We aim to strengthen the human-animal bond through reward based training and behavior modification. We are here to help teach YOU how to train YOUR dog.
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We use positive reinforcement techniques to help you train your dog of any age. We specialize in puppy classes, as well as Good Manners classes, and Canine Good Citizen training. Positive reinforcement training uses motivation and reinforcement to help your dog learn how to behave while creating a bonding experience for you and your dog.
These four amazingly smart pups just completed our Tricks class and all passed the AKC Trick Dog - Novice level test! 🎉🎉🎉Bailey, Kai, Mulligan, and Odin🎉🎉🎉 It was so fun getting to watch these guys learn and grow - high five, crawl, spin, find the cookie, get in the box, tunnel, jump, and more! What a blast we had!
Feeding your puppy their daily meal(s) in snuffle mats or other food dispensing devices is a great way to add mental stimulation to their day, while keeping them occupied for longer durations than a food bowl.
Did you know we sell Snuffle Mats, West Paw Toys, and Kongs at our training facility in Hanover? Pick something up before or after class and ask your trainer what they might suggest for your puppy!
Day Training is offered in Hanover on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Drop your dog off between 9:15-10:15am and pick your dog up between 2:15-3:15pm.
During the day your dog will work privately with their trainer on skills such as leash walking, polite greetings, attention around distractions, and more. Day training also offers safe and appropriate play with other dogs for those who would like it.
Dogs must rest comfortably away from their trainer in a crate, playpen, or tethered for a small portion of the day. To ensure it is the right fit for your dog, we always start with a trial day before booking any packages.
SIGN UP FOR YOUR TRIAL DAY HERE:
https://pawsitivelyobedientappointments.as.me/trainingday
Puppy Happy Hours are a great way to allow your puppy to experience safe and appropriate interactions with other puppies their own age.
Happy Hours have several benefits for young puppies including: exercise, training, mental stimulation, socializing with other dogs, and socializing with people.
We invite our 6 months or under friends to join us on these upcoming dates:
Sunday 6/30/2024 at 10:30am
Monday 7/1/2024 at 6:00pm
Sign up online or email us at [email protected] 🐶🐶
Henry, Marbles, Geordie, and Etta have now completed Puppy Kindergarten level 2 together! We can’t wait to see where you guys go next! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Our next Good Manners class is starting Monday 7/8 at 6:00 PM in Hanover with trainer Jackie!
Good Manners is open to dogs over 23 weeks of age and is a great training for those who are just beginning or even those that need to refresh their dog’s training. Skills covered in this class include polite greetings, leash walking, come when called, leave it, stay, and basic attention around distractions.
Sign up here: https://pawsitivelyobedient.dogbizpro.com/public/registration/index.aspx?schedule=1655
Photo: our friend Gus, group class graduate, hanging out at Forge Pond Park. 🐾🐾
Our friend Liam has been having difficulty with guests entering his home. Trainer Victoria visited Liam and family to work on fine tuning known behaviors like "go to place" with distraction and introduced some new skills to help lower his arousal when visitors arrive
Great work Liam!
If your pup has big feelings when friends or family come to visit, in home private coaching could help.
Is your new puppy naughty? We have 4 spots open in our Saturday Puppy Kindergarten Class starting Saturday June 29th at 12:50PM. (NO CLASS Saturday 7/6)
Puppy Kindergarten is a great way to introduce foundation behaviors with mild distractions. You will learn how to teach your puppy sit, touch, give eye contact, lay down - as well as a number of other behaviors like walking on a loose leash and polite greetings!
Register here: https://pawsitivelyobedient.dogbizpro.com/public/registration/index.aspx?schedule=1645
Katla and crew are wondering how there are still *FOUR* spots open for our outing at Forge Pond Park Saturday June 22nd @ 10:15AM?!
What better way to spend a Saturday morning than with one of your dogs favorite teachers?!
Social outings allow for training in new environments with the guidance of an instructor.
Register now! https://pawsitivelyobedient.dogbizpro.com/Public/Registration/Index.aspx
Biggest congratulations to Farmer and Lynn for passing their therapy test today with trainer Janice! Farmer and Lynn will accompany Stanley and Cara on some therapy visits soon!
Therapy work is hard to achieve and takes a lot of dedication and consistency to training. It is not for every dog. Farmer is already certified as a and a as well as a therapy dog through Dog B.O.N.E.S. Therapy Dogs of Massachusetts. Trainer Janice is proud to be there for this team on this next step of their journey!
Congratulations to these two handler teams for earning their AKC Canine Good Citizen titles!
Molly McToots with handler Margaret and Tendi with handler Palestina.
Great job pups! Keep up the good work. ❤️
Keep an eye out for our next AKC CGC Prep course and get your pup on their way on earning their CGC.
We still have a couple spots open for our next scheduled Canine Good Citizen tests this Saturday starting at 12:45.
If you've taken the CGC Prep course previously and think your pup is ready to be tested for their title, sign up today!
https://pawsitivelyobedient.dogbizpro.com/public/registration/index.aspx?schedule=1588
When you are out and about, does your pup seem to forget you are at the other end of the leash? Getting automatic attention from your dog can be tricky- especially when there are distractions around or in new environments.
Join us for an incredible workshop focusing on this- building attention and focus on YOU the handler. Janice will teach participants several different games to play with their dog to naturally create automatic attention. Happening on June 30th at 11:30am.
Sign up here: https://pawsitivelyobedient.dogbizpro.com/public/registration/index.aspx?schedule=1671
Hope to see you there!!
Mishka, Katla, and Brodey just completed our first Movement and Obstacles class! What a great four weeks of building different skills including tunnels, jumps, platforms, narrow spaces, paw targets, and more! Check out our “Obstacles Class” highlight reel for a look at things we cover in this very unique class offered with trainer Janice!
Our next 4 week Movement and Obstacles class is starting Sunday June 30th at 1:30! Class dates are 6/30, 7/7, 7/21, and 7/28. Each class is about 45 min in length. Cost is $180. Space is limited to 4 dogs.
Join us: https://pawsitivelyobedient.dogbizpro.com/public/registration/index.aspx?schedule=1658
Adolescence is ROUGH. The has a great article on the whys and hows of the changes our pups go through from puppy to adulthood.
https://www.rspca.org.uk/adviceandwelfare/pets/dogs/health/adolescentpuppies
Meanwhile- let us help you! Our next Curbing Adolescence class is starting on June 19th at 5pm. This class is for dogs from 6 months to 3 years of age who need help building focus on their handlers and working through big feelings that come with teenage hood!
Sign up here: https://pawsitivelyobedient.dogbizpro.com/public/registration/index.aspx?schedule=1669
Daisy here to let all my puppy friends know about the next step in training after Puppy Kindergarten. Puppy Kindergarten Level II! Keep working on all the new skills you've learned in your first training class while also still working on social skills with your other puppy friends.
Our next Level II class starts on Monday June 17th at 4:45pm. We only have a few spots left- don't miss out!
Sign up here: https://pawsitivelyobedient.dogbizpro.com/public/registration/index.aspx?schedule=1652
Does your pup get SUPER excited to greet visitors or people on the street? We have the workshop for you! Learn how to help temper your dog's big energy when it comes to saying hello.
Join us on either June 8th at 1pm or June 12th at 6pm for a fun one hour workshop focused on polite greetings!
Sign up for June 8th with Victoria here: https://pawsitivelyobedient.dogbizpro.com/public/registration/index.aspx?schedule=1644
Sign up for June 12th with Janice here: https://pawsitivelyobedient.dogbizpro.com/public/registration/index.aspx?schedule=1649
Big congrats to these hardworking Puppy Kindergarten grads. Victoria had a great time with these 7 puppies and their humans over the last 7 weeks.
Keep having fun, and keep training. Congrats Monty, Charlie, Charlie (no that's no typo they are both Charlie!😄), Sky, Bailey, Theo and Keef! We will see you all soon.
How can Day Training help you meet your training goals? When you add Day Training sessions to your training routine, you will find your pup has:
🐾 More Confidence In New Places
🐾 Learns Faster With Customized Training Plans
🐾 Is Better At Play With Other Dogs
🐾 Is More Relaxed
🐾 Behaves Better Overall
🐾 Pays Attention To You As Their Favorite Human
Schedule your dog's Day Training Trial Day here: https://bit.ly/42hT46e
When dogs learn skills in more than one place, and with frequent rewards, those skills are learned much more reliably. We help train and reinforce skills in our training facility and then you will practice on those skills at home during the week.
PAWSitively Obedient focuses on a positive approach to training. We use reward based training using clickers or verbal markers to clearly communicate to your pup what behaviors we like and are rewarding. When a dog is "paid" for their "work" it creates a happy, positive association with the behavior which in turn will encourage them to want to repeat those behaviors.
Our friend Skye wants you to know its International Sheltie Appreciation Day!! This sweet girl has been working hard in private one on one sessions with trainer Victoria to be the best pup she can be.
Here's a fun fact about Shetland Sheepdogs from the AKC:
Developed in the rugged Shetland Islands, off the coast of Scotland, near the Arctic Circle, the Shetland Sheepdog was bred to be an agile, alert, and intelligent herder. In fact, they'll try to herd almost anything, including squirrels, birds, and kids.
Do you have a sheltie? Share with us in the comments!!
The PAWSitively Obedient family grew by another four paws this week! Trainer Palestina welcomed new puppy Caspian home this past Sunday. She is a Silken Windhound and just the sweetest little pup.
Welcome Caspian!! We can't wait to watch you grow up like Etta and Mulligan!
Calling all brand new puppies! Puppy Preschool is the ideal first step in properly socializing your new fuzzball during their critical socialization period! We offer open enrollment for this four week course. Choose between Sundays at 9:30am or Tuesdays at 5pm!
Sign up on our website: www.pawsitivelyobedient.com
2 of these dogs are not like the others?! Finn, Rocket, Brodey, Odin and Jonah all completed Curbing Adolescence Take 2 tonight.
All 5 of these boys have come so far in their training journey. Janice and Victoria could not be any more proud of them and their dedicated guardians. We hope to continue to see them through Adolescence and into adulthood! Happy Training. 🐾❤
Cattle dog puppy Malibu has been learning all her basic manners with an in home training package. On Monday she started learning all about walking on the leash politely!
Private coaching can be a great way to start training with your new puppy. Great work Malibu!!! 🐾
Heads Up! We still have a couple open spots for our next Curbing Adolescence class starting on Saturday at 11:45!
Curbing Adolescence is a class designed for your dog in their teenage months. Dogs enter adolescence between 6 months – 2 years of age. Dogs in their teenage years can struggle with over the top excitement, short attention spans, and it is very common for new unwanted behaviors to arise. This is not your basic obedience class. This class focuses on attention or engagement games, building a relationship with your dog amongst distractions,, and how to create a thinking dog. We utilize Leslie McDevitt’s number of pattern games to help our teenage dogs get a handle on their big emotions and focus attention to us in the real world.
Sign up here: https://pawsitivelyobedient.dogbizpro.com/public/registration/index.aspx?schedule=1643
🐾 Dogs should have some basic training cues on board already such as – sit, down, come, stay (without distractions)
🐾 Dogs can join this class after a level I or level II class; it really depends on when they hit their adolescent development period.
🐾 If you have done training elsewhere and wish to join this class, you MUST do either a consultation for training or a private training session. Please email us at [email protected] to set something up.
In honor of Memorial Day, we want to take a moment to make mention of the war dogs throughout history.
"The average career span for a military working dog is approximately 9-11 years. Prior to 2000, military working dogs were considered “surplus equipment” and were euthanized or abandoned after their retirement.
It is estimated that approximately 4000 MWDs were left in Vietnam at the end of the war with only a little over 200 dogs making it home. After 2000, President Clinton passed “Robby’s Law” allowing handlers and their families to get first dibs at adopting their MWD. Today, over 90% of retired MWD’s are adopted by their former handlers. In addition, many dogs continue to support local law enforcement after retirement. If a handler is unable to adopt their working dog, the DOD identified other willing families to ensure the dog has a home. From 2012-14, 1,312 dogs were adopted by individual families and 252 were adopted by law enforcement agencies."
Source: https://hiarmymuseumsoc.org/
Remembering all who served on two and four legs.❤
Puppy happy hours allow for extra socialization, off leash play time, and helps teach emotional regulation for our puppy friends under 1 year of age. We have three opportunities for structured play for your new little friend coming up soon:
Puppies under 6 months old: Wednesday 6/5 at 6pm and Monday 6/10 at 4:45pm
Tiny Dogs - Wednesday 6/5 at 6pm
Sign up on our website: https://pawsitivelyobedient.com/events/month/2024-06/
Thank you to these awesome dogs who joined trainer Janice at our social outing this morning before it heated up! 🐾Tucker, Brooklyn, Beau, Finn, Brodey, and Tendi 🐾 HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND TO EVERYONE! 🇺🇸
Enjoy and remember those that gave their lives in service
Did someone say 3 day weekend?! We will be closed on Monday 5/27 for Memorial Day. 🐾
There are NO GROUP CLASSES SATURDAY 5/25 - MONDAY 5/27. Classes will resume Tuesday 5/28.
56 B Street Unit D
Hanover, MA
02339
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| Tuesday | 9am - 8pm |
| Wednesday | 9am - 8pm |
| Sunday | 9am - 5pm |
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Puppy Happy Hours are a great way to allow your puppy to experience safe and appropriate interactions with other puppies their own age. Happy Hours have several benefits for young puppies including: exercise, training, mental stimulation, socializing with other dogs, and socializing with people. We invite our 6 months or under friends to join us on these upcoming dates: Sunday 6/30/2024 at 10:30am Monday 7/1/2024 at 6:00pm Sign up online or email us at [email protected] 🐶🐶
Our next Puppy Happy Hours are next Tuesday at 5pm! This week will specialize in the younger and tiny guys - Puppies 6 months and under and Tiny Dogs! Puppy Happy Hours are the perfect time to let your puppy learn appropriate play in a structured environment where we help you learn how to intervene and offer breaks from play as well as help your dog learn how to calm down while in the prescence of other dogs. Big feelings happen during play and our young puppies need help learning how to deal with them! Sign up here: Under 6 months: https://pawsitivelyobedient.dogbizpro.com/public/registration/index.aspx?schedule=1599 Tiny Dogs: https://pawsitivelyobedient.dogbizpro.com/public/registration/index.aspx?schedule=1600
Curious what a typical day of training for a Day Training dog might look like? Check out our new friend Walter's first day training with Victoria and Palestina at Day Training last week! Every pup's owner will get a detailed email with information on what exercises we worked on and what they need to do for homework for the week, as well as an adorably curated video of the highlights of each skill we work on. Day Training is a very hands on training expereince for the owner! It is imperative that skills are worked on at home and not just in the training center for the dog to be able to perform the skill in multiple environments, also called Generalizing the skill. Sign up for your trial day today! https://bit.ly/daytrainingtrialday
Training a dog will have it's ups and downs. You'll have your days where the pup just gets it right away and then sometimes when they struggle. Even during a session you may have a few great reps and then the puppy you are training gets a taste of the zoomies but STILL ends up in the right spot where you need them to be. Sunny the viszla puppy is learning Place here. Trainer Palestina was working on building up some distance with the place mat and Sunny got VERY excited during the process. #trainingbloopers #nomistakesintraining #rewardbasedlearning #puppytraining #postivereinforcementtrainer #hanoverma #southshoredogtrainer
That feeling when your mom and dad sign you up for classes with PAWSitively Obedient. See our calendar of classes on our website: www.pawsitivelyobedient.com #postivetraining #funnydogs #goldendoodle #adoptedpup
This Saturday! Join us for some adorable crafting fun with your pup! Zora enjoyed making an ornament during Day Training yesterday. 11:30am in our Hanover location, Sign up here: https://pawsitivelyobedient.dogbizpro.com/public/registration/index.aspx?schedule=1494
Day Training offers a unique opportunity for us to take your pup out in real life scenarios and practice skills they learn in our training facility. Here Zora is working on so much in this short video with trainer Vic. She is learning impulse control, attention to handler skills, relaxation in public, and socialization with new smells and sounds. Working in new environments helps your dog build fluency to their behaviors. Great job Zora!! We are running a year end special on Day Training! Buy 8 sessions get 2 for free! Ask us about Day Training for your dog! [email protected]
Zues is wondering why you haven't signed your pup up for a trial day for Day Training! He has been loving his time learning one on one with our wonderful trainers as well as structured puppy play during his Day Training days. Zeus' family reports his manners have improved and the foundation we are giving him here has been so helpful as they train him at home! Do you need help with your puppy's training? Do you want additional reinforcement for skills your puppy is learning in class? Day Training may be a great next step! Sign up for your triall day here: https://pawsitivelyobedientappointments.as.me/schedule/d3994e47/?categories%5B%5D=Drop%20off%20Training
Taylor and Brodey throoughly enjoyed K9 Nose Work this past Saturday. They are part of an introductory class to acquaint dogs with the sport of Nose Work. Sniffing is so important for dogs! Some of the benefits of scent work for dogs are: 🐾 Calms the nervous system 🐾 Brain exercise 🐾 Builds confidence 🐾 Expends excess energy 🐾 Enhances bond between dog and handler Interested in learning more? Send us an email at [email protected] and we can help you find the right starting point for your dog!
Let's talk about appropriate play between dogs! You've heard us say it- socializing your dog with other dogs does NOT include heading to the Dog Park. Why though? Dogs, especially when young, can struggle to regulate their emotions in play. It's easy for a dog to increase their excitement higher and higher and when that happens their manners go out the window and they can turn in to bullies to other dogs. When you have a new dog who is learning to play, allowing them to interact with dogs who are not playing appropiately can have long lasting consequences on your dog's future interactions with dogs. Poor experiences can result in on leash reactivity, dog to dog aggression, and over all poor social manners with other dogs. Appropriate dog play should include give and take between the interacting dogs. For example, they should take turns on who is chasing who. They should have frequent breaks where they disengage from one another. This can look like sniffing the ground, shaking their whole body, or even a calm pause where the dogs look away from one another. Polite invitations to play can include a play bow or offering their back end to the other dog. The way the other dog responds is also important. If the receiving dog looks away with a lip lick or walks away, that is a dog that is not interested in engaging in play. Gently redirect your dog and don't force the interaction. How many polite signals and play moments can you spot in this video between Toby and Tuukka? Let us know what you see in the comments! 👇 Check out our upcoming Puppy Happy Hours for your young dog to experience well monitored, appropriate structured play with other young dogs. Check out our online calendar for upcoming dates!
Day Training pups Theo and Chubbs had a wonderful training exercise today that helped teach both pups that staying calm around another dog is a valuable thing! So much is happening in this short video- the sights and smells of a new environment are competing with the trainers for where the dogs are paying attention. The dogs like one another and would like to play but instead are being paid for walking calmly (Theo) and laying calmly (Chubbs). The dogs are learning there is so much more value in being polite than in acting wild. Day Training days give us opportunities to work your pup in a variety of environments where we can focus on specific skills. The variety of environments help your dog learn that the cues we ask of them mean the same thing no matter where they are. This is called generealization. Want to learn more? Send us an email at [email protected]
Tiny puppies loved playing with other tiny puppies! We have another Tiny Dogs Puppy Happy Hour! coming up on Saturday August 12th at 12:30 in our Hanover training center. Sign your little one up here: https://pawsitivelyobedient.dogbizpro.com/public/registration/index.aspx?schedule=1449
Enrichment is so important for your pup's mental well being as well as to curb boredom. Day Training pup Ulysses enjoys a snuffle mat as a way to decompress as well as stretch his little puppy brain as he sniffs out his treats and kibble. What is your pup's favorite enrichment activity? Did you know? PAWSitively Obedient sells a variety of our favorite enrichment toys including Kongs, Snuffle Mats, and West Paw puzzle toys. Be sure to check out our selection the next time you are visiting one of our training locations!
Trainer Vic is working wonders with Day Training pup Chloe. She is adding distractions, new environments, and different challenges for Chloe to be able to fully understand the behavior she is being taught in the video- Stay. What is Day Training? You drop your dog off with us in the morning and your dog will spend one-on-one time throughout the day with a professional trainer. If it is appropriate, there will be time to play with other dogs. If not, they will get play breaks with humans. The importance of day school is to give your dog a place to come learn and get a structured day, so too much play would be counterproductive. Dogs will get plenty of breaks that will require them to rest calmly in a crate, in a play pen, or on a training tether. This allows them time to process their learning and is very important for growing puppies. At the end of their day you will pick up a tired dog, a progress report with skills we worked on. An email will be sent with video clips of your dog from day training and homework for you to work on at home with your dog! Day Training is NOT a replacement for the work you do at home with your dog but you will notice progress a lot faster, and behavior sticking better! Sign up for your dog's trial day here: https://pawsitivelyobedientappointments.as.me/dropofftraining
We still have a few spots open for our upcoming Puppy Happy Hour! We will guide your pups through appropriate play as well as help them learn to regulate their energy by offering multiple check ins and calm breaks. And when you sign up for multiple Happy Hours we offer a punch card discount- buy 4 sessions and get 1 free! Join us on Sunday at 10:45 in our Hanover location! Sign your puppy up here: https://pawsitivelyobedient.dogbizpro.com/public/registration/index.aspx?schedule=1257
Our day training program is designed to develop a strong foundation to build upon with future training. We introduce, practice, and reinforce for appropriate behavior and training cues. Day training includes a private transfer session for the owner. Working one on one with our trainers without you offers your dog new distractions, new environments, and new scenarios to practice calm. Would you like to sign your pup up for a trial day? Sign up here: https://pawsitivelyobedientappointments.as.me/dropofftraining Check out Huggins at a Day Training session building fluency with the Leave It cue! Another Day Training pup Grey watches while providing a gentle distraction for Huggins. Great job pups!
Does your pup hate the nail trimmers? Would you like to learn an alternative way of nail maintence that is fear free and gives your dog control of their own care? Join us for a workshop on Scratch Boards!! This one hour workshop will give you the confidence to teach your pup how to file their own nails using materials you most likely have in your home already. No more scary nail trims with clippers! Sign up here for our Monday April 10th class! The workshop starts at 7:45pm in our Pembroke location. Limited spaces so don't wait! https://pawsitivelyobedient.dogbizpro.com/public/registration/index.aspx?schedule=1307
We use positive reinforcement techniques to help you train your dog of any age! We specialize in puppy classes, as well as Good manners and Canine Good Citizen training! Positive reinforcement training uses motivation to help your dog learn how to behave while creating a bonding experience for you and your dog! We are here to help teach you how to train your dog!
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