Pawsitive Dog Training, LLC

31/10/2025

Sometimes service dog prospects don’t work out. If you’re training a dog on your own, this can mean starting all over again, thousands of dollars and hundreds of hours lost. In the industry we call this “Washing”. You run this risk with program training as well. A lot goes into training a service dog, and sometimes, the dog just doesn’t make the cut. Well, what happens to the washed dogs in the program? Where do they go? What will happen if I sign up for a dog and it washes? Those are all excellent questions. We can’t tell you what other programs do. At Errorless Service dogs if your prospect washes out, we will rehome and/or retrain any animal who doesn’t make the cut, restart a dog for you, and there will be no additional charges. When you sign up with us, we are committed to delivering the best possible dog, no matter what. We have availability today, check us out and get in contact with us at www.errorlessservicedogsllc.com

19/08/2025

Important to remind ourselves!

11/07/2025

Oooo! We always love a good Lilli Chin Infografic. Check our more of their stuff 💕

This Predatory Motor Patterns infographic is in my book and I've received several requests to make this chart available as a download/poster.

NOTES here: https://doggiedrawings.net/blogs/whats-new/new-free-download-predatory-motor-patterns

DOWNLOAD for free here: https://doggiedrawings.net/products/predatory-motor-patterns

Edit to add: What was the [breed] traditionally bred to do? Buy my book :) http://doggiedrawings.net/pages/dogs-of-the-world-book

02/06/2025

That’s a wrap! Lupin the service dog finally graduated from our Service Dog Program with Errorless. We are so very excited for his handler and him. He’s gone through a year and a half of raising and training with me and I’m so very proud of our accomplishments together.

16/12/2024

With the holidays approaching

14/12/2024

Wonder why your dog might be behaving in a certain way?

Why does my dog ___?

We get this question a lot, especially when it comes to complex behaviors like fear, reactivity, or aggression. And as humans, we want (desperately!) to find a clear label as the reason for this behavior.

We often hear “he must have been abused by a large man who wore hats because he’s so scared of them,” “he dislikes strangers because of his breed,” or “it’s all in how you raise them.”

The truth is that there are TONS of things that contribute to behavior. Not even the best scientists in the world can tell us where a particular dog’s behavior comes from. When we see a fearful dog, it could be due to genes, limited maternal care, or stress in their first weeks of life (or inside mom’s uterus). They could have had a traumatic experience or have a hormone imbalance. They could hurt, have learned associations over time, or even have certain brain structures that grew or shrank to make them more fearful.

So what’s really important to know here?
1️⃣ behavior causes can be very complicated
2️⃣ anyone who says that behavior is all because of learning, or breed, or socialization, or whatever- is misinformed.
3️⃣ in many cases, you’re just not going to be able to identify the “cause” of complex behaviors like fear, reactivity, or aggression. Get comfy with not knowing.
4️⃣ not knowing the exact cause doesn’t prevent us from working on behavior!! We can make educated guesses and use treatment plans and involve vets to help us treat what we can’t easily train.

If you're struggling to figure out what your dog needs, we'd love to help! Visit our website to schedule a behavior consult or reach out for more info!

26/09/2024

An interesting article on puppy development & training. Check it out!

At Duke’s Puppy Kindergarten, researchers are learning when and how pups' brains develop. Understanding these cognitive milestones could help humans raise better dogs.