Gayle Ballinger, CPDT
Dog Trainer

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  First time clients receive $10 OFF their first class or private consultation service. Cannot be combined with other offers or discounts.

  Updated Sep 29, 2009

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• Our training techniques are based around one simple question: What do you want and expect from your dog?
  

  We believe that the most effective...[more]

  Our training techniques are based around one simple question: What do you want and expect from your dog?
  

  We believe that the most effective method of dog training revolves around teaching your dog what you want them to do, how to behave, how to act in their environment, and what appropriate behaviors are under given circumstances and situations. Our classes and private sessions focus on teaching your dog (and giving them the opportunity to perform) what the "right" choice is, so that your dog can make the right decision. It is important that we, as trainers and pet guardians, remember that we need to motivate our dogs so they want to do what we want them to do. As world-renowned animal trainer Bob Bailey is known for saying, "make them want to play our Silly Little Game." Remember, dogs are individuals, not robots, and they have free will; they always have the option to do what we want or what they want. Also, keep in mind that dogs view their world as either "Safe" or "Dangerous" and make choices based upon "WIFM" (What's In It For ME?). Thankfully, most dogs that are bonded to a person or family will choose what we want, as long as it is clear, understandable, safe and gives your dog the opportunity to get something he or she wants.
  

  This is opposite from "traditional obedience training" that focuses on "correcting bad behavior." Our methods, based on the science of what we know about how animals learn, through the findings of such experts as BF Skinner, Ivan Pavlov, Edward Lee Thorndike and David Premack, among others, gets results while both you and your dog get to have fun! "Clicker Training" and "Positive Reinforcement" training methods work because they are congruent with how dogs think. [less]

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