Southern Maryland Canine Academy

Home
Southern Maryland Canine Academy

Contact information, map and directions, contact form, opening hours, services, ratings, photos, videos and announcements from Southern Maryland Canine Academy, Pet service, .

08/01/2025

I KNOW you guys took pictures and videos of your pups in the snow, let’s see them in the comments!!

06/01/2025

Hope everyone is enjoying their snow day!!

05/01/2025

Monkey see monkey do?

04/01/2025

I’d love to be able to make a video of something that you’re struggling with when it comes to your dog! Whether it’s jumping on guests or a new obedience trick, let me know in the comments and I’ll do my best to make it happen for you!!

04/01/2025

It is such a blessing to be able to get feed back from clients months after lessons ended!

“Many dog trainers train dogs which is a great skill. Nick is a dog trainer who cannot only train dogs but train people as well and that is an invaluable skill. I could write a long review of how Nick helped my dogs and I to form not only a great working relationship but a bond. Instead I will tell a real life event that showcases his abilities in dog training. Today I dropped the ball as a responsible dog owner and let my dogs out in our fenced in backyard for their morning bathroom break. Neither of them had collars on and unbeknownst to me the side gate was open! Needless to say they took full advantage of that and ran out to sniff and play. When I called them to come in and they didn’t come running I knew something was wrong! I noticed the gate, quickly grabbed slip leads , and rushed outside to try and hopefully track them down. Luckily for me they hadn’t gone far, they were still about 500 yards from me. I was able to give them the “here” command and they both immediately stopped running and playing and came high tailing it to me. My dogs are like my children they mean the world to me and without the help of Nick and his training today could have gone much differently. If you put in the work and show up for your dogs I guarantee Nick will guide you and your dog into forming a bond that could very well save your dog’s life one day.”

24/12/2024

Echo finished his set of lessons this weekend, he is a pro on the leash, learned tremendous manners with the door and has a recall foundation that will keep him safe and his family from having to chase him around the neighborhood! Great job to him and his family!

07/12/2024

MASSIVE congratulations to the Patuxent Football team on bringing home the state championship trophy! You’ve made your community proud!!

05/12/2024

HEY!!! SMCA is looking for three people who are interested in making their loving pet a Psychiatric Service Dog! We will teach your dog to be under control in public settings, task training and advanced obedience. Reach out today and see how we can help!

04/12/2024

What is your favorite task to bring your dogs along for? Few things I love more than loading the dogs up for outdoor chores!!

29/11/2024

Happy thanksgiving to all of our SMCA family!

18/11/2024

A few of the new smiling faces currently enrolled in the Southern Maryland Caninr Academy! So much success so far and so much more to come!!!

11/11/2024

From me and my wife as veterans to veterans wish everyone a happy Veterans Day! Enjoy it and Remember Everyone Deployed!

02/11/2024

This testimonial from a client of mine is exactly why I love what I do!!!

“My dog Benny is a criminal. He has been extremely dog aggressive and wary of strangers. He is the reason we adjust much of our lives around his behavior.
When we sought help with Benny’s anxiety, we learned a lot about why the first paragraph is largely false. We were lucky to be put in touch with Nick who was fabulous at flipping the script on Benny. The first step was Nick expertly describing not what Benny was doing, but what he needed from me. As a reactive dog, the onus was on me to provide the necessary support for him, not angry discipline or rapid fire repetition. Nick used multiple macro frameworks to provide me and Benny with appropriate challenges and goals to benchmark. Nick also has a large collection of small and elegant tweaks to the training environment that all help to make training more effective. All of this training occurred with a trainer who made the process as entertaining for the human as the canine. Personable, experienced , humorous, and able to be direct the training forward while making training like a play date for dogs and meeting a friend for the humans.
Overall, our training is the best thing that’s happened for our relationship with Benny and it was, the best thing to happen to Benny. We know what he needs and he knows that we have his needs taken care of and he can rely on us.”
-Matt Klapper

11/10/2024

A great story from the St. Mary’s county paper this week. A rose planted in the honor of a friend of mines dog, won its category at the county fair!

03/10/2024

No greater feeling than being able help our community!!

24/09/2024

Field trip for Dean and Sage!!

24/09/2024

In 6 lessons we were able to make this owner and dogs life better! Beyond blessed to have the clients we do!!

21/09/2024

SMCA is going B.Y.O.G.B today to all lessons! BRING YOUR OWN GOOD BOY!

Address

Website

https://southernmarylandcanineacademy.com/

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when Southern Maryland Canine Academy posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Contact The Business

Send a message to Southern Maryland Canine Academy:

Videos

Struggle to get your dog to behave in public? CHECK THIS OUT!

Part 1 is linked in the comments!!

I had two people ask for a video on barking on the leash. Ask and you shall receive!!

As a dog trainer one of the things i recommend the most to my clients is to pick up the exercise level, this will have a drastic impact on your dogs stress and anxiety levels and often times can mitigate or help manage what you’re viewing as misbehavior! So here is 3 reasons why you need a breed specific exercise for your puppy! 1.) Any breed specific exercise should entail some form of “nose to toes” stimulation which will exhaust your dog much faster than just running in straight lines! 2.) Your dog will work much harder on a task that is more geared to its genetic tendencies again leading to a dog who can find true exhaustion and be satisfied at the same time!! 3.) This will often times be a great way to exercise your dog and get the most bang for your buck when you’re in a time crunch!!!