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Southern Dogworks Our focus is the whole family. The goal is to improve the dog/human relationship through training.

This is Dakota! She’s a 3 yo Greater Swiss Mountain dog. One of our SDW alumni recently adopted her. Dakota is in our P...
19/06/2025

This is Dakota! She’s a 3 yo Greater Swiss Mountain dog. One of our SDW alumni recently adopted her. Dakota is in our Private 1:1 in-home training program. She is in need of house manners, walking skills and her family is working with their vet to resolve some ongoing GI issues. Dakota is a healthy 88lbs and has the best personality.

Here are a few things I shared with her family today. When families adopt an adult dog, there usually is a honeymoon period. This is when the dog is so happy to be with a loving family. They are awesome in the first few days and weeks, because the family that is dependable and routine. Sometimes, as the dog gets more comfortable that’s when we can see the trainable moments emerge. I’m so happy to help her family be successful with her in the coming weeks.

You can visit www.southerndogworks.com for more information about our training programs.

Socialization isn’t just play, play, play. It’s also about communing together and being chill. Happy Saturday! ...
17/05/2025

Socialization isn’t just play, play, play. It’s also about communing together and being chill. Happy Saturday!

Mocha is a 6 month old boxer. She was asked to leave recently from puppy group classes, because her energy was too wild ...
15/05/2025

Mocha is a 6 month old boxer. She was asked to leave recently from puppy group classes, because her energy was too wild for the other puppy participants. In our first session, I taught her family how to say “Good girl” and “No” appropriately, and how to say “Good girl” most of the time. We learned some calming skills and talked about Josie training and excited urination. We had a wonderful time together. I look forward to seeing them again next week! You can visit the website for more information about our programs.

We LOVE us some Rex! While his family is across the pond, we enjoy having his sweet fun personality around here! ...
14/05/2025

We LOVE us some Rex! While his family is across the pond, we enjoy having his sweet fun personality around here!

Meet Boomer! He’s a 1 year old lab mix. It took him a hot minute to trust us. He has some stranger danger issues and ne...
14/05/2025

Meet Boomer! He’s a 1 year old lab mix. It took him a hot minute to trust us. He has some stranger danger issues and needs some basic foundation/obedience skills. One of his most endearing behaviors…laying behind us on the back of the couch. Lol! We aren’t normally this lenient. However, we were ok with him getting to know us in a behavior he’s used to doing at home. We are getting a kick out of his quirkiness. We already love this dude! As we have built some trust, his walls have come down and he’s learning very quickly.

Gigi is an 8.5 month old Golden retriever. She is in our Puppy Intensive Program. She just finished up her second stay w...
08/05/2025

Gigi is an 8.5 month old Golden retriever. She is in our Puppy Intensive Program. She just finished up her second stay with us, and she ROCKED her take home session. We will continue our work together with in-home training sessions on a schedule.

Gigi’s first stay was in January. My Mama loves Gigi too. Gigi’s housemate Sunny, has been through our program as well. Sunny had surgery, while Gigi was at camp. When Sunny is cleared, we will get back to training with her too. Consistency with walking both, is the goal. We love Sunny and Gigi, and their family.

Winnie is a 3yo yellow lab. Sweet Winnie had prior training, before reaching out to us. Winnie is a bit stubborn and her...
07/05/2025

Winnie is a 3yo yellow lab. Sweet Winnie had prior training, before reaching out to us. Winnie is a bit stubborn and her Mom wanted to refreshen up her skills. She was also interesting in remote collar training, to help with off leash reliability and leash reactivity.

This past weekend, Winnie came to stay with us. We were able to see how much progress she continues to make in her everyday life. She is such a ham!

When I get a message like this at 8:04a, and I happen to be a few blocks away! I ride on over for quick walking sessio...
06/05/2025

When I get a message like this at 8:04a, and I happen to be a few blocks away! I ride on over for quick walking session. Roma has recently decided that walking is not for her. She was cleared last week of any physical reason for why she refuses to walk.

Roma has a lot of foundational training on board. She been training with us since she was a puppy. She spends every summer with us, while her family vacations. I know what she’s capable of and this was a recent development.

I adjusted her equipment and went back to some very basic handling. I calmly worked her through some leash anxiety, frustration and disinterest in walking. Next, it was time to work with Mom. They got back into a groove pretty quickly together. I’m so happy when current families reach out for help. This quick little visit was so worth it!

Meet 007 himself…James Bond! JB is a 1 year old Boxer. He is a rescue from . In our 1st training session with JB’s fami...
14/04/2025

Meet 007 himself…James Bond! JB is a 1 year old Boxer. He is a rescue from . In our 1st training session with JB’s family, we discussed house training issues and we developed a strategy for appropriately welcoming guests in/out their home. I also introduced the idea of lifestyle training. This is a strategy built in teaching a family how to say “Good Boy” more than we say “No”. We also discussed when we say “No”, how to clarify the word for JB to affect change.

We had a wonderful mix of training and laughter. JB is my new best friend. I’m looking forward to seeing JB’s family again next week.

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