AttaGirl Dog Training

10/31/2024

Sheriff Spiller arrested the perp, Nitro, on 10 counts of indecent exposure and 723 counts of disturbing the peace. 😤

Admin note, Nitro is 723 days old. 💀

Happy Halloween! 🎃👻

10/31/2024

A lovely example of training with two highly debated tools: e-collars & flexi leashes. 😁

10/31/2024

Join us THIS Saturday for a 🐶-focused class on taproom manners and other topics!

Do you enjoy taking your dog to breweries and patios? 🍻 Us too! In order to keep this privilege and show respect to our local dog-friendly businesses, it’s important to teach our dogs how to have good manners in public. By bringing your mannered pup out and about, you’re setting a great example for other dog parents, and showing our non-dog-owning friends that well-trained dogs exist and are fun to have around! 🐾

Who is this class for? Dogs* & their human(s)
*If your dog does not thrive in social settings with other dogs or humans, we get it! This event is geared towards dogs who are comfortable being in the presence of other dogs and humans. This class is not good for reactive or extremely nervous dogs. If you are unsure if your dog is a good fit for this event, please reach out to Megan before signing up.

Cost: $10 per dog accompanied by up to 2 humans

Sign Up: https://pocketsuite.io/book/attagirl-dog-training/items

10/30/2024

Photos… the number one use for training in this household. 🤣

Happy Howl-O-Ween! 🎃👻

10/29/2024

Free community pack walk - TOMORROW! Join us for a Halloween walk! Costumes are encouraged but not required! 🎃👻

Join Wednesday, October 30, for our monthly community pack walk. This month we're celebrating Halloween! 🎃👻

Dress your pup in costume for some festive fun as we parade down Atlantic Ave! We’ll meet at 5:30pm and start walking at 5:45pm.

To stay up to date on dog friendly happenings, join our group - South Florida Pet Dog Community.

Please sign up to receive the walk meeting point: https://portal.busypaws.app/customers/lead-change-dog-training?service_id=6460

10/15/2024

Who's ready to play frisbee!!! It's been a long summer, join us for Toss & Fetch Winter Season!

10/06/2024

Rossy is home! 💖

I’m so proud of her progress over the last 5 weeks. She’s grown in many ways, but most notably in her clarity in what is expected of her, her confidence in executing behaviors, and her composure in situations that she historically had little to no tolerance for. Now it’s time to reintegrate her to her pack at home and transfer her skills to home & her humans!

10/02/2024

Sadie the mix is here for a behavior overhaul! She’s a super fun, energetic girl that loves to bark, jump, dig, pull on the leash, bolt through doors, react to other dogs and weasel her way into whatever she wants! 😍

She operates in a constant state of overexcited and doesn’t listen very well, which has her mom tired and frustrated. We get it!

Despite what you might be thinking, Sadie has tons of great qualities that will making our training journey together a ton of fun. She’s a classic example of a dog who’s found very dog-like solutions for her genetic drives. We’re going to give her appropriate outlets that fulfill her needs and help her learn to settle in between!

09/30/2024

Such a fun weekend at the Canine Round Up Cluster. We look forward to these events for months, and are so grateful for the good weather and great friends who make it possible to do cool stuff with our dogs. 💫🩷

Nitro earned his “Dock Master” title this weekend with a PB of 21’ in distance jump and he had another great Hydro Dash run in the Senior division. He also earned his first leg of Fetch novice and participated in his first few UpDog frisbee games, Time Warp being his best!

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09/24/2024

Join us TOMORROW - Wednesday, September 25, for our monthly community pack walk! We’ll meet at 5:30pm and start walking at 5:45pm at South County Regional Park. Sign up for the start location!

Sign up here: https://portal.busypaws.app/customers/lead-change-dog-training?service_id=6460

09/24/2024

I can’t believe we’re over halfway through Rossy’s board & train program! This girl continues to impress me with how much she’s grown - all 10lbs of her. One of my favorite things is watching her and her human work together in our weekly lessons. Her human is not even 8 years old and trains better than many adults I know... 🙃💁🏼‍♀️

Ps, how cute is Ross’s hair cut 🥰

09/19/2024

Time to start teaching head dunks to beat this Florida heat! 🥵

New research published in the JAVMA reveals that teaching dogs to voluntarily dunk their heads in water is the most effective method for rapidly cooling them down after exercise.

09/12/2024

How do you feel about exposing your dog to stress?

This young Weimaraner started a board and train recently. During the drop off, I informed his owner, he'd be living under some different rules at my house than what he'd been used to for the past few months of his life.

He would be subjected to some "healthy stress.”

Among other things, he would be sleeping in a crate at night, learning to walk nicely on a leash, and participate in proprioceptive exercises to build body awareness.

Essentially, he would be learning some problem solving skills and because of it, develop greater resilience.

The first day here he found himself stuck on the opposite side of a pole than the side I was on.

Can you guess what I did?

I did nothing. I stood there, not moving, not applying more pressure to the leash, not coochie-cooing him...I just waited.

It took him about 90 seconds of wiggling, and whining to figure out what to do to get himself free.

Once he did, he was darn proud of himself, prancing about for a few seconds and then we moved on and enjoyed a short game of fetch.

The stress was short lived. He learned how to relieve it and was proud of himself as he discovered his power to problem solve.

We do our dogs no favor by immediately bailing them out of every little problem or struggle they encounter.

So often I hear, "My dog doesn't like the crate,” or "My dog doesn't like to be brushed,” or "My dog won't potty while on leash.”

As a woman who has raised two (now grown) children, I could not have imagined saying to my kids dentist..."well, they don't like having their teeth brushed so we just gave up." 🤣

I have news for you, there are very few dogs that immediately enjoy their crate, or being brushed and bathed, or being restrained on a leash.

It's our job to teach them to tolerate the realities of life in the human world.

For most things the teaching recipe is simple:

A bit of skill, applied over time, mixed by a healthy dose of patient persistence.

If you don't have the skill, the time or the patience, you can pay people like me to do the foundation work for you. It is like having the dentist clean the kids teeth...but if you don't maintain what the professional did, it's not going to become good habits that serve for a lifetime.

The main thing to understand is that stress and learning will be part of life. There is no avoiding it. It is how we learn to work through it that makes the difference.

By taking time to teach your dog how to tolerate some stress and learn to problem solve, you set them up for increased confidence, improved manners and an overall healthier mindset.

09/12/2024

Welcome to our newest recruit, Oliver 🖤

Oliver is a 9 week old and is the puppy-brother of AGDT graduate, Sawyer, the ! These boys come from the same breeder and Sawyer also started his training here at this age back in January 2023. It’s the greatest honor to be involved in raising these boys from the very beginning! 🥰

Oliver is working on his puppy foundations these next two weeks that will set him up for success in his future training!

09/12/2024

We’re excited to announce that “Training on Tap” is here to stay! Join us on the first Saturday of the month for a 🐶-focused class on taproom manners and other topics!

Do you enjoy taking your dog to breweries and patios? 🍻 Us too! In order to keep this privilege and show respect to our local dog-friendly businesses, it’s important to teach our dogs how to have good manners in public. By bringing your mannered pup out and about, you’re setting a great example for other dog parents, and showing our non-dog-owning friends that well-trained dogs exist and are fun to have around! 🐾

Who is this class for? Dogs* & their human(s)
*If your dog does not thrive in social settings with other dogs or humans, we get it! This event is geared towards dogs who are comfortable being in the presence of other dogs and humans. This class is not good for reactive or extremely nervous dogs. If you are unsure if your dog is a good fit for this event, please reach out to Megan before signing up.

Cost: $10 per dog accompanied by up to 2 humans

Sign Up: https://pocketsuite.io/book/attagirl-dog-training/item/training-on-tap%3a-how-to-be-calm%2c-confident-and-courteous-in-the-taproom.

09/09/2024

Our first-ever “Training on Tap” group class at Cove Brewery was a huge success! 🥳 We are so proud of the dogs & humans who showed up and participated in class. You all are setting a great example for how to be calm, confident, and courteous in the taproom. 👏🏻

We couldn’t have asked for a better space to practice with the pups. If you missed class, stay tuned for our next one!! 👀

09/05/2024

Rossy the is here for a manners makeover! She’s 4 years young and isn’t a stranger to training - she’s been enrolled in our private lessons alongside her canine siblings. She’s as cute at they come, but her behavior has earned her some nicknames that we’ll keep off line. 🤣🫢

She’s now ready to level up and will be learning all the things both on & off leash over the next month through our stay and train program.

Can’t wait to see this girl grow! ❤️

09/05/2024

Luna is back for a board & tune this week! We’re working on her pool etiquette and play, as well as keeping all of her obedience training in tact! 🐶