Positively Obedient Dog Training

02/22/2024

Here's Ivy trying out a new toy I first saw at a client's house.

01/17/2024

11/29/2023

I know I'm always telling my clients to get their puppies out to socialize but given the current infectious dog illness going around I am changing my recommendations. Yes, take your puppies to see people but avoid meeting other dogs! Until there is a known treatment, the risks are too high. Stay far away from any dogs that are coughing, sneezing, or reverse sneezing as those are the signs and this seems to be an airborne illness. To be extra safe, you could wipe your dogs feet after walking with a 10% bleach solution.

10/29/2023

Teaching Nucci, a board and train, a down and stay on a bed.

01/06/2023

01/06/2023

January is National Train Your Dog Month and to celebrate I'm starting a round of on-line trick classes. You can earn AKC titles or just have fun with your dog in your own covid-safe environment. You dog will learn useful things like hand signals for sit and down; sit pretty, crawl, spin and twirl for fitness; get in a box (to teach you how to shape behavior with a clicker); and lots more. Intermediate dogs will take it to the next level. Classes will meet once a week on Wed afternoon for 6 weeks. $150 covers the class and the (optional) testing and titling. Classes will start as soon as they fill. You must have access to zoom and fb to be in the class.

06/17/2022

https://akc.tv/watch/6/7495/episode/event-dogcenter-top-stories-dr-otto-covid-dogs-update/event-dogcenter-top-stories-dr-otto-covid-dogs-update

04/18/2022

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03/03/2022

Here's a cool trick:
https://m.facebook.com/groups/artisfunreactivation/permalink/685232702921860/

02/27/2022

One more shout out for the Novice Tricks Class starting this Tuesday at 4:30. One opening in the class. PM if you'd like to join.

02/19/2022

Why teach tricks? It's not really about the tricks. It's about having a fun, working relationship with your dog based on mutual respect and appreciation. It's about learning to use a clicker and understand how to shape behavior.
I am beginning an AKC Novice Tricks on zoom, March 1, at 4:30, for 6 weeks. Location, location, location doesn't matter!!! Cost is $150 and I can still take another student or two. Please also let me know if you are interested in Intermediate T… See more

02/04/2022

I need a few more students to start two trick classes: AKC novice, and AKC intermediate. Please contact me below or pm for more details. It's great for families, kids, bored dogs, frustrated owners and for folks who just need some more fun dog time in their lives.

01/22/2022

Training Your Way Through the Winter Doldrums

Zoom Classes

***Class times/days are flexible. Please let me know your interests and available days and we will find the best times that work for each class.

Special Topics in Dog Training:

Greeting Manners: Three classes for $100. Dogs will learn Off, Get Back, and Go to Your Place plus clicker training. Starting soon.

Counter-Surfing USA: This is a three-part series that will cover all of the skills needed to teach your dog not to steal food from the table and counter and will include how to use a clicker. It will be fun for you and your dog! Class date and time is flexible but will probably be on Wednesdays from 4-5. Three one hour classes. $120. Starting this month.

Doggy Homeschool Pod: Train your best friend with your friends, or with the other puppies in your dog’s litter. Join up with friends for virtual doggy homeschooling. You choose who’s in your pod, children are welcome. Tailored to your needs but will include appropriate greeting behavior, come, go to your bed, leave it (off), and stay. You will have a private FB group to share your successes, questions and advice. $180 for 6 weeks of one hour sessions

Tricks for Treats: Teach your dog some fun skills and even earn an AKC Novice Trick Dog title if you’d like! 6 Weeks for $150. Wed 2:30-3:30 (though flexible on this). Starting end of Jan.

AKC Novice Tricks: 6 weeks, Date and time to be determined by enrolled students.
https://images.akc.org/pdf/trick_dog_novice.pdf

AKC Intermediate Tricks: 6 weeks. Date and time to be determined by enrolled students
https://images.akc.org/pdf/trick_dog_Intermediate.pdf

AKC Advanced Tricks: 6 weeks. To be determined by enrolled students
https://images.akc.org/pdf/trick_dog_advanced.pdf
Please share widely, including to friends in other states and countries.

AKC Puppy Home Manners Class. Earn an AKC title or simply create a puppy you can live with! 6 weeks for $150 .Weds 1:00-2:00 Start date to be determined

https://www.akc.org/products-services/training-programs

Dog training is a great way to bond with your dog and to prepare him to socialize with people and other pets and to participate in dog sports.

12/08/2021

I have an AKC virtual novice trick class starting in a few weeks through Oriole Dog Training Club. PM me for details.

11/08/2021

Let the dogs out but didn't feed and sent them back to bed. Seems to have worked.

10/30/2021

Great tips for your kids as we approach Halloween in a few short weeks! via Mighty Dog Graphics

09/23/2021

A friend posts:
From a beloved Veterinary Professional:
We. Are. Drowning.
As of 2021 there are now 183,000,000 pets (dogs and cats) owned in the US. In 2018 there were 135,000,000.
Our country added FOURTY EIGHT MILLION patients to our profession in 3 years.
In 2018 there were 113,394 veterinarians.
In 2021 there ARE 118,624 plus our dedicated techs and assistants who are floundering under this burden.
Our profession has added 5,320 doctors. That is ONE doctor for every 1000 animals.
Let me say that again: that is ONE DVM PER 1000 patients.
YOU DO THE MATH. If you’re frustrated you cannot get in with your pet, if you’re mad about wait times at ANY vet’s office, if you’re feeling your pet is not getting the attention it deserves, it’s not. Because we can’t. WE CANNOT. Our profession CANNOT statistically support this rate of expansion at this time, in this country. PERIOD.
We are trying. We are drowning. This is inhuman and our profession is imploding. Think about it, human hospitals are not able to handle the sheer magnitude of the sick human population during COVID. And WE (veterinary medicine) are not able to handle how may pets were adopted (or more often) PURCHASED during the COVID pandemic.
This will not go away. These pets will live normal long lives (most of them) and so our profession will not be out of this for over a decade. If you think this “crazy wait time” will subside with the country wide pandemic, think again. There are only so many vet schools. Only so many new veterinary doctors. And endless patients out there…
Please THINK about that before you berate us. Yell at us. Get frustrated with us. Tell us we don’t care about your pet. Please think about that before you decide now is a good time to buy a dog or a cat.
Please think about that when that exhausted veterinary nurse comes to bring your pet inside and you have to wait hours to talk to the doctor. One doctor for every 1000 patients. This is a cry for help and compassion. From the trenches.
Want to help? Be kind. Be patient. Be understanding.
Help us. ❤️

08/26/2021

Interesting study (though tiny).
https://bigthink.com/surprising-science/leaving-dog-at-home?rebelltitem=1

A study explores how your dog does when you're not home.

06/17/2021

I get asked about pet insurance a lot. Here's an interesting chart that makes a nice jumping off place for your research.

06/10/2021

I'm now meeting vaxxed clients in their homes after an introductory 2 hour zoom for history and basic skills. Please contact me if you are interested in this new option. I will still meet you in the park and on zoom if unvaxxed.

05/27/2021

05/17/2021

For those waiting for trick classes, I want to apologize and say they are not starting at this point. I have taken the pulse of most of my clients and realize that we are all tired of being on computers and want to be outside in this beautiful spring weather. Once we get in the hot summer weather, I will ask about interest again, but for now, go outside with your dog and let me know when you want to be inside again.

04/30/2021

Leah Eskin is a Baltimore City client who loves her Lab Milo and is also a food columnist, journalist and author. Care to bake her dog treats (or she'll deliver them to you)?
https://leaheskin.substack.com/p/what-dogs-know?r=g23as&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email&u
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Crunchy peanut butter biscuits do the trick

04/21/2021

Perfect.

04/14/2021

Virtual trick classes will begin in May. Sign up will start the last week of April. This is an opportunity to connect with your dog in a happy way.

04/14/2021

My goal is always to help people and their pets live harmoniously together. We owe our pets a good fulfilling life in exchange for asking them to share our home. It doesn't mean no boundaries, a recipe for disaster, but it does mean caring deeply about their happiness.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/fellow-creatures/202004/why-dogs-happiness-not-obedience-is-what-counts

When we focus on making dogs happy, it’s better for them and us.

03/24/2021

Spring is here and it's time for the next round of virtual classes. Choices this round are Novice Tricks open to all ages including young puppies), Intermediate Tricks, or Performance Tricks ($120 for 6 weeks) or Puppy Virtual Home Manners ($150 for 7 weeks, open to dogs 8 weeks to 5 months). Classes will always be during the day, M-F, but specific days and times will be determined by the enrolled students. Message me or post your interests below. More details on the what the classes cover can be found at the AKC website: https://www.akc.org/products-services/training-programs

Dog training is a great way to bond with your dog and to prepare him to socialize with people and other pets and to participate in dog sports.

03/10/2021

We had some exciting titling this week! Congratulations to Dana Hoppes and Koji, and Michele Long and Bennie on completing their Advanced Trick titles (TKA). Congratulations to Michele and Bennie for also completing their Virtual Home Manners title (VHM). Congratulations to Lorinda McKisson and Keanu for finishing their Intermediate Tricks title (TKI)!