Golden Standard Canine Training, LLC

Golden Standard Canine Training, LLC Dog obedience for every day living. Do you want a dog that comes when called? Do you want your dog not to jump on you or others?

Do you want to stop your dog from nipping or biting? Do you want your dog to do what you asked the first time? Do you want people to compliment you on your dog frequently? DO YOU WANT TRAINING THAT ACTUALLY WORKS AND LASTS? When you work with Golden Standard Canine Training we help you and your dog gain the life you dream of through a relationship based on understanding and respect. See what dog obedience for everyday living can bring you!

This dynamic duo of old curmudgeon stubbornness and young dog energy had their owner asking for some help! At 11-years-o...
01/08/2025

This dynamic duo of old curmudgeon stubbornness and young dog energy had their owner asking for some help! At 11-years-old, Buddy had been with his owner for over half of his life and had gotten used to a certain way of things. Then this high-strung bundle of energy, Enzo, came home and it brought out some new difficulties in Buddy. Despite the fact that he could have doubled as the Energizer Bunny, Enzo was very eager to please and learned quickly throughout the lesson. We worked very slowly with Buddy, the goal being to accomplish only a few main skills that his owner wanted from him: To respond better to guests coming over and to have outdoor recall so that he would stop running away or barking at the mailman. Buddy accomplished these goals, but also went even further and tackled many of the others skills that Enzo was working on. A+ work to these two good boys!

Otis viewed himself as the head honcho at home and had a lot to say about people coming to his front door or dogs passin...
12/16/2024

Otis viewed himself as the head honcho at home and had a lot to say about people coming to his front door or dogs passing by his window. His owner's main goals were for him to have better behavior around people coming into the house and to be able to place or hold a stay when answering the door. At 6 years old, Otis had some ingrained stubbornness and was very willing to push against his new boundaries; but by the end of his program he was already doing well with place, showing improved manners involving either himself or someone else entering or exiting the door, and just having all-around better on-leash skills.

Darling Luna came to stay for her training to help with her Aussie-typical behaviors—excited jumping, firing up/trash ta...
11/29/2024

Darling Luna came to stay for her training to help with her Aussie-typical behaviors—excited jumping, firing up/trash talking through the fence at other dogs, impulsive decisions on leash (squirrel!), and herding her other canine housemates. Luna had a foundation built with her owner and came in with a love of learning. Luna quickly blazed through her skill learning and made many friends when working out in public places. We greatly enjoyed helping this bright pup have a solid start with her family and look forward to hearing how she excels in the future!

Nora started training to help create clearer communication between her and her household. Nora was not afraid to make he...
11/27/2024

Nora started training to help create clearer communication between her and her household. Nora was not afraid to make her feelings known even if it required she used her teeth. Our lessons included teaching Nora’s people more about signals for when Nora was uncomfortable and needed space and building skills with Nora to help create healthy boundaries and reasonable expectations around human space. Balancing these two areas can be difficult at first and may include some trial and error. With time and diligence we can find what works for each situation!

Butters started his training to form a good foundation in his skills and help curb common puppy pit-falls like pulling o...
11/27/2024

Butters started his training to form a good foundation in his skills and help curb common puppy pit-falls like pulling on pant legs, grabbing pony tails when on the couch, and accosting the family cats. With persistence and patience Butters completed his program more respectful of everyone’s boundaries. We are happy to say all kitties and pony tails in Butter’s reach are safe from surprise attacks.

Honey is a fitting name for this very sweet girl. Her owner - a client who brought one of her other pups to us a few yea...
11/22/2024

Honey is a fitting name for this very sweet girl. Her owner - a client who brought one of her other pups to us a few years ago - just wanted Honey to have manners that matched that name. At 1-year-old, Honey had all of the energy and exuberance, but that made it difficult for her to listen consistently to commands. She was also a jumper and a puller, especially if she saw anyone who looked like they may want to give her some belly rubs. By the end of her lessons, Honey still had all of her excitement, joy, and lovability, but she had learned that she still needed to listen regardless of the situation, not to jump, and not to drag her owners around at the other end of the leash. Honey got to spend her final lesson working in a different environment around lots of distractions and she did excellently! She even got a few belly rubs from some passersby - which makes it a 10/10 day for Honey. 😉


Sweet Sadie is a smart girl who loves people, but there were multiple things that would just send her into a full-blown ...
11/18/2024

Sweet Sadie is a smart girl who loves people, but there were multiple things that would just send her into a full-blown tizzy: Other dogs, big trucks, loud sounds, etc. Her owners dreaded taking her somewhere in the car, because that just seemed to heighten the agitation. During her lessons, we re-established some of the basic commands she already knew, taught a few new ones, and formed and consistently reinforced boundaries; all of these layers helped Sadie to understand that her owners were in control and that she didn't have to spiral into anxiety whenever any of those previous triggers popped up. By the end of her program, aside from a little bit of whining if she saw something exciting or a little bit scary, Sadie was almost a completely different dog on car rides. For her final lesson, we got to work her around people, other dogs that were also in the store, big sounds and she did awesome! We're so proud of you, Sadie!

Renada "Renny" started lessons at a little under 6 months old, but her owners had already been putting in work teaching ...
11/11/2024

Renada "Renny" started lessons at a little under 6 months old, but her owners had already been putting in work teaching her basic commands, working on recall, and improving leash manners. Their biggest areas they wanted help working on were her pushiness and exuberance, both which lead to mouthing, jumping, and similar behaviors. At the completion of Renny's program, she was showing a lot of reliability with off-leash recall (in appropriate settings), improved impulse control by staying on her bed even when there were big distractions, and more ability to calm herself down when the biggest excitement of all happened: Her people coming home.

This beautiful girl came with all of the puppy characteristics: Hyper, shark teeth, going potty in the house, pulling on...
09/23/2024

This beautiful girl came with all of the puppy characteristics: Hyper, shark teeth, going potty in the house, pulling on her leash, obsessed with the cats, etc. As Armani was getting closer to 6 months, she was also starting to test out some boundaries by being sassy about food and encountering strangers on walks. With the hard work of her owner, Armani progressed speedily through her program, covering all of the basic skills, plus learning to "leave it." Especially owning to her breed combinations, recall around the cats outside was one of the toughest things for her, but she was learning to respond more promptly and making great progress in all of her skills and manners.

Charlie came to her family as a puppy and had now been with them for 10 years. She had gotten used to her routines and n...
09/18/2024

Charlie came to her family as a puppy and had now been with them for 10 years. She had gotten used to her routines and norms; she had no interest in being friends with new dogs and while she wouldn't pick a fight, she would vocally give them the what-for. In addition, loud noises or people approaching the house (especially the dreaded mailman) where big sources of anxiety for her. Then this new, wiggly puppy came home and changed things up a bit. Though there were some obvious adjustments and conflicts over boundaries that came with it, Charlie and Ellie mostly got along. The biggest challenge came with Ellie playing with or around Charlie; either she would get too loud, too exuberant, or in her excitement accidentally bump into the older dog, but Charlie did NOT like that and she and Ellie had the tendency to get into some nasty fights over it. This duo worked through their lessons, learning new boundaries - with their owners and each other - and were finding a new harmony at home. While it was also necessary for their owners to manage and maintain a wide berth between dogs during playtime, they saw how the lessons were even changing their arguments: Instead of it turning into King Kong vs. Godzilla and requiring intervention during an accidental spat that occurred at home, before the owners could even respond they heard the dogs give some vocal argument to each other and then move on and away. Good job, Ellie and Charlie - it can be hard to share your space, but you're both learning well!


Bubba and his person had the goal of mastering their basic obedience to assess whether Bubba could handle the process of...
09/16/2024

Bubba and his person had the goal of mastering their basic obedience to assess whether Bubba could handle the process of becoming a service dog. Bubba flew through the basic training skills so quickly we got to add extra tasks to our curriculum. You can see in the photo Bubba practicing touch targeting with his paw which will eventually be linked to create an anxiety alert for his human. Bubba has started his service dog training with downtheleashservicedogs and we hear he is doing an excellent job!
**Reminder** We do not train service dogs at this time. Dogs like Bubba will continue their training and be certified through a separate organization that evaluates the dog based on their own criteria.

Gator is the 4th pup from his family to come through training with us! Aside from working through silly puppy things lik...
09/13/2024

Gator is the 4th pup from his family to come through training with us! Aside from working through silly puppy things like jumping when excited, Gator worked through his foundational obedience to prepare for therapy dog training. Gaining his basic skills now allows Gator and his family to work on exposure to the environment they hope gator will service—a local funeral home. Gator’s wrapped up his lessons and is continuing to practice as he awaits his therapy dog classes!

Blue had a bit of a rough start in life. He was returned to his breeder because he wasn’t the right fit for his first fa...
09/11/2024

Blue had a bit of a rough start in life. He was returned to his breeder because he wasn’t the right fit for his first family. Fortunately his breeder took time to work with him and then found him the perfect forever home! (Side note: this is the sign of a breeder being responsible for the dogs they put into the world! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻) His new family had ambitions for Blue to be a “go-everywhere-do-everything-dog”. Blue struggled with his excitement and frustration when seeing other dogs but unable to go greet them. He would fire up and fight the leash making some truly unique noises. Building Blue’s basic obedience skills and understanding for keeping pressure off the end of the leash quickly changed Blue’s response around other dogs. Now in public situations Blue is very classy, very mindful, very demure. As a result he’s going many places and doing many things!

Willow had been with her family since she was a puppy, but last year her family had welcomed a human baby into the mix. ...
09/09/2024

Willow had been with her family since she was a puppy, but last year her family had welcomed a human baby into the mix. While Willow loved this new bald puppy, there began to be some conflict with Willow not only guarding her own food and toys, but thinking that the little human's food and toys were also hers - and getting pretty snotty about it too! While Willow covered all of the basic obedience skills in her lessons that can help build good boundaries in a home, one of the primary areas we focused on first was learning to "leave it." Teaching Willow to place on her own bed (during meal and cooking times especially) and that food - even if it was accidentally dropped from a counter or highchair - was not hers for the taking is making a big difference in this family's daily life and relationship with their beloved, furry companion!

Daisy Mae could have sworn that Schnauzer was German for “sassy pants”. Her family loves her dearly but at 4 months old ...
09/04/2024

Daisy Mae could have sworn that Schnauzer was German for “sassy pants”. Her family loves her dearly but at 4 months old she was not measuring her play biting and had complete temper tantrums when she couldn’t have her way. In lessons Daisy was great about learning and showing off her basic obedience skills…until she wasn’t. This is where we gained the most ground in changing Daisy’s behavior. When she wanted to quit we patiently persisted in our expectations of behavior providing fair corrections for tantrums and rewards for even the slightest bit of cooperation. With each week we slowly increased our expectations and requirements until Daisy was living with a whole new perspective on how the household runs. There’s still a lot of work to be done with guiding Daisy through the rest of her puppy phase but with their new system of checks and balances Daisy and her family are set up for a more enjoyable experience for everyone!

Ollie's human had already done some excellent work both in researching her dog's breed to know what characteristics and ...
09/04/2024

Ollie's human had already done some excellent work both in researching her dog's breed to know what characteristics and needs to expect of this new companion as well as in laying the groundwork for good manners. This smart cookie powered through his lessons, quickly learning his boundaries and working to respect them. While his owners worked with him diligently around the house and on walks or hikes, they hadn't had much of an opportunity to work around bigger distractions, so for Ollie's final lesson we took a little trip into town. Despite all of the sounds, sites, and smells, Ollie got an A+ for working through listening and obeying no matter the situation!

Rocky & Adrian worked through their basic obedience skills and are now not only better listeners, as their owners had ho...
09/02/2024

Rocky & Adrian worked through their basic obedience skills and are now not only better listeners, as their owners had hoped, but also quieter travel companions. Rocky being the older sibling was a bit stubborn and loved to sound the alarm at anything exciting when out and about. Adrian, though a very willing puppy, loved to follow her brother’s lead. As we worked through their skills we made sure to focus on impulse control and decision making which helped to lower the excitement and reduce their barking. We are pleased to say both dogs are making much better decisions overall!

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