DarkWood Dog Training

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DarkWood Dog Training

Please visit our website for programs & pricing! DarkWood Dog Training, LLC is a small training business located in Middle Tennessee.
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Owned and operated by Abigail Hyndman, a Certified Master Dog Trainer and AKC Canine Good Citizenship Evaluator, DarkWood Dog Training can help you get your canine companion ready for whatever you might be interested in. From Agility to Schutzhund, Conformation to Tracking....we do it all!

11/10/2024

Welcome back to Frankie! He’s with us for a little refresh 😊

11/10/2024

Welcome to Zeus (left) & Zena! They’re with us for our two week ecollar intro program 😊

11/08/2024

Pepper Jack had a great first Private Lesson today! Bet (resident dog) was happy to assist 😊

11/08/2024

Welcome to Kanga! She’s with us for our two week Board & Train program 😊 She seems to have lost her ears for her welcome photo but don’t worry - we’ll find them 🔎

11/03/2024

Welcome to Gunner! He’s with us to join the Off Leash Club 😊

11/01/2024

✅We’re back in town & returning messages! Thank you for all the years of support that makes taking time off a possibility for us - it’s extremely important & so very much appreciated ❤️ We traveled over 8000 miles with the pups & had so much fun!

🔆There is still some space for Boarding & Training in December, with those dates filling quickly.

🗓️And, YES, we are already booking for 2025! So any future travel plans that don’t include Fido, make sure you reach out to book their spot 😊

📚We will be offering a fall/winter GROUP CLASS if there is enough interest! We need at least 3 dogs/handlers so please let us know if there’s a class you’d like to sign up for (AKC CGC+, Rally, Scent Work, etc)

Picture of 4 of the pups on our trip to the Oregon coast 🌊

10/08/2024

⚠️🚌WE ARE OUT OF THE OFFICE UNTIL OCTOBER 31st!⚠️🚌

We are packing up the Resident Dogs & hitting the road for some adventuring. We will get back to messages/emails upon our return 😊

Existing Clients: as always, feel free to reach out for pointers as you need them, we may have delayed replies some days but we are always here for you & your dogs ❤️

FYI: We currently only have One week open for Board & Trains in November & December has begun to fill.

Thank you for your patience & we can’t wait to see you & your pups when we get back!

10/07/2024

We visited Bodi for an In-Home Lesson tonight!

10/04/2024

Resident Dog Dude helped Miss Freya in her Private Lesson today!

10/04/2024

We visited Barrett today for an In-Home Lesson! Barrett had the unfortunate experience of being grabbed by another dog through his own fence & now that he’s cleared for regular activity post-healing, we wanted to make sure his confidence hadn’t been damaged as much as his ear. Thankfully, happy Mr. Barrett seems to have escaped the incident with his training & love of life intact ❤️

We can’t always prevent things from happening to our dogs, but we can be diligent in our reaction to those things to make sure they don’t have lasting impacts.

09/22/2024

Freya stopped by for another Private Lesson this morning!

09/20/2024

Welcome to Otis! He’s with us for Boarding & Training 😊

09/17/2024

Bodi & Chipper took their relationship to the next level in their lesson this evening…a walk! Walks can be very helpful when trying to establish consistency between dogs while also helping them generalize obedience cues. Working their brains while working their bodies 😊

09/16/2024

Welcome to Apollo! This big puppy is with us for a week of Boarding & Training 😊

09/09/2024

Resident Dog Scully helped Freya with some distraction work in her Private Lesson 😊

09/09/2024

We visited Miss Ruth for a follow up In-Home Lesson today!

09/03/2024

Bodi had another In-Home session this evening & brother Chipper was very into the idea of sitting for snacks 😋

09/02/2024

Freya had another great Private Lesson tonight!

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Smyrna, TN
37167

Telephone

+16155126844

Website

http://www.darkwooddogtraining.com/

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We visited Barrett today for an In-Home Lesson! Barrett had the unfortunate experience of being grabbed by another dog through his own fence & now that he’s cleared for regular activity post-healing, we wanted to make sure his confidence hadn’t been damaged as much as his ear. Thankfully, happy Mr. Barrett seems to have escaped the incident with his training & love of life intact ❤️ We can’t always prevent things from happening to our dogs, but we can be diligent in our reaction to those things to make sure they don’t have lasting impacts.

Archie is headed home after his week with us! We worked on his recall, jumping, & learning that the vibration on the ecollar = to come (in this clip you’ll see him dip slightly less than straight to us & that’s because just off camera was his buddy Hallu, laying in the shade right where we were standing 😊)

Bitsy (fluffy) & Cody are both heading back to their homes today! Bitsy was with us for a refresh & Cody joined our Off Leash Club! When working two dogs at the same time, it’s important that they know their names in addition to the normal release cue (“free” in their case) so we can call one without the other. Prior to this session, neither dog had worked with the other or even had more than a couple mutual potty-only outings (Cody can be a bit too enthusiastic for Bitsy’s taste & that’s okay!). You can see some of that “who even is this 🧐” when they both opted to “Place” at the same time.

Coast (now known as “Hank”!) is headed to his forever home today 😊 He went through our two week on-leash program during his stay, here are some highlights!

Frankie is heading home today after his stay with us for our two week ecollar intro program 😊 We’ve worked a lot on Mr. Frankie keeping all 4 paws on the ground, loose leash walking, holding positions until released, & more. He especially loves “place” (because it comes with a fan 🪭 & water bowl that was refilled after this!)

Rafa is headed home today after his weeklong ecollar intro! We worked on jumping, going into his crate, coming when called, being a little less ✨dramatic✨ when asked to do something he’s not interested in, & of course the basic commands 😊

The Group Class kiddos working on their positional stays under distraction today!

Dodson is headed home today after her stay for the Off Leash Club! Dodson went on an adventure to work on her skills in a new environment & here’s a clip from that demonstrating the difference between recall (her name) & a release cue like “free” 😊

Murphy is headed home today after her 2 week + ecollar intro stay! Murphy is a silly girl that likes to go non-stop…unless she thinks there might be pets involved & in that case, she’s the fastest belly flipper in the land 😂 She’s been working on her recall, not jumping up, her positional stays, & more.

Cash & River are headed home today after their ecollar intro program! We worked on their loose leash walking, responding to their individual names, their positional stays, & more 😊 In this clip you’ll see Cash notice a rolling mule during part of it - they both did so well at remaining calm & listening to instruction despite the distraction.

Jimmy is headed home today after his two weeks with us! He’s been working on not jumping, not barking excessively at new things, coming when called, & more!