your left side, I don’t care if your dog walks in front of you, I don’t care if your dog sniffs on walks, I don’t care if your dog walks on a long line or a short line, I don’t even care if you don’t take your dog on walks at all.

BUT if you want to change your dog’s walking habits because they are a problem, grab my free Leash Walking Foundation Guide linked in my bio (or comment “Leash” and I’ll send it over!). It’ll get you started with step by step exercises to get a more focused and engaged dog.

02/08/2026

Whistle recall part 7

we have a rock, solid, basic behavior. I blow the whistle and he steps on the brakes and immediately turned to come to me.

When I say I want your dog’s recall to be reflexive and not your dog thinking about it or weighing his options, this is what I mean. Stop on a dime even when running the other direction.

We will work on recalling away from things that are high value or really exciting next so stick around if that’s something you want to see.

02/08/2026

Things I hate as a dog trainer:

With all the love in my heart, stop apologizing for your dog’s behavior. I want to see it. All of it. And believe me when I say I’ve seen worse.

Social media saying your dog needs to heel right next to you.

Social media telling you that you need really expensive equipment for your training to work. There are certain things that I use because they make my life easier, my dogs happier, and they are well worth the expense. But there is absolutely nothing expensive that you NEED in order to train your dog successfully.

02/08/2026

As a professional dog trainer specializing in service dog training, here are my top 3 ways to train (and tire out) your dog in just a few minutes a day:

1. Physical exercises that incorporates mental stimulation. Tiring out your dog, physically without mental stimulation turned your dog into an athlete. They need a quick little cat nap then they’re ready to go again. Giving your dog, a mental stimulation without any kind of physical movement doesn’t support your dogs. Need to move. Combining both meet your dogs needs and gets them the most tired in a healthy relaxed, kind of way.

2. Impulse control of any kind. This uses your dog’s brain like no other and as long as you set it up so your dog can actually be successful, you can both have fun with it.

3. …and tricks! Anything from nose, touch to hand, wave, roll over, playdead, go around an object, put your toys away, retrieving an item, etc., are all really fun bonding activities

If you’re looking for ways to tire out your dog while getting some good training in, grab my free leash walking foundation guide that is linked to my bio for easy training exercises you can do inside with only a few minutes a day that will actually benefit you and your dog. 

31/07/2026

Part 19 of things to do with your dog when you can’t take them on a walk and this one came from an unexpected place.

The West Paw The Dog’s Best Friend Board Game comes with cups, a dice stuffy, a bone stuffy, a mat, and a card deck full of activities to do with your dog…and one of them is literally figure 8s around the cups on leash.

I am always telling you to practice leash walking inside because it is one of the best ways to practice your dog’s leash skills in a low distraction area and apparently West Paw agrees, so it’s not just me 🤣

Atlas was awesome at this, so stay tuned because I’m going to teach him the figure 8 as a cued behavior without me next to him just because I can and I think it’ll be fun for both of us.

If you’re avoiding walks because your dog is difficult or frustrating on leash rather than because of the heat, grab my free Leash Walking Foundation guide for more easy exercises to improve your dog’s leash walking. Link in bio.

31/07/2026

Sitting and watching with your dog is one of the most underrated things you can do with any age of dog.

it’s beneficial for:
- reactivity
- socialization
- confidence building
- understanding your dog and their body language
- your dog learning that you are a safe person when they are having big feelings
- helping your dog regulate their nervous system
- reducing your dog’s arousal and over stimulation
- getting dogs who don’t normally take treats outside to finally take treats because they’re nervous systems are more regulated
- and probably a bunch more things that I’m forgetting to mention

The key is it has to be at the right distance because too far and it does nothing, too close and it’s going to do exactly the opposite of what you want.

if your dog does not take food outside or doesn’t seem food motivated but take treats just fine inside, there might be something else going on related to your dogs’s nervous system. I have a free resource called the Motivation Guide that is linked in my bio that will help you figure out what is going on in your dog’s brain that is preventing them from being able to function outside and it will help give you the steps to start sorting it out. In the meantime, try sitting and watching.

You are the best thing to happen to your dog. Sometimes it feels like you’re not doing enough, but you’re doing just fin...
30/07/2026

You are the best thing to happen to your dog. Sometimes it feels like you’re not doing enough, but you’re doing just fine. Your dog is happier because of you.

I promise.

30/07/2026

Whistle recall part 6!

One of the most important things I do before practicing a newer skill (recall itself is not new, but the whistle as the cue is) is making sure my dog needs are met before ever trying to train so that my dog is not fighting with pent up energy while trying to focus.

we had just finished an awful leash, walk and practiced a few reps of whistle recall from an extremely short distance. This is only our second or third time practicing this out on a trail so I wanted to make sure it went well.

A dog that only comes half the time (or less) weather in awfully situations or just in the yard as a dog that is difficult to give more free freedom to. I have an entire progression for teaching a recall that is more of a reflex than your dog weighing his options in my Impulse Control Workshop Bundle. If that sounds like what you need, you can find it at the link in my bio.

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