DuBay Dog Training

06/25/2025

We had four little puppers graduating from class today!! What a fun group of kids to work with ❤️ These guys all cared so much about their pups and asked great questions. Congratulations everyone! 🎓

(Chewie not pictured)

06/19/2025

Cooper's last day ❤️

06/03/2025

🚨🚨NEW SERVICE ALERT🚨🚨

I decided to change my drop in days at the building to something more beneficial for everyone involved, a two week tune-up!

Two Week Tune-Up:
This option is for clients that want their dog to have a refresher on a skill or two, OR those that are working on a behavior problem at home, and maybe just need a break! You MUST be a current client for this option. A consultation is a minimum requirement for this program, but it is also most beneficial to have worked with me in some capacity outside of the consultation as well. If you purchased a training bundle with me, we can convert some of those sessions into day training days as well!

You can apply for this option, or any other of my day school programs here:
https://forms.gle/9YRSrZFFrPpA8NKRA

Hope to hear from you soon!

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06/03/2025

Do you guys think Mia loves toys? Yes she did get all of these out by herself and yes I do leave it like this until the end of the day 😂

06/02/2025

Hello everyone! I'm on the hunt for more baby gates. If you or anyone you know is looking to sell theirs, let me know! All of the ones on marketplace seem to be far away.

Nova says "thanks for checking! Do you like my squirrel toy??"

05/30/2025

One big post for all of the graduates this week!!

We had three kiddos graduate from basic obedience. It was a whole group of herding breeds!! So fun!!

Then we had four kiddos pass their intermediate exam!

Everyone has come so far and I'm so proud of all of you! Congrats grads 🎓

05/27/2025

My Cooper is back!!

For our last session of the day, we did nothing I intended to do, as usual with him 😂. Cooper was being super chill watching the construction workers in the backyard (one of his quirks is his stranger danger). So I decided to not interrupt this positive experience and joined him in the grass to observe the people. Such a good boy ❤️

05/19/2025

My poor Cooper has been out with an injury, hence the lack of updates 😥

But, this absolute BEAUTY QUEEN 👑 started her program today! Mia thinks training is exhausting 😴

05/16/2025

Because years of desensitization work has helped Pluto very minimally in his body handling, I've been deep diving into the world of cooperative care! I've started using it for some of my clients and I'm hoping to build a class for this over the summer and have it pilot in the fall. But Pluto and I are getting started to work out some of the kinks.

Cooperative care involves your dog being actively involved in their care by using the power of choice! Animals generally perform better if they know they have a choice to opt out if it becomes too much.

Right now, Pluto and I are just building up our chin target. This will be used as his way to "opt in" to an activity. And simply lifting his chin will be his way to "opt out".

05/06/2025

And here is my reminder to everyone that progress is not linear. Today Cooper said "I'm not working today". I tried multiple times today to do stations outside where he proceeded to pick up the station and drag it all the way back inside into his kennel to lay down and eat it. Sometimes Cooper just has an off day and he can't handle everything around him. So we did a little bit inside where we practiced his leash pressure skills on his harness and he's responding really well to that. Then the groomer was a little busy today so we were able to practice being calm inside with that going on. But Cooper said we're not doing anything hard. So here we are chilling ❤️