Suzanne Parker's Doggie School

08/21/2025

These pics crack me up!

The entire time I was taking them, and feeding them I was laughing to myself. The expressions, the discovery of a frozen concoction made of fresh Oregon berries and ’s Yogurt. The dogs were not quite sure what to think at first, but then it was clear that they approved💜

08/20/2025

11:30 to 12:30 appt. Was getting to teach these two Place and Settle and then review the cues learned in Level 1 obedience class. Then they both GRADUATED WITH FLYING COLORS!!! BLUE COLORS!

08/19/2025

08/17/2025

HELLO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

We will officially be arriving in California the last weekend of August, and that same way week I will begin teaching my group obedience classes in both North San Diego County and in San JUan Capistrano. I will also be scheduling behavior modification appointments, for those that are struggling with ANY dog behavior that they are struggling with. This is my passion, and I am excited to start offering my services to Southern California.
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My class schedule in NORTH SAN DIEGO COUNTY
Classes will be OFFERED in Vista

THE PERFECT PUPPY CLASS
This class begins with a class that is only for the owners that gives you all of the tools to have a create a perfect in home set up for your puppy. We will go over potty schedules, teething/puppy biting, potty training, feeding, health, nutrition, mandling, vaccines, toys, chew items, exercise, SLEEPING and naps, anything and everything puppy will be discussed, and my secrets will be shared. Then we will have 4 weeks of class for Basic Obedience (positive reinforcement). Sit, Down, Stay, COME or HERE, Leave it, Drop it, Walk training, Place and Settle. This is the top rated class in the community in Oregon I have been living.
OFFERED Tuesday evenings 9/02 to 9/30 from 6:00 to 6:45 pm, plus a 15 minute yappy hour for proper socialization.

DOGGY and PUPPY SCHOOL OBEDIENCE LEVEL 1
Week 1 - Opening up the line of Communication
*Look at me (focus and then beginning impulse control building
*Paws up and OFF! (No jumping up onto people or things)
*Puppy Push-ups, Sit, Down, Stand and Spin

Week 2 - Safety Week
*Stay. Stay on a 30 foot long line and high level of distraction, Stay and turn and walk away from your dog
*COME or HERE, practicing on a 30 foot long line with a partner and high level of distraction
*Leave it and Drop it

Week 3 - OUT for a walk!
*You will learn the art of on leash engagement on you, teaching your dog that you are Disneyland and not the other distractions or treats that are in your hand - you over all else!

Week 4 - Finding Zen
*Place and Settle (learning to chill out in one location and not leave unless released). The ultimate test and exercise of building impulse control.

*Test, Review and Graduation

OFFERED on Tuesday evenings 9/02 to 9/23 from 7:00 to 7:45 pm, plus a 15 minute yappy hour for proper socialization.
TO REGISTER https://forms.gle/UFrvmobKKWvhdYZC9

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My class schedule in SOUTH ORANGE COUNTY

THE PERFECT PUPPY CLASS
This class begins with a class that is only for the owners that gives you all of the tools to have a create a perfect in home set up for your puppy. We will go over potty schedules, teething/puppy biting, potty training, feeding, health, nutrition, mandling, vaccines, toys, chew items, exercise, SLEEPING and naps, anything and everything puppy will be discussed, and my secrets will be shared. Then we will have 4 weeks of class for Basic Obedience. This is the top rated class in the community in Oregon I have been living.
This class OFFERED in San Juan Capistrano
Thursday evenings 9/04 to 10/02 from 6:00 to 6:45 pm, plus a 15 minute yappy hour for proper socialization.

DOGGY and PUPPY SCHOOL OBEDIENCE LEVEL 1
Week 1 - Opening up the line of Communication
*Look at me (focus and then beginning impulse control building
*Paws up and OFF! (No jumping up onto people or things)
*Puppy Push-ups, Sit, Down, Stand and Spin

Week 2 - Safety Week
*Stay. Stay on a 30 foot long line and high level of distraction, Stay and turn and walk away from your dog
*COME or HERE, practicing on a 30 foot long line with a partner and high level of distraction
*Leave it and Drop it

Week 3 - OUT for a walk!
*You will learn the art of on leash engagement on you, teaching your dog that you are Disneyland and not the other distractions or treats that are in your hand - you over all else!

Week 4 - Finding Zen
*Place and Settle (learning to chill out in one location and not leave unless released). The ultimate test and exercise of building impulse control.

*Test, Review and Graduation

This class will be OFFERED Thursday evenings 9/04 to 9/25 from 7:00 to 7:45 pm, plus a 15 minute yappy hour for proper socialization. San Juan Capistrano
TO REGISTER https://forms.gle/UFrvmobKKWvhdYZC9

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MY EXPERIENCE and QUALIFICATIONS
I have over 27 years of successful experience working with, exercising, TRAINING, and caring for dogs. I am a Relationship-based dog trainer. I am a Certified Dog Trainer (CDT). I am also an AKC approved Dog Trainer and Evaluator. I specialize in training people to successfully raise incredible puppies. My Perfect Puppy Class has been heralded as the BEST in the Oregon community that we have been living in! My foundational skills/obedience classes for adult dogs and puppies, gives the Owners the best instruction on how to provide everything needed to allow for an incredible life with your pet dog. I also specialize in REACTIVE DOGS and Fearful, anxious and noise sensitive dogs. I offer a Reactive Dog Boot camp throughout Oregon, California, and Nevada. This is a personal mission and passion of mine to teach, and help to modify. My beloved soul dog and class demo dog is a formerly Reactive Dog. It took me lots of work, research and trial and error to find the solution to helping Max and I both with this life altering behavior. Now he and I both have made it our mission to help others struggling with this. In this training there are no e-collars, prong collars or rough and dominant training EVER, These dogs most often are in a state of mind of fear, and attaching tools in this scenario that erode the trust, or can cause more fear is the polar opposite of what they need to feel safe and beginning to rebuild your relationship and trust in each other.

08/15/2025

Professional Dog Walker and Pet Sitter Mini Clinic

Welcome to class. This is one thing on my “TO DO” list before I leave to teach and share information with anyone interested in Pet sitting or dog walking services for Yamhill County, or more specifically McMinnville. I have clients consistently email me or ask me where to board their dogs, or who comes into the home to stay with dogs, and DOG WALKERS! We had a very good dog walker in town, but she retired recently and has a few people covering her, but there really isn’t the consistency and reliability needed. Dog walking is also a fair weather career. I have trained a bunch of dog walkers, they love it, until the rain sets in and then they don’t. The reality of living in Oregon is that we have rain and committing to this amazing and quite lucrative career is worth it, but you cannot be fair weathered, especially in a small community.

I have over 30 years experience in both petsitting and dog walking. In college that is how I paid for my rent and to eat. I also got to stay in some amazing homes and have great experiences and adventures because of the early part time career choice that I made. It offered me flexibility, consistent income, and I was my own boss. I was able to take my classes and make my own schedule based on the dog walks, which was incredible. My Mom also was able to start a lucrative business called “The Dog Nanny”, that she owned for about 15 years. My Mom mostly stayed in people’s homes with their dogs and cats, fish, etc while her clients traveled. Now my son Morgan does this here in McMinnville, and has for the past 3 years, and loves it.

I am willing to share this information and secrets to success in the pet care field before we leave. The mini clinic will be on Tuesday evening 8/19 from 6:00 to 8:00 PM and on 8/26 from 6:00 to 8:00 PM. I will have printed materials for all of you for important referenced information, BUT please be prepared to take lots of notes. This will be an informational clinic and I will bring one of my dogs for the dog walking part of the clinic, but I will be sharing the following information:

How to start your own Pet care business (legal steps)
Marketing your business
Education in your field of choice
Recommended Certifications
Bonding and Licensing
Liability Insurance
Pet Care Association to join that I recommend
Rover and other companies that take your $$$
What to charge for your service
Description of services offered
Realistic Schedules
Physical requirements of the business
Protecting yourself

Necessary forms to protect yourself and your business, as well as your client and their pets.
Getting recommendations and Reviews
Veterinarian, Dog Groomers and Dog Trainer referrals
Safety
Responsibility and Honesty Policy
Reliability ABOVE all else
Care and DO NO HARM above all else.
Awareness and typical scenarios to be aware of so that you don’t need to learn from mistakes.

As you can see, I have a lot of material to cover and will need to share this and have you take notes, again I do have some printed reference materials but the notes and listening is going to be critical for you to gather the information I will share. Please email me if you would like to join this clinic. My email address is
[email protected]

The Clinic Fee is a nominal fee for the wealth of information that I will be giving to you all. The fee is $150 per person for both of the nights (not $300.00) $150.00 total.

08/13/2025

As my family and I are packing our home, and preparing to make the long move out of state, I am flooded with emotions and thoughts of all that living here in McMinnville has brought to me personally. The blessings of friendships, a business that I LOVE and treasure, the dogs and the clients that I feel so lucky to have met and been able to train. The time and space to heal from a disease that I was given months to survive, and yet I knew McMinnville was a place to offer me the solace, the time, the peace in my heart to rest and heal. I am not sure how I knew, but I did. I felt at home here for the first time in my life. Growing up in Southern California never felt like my place. The mountains, the forests, the rain, the seasons, the imperfections of a real life were what I knew were in my soul and I found that and more in this little quirky town called McMinnville.

I have a few other items on my checklist to complete before I leave, and I am not sure I will get those done, but I am going to try.

THINGS TO DO

* ONE LAST REACTIVE DOG BOOTCAMP - 8/23 and 8/24 9:00 to 11:30 am

* Training for anyone that would like to be an independent Professional Pet Sitter, or a Dog Walker (WE ARE IN NEED OF BOTH OPTIONS IN MAC) . I have 30 years of experience, and I would like to offer the next 2 Tuesday evenings 8/19 and 8/26 6:30 to 8:30 pm to teach and train anyone that would like to start their own independent business offering either of these services in our community. I have so many referrals and people that are always seeking in home pet sitters, people that board dogs in their homes, and dog walkers. This is a fantastic career and done right, can be full time. If you are interested please email me at [email protected]

* I am leaving you all in the capable hands of a wonderful Lady that i have been training over the past 3 years, named Amber Heckman, her business is Amber H DogsAmber H Dogs. I love this lady and trust her. I know you will benefit greatly by attending her upcoming foundational classes. Amber will be offering the same classes that I offered and will also be offering 1:1 behavior modification. Please reach out to her on Facebook or email her at [email protected].

I will miss you McMinnville, but you will always remain in my heart.

Thank you,

Suzanne Parker
Suzanne Parker's Doggie School

08/12/2025

UPCOMING REACTIVE DOG BOOTCAMP!!!!!

Saturday 8/23 and Sunday 8/24 from 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM, in McMinnville, Oregon.

Do you suffer with a Reactive Dog? I have been there, and done that! I have been a part of the midnight walkers dog club because Max (my demo dog) was so reactive on leash, at my front window, in my car, at any fenceline, and whenever he felt scared of threatened. It was something I had never experienced, and something I never want to experience again. This is a link to my journey with Max, and how I have been able to help him and now 1000's of others with their Reactive Dogs. https://www.mcminnvilledogtrainer.com/currentlyscheduledofferings

The 6 hour Bootcamp consists of one private 1:1 lesson with me before the in person class begins(schedule your lesson ASAP!). This will allow me to get to know you, and your dog, and to assess the level of reactivity you are experiencing. I will give you some insight and discuss some things to help you with the big picture scheme of all that contributes to a Reactive Dog. The in person classes on 8/23 and 8/24 is to help put into practice the method I will be teaching you. You will be in an environment with people that understand what you are going through, and we all have the same goal. It is a judgement free zone, and one of support, and understanding. PLUS Reactive Dogs, make Reactive Dogs REACT, and we need that in order to work through these behaviors.

Every dog has different symptoms/behaviors that they display, but most dogs I have trained that are reactive are FEARFUL, LACK CONFIDENCE, CLEAR COMMUNICATION and are in need of LEADERSHIP and SUPPORT. It may look opposite of what I just described, but after doing this for over 6 years these seem to be the underlying contributing factors. I will show you how to help your dog, and ultimately help you.

TO REGISTER
The cost for the 6 hour class is $350.00. I am oly allowing 6 spots in this class and have 2 filled already. If you would like to join us please click on this link below and sign up ASAP.

I will also open up 4 Auditing spots for the final day only on 8/24 from 9 to 11:30 AM, cost is $75/per dog. This is for anyone that has done either private 1:1 reactive dog training with me, or attended my bootcamp.

LINK TO REGISTER: https://forms.gle/sz55rHgSck1GY4BN8