Pets Behave Dog Training

04/23/2025

Let’s Focus on Friday Workshop!
May 16, 2025 :: 6:00-9:00 pm

Susan Salo jump grids #2

Presented by Lisa Graham

In September, for the return of the Let’s Focus on Friday workshops, we presented four of the Susan Salo foundation jump grids. For this workshop, will be introducing four new jump grids found in her workbook. I have chosen these grids because they add some bend work but more importantly, much like our first jump grid workshop, they are small enough to fit in most people's backyard and use only 4-5 jumps.

Limited working spots. Unlimited audit spots. REMEMBER even if you are new to agility or your current dog is not at a level to participate you can still learn A LOT by auditing!

To register call, email, or message on here!

04/22/2025

Spots available for sessions starting April 29th!

Our Frantic to Fantastic Day Train Program places your pup in a fully immersive training experience, where we are able to spend time developing a well-mannered family dog. We get it life is busy, so let us do the training for you. Drop your pup off while you run some errands, take a break and get some work done while we teach your dog how to greet people politely, walk calmly in distracting environments, learn basic home manners, recall and much more! It’s like having us do your work for you! This program has been a blast so far!

Our program is 6 training days (twice a week for 3 weeks)

When: Tuesday & Thursday
Drop Off: 8:30-9am
Pick Up: 3:30-4:30pm
(Late Fee applies after 4:30)

Cost: $1,800

To Register or for more information: Call (850) 897-8666 or email [email protected]

04/16/2025

Continuing with Dog Bite Prevention Week Education!

Let’s talk about dog bites—because prevention starts with understanding.

Most dogs don’t bite out of nowhere. They bite when they’re scared, stressed, or don’t know what else to do.

Here’s how you can help prevent bites—without force or fear:

-Reward calm, good behavior
-Give them space when they’re uncomfortable
-Learn their “I’m not okay” signals (like yawning or turning away)
-Don’t punish growling—it’s their way of saying “I need help”

Kindness builds trust. And trust keeps everyone safe.

Need help with your dog? Call, email, or message us today!

04/16/2025

It is Dog Bite Prevention Week!

Do you have some behavior concerns with your dog? Not sure the best way to work with your dogs fears or aggression? Did you know that owners Ashley and Debbie are the only International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants Certified Dog Behavior Consultants in the panhandle?

Ashley and Debbie specialize in the following "problem" behaviors:
-Aggression toward people
-Aggression toward other dogs/cats
-Dysfunctional/OCD behaviors
-Separation anxiety
-Destructive behaviors
-Fears & Phobias
-Reactivity

Do you work for a shelter or rescue and need an evaluation and/or plan for a dog? Ashley also specializes in shelter behaviors and assessments!

Let us help prevent that first bite or any further bites with our science backed, rewards based, behavior modification techniques!

Visit our website https://petsbehavedogtraining.com/behavior-consultations/ for more information. You can also call, email, or message on here for more information!

04/11/2025

Did you know it is National Pet Day? Share photos of your animals below, we love to see how our past and present clients are doing!

Reminder, THIS SUNDAY, April 13th, from 2-4pm owner Debbie will be giving a FREE seminar on calming dog reactivity. We will be collecting donations for Road Dogg Rescue for this event! This event is for humans only, please RSVP so we know how many to expect. We hope to see everyone there!

04/08/2025

Congratulations to our recent Intermediate Obedience graduates! Many received their AKC Canine Good Citizen and all of them received their AKC Novice Trick title. One of our amazing students, Yami, will be pursuing his AKC Community Canine (also known as CGC-A) this weekend!

Want to achieve more advanced obedience with your dogs? Our next Intermediate class begins May 29th!

Instructor approval required. Call, email, or message on here for more details.

04/05/2025

We are all set up at the Destin Pooch Palooza 2025! Happening 10-3 at the Destin Dog Park!

Lots of fun vendors and we will have an agility demo at 12!

04/04/2025

Congrats to our recent Puppy and Beginner graduates!

Join in on the fun of our next classes! Call, email, or message on here for more details!

04/03/2025

BIG CONGRATS to our recent Ruffled To Relaxed Reactive Dog Class graduates! It was amazing watching these dog and human teams grow in confidence during this course. We were missing 1 on graduation day but he did amazing in the course as well!

Need help with your reactive dog? Call, email, or message on here for details. Class numbers are restricted and all dogs must be approved to join. Next class is April 26th!

04/02/2025

UPDATE!

Let’s Focus on Friday!
Penguin Games and Relationship Building
Presented by Lisa Graham
April 4, 2025 :: 6-9pm :: Pets Behave, Niceville, Florida

This Friday’s Let’s Focus on Friday! is full for working spots, but audit spots are unlimited! If you have been on the fence about attending one of our monthly workshops, this would be a great opportunity to see what they are all about. For new students who are just learning agility foundations, in between our Penguin Game sequences, we will be talking about relationship building, team building and creating better communication with our dogs. No matter where you are in your dog sport journey, we hope our conversation will create the spark you need to be the best trainer, friend and Teammate for your dog.

For more information about the Workshop, visit our website:https://petsbehavedogtraining.com/classes/workshops/

03/31/2025

We have a few openings left for some of our puppy and puppy 2 classes!

Puppy Kindergarten (ages 2-5months): Wednesday April 9th 6pm
Saturday April 26th 8:30am

Puppy 2 (ages 5-12months): Thursday April 10th 6pm
Saturday April 26th 11am

Come join the fun at our purpose-built training facility! Call, email, or message on here for more info or to sign up!

03/27/2025

We are super excited to be participating in this event! Be sure to stop by and visit us and find out about all we have to offer!

Training and socialization are a critical part of our pooches life to keep them healthy and happy. We're glad to have Pets Behave Dog Training joining us at Destin Pooch Palooza 2025! Not only will they have a vendor booth, they will be doing an agility demonstration at noon. Come check it out!

See you Saturday, April 5th from 10am - 3pm at the Nancy Weidenhamer Dog Park in Destin.

03/20/2025

ANNOUNCING APRIL'S FOCUS ON FRIDAY AGILITY WORKSHOP!

Penguin Games and Relationship Building
Presented by Lisa Graham
April 4, 2025 :: 6-9pm :: Pets Behave, Niceville, Florida

For April’s Workshop, we will talk about the 6 Basic Cues of Handling, what they are, how and where they are applied and what your dog naturally understands about them. While our arm motions and verbal cues are helpful, we will go back to the beginning and use our motion as our main cue to maneuver through a few short sequences. Because our dogs are naturally very good at understanding our body cues, we will then become very conscious of how we use/move our body on course. I find that when handlers quiet their arm movement and their mouth, the dogs actually “listen” better. Very likely you will discover that when these cues are applied correctly, calling the dog’s name, yelling “come!” Or “here!” several times during a run will be things of the past. This is always an eye-opening experience and many times I hear “why didn’t I know this before?”

We are also going to explore what it means to be a Team Player. We should understand that Agility is a TEAM SPORT and to do it successfully will require a relationship with our dogs. The better the relationship, the better our outcome – both on and off an agility course. We will talk about how our attitudes about our dogs and about ourselves can make or break our relationship with our dogs and I will suggest activities that we can do to help foster a better bond.

This workshop is for Teams where the dog will stay with their handler for 6-8 obstacles - just jumps and a tunnel. In between Penguin games, we will talk about Team Building and offer suggestions for ways to improve communication.

3-hour Let’s Focus on Friday Workshop :: April 4, 2025
$75/team | Limit 6 teams
$25/audit | Unlimited)

Contact Pets Behave at [email protected] if you would like to attend. We will send a registration form via email and then your payment will secure your spot. Contact Lisa Graham at [email protected] if you have any questions about the content of the workshop.

03/19/2025

We had a blast with our first day of Day Train!

Want to join the fun? Call, email, or message on here for more information!

03/18/2025

On the Road is a 4 week class where you take what you have learned in class out into the real world! Each week we will visit a new location and practice adding distance, duration, and distraction. Teams will continue to practice skills to work through new challenges in ever changing environments.

Class starts on March 22nd at 11AM.

LIMITED SPOTS REMAIN
Call, message on here, or email to register.

03/15/2025

Owner Ashley dropped off donations to Walton County Animal Services, Florida today from our recent Learn To Talk Dog Seminar. Everyone should check them out as they do amazing work and have some awesome animals out there!

We love helping our local rescues and shelters! Do you have a rescue or shelter you would like to nominate to receive our next round of donations? Let us know below!

03/12/2025

Have you graduated recently from one of our Agility Foundations courses? Want to continue your agility training with your dog but unsure if you can commit to a 6 week class? Join us for our new Beginner Agility Drop In time starting this Thursday night at 7:15pm!

This time will be designed for the novice dog/handler to practice their skills. Courses will have 6-15 obstacles.

Instructor approval or recent graduates (in past year) required.

Call or email today for more info!

03/06/2025

UPDATE: There is only room in our Puppy Kindergarten class starting this Saturday. Other classes are full!

Come join us to learn awesome skills like recall with your pup, as well as learn to build a better bond.

Call, email, or message on here to sign up!