A Balanced Dog LLC

22/12/2025

Although many of our clients haven't met Sasha directly, you have likely talked with her over emails. Sasha has been behind the scenes doing a lot of our email replies and scheduling.
On Wednesday evening, Sasha suffered a stroke and has been in the ICU going through procedures and surgeries since.
If any of you feel so inclined, we have created a way to help support her and her husband during this difficult time.
Sasha is a very great friend and if nothing else we just ask for you to cross your fingers with us.

That said, emails are a bit in the back burner right now. Please be patient with me as I have bigger priorities to keep up with over the emails and expect delay in response.
Thank you,
-Shannon & ABD Team

This page is dedicated to helping support Marcus and Sasha during a very difficult time. On Wednesday night 12/17, Sasha suffered a stroke and has been in the ICU undergoing a series of surgeries. To relieve some of the pressure this will help coordinate meals for Marcus while Sasha is in the hospit...

19/12/2025

Samson went home earlier this week!
Samson had a ton of things going on with him. Separation anxiety, lacked confidence, unable to settle, and he knew that biting got him out of situations. He would assume the worst and fight it rather than trusting enough to realize what was happening in any moment. We had a lot of work to squeeze into 4 weeks, but he made a lot of progress!

17/12/2025

Little dogs deserve training too!
Pax really loved to hear himself bark and whine, especially at other dogs.
He went home about 2 weeks ago!

16/12/2025

Our boredom busters class is designed as an intro into various activities you can do with your dog! This will allow owners to try new things and see what activities their dogs might like with the opportunity to take it to the next level. You'll be able to try some introductory things like new tricks, scent work, agility, fitness, play.
By the end of the class we will allow those interested in testing for their AKC Trick dog titles!

15/12/2025

Our basic foundations class will cover an introduction to the most important fundamentals of setting your dog up for future success. We will discuss proper socialization, crate training, obedience commands, leash walking, and more! By the end of this class as long as you do your homework, your dog should be ready to take the canine good citizen test at the end!

11/12/2025

We are gearing up to keep you and your dogs busy this winter with 3 different classes beginning in January!

All classes will be limited to 4-6 dogs per class to allow us to give everyone the individual attention needed.

Send us an email with any questions and for sign ups!

09/12/2025

Join us for a holiday group class! We will get in the holiday spirit with the beautiful decorations through downtown Mystic.
*note this is street parking and can be busy during the holidays*
This class is open to anyone, but you must sign up in advance so we don't go over a reasonable number of dogs.
We will work on things like leash walking in a crowded area, staying engaged around distractions, and more!

Class price will be $25 and last approx an hour.
Send us an email at [email protected] for more information, any questions, and to sign up!

06/12/2025

Jasmine went home earlier this week!
Jasmine was actually very dog friendly, cat friendly, and people friendly. But her enthusiasm came across as aggressive when you see her reaction on leash. Not all reactivity is the same.
However, it doesn't have to be like this regardless of what the dogs feelings are. Jasmine needed to learn how to be calmer around other animals and that it's not always time to play. She learned there's a time and a place!

20/11/2025

With the holidays around the corner, comes the time of year where a large majority of bite incidents and trips to the emergency vet occur.
Why is this? The other 363 days a year people do not have a house full of 10+ guests and don't expose their dogs outside of the 4 walls of their home. Then we bring in a big group of people ranging from children to elderly loudly moving around their house and wonder why the dog bit grandma for cornering the dog to pet him.
Or we have the alternative, everyone in the house either feeds the dog scraps or the dog jumps on the table because nobody was paying attention and now the dog is in the emergency room with pancreatitis.
Your dog does not know what holidays are and they really do not need to be a part of it! It's unrealistic to ask and expect people to leave the dog alone. Leave the dog at home, crate them, board them. If they are more trained and are more used to guests, put them in place. To put all this unnecessary pressure on them because society tells us to include them in everything is not fair to the dog. So this holiday season, let's advocate for the dog! Then if you care that much to have them be a part of family gatherings, take the year to actually train and expose them to be more prepared for next year. Just know, some dogs just don't enjoy all that commotion that comes a couple times a year and it is perfectly ok for them to not be a part of it to keep them happy and safe!

16/11/2025

Price went home this past week!
Along with pulling pretty badly on leash and reacting to dogs, he also would run out of his yard. He had been trained on an invisible fence but he didn't fully understand it, which caused him a lot of initial confusion when we introduced the e-collar for recall. But through time and repetition he learned to be reliable!

04/11/2025

Apple went home about 2 weeks ago.
She really knew how to put her weight into doing what she wanted! Take a look at some of her footage throughout her board and train!

30/10/2025

Fiji went home a couple of weeks ago. I'm catching up on some progress videos! I accidentally deleted his before video 🤦‍♀️. Fiji was very reactive to dogs on leash and living in a busy city area, he encounters dogs constantly. He made such great progress and was a fun dog for us to get to hang out with for a few weeks!