Janine Allen - Professional Dog Trainer

09/03/2025

Every dog is different in how they navigate through their environments. These are just a FEW suggestions to help you improve your communication with your dog.

09/03/2025

I have witnessed people, including myself, causing their dogs to be more reactive and aroused by interfering with the dog’s need to interpret the environment.

Some common signs of stress and arousal in dogs are licking lips, shaking off, increasing or decreasing body movement, hard stares, avoiding eye contact.

In this video my dogs are shaking off and licking lips. If I added my voice into this scenario it would likely cause more arousal as they would have the added pressure of “obeying” or “pleasing” me…..depends on the individual dog.

If their arousal had escalated I would then decide to distract them or move physically separate them from the cat but talking to them (like most people do) would never be my go to reaction.

08/31/2025

When you return to your show setup at and realize that:

1. You forgot to zip the crate closed

and

2. You have the bestest boy ever 💕💕💕💕💕. Hammer 🔨

08/30/2025

Non-sporting group Longview-Kelso Kennel Club

08/29/2025

Herding Group at Longview-Kelso Kennel Club

08/29/2025

Sporting dog group at Longview-Kelso Kennel Club.

08/28/2025

My boys were holding hands today. 🧡💜

08/28/2025

08/05/2025

This was so sad to hear about. Friends of mine who reside in Pinyon Crest were not allowed to go to their residence when the fire was at 100 acres and 5 miles beyond their residence. I heard their account of being hung up at the roadblock among pet owners crying and pleading to get through just to grab their animals.

07/24/2025

BARRIERS⭐️
The next time you need to introduce your dog to something new, consider using a barrier to help the dog acclimate. In this video the chicken is fearless and the dogs can inspect it closer without me worrying about the chicken’s safety and without me needing to interact with the dogs.

A few other scenarios:
- Visitor at the door. Your dog can inspect your visitor before having contact.
- Vacuum cleaner. Your dog can get used to it turned off or on with no threat of attack.
- New pets to the house (as in this video).

06/13/2025

Hammer and Kale 🧡💜

05/30/2025

Many people ask me how much food they should feed their dog. It all depends on the dog’s metabolism, activity level and the calorie content of the food that is being fed.