Welcome to Advantage Dog Training

Why Choose Advantage Dog Training?

Have you been struggling with behavior issues with your dog? Did you adopt her from a shelter and you were told that she would be slow to warm up to a new routine, but would come around? It's been three months (or more) since you brought her home, but she is still hiding in the bathroom and you don't know what to do.

Maybe you just got a puppy. You want a dog that can go places, and do things with you. You want to have a dog that your friends and family enjoy having around and you know taking a training class might be helpful.

Or you run a pet rescue and your fosters keep asking for behavior help and you just don’t have the extra time to do training yourself.

At Advantage Dog Training, I show humans how to teach their dog’s life skills using kindness; not shock collars, choke chains, or forcing dogs to perform a behavior just because we asked them to do it. In my training sessions, we will start with the most basic skill; learning how to communicate with our canine companions and how they communicate with us and each other. From there we work on creating a training plan for you and your dog that uses games, treats, and positive reinforcement to shape and teach important life skills.

While I very much enjoy helping parents of a new puppy get off to a great start, helping a rescue dog and her new guardians work through the challenges of her past is near and dear to my heart. I have been bringing home rescue dogs of all ages for the last 20 years and fostering them as well. Dogs with baggage are just "different" and need time, and room to unpack their bags. For more information on my history with rescue animals, keep scrolling to read my story.