Animal Smart Training

26/08/2024

Every day is dog day with us! Here are some photos of our personal furry best friends ❤️🐶🦮🐕‍🦺🐕🐾
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10/08/2024

These two adorable Aussie pups are starting their intensive in-home day training program. We look forward to guiding them through puppyhood and watching them grow. 🐶 💕

26/07/2024

Lucy posed in front of this afternoon. Coffee was amazing! Go visit them in Moore plaza next time you’re shopping!

15/07/2024

Work hard, rest harder!

Millie the Great Dane puppy has grown so much during her intensive program and is come a long way in learning how to settle, walk nicely on a leash, and be well mannered and polite out in public! So proud!

12/07/2024

Did you know that little dogs can be service dogs too?!

There’s a stigma out there that if you see a little dog in a store, they’re automatically a “fake service dog.” And while this can be true sometimes, it is not always the case!

The size of a dog does is not an immediate indicator of what they can do! Bear the miniature poodle is out her proving everyone wrong that says he can’t be a service dog because of how small he is!

He is working on alerting to his mom’s low blood sugar while out and about and figuring out how to retrieve items for her at home!

We are so proud of him and how far he’s come!

11/07/2024

Does your dog struggle with routine vet care? Are vaccines and yearly exams a source of stress for you? Do they need to work on being handled by strange humans?

Whether your pup is an anxious mess, a barking maniac, or an overexcited ball of energy at the vet’s office, we can help!! Cooperative care and consent based training, settling and relaxation, saying hi politely, muzzle training, and more are all things we can teach you and your dog that work to keep your vet experience and the team involved in your dog’s care as safe and as stress free as possible!

10/07/2024

Rex has two modes, serious and silly😶🤪

This big guy has come a long way, and is learning how to walk nicely on a leash, how to not mouth and jump on people he’s excited to see, and how to settle in his kennel when it’s time to rest!

So proud of him!

09/07/2024

Summer fun☀️🌊⛱️

Putting our “place” skills to the test at doggie surf lessons!! Re*****on the Australian shepherd did such a good job learning how to be a surfer dude!!

05/07/2024

We hope everyone’s been enjoying this 4th of July with friends and family! Before the fireworks start, remember to let your dogs potty before the noise begins and safely back indoors. Make sure your information is on their collar just in case! Comfort your dog if they show any signs of fear or anxiety.

27/06/2024

Murphy enjoyed his training walk on the beach this morning. He’s come so far in his program. He has developed amazing social cues, walks awesome on a leash, and now he has proven himself to start service dog training!

14/06/2024

The obscene heat that comes with summer in South Texas means lots of indoor field trips to keep our trainers and your dogs cool!!

13/06/2024

This view is one of the perks of training in our seaside city 🌊🌅

12/06/2024

This boy is always exhausted after training sessions with one of his favorite humans ever, his trainer!!!

Otis is almost finished with his behavior transformation program and has come so far in learning how to make new human friends, even when they are kind of scary at first!!

11/06/2024

10/06/2024

This cutie pie is sweet as can be, but he is a ball of energy and never stops moving!!

Alfie the yorkie puppy is finishing up his puppy program with us and has come a long way in learning how to be left alone, go potty outside, come when called, and is working really hard on not lunging and barking in excitement when he sees new people or dogs!!

07/06/2024

Buddy and Duke are learning to love chilling on their mats!!

Relaxation is such a big part of behavior modification training, and teaching our dogs to settle in the midst of exciting and potentially triggering distractions is one of the many tools in our tool box to take your dog from reactive to relaxed!

06/06/2024

Don’t let her size fool you! Millie might be almost 30 lbs, but she is only 11 weeks old and still has A LOT of growing to do!!

This girl is a Great Dane puppy who just started with our intensive day training program! We can’t wait to see where life takes her, but for now she is working on basic manners, potty training, and learning to focus on her mom and dad above all all else!

05/06/2024

The many faces of Daisy🌼🌸

31/05/2024

We love spoiling our clients on their birthdays whenever our sessions land on the same day🎉🎂

Lucy just recently turned one and she got to celebrate with her trainer! She went on a field trip to the pet store to do some training, got a new toy, a birthday cookie, and then over the coffee shop for a pup cup!

We love you, sweet girl!

30/05/2024

Leo the mini schnauzer is serious about staying on his place 🧐🐾

Mat work is such a great skill for things like door manners, manners around guests, manners around food, relaxation and settling, toy play, and much more! We spend a lot of time building value in “place” so that our dogs like going there and have a nice space to hang out and chill when we need them to hang out out of the way momentarily !

29/05/2024

It’s not even June yet and the summer weather is already out with a vengeance ☀️🥵 Clyde is keeping cool and learning to love the beach and all the distractions that come with it!

When Clyde met his trainer, he couldn’t see another dog within a hundred feet without lunging and reacting strongly in the other dog’s direction., which limited the places his humans could take him!

Fast forward to halfway through his training program, he took a field trip to the sea wall and saw multiple dogs, some of which barked and ran around, and he was a rock star⭐️ While still a bit overstimulated and uncomfortable at times, he was able to be redirected and disengage from the other dogs , while staying focused and exploring the beach! So much improvement from the dog who was so nervous that he felt the need to lash out immediately upon seeing another dog!

Way to go Clyde👏🏼✨ Can’t wait to see how the last half of his training goes!

28/05/2024

✨Socialization ✨

This is 5 month old puppy Holly’s first walk around the neighborhood with her mom after getting her last round of puppy shots! However, this was not her first time out and about getting to see the world!

Did you know that waiting until a puppy is fully vaccinated to socialize them will cause you to miss their critical socialization period, which is the prime time to expose them to new things!

There is much more to socialization than just getting out of the house, and there are lots of safe ways to socialize your new puppy without putting them at risk of diseases before they are fully vaccinated. Here are some examples:

✨People watch from the car! This allows pups to get the sights, sounds, and smells of new places without setting them on the ground
✨ Going into pet friendly stores like Lowe’s and putting them in a cart lined with blankets or towels! This will expose them to new people and different sounds
✨Letting them play around and climb on and jump over different obstacles or textures at home, like soft blankets, rough rocks, an unstable surface like a see saw, or even surfaces that make noise, like bubble wrap or cardboard boxes (making sure they don’t eat it of course! )
✨Introduce them to new humans in house, show them that new people come with lots of snacks and love
✨Play dates with fully vaccinated, known dogs who are good with puppies in private safe spaces, where no unknown dogs have been,like the backyard!
✨Play different sounds from your phone and reward your puppy just for hearing them! Things like doorbells, dogs barking, sirens, thunder fireworks! This will get them used to the sounds various sounds from the safety of their home
✨Go to parks, piers, beaches, etc with your puppy in a carrier or wagon or stroller to keep them off the ground!!

We cannot stress how important it is do socialize your puppy and expose them to all the new things you can between the ages of 8 and 16 weeks! Hopefully this gave you some ideas on how to do it safely without putting them at risk for diseases before they are fully vaccinated !

27/05/2024

Perci the border collie and seasoned demo dog showing Wasabi the corgi puppy the ropes at his first group session✨

Wasabi was enamored with his new friend and Perci played it cool! Such a “big sister, kid brother” dynamic 🤣🥰

24/05/2024

Diving into the weekend like🙌🏼🐾

Are you as happy that it’s Friday as Theo is!?

23/05/2024

Otter just finished his behavior modification program and we are so incredibly proud of both him and his humans ♥️👏🏼🎉

This guy has come so far and we can’t wait to follow the rest of his journey as a happy, relaxed, and fun loving puppy !!

16/05/2024

These two brothers love hard and play harder! They couldn’t be more different from each other and yet their bond is clear, despite their insistence on keeping their distance and pretending they don’t know each other for this picture😂

Cheeto and Canello have worked so hard on behavior when guests come over, seeing distractions on walks, and building confidence in general! So proud of these two guys and how far they have come!

15/05/2024

Ollie’s humans got him all dressed up for his last session👔

We are so proud of how far this boy came in his program! From barking and lunging at every he dog or human he saw to calm and able to settling in their presence!

Congrats on graduating, big guy✨👨🏻‍🎓

14/05/2024

Remember, it’s their walk too! One of the many benefits of training is being able to peacefully take in the scenery together.

08/05/2024

This girl finished her relaxation session the other day by romping in the flowers!!

She’s continuing to work so hard and learning to be less reactive and more relaxed around distractions at home and out and about !!

07/05/2024

Lucy is a Corpus Christi dog through and through 🌊☀️