Beyond Dog Training

28/12/2025

We’re so happy to hear that Christmas Day was a huge success for Brodie and Indy!

Their owners did a fantastic job guiding them to be calm and made sure they got lots of naps to prevent them from becoming overtired (overtired puppies bite a LOT.)

25/12/2025

Merry Christmas 🎄🐾

Wishing you an amazing day filled with joy
❤️🐾

23/12/2025

These amazing sisters are setting their puppies up to be happy hangout buddies in the future.

Their last dogs couldn’t be in the same house together, so they want to ensure their new puppies learn to get along.

Brodie, the Bernese pup may be older and bigger, but he’s hesitant.

Indy, the Bohemian shepherd puppy hasn’t been home for very long at all - she’s just learning how to wear a collar and a leash.
She’s super confident and her herding instincts are strong. If we let them loose, Indy would charge forward and Brodie would back up feeling overwhelmed.

Using Indy’s love of working for kibble and Brodie’s new place command skills, we created activities where both pups would be set up for success.

They also worked on recall, sit, place, and loose leash walking near each other. This is so important so their future isn’t chaotic, it’s calm.

🎄These pups will be together on Christmas Day, so these early intentional meet-ups pave the way for a happy Christmas.

Christmas Day will have lots of little training sessions like this and lots of crate naps so the pups get their much-needed sleep and don’t become overtired land sharks 🦈.

The other activity they will work on is going on short leash walks together. When dogs move together in the same direction, it removes conflict and sets them up for success as they work on a common goal.

This way of introducing dogs is tricky with pups like Indy who literally just learned how to wear a collar and a leash a couple days ago, so they won’t really walk all that far before taking a play break.

Wishing everyone a safe and happy holiday season.

22/12/2025

A fun way to fulfill your dog’s breed needs, brought to you by Chrissy, the mini dachshund ❤️🐾

If you have a dachshund, you have a badger hunter. “Dachs” is the German word for badger and “hund ” means dog.

These amazing dogs would dig down into the badger’s den. Their loud bark helped their human hunting partners know where they were when they were underground.

Chrissy had a blast when we covered up her toy with her blanket so she could dig it out.

By fulfilling your dog’s breed need, you’re gifting them the chance to be who they really are. To express themselves to their fullest (without destroying your garden, carpet, or knitting bag 😉).

What a beautiful way to show your dog how much you love her.

Hope you have fun learning about your dog’s breed needs and gifting them with fulfillment.



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17/12/2025

One night, Brodie the puppy lost his mind and refused to go in the crate in his living room.

He would still go into his soft crate upstairs at night time, but his owners could not get him back in his living room crate.

This led Brodie to get overtired and he would jump and bite his owners over and over.

Anyone that has experienced this knows how frustrating it feels when your puppy is overtired and using you as a chew toy.

We introduced Brodie to a brand new crate during our first session.

Here’s how we made it a positive experience for him:
✅ we fulfilled Brodie before we introduced the crate (tug, placework, showing off the commands he already knows, potty break)
✅ his owner set up the crate calmly
✅ we put his favourite bed inside
✅ we allowed him to explore the crate with his nose (we were silent while he did this)
✅ we let him go in and out to search for tiny treats
✅ we left both doors open and introduced the noise of the latches sliding open and closed
✅ we closed the door when he was calm and then let him back out

We did not rush.

This calm approach led to Brodie laying down on his own. He even took a little nap when we left the room.

A well-rested puppy is way more fun to live with than an overtired land shark 🦈

Now Brodie’s owners can enjoy spending time with him without being jumped on and bitten.

Don’t wait until your puppy is full grown and you have 100 pound dog jumping up and biting you.

If you’re struggling with crate training, schedule your free call now.

You deserve to become a confident puppy owner.

12/12/2025

Does your dog grab holiday decorations and run around the house playing a frustrating game of keep-away? 

Does he scare you when he growls and guards the items that he steals? 

Perhaps he likes to also practice this outside in your yard.

If you’re feeling worried that your pup will hurt himself by swallowing bits of sharp plastic, this blog post will help you.

Leave it and drop it are two separate commands that all dogs should know because they can be used to save their life.

This week’s blog post will give you clarity about these commands so you can clearly communicate them to your dog: https://beyonddogtraining.ca/news/leave-it-vs-drop-it-holiday-edition-2025

Thank you for reading the blog.

If the thought of teaching “leave it” and “drop it” is overwhelming you (perhaps because your dog hides under the bed guarding the item and growling at you, which can be very scary,) in-home sessions will help you.

📲 Schedule your free call today!
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12/12/2025

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10/12/2025

To all of my lovely clients:

There was a problem with my email over the last day or so. It should be resolved by the end of the day. If you need anything, please text me.
Thanks so much and sorry for any inconvenience this has caused.

Alyssa

09/12/2025

You want to keep your puppy safe when you open your front door.

Whether you want to bring in a package from your front steps, collect your mail, or welcome your visitors inside, you don’t want your puppy to bolt outside or run across the street.

One way to communicate this to your puppy is to teach them how to stay.

When you’re teaching a new command, you want to keep it as simple as possible to set your puppy up for success.

To do this you want to teach this command in an area with as few distractions as possible (eg. your kitchen, living room, etc.)

Add in the distractions of the front door once your puppy is beginning to understand “stay” in lots of low distraction rooms in your home.

In-home training sessions will help you become a confident puppy owner, so you won’t have to worry about your puppy bolting out your front door and into the road.

You’ll enjoy:
☀️weekly sessions
☀️homework that you and your dog will both enjoy doing
☀️email support between sessions to make sure you’re on track

You deserve to be able to open your front door without feeling worried.

Schedule your free call now.

05/12/2025

“We’ve seen a huge difference since our first session last week. I think we’ve become better pet parents to her because we understand why she bites and now know how to interact with her without being constantly bitten.”

When we met, Mark showed me his arms. They were covered in bite marks from his 9-week-old puppy. He also had been bitten on his lip.

A week later, his smile says it all!

In-home training sessions will help you become a confident puppy owner, so you’ll be able to stop your puppy from using you as a chew toy.

You’ll enjoy:
☀️weekly sessions
☀️homework that you and your dog will both enjoy doing
☀️email support between sessions to make sure you’re on track

You deserve to be able to play with your puppy without getting bitten all over.

Schedule your free call now.

02/12/2025

Chrissy’s owners struggle to open their front door without Chrissy jumping all over their visitors.

Some of their visitors are delivering meals and are afraid of dogs.

Chrissy’s owners feel mortified when delivery people look afraid and feel awful that they can’t control her behaviour.

In our in-home sessions, we practice polite door greetings using a leash for guidance and we also teach puppies and dogs how to go relax on a comfy elevated bed when guests arrive, giving them a new job to do — the job of calmness. This is called placework or the place command.

When your dog has clarity, go to the elevated bed and relax vs. jumping all over guests, everyone’s life becomes easier and calmer.

In-home training sessions will help your dog learn what to do when guests come over, so you can worry less and enjoy your guests more.

You’ll enjoy:
☀️weekly sessions
☀️homework that you and your dog will both enjoy doing
☀️email support between sessions to make sure you’re on track

You deserve to be able to open your front door without feeling stressed out.

Schedule your free call now.

30/11/2025

📷❄️🐾 Post-fetch and tug session photo shoot with our snow polar bear.

Hope you’re having fun in the snow with your pups.