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If you are with me on this, PLEASE share the post. I'm really hoping to spread the education to the (future) dog owners to prevent unfortunate consequences.
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Dear dog owners,
Do you believe that every dog wants to play or is friendly to other dogs?
Do you believe that dogs can sort themselves out without our supervision?
Do you believe that dogs are allowed to do whatever they want and wherever they want to go with no recall?
If you say "it's off leash area", can you also read that the sign states "dogs must be under control"? And do you know how to control your dog to respect others boundaries?
Please take a moment to reconsider your "common-sense" of off-leash manners in public spaces. I know way too many people and dogs (including my dog) have been hurt or traumatized by irresponsible dog owners. Your trusting and stubbornly uneducated way of walking an uncontrolled dog without a leash can hurt people and/or dogs. And it's easily preventable!
Don't justify your dog's poor behaviour and let it free in public.
People/dogs shouldn't have to avoid parks just because some dog owners don't know how to respect boundaries or don't know how to control their own dogs.
Please remember that not everyone wants to be approached by your dogs.
If your dog's recall is unreliable, please LEASH YOUR DOG.
There are great online dog trainers like Cesar Millan , Southend Dog Training and Upstate Canine Academy to learn about dog behaviours and training. Having a dog comes with a huge learning package, and being safe for everyone should be a number one priority.
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This weekend!!
Catch Saratogian and Upstate Canine Academy owner Tom Davis on the Today Show tomorrow morning! chats with the internationally known dog trainer here. 🐶
Is there such a thing as a dog who can not be trained to allow a nail trim, no muzzle, no restraint? With all my other dogs, slow patient desensitization worked after a time and the dogs don't mind a bit. The new guy has a history of nail trim trauma but it's been a year and I'm not making much progress. It took 10 weeks of 5 minutes a day training just to get him to give me a paw on top of my open hand!
I have been very patient and reward him heavily for any cooperation. But it just seems to be eroding his trust in me. This is not a behavior I am comfortable correcting, he's not being bad. Are there dogs who will never be willing and calm for a nail trim?
From someone who was staunchly against e-collars until I got over myself and did the research to educate myself: I am so grateful for Dogtra and Tom Davis at Upstate Canine Academy for the education and tools I have to keep my pup safe and to give him the freedom he deserves.
Wanted to say we are beginners and love out German Shepard.
He is so smart and is learning daily.
Put biggest challenge is being around other dogs or animals off leash.
We provide structure and keep each day a routine.
We hope the videos will lead us in the right direction. Being in rural Illinois we are far from Upstate and very few trainers if any are available.
I would share a video of what he began working on today but not sure if that is appropriate
Our training and enrichment team at KC Pet Project had such a great learning experience this weekend during our visit from Tom Davis from Upstate Canine Academy, where we worked with many of our dogs that have some behavior challenges to work through. As the open-admission shelter for Kansas City, a lot of dogs that come to us have never been inside a house before, haven’t played with other dogs, or been around people. Our dedicated team works every day with these dogs, which requires a lot of patience and time, and through that work, our shelter continues to save lives in our community.
Tom also hosted a workshop with many of our fosters, staff, and volunteers where we talked through many ways to work with dogs in our shelter and in foster homes. Thank you, Tom, for all you do for dogs across the country and for generously giving so much of your time to come work with us in KC!
Hi, I am Bethany Prediletto, certified dog trainer and owner of Family Canine LLC. Growing up I always adored dogs but knew many dogs needed something more than love and care to live a fulfilling life, just not what that was. Fast forward to when I was finishing up my Early Childhood Education degree and working as a nanny. Now as an adult, caretaker and teacher I began to notice what was missing: training, and not just for the dog but for the whole family as well. Many household pets were loved but were just existing instead of thriving, causing stress in the household instead of joy. In order to provide the best quality training to families I became a certified dog trainer through Animal Behavior College's program. A fantastic internship at Upstate Canine Academy and volunteer training at the Montgomery County SPCA provided lots of hands-on experience before I started Family Canine LLC In 2018. I have now successfully trained dozens of dogs and puppies in general obedience, manners, and common nuisance behaviors - integrating the whole family in the training process. Ready to help your dog thrive; call 518-226-3115 today to learn more or visit our web site at
https://www.familycaninellc.com
I just wanted to say how great your videos are. I have 2 high energy labs that have been very difficult to train. Until now!! Thank you so much Tom!
Question concern. I have a chihuahua/Jack Russell and he was abused as a puppy and is a bit more aggressive towards men when first meeting them a few times. He will bark a wag his tail, sniff their hand or leg and than nip at them and show aggression, but sometimes run off and act like it didn’t happen. He will also be a little aggressive or over excited when meeting dogs for the first time. I know he’s not aggressive because there is a chihuahua that gets in his face and bites him and my dog will come to me like he’s been hurt and show his belly, but he was introduced to a puppy recently and he nipped at the puppies face but showed no aggression before doing so. Would love your feedback or even have a way to communicate or send a video of his body signals and what is happening.
Thank you
At what age is it ok to start Ecollar training? I have a 4month old pup
A lot of valuable information in this Live Stream we did at January's Shot Show. Check out Pete Fischer (Dogtra Consultant), Kentucky Cooner Kodey Glancy (Pathfinder Expert) and Upstate Canine Academy Professional Dog Trainer Tom Davis give great information on training
I like Thomas Davis. Upstate Canine Academy but this is funny🤣🤣🤣
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I’m the admin at Canine Enrichment and Training. One of our mods Michele Cupples just posted one of your training vids and I was impressed with your presentation. We’d love to have you join us and share more content.
