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Ridley K9 Academy Great dogs are born, then built. The dog is a reflection of what it's been taught. Every dog is evaluated first. Nobody trains your dog but you!

You have a new puppy. Right now everything is cute and everything is forgiven, the chewing, the biting at your hands, th...
10/23/2026

You have a new puppy. Right now everything is cute and everything is forgiven, the chewing, the biting at your hands, the way he loses his mind every time a car drives by.

That is a young nervous system with no settled habits yet, and whatever he is rehearsing now is what you will be living with in a year. A puppy who can ignore the world and check in with you has the hardest part already handled, but that does not happen by accident and it does not happen later just because he gets older.

Saturday workshop in Placerville, CA. General Admission is $50 and the dog stays home. The Working Evaluation is $200 and puts your puppy on the floor with me, one of twenty spots. Registration closes the Wednesday before at 9 PM. Seats for November 7 are here:
https://calendly.com/ridleydogtraining/working-evaluation-saturday-workshop?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=door-puppy

Your dog goes in the house. You have tried the schedule, the treats, the whole walk around the yard, and it still happen...
10/22/2026

Your dog goes in the house. You have tried the schedule, the treats, the whole walk around the yard, and it still happens.

That is not stubbornness. That is a dog who has not learned where the bathroom actually is, so the house is as good a guess as the yard. It does not sort itself out with more patience.

When they wake up, leash them to the designated potty area.

Saturday workshop in Placerville, CA. General Admission is $50 and the dog stays home. The Working Evaluation is $200 and puts your dog on the floor with me, one of twenty spots. Registration closes the Wednesday before at 9 PM. Seats for November 7 are here:
https://calendly.com/ridleydogtraining/working-evaluation-saturday-workshop?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=door-potty

Twenty years of dogs went into one book, and it is the book my training runs on.Building A Solid Canine is 230 pages, fo...
10/21/2026

Twenty years of dogs went into one book, and it is the book my training runs on.

Building A Solid Canine is 230 pages, forty-two chapters, in four parts. What drives your dog and what kind of dog you have. How a reward mark works and why timing is everything. The commands, in the order they are built. And the problems: barking, pulling, bolting, jumping, aggression, destruction, each with its own chapter and its own route through the book.

It is your dog, and training it is your job. This is the manual for that job.

The digital book is $29. You get the download the moment you pay.
https://buy.stripe.com/9B600k9DM4HVgjY1f4cs80b

Your dog destroys the house. The couch, the baseboards, a shoe left by the door. You crate him and he is fine. You leave...
10/21/2026

Your dog destroys the house. The couch, the baseboards, a shoe left by the door. You crate him and he is fine. You leave him loose for twenty minutes and you come home to a mess.

That is not spite and it is not a phase. That is a dog with energy and drive that has to go somewhere, and if you have not given it a job, he will find his own. It does not get better with time alone. It gets worse the longer that drive sits unused.

When the dog is with you, the work gets easier for both of you. That is the whole idea behind the Saturday workshop in Placerville, CA. General Admission is $50 and the dog stays home. The Working Evaluation is $200 and puts your dog on the floor with me, one of twenty spots. Registration closes the Wednesday before at 9 PM. Seats for November 7 are here:
https://calendly.com/ridleydogtraining/working-evaluation-saturday-workshop?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=door-destruction

Your dog bolts out the door. The second it opens, he is gone, and you are standing there calling a name he cannot hear a...
10/20/2026

Your dog bolts out the door. The second it opens, he is gone, and you are standing there calling a name he cannot hear anymore.

That is not stubbornness. That is a dog who has learned the open door is the best thing that will happen to him all day, and he is not going to wait around to find out if you mean it this time. It does not get better by accident. It gets rehearsed every time he beats you to the gap.

If your dog has learned to escape your yard, repair the breach and don't leave your dog unattended.

Saturday workshop in Placerville, CA. General Admission is $50 and the dog stays home. The Working Evaluation is $200 and puts your dog on the floor with me, one of twenty spots. Registration closes the Wednesday before at 9 PM. Seats for November 7 are here:
https://calendly.com/ridleydogtraining/working-evaluation-saturday-workshop?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=door-bolting

10/20/2026

Training a dog requires patience and consistent cues. Watching the progress from initial mistakes to perfect obedience shows how much a simple command can transform communication. Have you struggled with teaching your pup this essential skill?

Your dog barks at everything. The mail carrier, the neighbor's dog, a car door two houses down. You have tried telling h...
10/19/2026

Your dog barks at everything. The mail carrier, the neighbor's dog, a car door two houses down. You have tried telling him to stop. He hears you, and he barks anyway.

That is not stubbornness. That is a dog who has not learned that looking at you beats looking at the thing. Before any of that gets sorted out, the dog has to want to check in with you in the first place. Without that, the barking just keeps finding new things to land on.

Some dogs I would rather see where they live, where the barking actually happens. The In-Home Session is $400 flat, up to two hours at your home, within fifty miles of Placerville, and $100 travel if you are fifty to a hundred miles out. You book it with a phone call: (530) 363-8480.

10/15/2026

Working on developing my young boy Diesel's drives, barks, grips and learning how to handle distractions on the table.

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Eldorado County
Placerville, CA
95667

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Monday 9am - 6pm
Tuesday 9am - 6pm
Wednesday 9am - 6pm
Thursday 9am - 6pm
Friday 9am - 6pm
Saturday 9am - 6pm

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