BFF Dog Training offers training for many of the most common behaviors that can make life with your dog more difficult, frustrating, or potentially unsafe.
Our services include obedience training, leash pulling, leash reactivity, puppy training, jumping on people and guests, overexcitement and impulse control, destructive behaviors, recall, trick training, and more.
The list below is not meant to include every behavior we can help with. If you’re dealing with something that isn’t listed, feel free to reach out and ask.
At this time, BFF Dog Training does not offer protection-dog training or service-dog training, and we are not currently accepting board and train dogs with serious aggression issues.
If you’re not sure whether what you’re dealing with is something we can help with, just ask. If we can help, we’ll tell you. If we can’t, we’ll do our best to point you in the right direction.
Leash Pulling
Does taking your dog for a walk sometimes appear that maybe Fido has flipped the script on you? If there’s a lot of pulling, even dragging, and more often than not a tight leash, we can definitely help you find that loose-leash synergy that, believe it or not, you would both enjoy a whole lot more.
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Leash Reactivity
Does Fido turn into Cujo when another dog, a person on a skateboard or bike, or a different type of animal appears on a walk? Does the barking, lunging, and pulling feel uncontrollable? Does he or she appear to be aggressive? The good news is, in most cases, this is not aggression. It’s leash reactivity. You’re not alone by any means. And yes, it can almost always be fixed—or at the very least, greatly improved. Figuring out why your dog is reacting is the first step toward teaching them how to watch the world around them without feeling the need to react to it.
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Obedience / Not Listening /Unreliable
Does your dog know exactly what sit, down, and stay means inside your house, but outside your house they keep coming down with a bad case of selective hearing? Maybe it looks like they listen when they feel like it, or kind of know the commands but just aren’t very reliable.
Truly good obedience isn’t teaching a list of commands so you can say they know them. It’s about teaching behaviors that actually make life with your dog easier, safer, and more enjoyable—and making potentially life-saving behaviors reliable when you actually need them.
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Puppy Training
Did you recently bring home possibly the cutest puppy ever—and after further review realized that adorable face came with teeth, accidents, selective hearing, and at best a very limited understanding of house rules? Congratulations.
Seriously though, people often think puppy training is about teaching commands like sit or down. It’s a very small part of it. It’s more about building good habits before unwanted ones have a chance to take over. More important things like developing confidence, impulse control, and social skills are the foundations of good puppy training—and what’s often necessary for your dog to live with you for years to come.
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Jumping on Guest or People they Meet
Does your dog believe everybody who walks through the door or passes on a walk—left their house to get jumped on? An 8-pound puppy jumping can be cute. Six months later when that puppy is 70 pounds, a toddler, grandma, or a woman in a new dress might have a different opinion.
The good news is your dog doesn’t have to stop being excited to see people. They just need to learn that keeping all four paws on the floor is what actually gets them the attention they most likely desire.
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Overexcitement /Impulse Control
When the doorbell rings, you grab their leash, a toy, or their food bowl—or anything else that excites your dog—if calming them down in that moment is not an option, they lack impulse control. We at BFF will not train your dog to never be excited, but we would love to teach them impulse control: the ability to listen, think, and make good decisions all at the same time.
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Destructive Behaviors
Destructive behavior isn’t some grand plan to get back at you because you didn’t bring them a pup cup. Dogs aren’t destructive because they’re mad at you. There are underlying reasons: boredom, excess energy, teething, lack of impulse control, or being given too much freedom before they’ve earned it, to name a few. Our first job is figuring out the why—then we can teach them that your couch, shoes, and remote controls are not part of their personal “Chew Toy ” collection.
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Recall / Coming When Called
If you notice, this is the only command we put on our list of services. Everything else is an unwanted behavior or a type of training. All basic obedience commands are not necessary for every dog—but this one is for every dog. We know how often a dog is hurt or worse because they didn’t have a reliable recall. If you only teach one command, it should be Come: #1 they know exactly what to do; #2 it’s not optional.
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Ready to Make Life With Your Dog Even More Amazing?
Simply reach out to us and tell us what’s going on. We’ll talk about what you’re dealing with, what you’d like your dog to learn — or stop doing — discuss your goals, and how we may be able to help.
No pressure. No obligation. Just a conversation about you and your dog.
If we can help, we would absolutely love to. If we can’t, we’ll do our best to point you in the right direction.
Feel free to call or text us anytime. If we don’t pick up, we will always get back to you within 24 hours — in most cases, much sooner.
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