Side By Side Dog Training

09/27/2024

It’s been a bit. So sorry!!! Life ???
I’m back at the computer working on a couple new projects. I’m looking forward to seeing some of you during my travels over the next month or so and even more of you online!!!

08/17/2024

4 handlers with a total of 7 dogs earned 10 shiny new titles today (including one VIP Junior Handler)!!! 4 CGCs, 3 Novice Trick, 2 Intermediate Trick, and 1 Advanced Trick. Huge congratulations to all!!!

Thanks to for being the driver, the Sherpa, a friendly stranger, and part of the crowd.

(Photo of Dolly showing off her new Sassy Woof Sleeping Beauty collar because she was so happy to get to be the neutral dog today!!! ❤️)

08/15/2024

We’re not completely MIA. We’re just over here busting out lots of training for the we’ve set for the next few months. ❤️ I’m still working with clients and loving all their progress too!!!

07/24/2024

🎉Celebrating Life Together - A Pet Approved Event!
Join Laurie Schlossnagle of Side By Side Dog Training at the three-day virtual advocacy event on August 16, 17, 18, 2024.
Register here today:
https://www.petprofessionalguild.com/webinars-events/webinars/celebrating-life-together-a-pet-approved-event/
PRESENTATION TITLE: Teaching a Dog Snake/Wildlife Avoidance with Positive Reinforcement
SESSION DESCRIPTION:
The prevailing thought is that snake/wildlife avoidance must be done with fear, but by teaching it with positive reinforcement and helping the dog to understand what it is that we want, both dogs and humans are safer and more likely to avoid the wildlife.
🐶Come and join us! Please help us be the antidote to harmful training and pet care.
🐴66 sessions over three days.
🐦You can access the recordings for 12 months, and there are great CEUs.
😺Let's join together and create a large platform of ethical and compassionate pet care shaping the industry one paw at a time.

06/28/2024

If you didn’t call your vet for meds for the 4th of July, Monday is probably too late. So focus on some other things you can do:

Prepare a variety of frozen goodies (Kongs, Toppls, Tuxes, Snoops, lickimats, mazes) using canned dog food, dog safe human food (plain yogurt, cream cheese, some baby foods, peanut butter), kibble, treats, etc.

Plan to stay home with your dog.

Attach a piece of duct tape to their collars with your contact info along with their regular tags. Along with this, be sure their tags have correct information.

Walk/exercise your dog early in the day and be sure to get them outside one last time before dark.

Turn on fans, televisions, music — normal volume is fine!

Keep your animals safe and as secure as possible. This is an unusual day even for animals who are not bothered by fireworks.

Be safe!!!

04/07/2024

Hi all ~ We are working hard to fundraise for this year's trip to the Parents of Murdered Children Conference with our therapy dogs. Please consider buying a shirt (or two!) and/or donating. Sharing this post also helps us!!! Thank you in advance.

We do this as volunteers at our own expense and have been attending the conference annually since 2009.

Offset costs for therapy dog teams to attend the Parents of Murdered Children Conference. Help us bring registered therapy dogs to the 2024 Parents of Murdered Children...

03/28/2024

Sorry for the delay in posting about this, but March has been crazy!!! (In a good way…) You know how much I value continuing education, so when I had the chance to work with Michele Pouliot, I jumped! Earlier this month Emme, Bell, and I spent three days training with Michele and other wonderful friends with their dogs. So much learning and so much fun!!! This is a screen shot from a video while working on Emme’s retrieve — a treasured moment in so many ways. ❤️❤️❤️ Never stop learning. Never stop training. Never stop having fun with your dog.

02/24/2024

Can we please stop saying a tired dog is a happy dog or a good dog? A tired dog is a tired dog. Wearing a dog out does not make the dog happier or better, it just makes the dog tired. And tired can look a lot of different ways!!! It can be sleeping and relaxing, but it also can be zoomies and acting out. It’s about balance — the right amount of physical exercise with the right amount of mental exercise with the right amount of sleep. Please contact me if you have questions or need help! I’m here for you. But please stop building stamina in your dog and find the balance that works for both you and your dog!

02/05/2024

Can your dog handle looking out the window? Or would it be better to manage this? Emme enjoys nature tv in our backyard through these windows. And, unless the neighborhood cats decide to all congregate and have a meeting back there, she is perfectly content to watch. But if it becomes too much and she is barking and carrying on, I’m going to manage her access to nature tv.

02/01/2024

Separation Anxiety can be devastating! We want everyone who seeks help, be able to get help. This self-directed course is another option. As always, if you have questions, please let me know.

01/31/2024

Separation Anxiety is devastating for both the humans and the dog! It makes normal, every day things so much more difficult.

Separation Anxiety is a phobia. Your dog is not "getting back at you" for leaving them or acting out intentionally. Your dog is scared and panicked about being left alone. It also is not something that will just go away. It takes work to help your dog be comfortable with being alone.

But there's hope! As a Certified Separation Anxiety Trainer (CSAT), I can help you navigate this scary, restrictive world and help you help your dog to be comfortable being left alone.

It takes time and effort, but the results are life changing!

I currently have room in my schedule for 2 new Separation Anxiety-affected families. You can be anywhere because all of our sessions will be virtual (I am not part of your dog's every day life and working in this way allows so much flexibility and success in the process!). Please contact me to set up an initial phone call to get started so I can help you get back to living life with your dog, side by side.

01/22/2024

I have an open slot for a Separation Anxiety and/or a Reactive Dog student. Please contact me directly for details.

Photo of our super cute old man dog for attention!!!

01/14/2024

Bell has been working hard this week, so today we played at the beach!!!

01/13/2024

I am now a CSAT (Certified Separation Anxiety Trainer) and I can help you. It’s completely POSSIBLE!!!

"How do we reach Mission POSSIBLE?

🌎 Use your village - Find what resources you have and use them to give yourself some hope.

📈 Track data - Seeing progress through data can give us insights and hope. That regression really didn’t set you back that far!

📞 Consult a CSAT - If you’re continuing to struggle on your own, we offer our Mission POSSIBLE online program or our certified CSATs to help ease those training pains.

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