Janine Allen - Professional Dog Trainer

06/13/2025

Hammer and Kale 🧡💜

05/30/2025

Many people ask me how much food they should feed their dog. It all depends on the dog’s metabolism, activity level and the calorie content of the food that is being fed.

05/19/2025

It’s freaky enough that she aranges the toys in paranormal fashion. But that look!!!

05/03/2025

All my dogs have had interesting lives. Bullet helped coyote pups adapt to a zoo enclosure.

03/21/2025

03/17/2025

When you deviate from the usual walk/train routine we’ll just hang out at the front door and hold hands. Cue the sappy Sarah McLachlin song. 😂

03/08/2025

🧡💜Platform training💜🧡
Those who do performance work and sports with their dogs know the value of a platform. Their dogs grow to love the platform like this guy who is visiting me right now. He currently has access to my couch, Kuranda beds, memory foam dog bed and fleece mats but still chooses the platform to chew on something.

I find that those who simply train their dog to “place” on the dog bed or mat are really missing out on something. The platform can be a very useful and helpful tool to train your dog to:
•sit and stay in a sit
•sit from a distance
•down and stay in a down
•down from a distance
•stay at your side in heel position
•move out of your way and to your side instead of always standing in front of you
•control dog when guests visit
•create rules and guidelines for fetch or tug games
•keep dog from jumping, barking, and other unwanted behavior
•learn to listen to you and get rewards from you without always being right up next to you
•manage one dog while you are working with another
The list goes on

The pictured platform is manufactured for dog training. However, anything can be constructed and used as long as there is some elevation so that it is very clear to the dog when even one foot steps off the platform.

02/14/2025

This very short conversation could save a lot of people a lot of stress and a lot of dogs a lot of stress.

02/04/2025

Why some dogs need to be kennel/crate trained. This was a perfectly clean mason jar but the dog had high hopes of counter surfing success. The red is blood.

01/29/2025

Puppies need new and changing exposure to sounds, sights, texture under their feet and in their mouths, environments, types of people and how they behave, types of animals and how they behave, types of smells, types of handling.....the list goes on. The more you invest now, the easier your future with your dog will be.

"Because the first three months are the period when sociability
outweighs fear, this is the primary window of opportunity for puppies to adapt to new people, animals, and experiences. Incomplete or improper socialization during this important time
can increase the risk of behavioral problems later in life including fear, avoidance, and/or aggression. Behavioral problems are the greatest threat to the owner-dog bond."

Quoted from American Veterinary Society of Animal Behavior:

01/27/2025

I love how this person has a variety of plans in place, how she practices them in a less distracting environment, and how she recognizes the abilities of the individual she is working with.

This is how a good dog trainer will help you create a training plan for your dog.
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01/19/2025

This is my boy, Kale who has had way too many encounters with out of control dogs rushing up to him while I am walking him on leash at a public park. He has developed a behavior of becoming very vocal and highly aroused when little dogs come near us. When little dog owners care nothing about their yapping, lunging, harmless, cute fur babies rushing up to other dogs they risk injury to their dogs and to the humans holding onto them. Otherwise, Kale is very chill with little dogs , anxious dogs, and puppies - a kind, gentle trait going back many generations in his lineage Run Labradors