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I have been training dog for over 8 years, I have gained experience through working at camp bow wow earning the highest level of dog behavioral understanding that they offer. I also was the assistant trainer at Ken-inn as well as the head trainer at Woof. I was head trainer at Second chance pups for 4 years and continue to stay as active with them as I can. All of these experiences plus receiving my education at the world renowned Tom Rose school has allowed me to learn and master many different styles of training techniques. This is very important as no dog learns the same and its important to adapt to each individual dog and owner. Its very important you find a dog trainer you like for both you and your dog!
More about my schooling, Attending the Tom Rose School was a challenging experience but has proven to be a very rewarding one. While attending TRS, I spent ten months learning all different aspects of canine training, including basic through advanced competition level obedience, Schutzhund, AKC agility, narcotics detection, tracking, personal protection, and puppy imprinting. As students at TRS we conducted group obedience classes on a weekly basis, as well as held private lessons with clients and their canines to address more specific behavioral issues. Also, we were responsible for handling board and train dogs, in which we trained dogs staying at the boarding kennel for approximately 2 weeks before handing them back to their owners. These dogs usually had behavioral issues that we worked through and then taught the owners how to deal with their newly trained dogs. The lessons I learned through this hands on school were invaluable and the instructors I learned them from were even more so.
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Every dog has a unique personality and disposition. Because of this, every dog needs to be trained differently. This requires a unique trainer, with a wide range of experience and a wealth of knowledge. Whether you want to train a young puppy, or an older dog, you need expert guidance to effectively train your four-legged friend. If you love your dog, you can count on Me Paul Stromberg of Citizen K-9 Training Academy to train your dog with what is BEST for the dog and for you!
Patience, Care, understanding and Compassion is some of the key ingredients to help the misunderstood dogs I have started to develop my own technique style of training. I am combining my skills I was taught in my school which demands perfection from the dogs in order to win competitions, with the new techniques I have been taught to me, from second chance pups and my own trial and errors. It is a style that makes for a great dog who picks up on what you want quicker and easier thus making training fun for both of you and if you aren't having fun while training then why would you do it?
The three most important aspects of dog training are timing, motivation, and consistency. When pairing all three aspects together, training a dog becomes easy, highly effective, reliable, and fun. Good timing with rewards or corrections is the easiest way to communicate with your dog what is acceptable behavior and what is unacceptable behavior. Research has shown that you have 1.3 seconds to tie cause and effect together in order for the dog to learn what you are teaching. Motivation goes hand in hand with timing. Motivation can either be positive or negative. A positive motivator would be using food or a toy to teach a dog what they are doing is correct. Think of it as you giving your dog a paycheck for a job well done. The more you reward a behavior, the more likely that behavior will continue. A negative motivator would be some sort of correction, such as a pop on a pinch collar. When using a negative motivator, it is helpful to think about yourself getting a speeding ticket. Say you get pulled over for speeding and you receive a $5 ticket. Not a big deal right? Well then the next time you are running late for work, you won’t think twice about speeding because the negative motivator was not enough to deter you from speeding again. However, if in the same scenario you receive a speeding ticket for $500, I bet you are definitely going to think twice before speeding again. The same thing goes for training dogs. Your corrections and rewards need to be clear cut in order not to confuse your dog. The most important aspect of training a dog is consistency. Consistency is where most people fail at training their dog. Being inconsistent is truly the worst thing you can do in the training process. Your dog doesn’t understand why you yell at it one minute and then ignore the same behavior ten minutes later. This causes a lot of confusion which severely stunts learning. If everyone in your household knows what the rules are and sticks to them consistently, and even if you pay no attention to timing or motivation, your dog will eventually learn what you are trying to teach them.
Every single dog is different from one another. What works for one dog may not work for another. That is why adapting a training program that caters to each individual dog is very important. Sometimes a pinch collar is too much for a dog to handle, and sometimes a pinch collar is not enough! Whatever type of collar you feel most comfortable using with your dog on a daily basis is the collar I would use for training. Whether that be a regular flat collar, a pinch collar, a Halti (gentle leader), or an electric remote collar, I can help you to communicate to your dog what is expected of them. We will use what makes you most comfortable training your dog.
