Emerald Dog Training

08/23/2024

Board and train sisters Cocoa and Violet, have come a long way. Living with no clarity, no boundaries, and no consistency made them anxious, insecure, and chaotic. But after living in a structured home and consistency from waking up to going to bed, they began to see their handler is the leader. Violet didn’t need to be dominant by default, a huge stress lifted from her shoulders, once she saw I advocated for her, protected her, and set her up for success. With that, she didn’t feel the need to react or be aggressive with unknown dogs.

Ms. Cocoa gobbled up training, she had the most drive I’ve ever seen in a Frenchie. She loved training and gave me so much engagement, it was a blast to teach her foundation of basic obedience. Very proud of these girls progress.

08/19/2024

B&T Pico has come a long way. We worked on his leash reactivity, taught commands to help with communication, built structure to have consistency in his life and help him feel safe, and lots of exposure therapy to help build confidence. I absolutely loved working with Pico!

06/30/2024

New laws for coming into the states with dogs go in effect in August 1st.

tltr; the first law is a complete ban of importing dogs under 6 months old.

This ban will affect ethic breeders and people who are wanting rare breeds or breeders from Europe.

Explore this post and more from the Seattle community

06/19/2024

“Jey at Emerald Dog Training was a gift from the universe and the best investment we have made for our family to date. No joke. We loved our Australian Labradoodle puppy from the start but really struggled with managing his behavior. He is naturally bossy, needy and has strong FOMO (fear of missing out) which can be challending for a family that includes a young child. We took several training courses with other companies and while we would see a bit of improvement here and there, it was not cutting it. At 14 months old, we knew we needed to call on a solid trainer and training program to ensure our family AND family dog were happy and thriving under the same roof.

Our Tucker did the 21 day program (we lovingly called it “Puppy Bootcamp”). We got to visit him 1/week and were able to be trained as well to ensure a smooth and succesful transition back home. Tucker returned home a HUGE SUCCESS STORY! He still has his sweet, curious and loving mannerisms but with structure. He is very quick to drop anything in his mouth with an “OUT” and will even offer a sit. This was a focus area for us as he had the ability to resource guard odd, non-food items. Jey helped us discover that tug is his “love language” (he will do anything if tug is the reward or next activity). This has been a great help for a non-food motivated dog. And he also has learned that our youngest child is not his litter mate. Tucker now knows how to “play” safely with our son - a HUGE WIN. Honestly, I can go on and on with how happy we are. If you are on the fence, I encourage going for it. Invest in your future and the life of your family and dog. No regrets will be had.” - Sarah H. (Tucker’s mom)

06/19/2024

Sienna is BACK! She came to me to do the puppy board and train, and is back for advance training with the e-collar. I absolutely love working with Sienna in building her engagement and having her be a participant in her teaining😍

04/08/2024

Board and Trains Colombo, Gelato, and Peanut. Colombo is with me to learn her obedience and impulse control, she’s a big 1 year-old girl.

Gelato is with me to work her aggression and reactivity. She has misplaced drive and excitement with dogs, and fear aggression with humans. Working on her impulse control, neutrality while she learns obedience is the big focus here. Lots of exposure therapy, I’m already seeing her threshold grow bigger when she sees a trigger.

Sweet Peanut is with me to work on gaining confidence and her obedience. Since training began, she no longer reacts to wheels and children.

More conte to come☺️

01/11/2024

Here is psychiatric service dog Dahlia showing her crowd control task at Seattle Aquarium. I have PTSD and having people really close in my personal space can trigger a panic attack. By having Dahlia do an “about” will make sure people give me enough space.

If you’ve been needing a service dog, please email me and we can discuss your needs and the training program required for a service dog. [email protected]

01/11/2024

A wonderful training session with 18 month old Ash’kii. I’ve had Ash’kii since he was 4 months old. He’s mostly Cattle dog mixed with American Pitbull Terrier, Labrador, and super mutt (😁). He’s my first working dog and unaltered, so I’ve been working with a dog with lots of drive, highly intelligent, and with raging hormones. It’s been a glorious learning experience and I’m incredibly grateful he’s in my pack.

I began working on Ash’kii developing an “off” switch with his ‘place’ command. It took 9 months for him to get to a place where he rested on his cot for an hour. The past 4 months I’ve been working on his heel, engagement, and dog neutrality. We’ve had steps forward and backwards. I’ve had to change the tools I use with him and the way I’ve trained in the past. He still has a lot to go before he’s completely neutral around people and dogs, but I wanted to show and share how dog training is a lifestyle; not a one and done thing.

You will make mistakes and have slide backs (I do too) but don’t ever give up. The only way we can train a dog to be obedient, trustworthy, and neutral is to keep at it and moving forward. If it’s been awhile since you’ve worked with your dog, go back to the basic; high structure and basic obedience.

01/11/2024

A wonderful training session with 18 month old Ash’kii. I’ve had Ash’kii since he was 4 months old. He’s mostly Cattle dog mixed with American Pitbull Terrier, Labrador, and super mutt (😁). He’s my first working dog and unaltered, so I’ve been working with a dog with lots of drive, highly intelligent, and with raging hormones. It’s been a glorious learning experience and I’m incredibly grateful he’s in my pack.

I began working on Ash’kii developing an “off” switch with his ‘place’ command. It took 9 months for him to get to a place where he rested on his cot for an hour. The past 4 months I’ve been working on his heel, engagement, and dog neutrality. We’ve had steps forward and backwards. I’ve had to change the tools I use with him and the way I’ve trained in the past. He still has a lot to go before he’s completely neutral around people and dogs, but I wanted to show and share how dog training is a lifestyle; not a one and done thing.

You will make mistakes and have slide backs (I do too) but don’t ever give up. The only way we can train a dog to be obedient, trustworthy, and neutral is to keep at it and moving forward. If it’s been awhile since you’ve worked with your dog, go back to the basic; high structure and basic obedience.

01/11/2024

A wonderful training session with 18 month old Ash’kii. I’ve had Ash’kii since he was 4 months old. He’s mostly Cattle dog mixed with American Pitbull Terrier, Labrador, and super mutt (😁). He’s my first working dog and unaltered, so I’ve been working with a dog with lots of drive, highly intelligent, and with raging hormones. It’s been a glorious learning experience and I’m incredibly grateful he’s in my pack.

I began working on Ash’kii developing an “off” switch with his ‘place’ command. It took 9 months for him to get to a place where he rested on his cot for an hour. The past 4 months I’ve been working on his heel, engagement, and dog neutrality. We’ve had steps forward and backwards. I’ve had to change the tools I use with him and the way I’ve trained in the past. He still has a lot to go before he’s completely neutral around people and dogs, but I wanted to show and share how dog training is a lifestyle; not a one and done thing.

You will make mistakes and have slide backs (I do too) but don’t ever give up. The only way we can train a dog to be obedient, trustworthy, and neutral is to keep at it and moving forward. If it’s been awhile since you’ve worked with your dog, go back to the basic; high structure and basic obedience.

12/17/2023

Do you want a “mostly good” dog, or a dog you can completely trust to be off-lead and go anywhere with you? The only way you’re going to get a calm, balanced, and obedient dog is having expectations and doing the work to hold your dogs accountable in meeting those expectations.

“But I want my dog to just be a dog.” Have you ever said that to yourself or someone else? I think what people mean by this is, they want a dog they don’t have to do much work on. It’s your dog and that’s your choice, but it always comes with a cost (and it’s usually the dog that suffers).

Dogs are opportunistic and they do everything in their self interest. So as long as the opportunity is there, they can and will get into trouble someday. They will be the leader if you’re not. They will destroy things if they want to. They will choose their instincts (usually aggression) to control their environment. They will guard what they think they own (this includes the human). They will excessively bark, ignore you, and flee if that’s what they want and they know there are no consequences in choosing so.

So what kind of dog do you want? A dog that’s a dog? Or a dog that trusts you, respects your boundaries and leadership, follows commands, neutral around stimuli’s, calm on command, and has a strong bound with you (meaning, your joy is their ultimate motivator)? Because that takes having expectations, training your dog, rewards, accountability, structure, patience, clear communication, setting aside your wants and doing what the dog needs, and consistency.

It’s never too late to have the dog you dream of, so you can do more with your dog. I can help! Email me at [email protected] to learn more.

12/17/2023

“Jey has been life-changing for our dog and our family! We have always loved our dog, Obi, and his goofiness. However, he didn’t always show his loving demeanor as a pandemic puppy. He was often hesitant and fearful of new people, which presented us with challenging situations related to re-entering society during Covid-19 and life changes in our family requiring less aggression and more exposure to new people.

Emerald Dog Training is one of the best investments we have made, and we feel like we are enjoying our dog’s personality more and having so much fun with his training, thanks to Jey’s consistency and trust-building. We did the board and train services for three weeks and appreciated Jey’s consistent and detailed updates. Our weekly meetings provided a smooth transition to begin to practice and implement training with Obi on a realistic timeline.

Walks with Obi are so much fun now, and though every day is a continuing practice, we feel well-equipped with the tools and knowledge we need to continue helping Obi with his anxiety and fears. All of this to say, what started as a tense introduction for Obi (he definitely showed some hesitancy in the beginning!), has now resulted in his calm and happy demeanor, especially when Jey is around. :-)

It has been reassuring to have Jey’s help and advice throughout this process, as they have always been responsive, detailed, and consistent with Obi’s training and communication with us.

If you are feeling hesitant, don’t be! We are so grateful every day and excited to have met Jey and used Emerald Dog Training services for our pup.” - Alejandra V. (Obi’s mom)