FAQ
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When your dog is training with AWDT, it will participate in daily walks with other dogs as well as go on training walks by himself. Depending on your dog's particular needs, it could be out and living in the house like one of Andrew's own dogs under careful supervision. Every case is different and your dog's safety and well-being is our first priority.
Typical day:
Your dog will be training on and off-site while they are here.
Typical day:
- Wake up
- Run/rollerblade/walk with other dogs
- Eat
- Multiple one-on-one training sessions
- Socialize with other dogs
- Rest
- Pack walk with other dogs
- Eat
- Rest and sleep for the night
Your dog will be training on and off-site while they are here.
AWDT accepts cash, check, credit card via PayPal or Square. If the amount for training is too expensive for you to pay up front, you may use PayPal Credit when you are invoiced which allows you to pay off your training over 6 months with no interest.
Generally speaking, the pack of dogs eats together. Your dog may have special needs that prohibit this at the beginning. You will provide the food for your dog to eat while they stay. If not, my pack eats V-Dog dog food and that will be available for your dog while they are here. Your dog may eat separately or may eat their food throughout the day as needed for their training.
Andrew will assess you and your dog's individual needs when he meets them and then decide what tools and methods fit the situation. Andrew's goals are to increase the dog and the owner's happiness as much as possible in the time he spends with them. He uses his skill and judgement as a trainer to make these right decisions. Depending on the situation, Andrew is open to flat collars, slip leads, martingale collars, pinch collars, electronic collars, treadmills, head halters and more.
For more info, follow the training blog or check out our YouTube Channel!
For more info, follow the training blog or check out our YouTube Channel!
Andrew keeps a regular training blog with tons of advice and tips to help train your dog at home. He tries to keep affordable options available, such as group classes, and provides the option to use PayPal Credit for those who need time to pay off their training. .
Electronic collars can be the fastest way to help a dog enjoy the world and to enjoy more freedom than would have ever been possible. If used skillfully, it can be less aversive than a normal leash and a collar.
Check out some of YouTube videos to see it in action!
Check out some of YouTube videos to see it in action!
Andrew is one of the area's top IACP Certified Dog Trainers - this is one of the most comprehensive certifications for dog trainers available today. Andrew has had years of success working with "lost cause", dogs that other trainers don't want to work with. Aside from that, he is up to date on some of the most cutting edge concepts in dog training to take your dog's obedience to the next level. Setting Andrew apart from other dog trainers is his commitment to being an effective coach of humans - so much so that he also trained as a human coach at the Robbins Madanes Training Center.
We also encourage you to read testimonials from AWDT clients!
We also encourage you to read testimonials from AWDT clients!
Your dog will be well-educated after completing a board and train with AWDT. It will learn how to live in a home amongst other dogs and humans in a peaceful manner. Whether it is obedience or behavior modification, the key ingredient for a lifetime of success is owner follow-through. If you don't make any changes yourself, your dog will revert back to the dog he was when you dropped him off.
Andrew likes to think that he starts your dog's training and you finish it. It is the goal of AWDT to give the human and the dog the tools they need to have a lifetime of successful training. Andrew not only hopes, but encourages you to keep in touch with him throughout your life so that the training process never ends.
No dog is ever "done" in 2-4 weeks. Pack leadership is work -- rewarding work, but not something that can be entirely done for you by anyone.
Andrew likes to think that he starts your dog's training and you finish it. It is the goal of AWDT to give the human and the dog the tools they need to have a lifetime of successful training. Andrew not only hopes, but encourages you to keep in touch with him throughout your life so that the training process never ends.
No dog is ever "done" in 2-4 weeks. Pack leadership is work -- rewarding work, but not something that can be entirely done for you by anyone.
Andrew has done in-kennel training in the past and has found that the best way to train a dog is in a home. The training is 24/7 rather than 1 or so hours a day and the dog gets to learn how to live successfully in a home, which is more applicable to your daily life than learning how to live successfully in a kennel.
Andrew believes in many of the things Cesar Millan teaches like Exercise, Discipline and Affection (in that order) and that dogs need Rules, Boundaries and Limitations.