We are based out of NW Connecticut and will often set up shop for the day at NorthPoint Pets & Co We provide dog training services in northwest CT and in Cheshire, CT. Our belief is that most people adopt dogs to enhance their lives and every once in a while we find that dogs can become a limitation. You can’t go certain places because you are concerned about your dogs behavior. You can’t have com
pany over without reduces your dogs access to guests. It’s challenging to go for a walk because your shoulders are sore from being pulled for so long. Unless you have a sled dog and enjoy being the sled, most owners are simply looking for great family pets that can be a part of all of their greatest moments in life. While we use the term “Dog Trainer”, we are both training your dog AND you. If you hired a personal trainer to achieve your fitness goals, they can help you in the gym but less so in the kitchen when they aren’t around. The same is true for when you hire a dog trainer. We can help you get results in person and teach you how to train and maintain the results with your dog but it is on you to do the work in the kitchen as the analogy goes. Your dog is being trained through every interaction with you whether the dog trainer is present or not, and whether you are supervising or not. The best path to address those unsupervised moments is to simply not create them and understand that you are 100% responsible for what you allow your dog to do. Once you embrace that responsibility, anything is possible. The Knotty Dog is a member of the IACP