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Rascal Training

Board and Train, Field Day, Structured Boarding. Portland, Vancouver, and beyond!

01/25/2024

Cutest siblings alert 🚨 Pete and Juni enjoyed an off property hike to test all their new skills and manners on and off leash in new environments and with new distractions. They both did amazing, so excited for all the new adventures they will get to safely participate in back home with their family!

01/16/2024

I’ve really enjoyed being ‘snowed in’ over the weekend. The dogs are getting a crazy amount of socials and training, and are super fulfilled by the end of every day plus I’m getting some extra time in with my personal pack 💖

What are you up to on this snow day?

01/14/2024

Are we having the best time ever in the snow? Why yes, yes we are!

12/27/2023

Arleigh went on a big field trip to downtown Portland on Christmas Eve to work on all of his skills in a very distracting environment! He is doing great!

12/07/2023

REMINDER: Current and past clients-

Rascal Training is going live with our new software in the next few days. You will get an email to confirm once the new software is live. If you have already made boarding reservations with us we will get those reservations into the new software for you. Moving forward this will be the new way to double check your reservations, make new reservations, upload vaccination records, and we will be posting extra updates just for clients! Thank you as always 🥰

11/20/2023

Lurch is headed off to his new home in TX! We are so happy we got to spend the last year or so knowing him and being able to be his home away from home AND helping him be the best version of himself 🏡 💖 We love all the dogs that are apart of our pack like they are our own and we will miss this goofball!

11/05/2023

Davis is a photogenic queen 👑

11/02/2023

Manners? Learned ✅ Friends? Made 🤝

10/31/2023

Boo! 👻

09/27/2023

Lagotto central over here! I love having so many of this unique breed apart of our program!

09/16/2023

Kona and Ruthie became instant best friends this morning! ✨

08/10/2023

We love our field trip days! Frank is rocking his recall and is ready for all the off leash adventures back home!

07/28/2023

My favorite time of day is evening socials in the summer! We love watching the sun go down as we help our friends work on their social skills and obedience with their friends!

07/21/2023

All the pups enjoy some evening off leash time when the weather is perfect and the property looks gorgeous 🌸

04/19/2023

A full day of fun and training at Rascal Ranch!* Dogs will have fun in well matched social groups, train on behaviors that YOU are looking for help with, and have all the mental and physical enrichment they need. A great alternative to doggy daycare. Includes transportation services to and from your home or a pre-arranged location.

Email or DM me now to get your pup on the waitlist!

*Exclusively offered to previous Rascal Training graduates*

04/04/2023

We have such exciting news to share! We have purchased an awesome 4 acre property just 30 min from our current location and will be moving Rascal HQ there as of May 2023!!

Included in the 4 acres are fully fenced yards, open fields and a trail, a large barn that will be our indoor play space for mucky weather days, and an insulated shop with heat and water that will be our kennel and training space. We are so excited to be able to give our personal and training/boarding dogs the decompression, fulfillment, and free time that they NEED to thrive and learn. We will still continue training in real world environments, the new property is just 10 minutes from a hardware store, coffee shops, and parks to take the dogs to!

With this move we will be adjusting things a bit to make things easier for you! While you can still absolutely drop off and pick up from our property (and I would love to show you around!), we will begin to offer a transport service to and from boarding and/or training for dogs along the 1-5 corridor from Woodland to Portland.

Another very exciting addition that this move will allow is us starting our Field Day Program! Think Pack Hikes, but elevated. We have been brainstorming this program for years and we are so so excited to finally be able to bring it to fruition! Field Day is a day train/enrichment/social group that we will be hosting on the property. Dogs will have fun in well matched social groups, train on behaviors that YOU are looking for help with, and have all the mental and physical enrichment they need. Field Day will also include pick up and drop off for dogs between Woodland and Portland! Start date is TBD.

I want to thank you all from the bottom of my heart, this would not be possible without our current and past clients and I am just forever thankful for the support that y’all have shown us over the years! I truly love my job of improving you and your dog's communication, relationship, and lives and I am so excited to continue to do so at our fullest potential with the opportunity this new space gives us.

03/26/2023

Come for the learning, stay for the friends ✨

02/14/2023

Available for adoption due to owners change of life circumstances.

Murdock - 3 y/o AKC Lab
Murdock has gone through the four week training program and his owner has been great about continuing his on and off leash training back at home. He is goofy, exuberant, obedient (most of the time) and a real character! He does well with other dogs and would do well in a home with another calmer dog, but can sometimes get over excited and forget his obedience around other dogs. He even does well with the family cat! He has limited experience with kids, and due to his size and energy level I would recommend he go to a home with older kids (10-12 and up). Murdock would love to go to an active home where he has many zoomie opportunities and will excel in a home who continues with his training.
I am a huge fan of this dog and have known him since he was just a puppy, if I didn't already have 3 dogs we just might scoop him up! I am happy to provide an in person training session to the new owners to ease the transition and will be providing the new owners email support for life.

You can reach out to me to get in contact with his current owner. Email [email protected] and tell me a lil bit about you!

11/22/2022

Happy Fall, y’all!

11/11/2022

Cypress

3 y/o • Pit/Great Dane

This sweetie pie tripod is adapting quickly to everything we are throwing at her! Cypress is here to work on some leash reactivity and stranger danger behaviors. Despite the missing appendage this girl is STRONG and has pulled her mom over before, resulting in an ankle sprain. She has already worked with a few at-home trainers before, but her mom struggled with consistency and was looking for the jump start to Cypress’s training that a board and train program provides.

I am so excited to see Cypress’s confidence grow this month!!

11/09/2022

Maisie Lu 🌸

This sweet girl is in our 2 Week board and train while her parents go on a little vacation. She is just 5 months old, so we aren’t focused on super high distraction or near perfect obedience work.

So what do puppies work on in our program?

They work on confidence building, they go lots of places, watch lots of things happen, and do lots of new things. They learn about appropriate play with other dogs and with people. They work on the super basics, how to respond to leash pressure, how to relax when back tied, and get lots of repetitions of the most important command; recall!

Puppies are fantastic learners and I love having them go through our program. A 2 Week board and train at this age primes the pup for good behavior down the road, and sets them up beautifully for more advanced obedience behaviors once they mature a bit more!

10/01/2022

Our logo got a little update ✨

My first dog, Bug, is still our muse for the pup featured in our logo. Bug is the reason I began taking dog training seriously. He was a little terror when I first adopted him, he chewed my nice sweaters, pooped on the floor, and would bark incessantly when folks came to the house (just ask Emily, we were roommates back then). He taught me that training is a lifelong process, he’s taught me how quickly regression can happen when we (the humans) are inconsistent, and he has reinforced how rewarding it is to see insecure dogs come out of their shell.

Thanks for always being our best man Buggy Boo!

09/14/2022

In regards to behavior modification, when to begin a dog with ecollar training is very oftentimes an art in itself. Some dogs can handle ecollar the moment the come in to the program. Some dogs need over two weeks to build a bond with us, to trust us to guide them, and to have a solid understanding of the prerequisites.

That being said, we do have a few key factors that tell us wether or not a dog is ready for ecollar training;
1. Understanding of leash pressure. We almost exclusively introduce the ecollar for recall prior to expanding the ecollar to other commands, so being able to give the dog directional pressure is imperative to understanding that ecollar stim=come back to your handler.
2. Understanding of marker words. We need to be able to give the dog feedback on their behavior in order to teach them how to make the best decisions.

Our ecollar program is longer (4-6 weeks) because I want to be able to give your dog time to acclimate to the new environment. I want your dog to develop a relationship with me. And I want your dog have an understanding of leash pressure and marker words, all before even thinking about adding an ecollar into the situation. Many dogs who go through our board and train program are ready for into ecollar training by the end of their first week. After their intro we do hundreds of repetitions with your dog to ensure they have a rock solid understanding of what the ecollar pressure means prior to their return home to you.

08/29/2022

Our open house for the Kenton location is coming up soon! We will see you there 💕

We are also officially accepting screening evaluation requests to begin regular enrollment at the new location in Kenton! You can request a screening via the client portal (make sure to select which location you would like!) or by emailing in at [email protected]

We are so excited to be apart of the neighborhood over here and are super pumped to meet all the new folks and pups!

08/28/2022

The benefits of a home based board and train are immense. Your dog is staying with us, in our home, experiencing normal day to day things with the helpful guide of a trainer to prepare them for their normal home life with you. We seek out all of these normal day to day experiences to utilize as a training opportunities throughout each dog’s program. This month the dogs have gone to coffee shops, hardware stores, watched us do some build out at the daycare facility (neutrality to loud construction noises), hung out at BBQs, gone camping with a large group of people, and even got the chance to experience folks staying with us from out of town. These experiences are vital to their long term success once they go back home to you.

08/12/2022

Mila • 4 y/o • Mix

Mila graduated from our Month Long program back in June and is back with us for some boarding while her parents are out of town. We love having our grads back for boarding to see how their training is progressing! All boarding dogs get maintenance training while with us to ensure their skills are kept nice and sharp.

We are taking reservations for holiday boarding now! We filled up 2 month in advance last year so email me ASAP if you will be needing a place for your pup to stay!

07/30/2022

Shadow • 3 y/o • German Shepherd

Goals:
“I wish it was easier to get her attention when distracted. I wish she would do a loose leash walk so that we can both enjoy it! I also want her to come when called so that we can safely go to dog parks and play fetch!”

Her favorite activities:
“Either playing chase in the backyard, playing tug with her toys or staring/harassing our two cats”

07/25/2022

Hero • 2 y/o • Cairn Terrier

What are your expectations of your dog once they graduate from our program?: I would really love to be able to trust Hero's recall, and feel like I have the tools to help him not feel anxious.

Favorite activity:
walking, playing with his dog buddies, running free on the beach or in a field. playing with his toys

06/23/2022

We got too many compliments on the pomsky’s behavior is Lowes to count! Way to go ladies!

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Portland, OR
97211

Opening Hours

Monday	7am - 7pm
Tuesday	7am - 7pm
Wednesday	7am - 7pm
Thursday	7am - 7pm
Friday	7am - 7pm
Saturday	7am - 7pm
Sunday	7am - 7pm

Website

http://rascaltraining.com/

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