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The Balanced Life Balanced dog trainer (ABCDT) (APDT)
Pet CPR- First aid certified
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Brody! First to complete the new 9 day tier program!
24/08/2024

Brody!
First to complete the new 9 day tier program!

Welcome Hercules and Milo for a 2 week board and train! Milos family just adopted Hercules, they both are strong boys th...
24/08/2024

Welcome Hercules and Milo for a 2 week board and train!
Milos family just adopted Hercules, they both are strong boys that need to learn how to communicate to each other as well as basic obedience. Excited to see how they do together in weeks to come!

Jazelle !
18/08/2024

Jazelle !

Welcome Toot! 2 week puppy program!
16/08/2024

Welcome Toot!
2 week puppy program!

Sadie! I am a little behind on posting photos.
10/08/2024

Sadie!
I am a little behind on posting photos.

09/08/2024

Full labor day weekend for boarding.

Please Welcome Brody! He is here for some behavior modification in our new tier 1 program! Such a handsome boy!
08/08/2024

Please Welcome Brody! He is here for some behavior modification in our new tier 1 program!
Such a handsome boy!

Wynnie and Dolly, thanks hanging out this weekend!
29/07/2024

Wynnie and Dolly, thanks hanging out this weekend!

21/07/2024

Announcement!
Now offering three different board and train options! đŸ„łđŸ„łđŸ„ł
This is so exciting for us!

Boarding fun!
21/07/2024

Boarding fun!

Basil! She came back for e-collar training!
20/07/2024

Basil! She came back for e-collar training!

Time for some photos drops! Penny!
20/07/2024

Time for some photos drops!
Penny!

15/07/2024

From my personal page.

Sweet Jazelle went home today! She made a wonderful transformation and has so much more confidence in life and can now e...
14/07/2024

Sweet Jazelle went home today! She made a wonderful transformation and has so much more confidence in life and can now enjoy socializing without fear barking!!!

Working on 'Place' and keeping cool today.
08/07/2024

Working on 'Place' and keeping cool today.

Hope everyone stays safe this holiday and keeps their pets safe as well. We will be playing outside today till it gets t...
04/07/2024

Hope everyone stays safe this holiday and keeps their pets safe as well. We will be playing outside today till it gets too noisy.

04/07/2024
02/07/2024

Currently full for boarding till July 8th
Thank you

Happy Saturday! With a full week and a few handful of days off to the start of the summer we are back and almost have a ...
29/06/2024

Happy Saturday! With a full week and a few handful of days off to the start of the summer we are back and almost have a house full again! Please welcome Sadie and Jazelle for board and train and Winston for boarding!

09/06/2024

Booked for 4th of July for boarding.
Please keep your pets safe on this holiday.

04/06/2024

This slogan is a great example of the PP/FF re-framing of dogs as perpetual victims—struggling continuously, and always innocently. It’s meant to cause you to view your dog differently, so you’ll interact differently.

If you see your dog as a perpetual struggling victim, there’s almost zero chance that you’ll enforce strict rules, use tools which empower you, and definitely no way you’ll share any firm consequences for poor behavior.

How could you? Your dog is having a hard time.

So not only is the re-frame meant to encourage the PP/FF victim mindset overall, it’s also a convenient intellectual and emotional off-ramp for owners who’d prefer to not have to be firm if being permissive (“empathetic”) offers the higher intellectual and moral ground. Meaning, it turns allowing bad behavior into the kind of thing a smart, caring owner would do.

Of course the messaging from the PP/FF world isn’t that you’re being a permissive, trod upon, bad behavior inviting owner—the messaging is that you’re doing all the very best that modern, “science-based” and “humane” training have to offer. And when your dog is your proxy for family, friend, lover, or child, I promise there’s lots of takers for this latter message.

Are there dogs who are struggling? Absolutely. I work with them every day. But out of the thousands of dogs I’ve personally worked with, the ratio who are having a hard time versus those who are giving a hard time skews massively towards the latter.

So many dogs are simply a handful of valuable consequences away from ceasing the “struggle”/“hard time”/aka nonsense. But most owners will never find this out because they’ve been so deeply brainwashed.

That all said, the goal with these posts isn’t to insult or diminish those legitimately struggling, the goal is to invite a more honest conversation about reality. The goal is to strip away the manipulative propaganda which derails and confuses those honestly looking for answers—and which also encourages those wishing to dodge the answers to continue to feel righteous in doing so.

04/06/2024

Sophie!

04/06/2024

Thank you for everyone's patience🙏 as we've experienced some delays launching the new skin colors of LavenderđŸȘ» and PlumđŸ·! We had to do some color tweaks before we were 100% set on the new color, but we are hopeful we've nailed it and you all love the results! Ordering should be live on the website by July 1st...but we will announce when it's officially official 😁💯

✔✔✔ These new skins will be for system models 300TX, 400TX, and 900TX series (Mini, Micro, Boss, Easy Educator, Pro Educator, Finger Trainer) and will also have matching biothane straps! 👏

Welcome Penny! Two week board and train for basic obedience and excessive chewing.
02/06/2024

Welcome Penny!
Two week board and train for basic obedience and excessive chewing.

Winston! 💖
28/05/2024

Winston! 💖

Gunner
28/05/2024

Gunner

Vail and Juneau
28/05/2024

Vail and Juneau

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A week into training and Doc is doing wonderful! He came to us to help manage his reactivity. He is a little unsure of the world. So we are building confidence and working on socializing and being neutral in public spaces. Super impressed with his progress so far!

Training dog Sadie and guide puppy Jesslyn on a field trip to Esthershort park today to enjoy #pride🌈

Recall games today at the park! Wanna have a great recall with your dog but unsure where to start? Try playing 'tag' - but your dog is 'it'. Practice somewhere with zero distractions and with a long line to start. As you run away, say your dog's name and 'come' once your dog 'tags' you praise, and treat and play again. The goal is to get your dog to chase you. This way whenever they see you run away they will follow you! Make it fun and exciting to chase you by making fun noises, using lures or toys. Once they get good you can practice adding a sit once they tag you, and a sit stay before you call them to you.

Sophie!

Honey honey! She went home on Monday and she did wonderful!

Gunner! He was such a fun dog to work with! He is so big at a young age and needed help learning basic obedience. He made a wonderful transformation with his training and I am very proud of him and his family for choosing training to help the communication between everyone. Side note, I would like to point out that he came in on a Hermspringer prong collar 3.0 that was too big. Prong collars can definitely help teach your dog leash skills. But like any other training tool, it can be ineffective. Because this collar wasn't sized to fit Gunner he would pull right through it. It sagged very low and sat along his flat collar. A correctly fitted prong collar should sit right under the chin above The trachea, as to not put pressure on it, nor should it be able to slip on or off. If your dogs prong collar please take out links or take it to a trainer that is familiar with these tools and have them size it. This isn't just to help the walk, but also for safety!

Two week boot camp to work on basic obedience and doggy social skills!

Look at this perfect little boy! Very proud of his hard work, building confidence, working and trying things in new environments! Thimble was such a wonderful guy to train and we can't wait to see the things he'll do!

Good bye 2023 #newyear #2023 #dogtraining #petboarding #balancedlife #pnw

Charlie! He is such a fun little puppy. He went home on Monday. I am so proud of all of his hard work and gained so much confidence. #pnwtrainer #ecollartechnologies #ecollardogtraining #minieducator #offleashfreedom #pnwdogslife #balancedlife #puppylove #puppytraining #doodlepuppy

Scout! She is half way through board and train and is doing awesome! Some major goals we wanted to work with her was her recall, for off leash capabilities and thresholds! #balancedlife #balance #ecollardogtraining #ecollartechnologies #minieducator #pnwtrainer #pnwdogs #offleashfreedom

#dogs #dogtrainer #balancedtraining #balancedtrainingworks #pnwdogslife #portlanddogs

Teddy! This guy went home on Monday. He did service dog training for deep pressure therapy. He was so fun to have and train!

Piper, working on some of her new skills! #pnwdogslife #pnwdogtrainer #newskills #looseleashwalking #balancedtrainer #balancedtrainingworks #dogtrainer #dogslife #dogs #portlanddogs #portlanddogtrainer

Rue at the pumpkin patch! He did wonderful! #pnwdogslife #pnwdogtrainer #balance #ecollartraining #dogtrainersofinstagram #pumpkinseason #pumpkin #BellaOrganic

Just some good fall fun! #doglover #dogtrainer #trainyourdog #ecollartraining #balance #pnwdogtrainer #pnwdogslife #dogtrainingtips

Back to a full house of dogs! Rue, Zoe and Zenith #doglover #dogslife #dogtrainingtips #dogtrainersofinstagram #dogtrainer #pnwdogtrainer #balance #ecollartraining #womenownedbusiness

Rue and I just walking around Petco and practicing his leash skills, implied stay, impulse control and recall. I also grabbed some new fish for the tank!

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