Your Dog's Friend

10/14/2025

10/13/2025

We have Basic Skills class spots available THIS Thursday, October 16 at 6:45 pm with .llc Good Pets! 💛

Sign up with your adolescent or adult dog at YourDogsFriend.org/Basic

We’ll encourage and help you every step of the way! 💙

10/10/2025

Hello, friends!

For many years, Your Dog’s Friend has proudly earned the GreatNonprofits Top-Rated Nonprofit badge, which identifies us as a trusted community organization. We are hoping to win a 2025 badge and need your help to do it! 💗

Please visit https://greatnonprofits.org/org/your-dogs-friend and click Share Your Story to leave a review. You can mention a helpful YDF class, trainer, or webinar, or write about the personalized assistance you received from Nicole or Debbie.

Thank you!

Volunteer, donate, read reviews for Your Dog's Friend in Maryland, Rockville plus similar nonprofits and charities related to Animal Protection & Welfare, Animal Training, Animal-Related.

10/06/2025

Join us on Saturday Oct 11 at 2pm ET for a FREE webinar, Walking in Sync: Leash Training for Harmony, with ! 🐕

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

10/01/2025

09/30/2025

Out of almost 100 dog training & behavior workshops & webinars on our YouTube playlist, these titles are the most watched/most popular! 🐕

✨ Control Unleashed: help for your distracted, anxious, reactive, or easily aroused dog, presented by
✨ The Dark Side of Being Social: preventing reactivity in overly friendly dogs, presented by
✨ Walking Your Reactive Dog, presented by and
✨ Canine Play & Communication, presented by
✨ Helping Your Fearful Dog Navigate the World, presented by
✨ Calm Greetings, presented by

Find these & many more titles on all things dog behavior and training at YouTube.com/YourDogsFriend

09/28/2025

Little love notes to my beloved dog 💓

✨ you have the best sense of humor
✨ i love you
✨ you are perfect just the way you are
✨ i love your playful “arwoos”
✨ no one makes me laugh like you do
✨ i will always do my best to help you feel safe
✨ i love to watch your little nose wiggle & sniff
✨ your warm snuggly self is my favorite smell
✨ how did i get so incredibly lucky
✨ thank you for being you

09/28/2025

Online Reactive Dog Class starts Wed, Oct 8 at 7:30pm ET with and !

Learn more & sign up at YourDogsFriend.org/Reactive

For dogs who lunge and bark, out of fear, anxiety, or excitement, especially while on leash.

Learn practical strategies to help manage day to day, with the longer-term goal of reducing overall reactivity.

Appropriate for dogs who: react to other dogs, people, or environmental triggers such as cars or bikes; are too fearful or overwhelmed to take an in-person class; or live too far away from our training center – you can join from anywhere!

09/27/2025

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

09/26/2025

🐾 The Montgomery County Animal Services & Adoption Center is facing capacity challenges as more families impacted by economic hardship due to lost jobs surrender pets.

To help keep pets in their homes, we're offering:
✔️ Pet food pantries
✔️ Free behavior consultations
✔️ Low-cost medical options
✔️ Rabies & spay/neuter clinics

➡️ https://ow.ly/v0Ur50X34C2

09/26/2025

What would you add? 💛

Your Dog’s Friend is a nonprofit and we are here for you and your dog. 💙

09/25/2025

Play & socialize with puppy friends at Puppy Party, today, Thursday September 25 at 5:30pm! 🤗

Sign up at YourDogsFriend.org/Puppy-Party