Force Free Dale Dog Training

Force Free Dale Dog Training Dog training that’s rooted in positive-reinforcement. We are passionate about quality training and discussion, enriching shelter dogs, and all things nosework.

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🚨 BREAKING NEWS: Piper is officially a very good girl (with paperwork to prove it).She just passed her AKC Community Can...
08/07/2025

🚨 BREAKING NEWS: Piper is officially a very good girl (with paperwork to prove it).

She just passed her AKC Community Canine (CGCA) with FFD and we could not be prouder. She showed off her skills like a true professional (with just the right amount of sass).

Piper is calm, cool, and 100% vision-free but don’t let that fool you. She can detect a dropped piece of cheese from across the room using only vibes. She’s also the emotional support backbone for her anxious foster brother, who is mostly made of nerves and chaos. 🌀

If your dog is ready to put their good-dog skills to the test, we offer AKC evaluations at FFD — S.T.A.R. Puppy, CGC, CGCA, CGCU, and Trick dog We promise to cheer your pup on like they’re competing in the Olympics.

Sundays are for good dogs with bitey thoughts 😍Two lovely sessions with dogs that struggle with BLBS (Barky-Lungey Bull ...
08/03/2025

Sundays are for good dogs with bitey thoughts 😍

Two lovely sessions with dogs that struggle with BLBS (Barky-Lungey Bull S**t) (modified from ’s SSBS) and yet, not a reaction in sight! Working UNDER the dog’s current threshold to reroute a new set of behaviors in the presence of triggers is KEY 🔑

Great work to Team Finn and Team Bop 😍 the future is bright for these stars!

A little over one week since Miss Mabel welcomed her new sister, Olive the Viszla Puppy (featuring the longest ears we’v...
08/03/2025

A little over one week since Miss Mabel welcomed her new sister, Olive the Viszla Puppy (featuring the longest ears we’ve ever seen) and things are going GREAT!

We are taking things slow with lots of management (hellooooo baby gates and puppy pens!) to help the girls get to know each other while keeping everybody’s arousal in check. They are getting lots of short interactions and starting some playtime outside, and focusing a lot of meeting Mabel’s needs away from the baby!

Setting up successful intros between your resident dog and your new dog or puppy is SO important! It’s much easier to facilitate nice intros at the start than it is to remedy a relationship that went south after being rushed.

Great work to Team Mabel & Olive! 😍

You know it’s about to be a GREAT Friday when you open your calendar and see ALL of your clients for the day are shepher...
08/01/2025

You know it’s about to be a GREAT Friday when you open your calendar and see ALL of your clients for the day are shepherd dogs 😍

JASPER is the most regal gentleman in all of southeastern Michigan and he is also my best friend.

GATSBY and I met for the first time today and the only way I can describe him is: Magical.

I WAS also scheduled to meet my buddy Finn again today (a THIRD GSD!) but then I ran out of gas and we had to reschedule. When you’re so excited about your day you forget to fill your tank 😆🥴

Of course, I started the day at a new Sniffspot with my own two hooligans. Even with the gas mishap, ‘twas a pretty Good Friday! ☀️

We held class INSIDE and still ended up sopping wet tonight 🤣Thanks to our students for a fun back-to-back evening of cl...
07/31/2025

We held class INSIDE and still ended up sopping wet tonight 🤣

Thanks to our students for a fun back-to-back evening of classes — Slider School puppy drop-in and then Nosework!!

Puppy dogs came to work tonight - and all did great coming in and getting down to business after the trek from the car to the training room. What more could we ask for 🤩

Extra Credit goes to for serving as Emotional Support for her brother Marlin during Slider School, then going and rocking 3 searches in her nosework class!

07/28/2025

There she is!!!

Want to know how to have a GREAT Sunday? Meet with our rockstar clients for a catch-up & 1st reactivity session! 🤩Finn (...
07/27/2025

Want to know how to have a GREAT Sunday? Meet with our rockstar clients for a catch-up & 1st reactivity session! 🤩

Finn (formerly Roman) was adopted from our good friends at last month and is undergoing heartworm treatment now in his home, starting to do some Barky-Lungy stuff and also just generally bother his older brother (as a true GSD pup would), George the Corgi.

Between our last session and today, Finn’s family had made a HOMEMADE snuffle mat for him 😭, added a lot of variety to their DIY enrichment routine, implemented management in the backyard by installing their inset fence, AND came prepped with high value reinforcement for our first “training” session 😭😭

Fellow behavior consultants, IYKYK. When I walked up to the backyard and saw the inset fence I almost cried. Clients that are using consulting services, there is no greater reinforcement than seeing guardians committed to the training plan.

We spent a great mini-session outside teaching Finn that the world rocks. And that Mom and Dad have his back. A good time was had by all ☀️🤪

We got to meet with our bestie, Mabel, again this morning to help finalize the prep and introduction plan for the NEW PU...
07/26/2025

We got to meet with our bestie, Mabel, again this morning to help finalize the prep and introduction plan for the NEW PUPPY she’s bringing home this afternoon 🤩

This girl is nothing but F U N and is going to LOVE having her very own puppy, but we want to make sure Mabel, Mom & Dad, and new puppy Olive are all going to be happy and comfortable with the change in routine.

Mabel’s favorite part of the consult was ripping around the park on her 50ft long line. We didn’t have the heart to tell her that it was, in fact, part of her training plan 😆

Happy weekend!! Let’s make it great! ☀️

We spent our lunch break with the staff at Royal Paws of Utica Dog Daycare talking about all things body language 🤩We ha...
07/24/2025

We spent our lunch break with the staff at Royal Paws of Utica Dog Daycare talking about all things body language 🤩

We had a blast diving into video examples and discussions around how behavior changes depending on… you guessed it… the dog’s L.E.G.S. 🤪

I made a point to reference this second photo at the start of our workshop. When you’re passionate about stuff, you sometimes (often) look like a complete lunatic once to get started talking 🤣🤣 IYKYK

Thank you for having us, Royal Paws Team!! We can’t wait to hear all your lightbulb moments at our next workshop!

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