Notre Dog Academy

01/15/2025

Did you know that the Notre Dog Academy team and other local pet professionals have been meeting every month do address concerns in the pet industry?

The Ethical Pet Care Alliance will be an organization that will inspect the businesses that apply to join us and verify that they are being ethical, honest, and always working to improve. Our goal is to help educate and improve all pet professionals in our community and be a place that you can always trust to find you a responsible professional that meets your needs.

We would love you to spread the news! Please tell your veterinarians, trainers, boarding facilities, etc. so we can grow!

Anyone is welcome to attend a meeting and contribute!

Hi everyone,We* are going to be starting a nonprofit organization for ethical pet professionals. The goal of this meeting is to begin shaping what this organization will look like.

01/14/2025

One of our clients has a lovely large yard in Parkland available for training or playing with your pups! Check it out on Sniffspot!

The Old Orchard, Parkland, Washington - **Save $6 with the code OldOrchard** This delightful old orchard is a paradise for adventurous pups. It...

01/05/2025

It's the last day of Christmas!
We have a Family Dog Level 1 class starting in 2 days! Do you need help with your pup? Did you get a new family member for Christmas? Get them on our roster before National Train Your Dog Month comes to an end and get the new year off to a great start!
253.765.8118 or [email protected]

01/01/2025

Happy New Year!
For the fun of it, let’s do a random advice thread to help start the new year off right!

My first one is: whenever you get something with a detachable power supply, put a label on it immediately!

This has dramatically reduced the contents of our random cords bin!

What advice do you have?

12/29/2024

Happy 5th day of Christmas! Did your expectations of the holidays with your dog go as planned? Holidays are times when humans act really weird, bring strange objects into the house, and make new, and odd rules that don't make sense to their pets.

If your pet's holiday wasn't picture perfect like this shot from , message us for help learning to communicate with your dog, especially when things get weird!

12/24/2024

Merry Christmas Eve! Dasher wishes you and yours a safe and loving holiday!

He couldn't do it so sweetly without

12/20/2024

Graduation Day!
Thanks to Windell Portraits for the graduation pictures!

Do you need help training your dog? Our next class starts January 7th!

12/19/2024

What do you want for Christmas?
Here at Notre Dog Academy, we'd love for you to leave us a Google Review if you haven't already!
Telling the big algorithm in the sky to show us to other people is the easiest way you can make all of our wishes come true!
https://g.page/r/CSLS_crrTabVEBM/review

12/16/2024

Cute Aggression is REAL and it is why I want to SQUEEZE my dog until he POPS!!!

How can you not!?!?!?

Special thanks to Risë at Windell Portraits for these beautiful pictures of Dasher!

Risë is amazing! You know you need new family portraits, especially with your pets! Contact Windell Portraits today to get on the schedule why the whole family is in town!

12/16/2024

12/09/2024

This is why I follow so many parenting and neurodivergent sources!

This is exactly what we start with when dealing with reactivity in dogs!

Does your dog need help not boiling over? Contact us at [email protected]!

Credit NeuroWild

12/06/2024

It’s been a while since we did a First Day Friday! Meet these three lovely boys who joined us in the past couple of weeks! Whose expression is your favorite?

Do you need a safe, ethical place to send your pups during the day? Email us at [email protected] to find out more!

11/06/2024

Quick reminder that Notre Dog Academy is a safe and inclusive space. We believe in ethics above all else and will not tolerate unethical behavior from our staff, clients, or colleagues.

We approach all circumstances with compassion and education. All who seek to learn are welcome here.

Puppies for positivity ❤️

11/04/2024

More puppy pictures!

11/02/2024

Today’s puppy pics!

10/28/2024

Never a dull moment!

10/17/2024

Oh my gourd! I just can’t!
Want to get a pic like this of your pup? Windell Portraits is having a fundraiser for Nourish Pierce County on Friday and Saturday! I’ll be there helping!

10/08/2024

Oh man! After our weekend, this makes me want to right out all of the learning principles at play!
Capturing, shaping, use of a marker, reward types, conditioning types, etc.
And! It’s happening to Michael and the photographers simultaneously! 🤓