Animal Alliances Dog Training School

09/17/2025

Great tips for fitting training into your daily routine, even if you're not training a service dog! Thank you, At Your Service Dog Training!

Building regular service dog training habits into your schedule really helps your dog maintain consistent progress. With our 10 tips and tricks, we'll help you get service dog training back into your daily routine.

08/07/2025

08/04/2025

What is DOG PARKOUR? A fantastically fun dog sport where you teach your dog lots of ways to interact with obstacles, turning the world into your playground!

Our Dog Parkour class teaches nine different obstacle interaction behaviors and gives you and your dog opportunities to practice them on lots of different types of objects.

Parkour is a great way to add some extra fun into your walks (like the 3 dogs in the photo), or to have a fun activity to practice indoors or in your yard. It’s a mental AND physical workout!

We have a Dog Parkour class starting TOMORROW - Tuesday 8/5 at 7:00pm.

Sign up on our website, animalalliances.com!

07/24/2025

06/01/2025

Nail trimming, like reactivity work, is more about how the dog is feeling than any specific behavior (or lack thereof). The thing that makes my heart the warmest about this picture is that after our nail trimming session was over, she chose to stay and keep snuggling with me. No matter how many nails actually get trimmed, preserving and strengthening our relationship is my main goal.

If you’re struggling with nail trims, brushing, tooth brushing, ear cleaning, vet visits, or other husbandry tasks, I highly recommend the book Cooperative Care: Seven Steps to Stress-Free Husbandry by Deb Jones, PhD, as well as the associated FB group. Having trouble working on your own? Our trainers are here to support you!

05/29/2025

When I adopted Tiny Toni a couple of summers ago, she was TERRIFIED the first time I ran the blender. She bolted across the house and hid, trembling. I immediately launched a plan to help her overcome her fear of the blender noise: every time I was about to run the blender, I would loudly say, “LOUD SOUND!” I’d then turn the blender on and off, say “YAAAAAAY!!!” and start handing out treats like they were going out of style. Pretty soon, all of my dogs would come running when I said, “LOUD NOISE!” To this day, the beagle will come sprinting from across the house or yard if she hears me using the blender or food processor! 😂🥳🐶

05/29/2025

We just had one spot open up in our Remedial Social Skills 3 class (our outdoor class) that starts on Saturday 6/7 @ 4:30pm in Child's Park.

Sign up here: https://animalalliances.dogbizpro.com/public/registration/index.aspx?schedule=1562

We also have a second session of RSS3 starting on Saturday 6/14 @ 2:30pm that has two spots left!