Your Dog's Friend

02/20/2025

We have openings available in Basic Skills for Adolescent & Adult Dogs class as soon as next Wednesday, Feb 26th! Register at YourDogsFriend.org/Basic-Skills

Learn how to set your dog up for success, strengthen communication, and reward behaviors that build the life skills your dog needs to live happily in a human world.

Using a positive, force-free approach, we will work on coming when called, loose-leash walking, stay, drop it, relax on a mat, building attention around distractions, and more.

Over the course of six weeks, you and your dog will learn (or continue) to love training while having fun!

Our trainers will encourage and help you every step of the way.

02/18/2025

Join us this Sunday, Feb 23 at 2pm ET for Welcome Home, Pup!

Register at https://yourdogsfriend.org/free-workshops/

This is a FREE webinar to learn all about how to help your new pup feel safe, prioritize training skills, and develop routines.

Open to all dog parents, fosters, future adopters.

Q&A portion at the end!

Speaker: Marnie Montgomery, PMCT4, CPDT-KA, Joyful Dog

02/16/2025

Join us on Saturday, Feb 22 at 2pm ET for a FREE webinar, Enrichment Solutions for Behavior Challenges

Our canine companions have unique physical, emotional, and social needs that are often not recognized or addressed in our human world. As a result, these unmet needs can lead to behaviors associated with reactivity, destruction of household items, resource guarding, and more.

Join us to learn how you can effectively implement enrichment strategies with your dog. In doing so, you will be able to better satisfy your pup’s species-specific needs, help them make good choices, and reduce the stress for everyone.

Speaker: Kayleigh Sullivan, KPA CTP, CPDT-KA; JW Dog Training & Behavior

https://yourdogsfriend.org/free-workshops/

02/16/2025

We have super cute Snuffle Balls for sale at the Training Center for $12, with 100% of the proceeds going to Your Dog’s Friend! If you’d like to purchase one, please email us or ask your class instructor or assistant. ☺️

02/14/2025

Only one spot left in CU Reactive to Relaxed at Your Dog's Friend! If your dog has a tendency to overreact to other dogs, this class is for you.

https://yourdogsfriend.dogbizpro.com/public/registration/index.aspx?schedule=4412

02/13/2025

Start Puppy Kindergarten tomorrow, Feb 14th at 4pm!

YourDogsFriend.org/Puppy-Kindergarten

02/13/2025

We'd love to see you and your pup in class soon! 🐕

Register at YourDogsFriend.org/Schedule

Classes with openings within the next 2 weeks include:

✨ Puppy Kindergarten (start as soon as tomorrow, Fri, Feb 14th!)

✨ Basic Skills for Adolescent & Adult Dogs (how did I forget this very important one in the graphic!?)

✨ Passing Dogs on Leash (only 1 spot left!)

✨ Rally Run-Throughs

✨ Intermediate Rally (only 1 spot left!)

✨ Puppy Party

✨ Puppy Field Day

✨ Puppy 2nd Grade

✨ Control Unleashed: Reactive to Relaxed (only 1 spot left!)

✨ Reactive Dog - Level 2

✨ Leash Walking Plus

02/13/2025

We have Puppy Kindergarten openings as soon as this FRIDAY, Feb 14th!

Sign up at YourDogsFriend.org/Puppy-Kindergarten 🐶

02/10/2025

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Apollo listening carefully to the teacher in Puppy First Grade at Your Dog’s Friend.

02/06/2025

We have a brand new FREE online class, Dog Training Foundations! Register at YourDogsFriend.org/Dog-Training-Foundations

Please join us!

Topics include:

✨ What dogs need and how unmet needs can contribute to undesirable behavior.

✨ How to read dog body language, why we should learn it, and how understanding it helps us with our dogs’ behavior.

✨ Why force-free, positive reinforcement training is recommended and how to start using it today.

✨ How many problems can be prevented and managed with little or no training.

This is a three-week class held online on Tuesdays at 6:30pm ET

01/22/2025

01/15/2025

Please join us this Sunday, Jan 19 at 2pm ET for Welcome Home, Pup!, a FREE webinar open to all (current and future) dog guardians, fosters, and anyone who loves dogs or wants to learn more about dog behavior and training, presented by Susan Sanderson, PMCT3, KPA CTP!

Learn how to help your new pup feel safe, prioritize training skills, and develop routines.

Register at https://yourdogsfriend.org/free-workshops/

01/14/2025

01/12/2025

Join us this Saturday, January 18th at 2pm ET for a FREE webinar, "Hello, Stranger: Helping Dogs Who Worry About People"

Register at https://yourdogsfriend.org/free-workshops/

Some dogs may be uncomfortable meeting new people and may be wary of those outside of their immediate human family. They may react in a fearful or defensive way, such as hiding, backing away, lunging, growling, or barking. Learn how to identify early warning signs that indicate your dog is uncomfortable, utilize techniques to help your dog build confidence, and manage interactions to keep everyone safe.

Speakers: Marnie Montgomery, PMCT4, CPDT-KA; Joyful Dog and Susan Sanderson, PMCT3, KPA CTP

01/12/2025

UPDATE: This class has filled, but hopefully we'll have more opportunities soon! Thank you for sharing!

FREE Online Class, Dog Training Foundations, starts this Tuesday, January 14th at 6:30 pm ET.

We would love your help as we develop a ✨ new online class ✨ focused on helping dogs and humans live happily together!

Class starts this Tues, Jan 14th at 6:30 pm ET. The full schedule is: Tues, Jan 14 - 28, 6:30 - 7:30 pm ET.

We have a few spots available to join this free class!

Ideally, we would love for the students in this class to be able to attend all three weeks of the class and to be open to providing their feedback in an email or an approx. 10-min phone call after the class ends.

Whether you’ve just welcomed home your new pup as a first-time dog guardian or you’ve been fostering or living with dogs for years, your participation & feedback would be so appreciated!

To register, please go to: https://yourdogsfriend.dogbizpro.com/public/registration/index.aspx?schedule=4414&key=58aaaeb7-6204-4d69-9e0d-de9af57a22a2! Spots are first come, first serve, and may fill quickly. If you wanted to join but the class has filled, please email us at [email protected] in case we have future opportunities!

Thank you!

01/07/2025

“Through her championing of education and innovation, Karen empowered thousands of trainers and educators, leaving an enduring legacy. Thanks to Karen, positive reinforcement isn’t just another way to train animals—it is THE way.”

With profound sadness and immense gratitude, we honor the life and legacy of Karen Pryor, a true pioneer in the fields of animal behavior and positive reinforcement training. Karen’s groundbreaking work revolutionized how we communicate with animals—and each other—leaving an indelible mark on ...

01/03/2025

Learn more & register at YourDogsFriend.org/Puppy-Party!