First, this is who I am. Mark Rogers. Dog lover, owner, trainer, for over 40 years.
Training not for show, or competition, but training dogs for life with their owners.
I love your dog(s) before I ever meet them, and want you to have the best life you can have with them, while creating the best life you can for them.
I say that so you understand the information below.
When we meet at the training site:
I will greet you but be aloof with your dog, mostly ignoring it initially. My purpose will be to ensure as much as possible, that you are your dog’s focus throughout the training session. By necessity, I usually have to take a dog’s leash for demonstration, but that is as seldom and briefly as possible.
Throughout the session, it will be evident that I am training you to train your dog.
For all obedience sessions, leash work will be a combination of any/all: guidance, luring (food or toy), reward, slight pressure for direction, correction for undesirable behavior. The latter is used generally with dogs that have already developed behavior that is anything from hard to manage to dangerous.
What equipment you need for training sessions is listed on each description page. I will also have some alternate supplemental equipment on hand for dogs that don’t respond well. All dogs are different. All respond differently.
Elements of training you will learn are conditional on the type of training you are engaging in. They will include collar placement, common leash handling, long leash handling, arm and body positioning, luring, rewarding, appropriate pressure, correction. And in context with all of those, possibly the most important: Timing.
Expect all activity working with your dog to be highly repetitious.
There will be video and photos taken of each training session for security, verification, and training records. Pictures or short video highlights may be displayed on social media or company website.
The purpose in getting training assistance for your pet dog(s)
No single training session fully trains any dog to do or not do anything.
In working with experienced trainers, while it may sometimes appear that problems suddenly ‘go away’, or training for performance seems to almost immediately show conclusive results, that is seldom the reality.
Success always depends on what the dog owner does after the training sessions.
With the help of professional training assistance, for dog owners, the expected result should be the acquired knowledge to continue to advance their dog’s training and performance as they live with the dog.
It is the gained knowledge from training sessions that is intended to help dog owners increase the ability and desired performance of their dogs.
That as the owner(s) continue to practice with their dogs for days, weeks, or months.
As I’ve demonstrated in many videos, posts, and articles, ‘For those who want the best life for their dogs, the training never ends.‘
~Mark Rogers