Out Of The Shell Dog Training

12/06/2025

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07/06/2025

My mom, husband and myself went down to Pinal County, Animal, Care and Control to walk some of the dogs this morning for a few hours. They are so nice there and they have lots of wonderful dogs. The adoption fees are very minimal if anything. And this way you already know a dog trainer 🤩🐶👏

05/06/2025

I will be at the Pinal County Animal Care and Control doing the morning dog walking from 7-9 on Saturday morning if anyone wants to join! Let me know and lets get these dogs out!
1150 11 Mile Corner, Casa Grande, AZ 85194

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16/05/2025

Suppose your dog is pulling while using a harness, and you are trying to get them to walk on a loose leash. First, don't walk them on a harness; it is designed for pulling. Second, teach the dog how to walk on a leash in your home and backyard before trying to take them out into the world. If you need more help, come to my group classes or set up an in-home training to work one-on-one.

09/05/2025

Teaching the down with a Treat

To lure a dog from a sit into a down, a treat is held to the dog’s nose, and then moved in a straight line down to the ground. The dog follows the treat until he is laying down.

02/05/2025

Clickers

The trainer (whoever is working with the dog at the time) clicks at the exact second the dog performs the correct behavior; each click is followed by a treat. (Why else would a dog care about earning a click?) For example, we might lure a dog into a down position, click at the second his body is flat on the ground, then treat. Once the dog “gets it” and is performing the desired behavior consistently, we simply give the behavior a name, that is, add a verbal cue (for example. “down”) just before the behavior happens the dog will associate the word with the behavior. Once the dog is responding consistently to the verbal cue, the clicker can be phased out. Capturing a behavior means clicking and treating when a dog happens to do something on his own, like yawning. If clicked at that exact moment often enough, the dog will start to offer the behavior.

Treats should be roughly pea-size or a bit bigger for larger dogs and easily chewable.

25/04/2025

Plan your training

1. Put the dog in a down position. Stand next to the dog. Reward the dog for staying 3-5 seconds at a time or shorter if necessary. Do this without moving away from the dog until you can get a down stay for a minute.

2. Now that the dog can stay down for a minute next to you, take a step away for ten seconds or less if the dog is unable to do that long. Build up distance gradually, that is each time you add a step away drop back down to the ten second stay or less if necessary then build duration gradually. A week of this exercise should get you to one minute and three steps.

3. Now add distractions while the dog is in a down stay at close range such as walking around the dog, tying a shoelace, doing jumping jacks, bouncing a ball or squeaking a toy. Continue to build distance for the next week.

4. Now do bigger distractions, add other dogs and people walking around. Have someone come and talk to you, walk between you and the dog but remember, start close and as the dog does better move further away.

5. While dogs are in the down stay with you at a distance, have people run around then other people and dogs playing.

You can imagine by the time 6 weeks has passed your down stay will be amazing. This template can be applied to any training you are wanting to do and can be really helpful to make sure you are teaching things at a pace that isn’t too fast and the dog will fully understand.

21/04/2025

Wild Earth has treats, foods and supplements. I personally have used many of the supplements and is a good dry to mix with a fresh food.

https://wild-earth.pxf.io/QykX43

18/04/2025

Raised Right has customer meal plans or you can do either an adult or puppy pre formulated plan. They have three puppy flavors and four adult flavors. They are one of the few companies that also have formulas for kidney and pancreas support.
I start all of mine on the chicken puppy food but all are good!

https://raisedright.sjv.io/JzDARq

17/04/2025

Last group class Tuesday at 530 and then we take a break for the summer!

14/04/2025

Group class on Tuesday at 530pm

11/04/2025

I really like Pup Above products. If you are looking for a high quality fresh food this is a great option. I tend to use chicken but they have other flavors.

https://a-pup-above.zrjdwn.net/21ELmO