Central Texas Dog Trainer is an off-leash dog training specialist. We provide a board and train program, breeder contact network and puppy consultations.
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Central Texas Dog Trainer is one of Texas’s best dog and puppy training schools; the home to one of the most important steps in enjoying a healthy, trusting and loving relationship with your puppy or dog. We train both pets and owners, helping them live together peacefully so that both can enjoy the best their relationship has to offer. We are also sporting dog enthusiasts. If you have a sporting
dog, we are the best source to get solid obedience training that will not interfere with your gundog training. We teach off leash behavior so that you can live, work and play to the greatest extent with confidence and style. Call 737-242-6492, or visit us at www.centraltexasdogtrainer.com. You can also follow us on YouTube. For those with sporting dogs, that want to be able to hunt with them, at some point in the future, you should know that breaking into the gundog world isn't easy, especially if you come from the city without any experience. We offer coaching to help you break into that world and send you on your way to adventure. Learn how to speak the lingo so that when you show up at a hunting reserve and want to crack open a cold one and shoot the breeze with the other hunters and handlers, you sound like you know what the heck you are talkin' bout.
Congratulations to Zepplin! Zepplin is a young, high energy working line German Shepherd that was rescued at a young age from an abusive situation. As a result, he had some particular needs, but he came through the program like a scamp... err I mean champ 🤣
Congratulations to Dixie and her Huuuuman! Dixie is a very energetic lab from Austin who went home to an impressed papa.
Congratulations to Bowie who recently graduated from the board and train program. Bowie is a young lad who came in head strong with lots of energy. He went home with a great foundation of skills, on and off-leash.
Congratulations to Roux who came in anxious without much impulse control and went home with more socialization and exposure to different places and of course, a lot of new skills!
Living with a dog is 90% following each other around, watching each other go potty, and wondering what the other has in their mouth.
I think we all already knew this, but it's nice to see regardless. We're blessed to have them in our lives. Even if they are stinkers sometimes.
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A training session with Abeline and Mabel from a couple days ago.
Congratulations to Abilene and Poke and their folks. Abilene is the second dog in the family to be trained, and she did great. Her family brought Poke with them to pick her up, and we did some review with Abilene, and then we did some practice with both of them together. We ended with one person walking both of them in a nice heel.
I'd like to introduce you to Beau, the bernadoodle from Hico, TX. Beau came in with all the typical puppy and doodle issues. He is high energy, jumping on people, believing he's the boss, pulling on the leash, lots of barking, is very pushy, and a little defiant.
In the last 10 days, things have changed pretty dramatically. He's learned impulse control, to focus and pay attention, to follow human leadership, doesn't bark at all anymore, doesn't jump up, and has a nice off-leash heel.
Here is a training video from yesterday morning. This is his first sustained sit lesson outside. I did not capture it in the video, but we walked to the cul-de-sac off-leash, but on a long lead (which you can see in the video - it's used for safety purposes.) On the way back home we did downs, turns and more recalls - all without the direction of a leash.
Congratulations to Biscuit who went home end of last month! Biscuit's family are repeat customers who sent this cute mini-aussie bundle of energy to me from Trinity, TX. Her brother is Harper, the Rotty-doodle I trained a couple of months ago.
Biscuit came in somewhat nervous and high strung with a propensity to bolt out the door, jump on people, pull on the leash, whine and bark (a lot.) She went home with a very nice off-leash heel, not jumping up, good place board steadiness (and not bolting out the front door) and the barking was much improved (if not completely resolved) by time she left. All of the outdoors work we did, training in 6 different places, also helped her get comfortable being in a variety of different situations.
Big congratulations to Kala, who went home at the end of last month. Kala is a lovable, playful, and sometimes goofy rottweiler puppy from McAllen, TX. Kala went home with a lot of great skills, on and off-lease and we are looking forward to seeing her continue to progress.
My name is Kala, I’m a puppy, and I love sticks!
Congratulations to Biscuit and her family! Biscuit is a mini Aussie shepherd mix. She worked hard and did very well. She’s the second dog trained for this family. The first one was Harper - the rottiedoodle. Her owners are experts now!
Congratulations to Pokie and his family, who went home yesterday, on completing the board and train. Pokie is a 2 yr old Blue Heeler/Norweigian Elkhound mix from Harker Heights, TX. He came in pretty anxious and nervous, with really bad leash pulling and other behaviors and went home a much well mannered young lad who has great handling on and off leash.
To funny not to post. This is why I don’t train dogs less than 6 months old.
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Mr. Super Trooper also went home yesterday and did very while helping me train his Huuuumans. Trooper is a mixed-breed rescue from Harker Heights, TX who struggled with attention, destructive behavior and house breaking. I expect to hear great things from Trooper and his family.
Congratulations to Banks and his family. Banks, the English Pointer from China Springs, TX, graduated yesterday and did very well on his send home lesson. His Dad was amazed he was so calm! Looking to hear great things from Banks & Co. and it looks like they were impressed enough that I'll be training another pup for them in the spring.
Pup #2....
Please meet Banks, the english pointer from China Springs, TX. Banks is in for obedience, manners, and all those things that pointers are known for. He's a very soft and nervous fellow and we're helping him with some confidence.
It seems that I have neglected to introduce a couple of pups.
Please meet Trooper, the shepherd mix from Harker Heights, TX. Trooper is in for obedience, to learn manners, and to reinforce house breaking.
You know a dog is food-motivated when they want to eat plastic cookies off a Christmas decoration!
This is Trooper at Home Depot.
Congratulations to Echo, the little GSP from Lakeway, TX who went home on the weekend. It was a journey, but she went home with new skills and confidence, completely reconditioned to the ecollar and the beep sound. We’re proud of the progress she made.
Harper, our little rascally Rottiedoodle from Trinity, TX, also went home recently. Harper is just 6 months old with a lot of puppy still in her. Her parents had another dog previously trained by James Hamm, and brought Harper to me when they saw that James had trained me. (I'm closer.) Harper was a great dog, and we'll be seeing her sibling in January!
Bernie, the goldendoodle from Georgetown, TX went home today and did quite well. When his mom first called me to get him trained, she was very upset and at the end of her rope with him. 3 weeks later, he goes home with more manners and skills and is doing quite well.
Congratulations folks!
Thought that some of y'all might get a kick out of this.
Please say a warm hello to Bernie! Bernie is an exuberant Goldendoodle from Austin who is exuberant and loves everyone but has very little impulse control! (Not a Goldendoodle! They are veritable models of self-control! 🤣)
Bernie is here to learn advanced off-leash obedience, manners, and get some exposure to other dogs. He's going to do just fine.
Please give a warm welcome to Macy! Macy is a sweet sheepadoodle from Copperas Cove, with lots of energy. She's in for advanced obedience and to work on her manners!
Please welcome Echo to the board and train program! Echo is a lovely little GSP that has a ton of energy and, unfortunately anxiety. Echo was found on the side of the road and was rescued. by her wonderful owners who just love on her.
In the week she's been with me it's very clear that someone tried to breed and train their own gundog, was very heavy-handed, and when they got in over their head, they dumped her.
She's extremely sensitive to any pressure and is terrified of electronic beeps, and the e-collar - so it's going to be a long haul to rehabilitate, slowly and gently. Often novice "back-country gundog trainers" that don't know what they are doing will use the beep on a collar as a warning before they give the dog a very painful stimulation. People learn this from watching other trainers on youtube and trying to copy them. Fear of the beep, and locking up when they feel the e-collar are two dead giveaways that this is what happened.
Please, please, please. If you have a dog that you want to be a gundog, don't follow YouTube. What you see on youtube is step 4 or 5 in a process that has already begun. All training systems are like learning a language, and before the dog even gets on the video - a foundation has already been laid. Please, find a mentor who knows what they are doing so that they can help you and teach you the proper way to use the e-collar.
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A training session with Abeline and Mabel from a couple days ago. #centraltexasdogtrainer #citybirddog #obediencetraining #offleashtraining
I'd like to introduce you to Beau, the bernadoodle from Hico, TX. Beau came in with all the typical puppy and doodle issues. He is high energy, jumping on people, believing he's the boss, pulling on the leash, lots of barking, is very pushy, and a little defiant. In the last 10 days, things have changed pretty dramatically. He's learned impulse control, to focus and pay attention, to follow human leadership, doesn't bark at all anymore, doesn't jump up, and has a nice off-leash heel. Here is a training video from yesterday morning. This is his first sustained sit lesson outside. I did not capture it in the video, but we walked to the cul-de-sac off-leash, but on a long lead (which you can see in the video - it's used for safety purposes.) On the way back home we did downs, turns and more recalls - all without the direction of a leash. #bernadoodle #centraltexasdogtrainer #offleashtraining #obediencetraining #hicotexas #leashtraining
Rehabilitating a fearful dog
Daisy (Patches) is making great progress in learning to deal with her fears. Due to incomplete socialization she was initially afraid of any place that didn't look like a park. She would get scared and try to bolt at the first sound of a truck engine, diesel engine, when walking places with things that have high walls or things up high, shiny floors, etc. After over a week of just working on getting her comfortable being in new environments, our hard work is finally paying off. #citybirddog #centraltexasdogtrainer #obediencetraining #offleashtraining #dogrehabilitation #homedepot #austintx
Shiloh working on sustained sit and distance recall. She wasn’t too happy about sitting there and barked at me when she felt I’d gone far enough, but she held her position. #citybirddog #centraltexasdogtrainer #obediencetraining #offleashtraining #weimaraner
Shiloh the Weinaramer from Austin having some fun with training games at Home Depot! #centraltexasdogtrainer #obediencetraining #offleashtraining #homedepot #weimaraner
Lady Bird and Daisy getting ready for Halloween and rocking Home Depot off leash. #centraltexasdogtrainer #citybirddog #offleashtraining #obediencetraining #vizsla #chocolatelabrador #homedepot
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Not to be left behind is Aldo, the German Shepherd from Waco, TX. This video has footage from his first and second Home Depot trip. He did very well. #centraltexasdogtrainer #citybirddog #offleashtraining #obediencetraining #germanshepherd #wacotexas #homedepot
And last but not least, Rusty, the springer from Austin, TX. Rusty is in for obedience as a precursor to gundog training. He's a young 6 month old pup who loves to investigate and put everything into his mouth! Because he's going to be a flusher, we've modified things. Sit also has the command Hup and we've started Whoa and Hold training, some additional hand signals and soon we'll be layering on whistle commands all according to how his owner will hunt with him. I can only start these here, the gundog trainer will have to finish them with live birds. (Not something I can do in Austin.) Rusty is also going to get snake avoidance training tomorrow. #centraltexasdogtrainer #citybirddog #obediencetraining #offleashtraining #springerspaniel #gundog
Magic, the american eskimo from Fredericksburg, TX, has his first lesson at Home Depot. #centraltexasdogtrainer #citybirddog #offleashtraining #obediencetraining #homedepot #americaneskimo
Clover, the blackmouth cur from Round Rock, tx, has his first training session at home depot. (Note the video is sped up a bit) #centraltexasdogtrainer #citybirddog #homedepot #obediencetraining #offleashtraining #blackmouthcur
Aldo, the german shepherd from Waco, has his first training session outside. Here are some clips from that (note that I've sped it up a bit.) #centraltexasdogtrainer #citybirddog #germanshepherd #obediencetraining #offleashtraining
A quick update from Trixie from last week. She's showing her stuff and representing for all the Keeshonds! #centraltexasdogtrainer #citybirddog #offleashtraining #obediencetraining #keeshond #fredericksburgtx
We haven’t seen much of Luna lately, she’s coming along in her own time. Here is a short video from a few days ago showing her progression in stability and distance recall, and more or less offleash. Huge progress for her as she has quite a bit of anxiety. #citybirddog #centraltexasdogtrainer #obediencetraining #offleashtraining #catahoula #austintx
Mickey in Home Depot with sustained sit and distance recall into a heel position
Congratulations to our big mama Montana! Montana is a super sweet lab from Austin, tx who had been mistaken as a GSP for some reason. She was rescued with 12 puppies by some big-hearted folks who were charmed by her loving ways and decided to keep her. Unfortunately I neglected to get a picture of them with their grad certificate, so instead I'm uploading one of her training videos. #centraltexasdogtrainer #citybirddog #offleashtraining #obediencetraining #Labrador #austintx
Short video of Winnie's progress from last week. He's made a lot of progress since then, but this shows what he's been working on the first week. #centraltexasdogtrainer #citybirddog #sheepadoodle #obediencetraining #offleashtraining #offleash
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