Ahimsa Dog Training, Seattle

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Ahimsa Dog Training, Seattle

Voted Best of Western Washington Located in the Ballard neighborhood of Seattle. Free parking.

Flexible dog training classes for puppies and adult dogs, private lessons for training and behavior problems (including aggression, fear, separation anxiety, etc.), puppy day camp, and an online store for digital downloads.

10/23/2025

The chilly fall days got us feeling real cozy. 🍂✨We like to curl up with a good ball (or book). What about you? 🎾📚

10/20/2025

Humans understand that all the pieces and fuss make one outfit; but our pups don’t quite get it yet. Help them out by breaking down their costume into all the separate elements and all of the individual steps to wearing it. Is there something for their head? Will they need to put their head through something and then tolerate it on their head? Those are two separate process pieces for one element of the costume.

Break down the costume and get your pup used to each piece of it by look, sound, smell, and touch. Individually work on your dog opting in to each part of the process. Do they need to step legs through? Then do they need to feel something slide up their legs? Will something weigh down their shoulders? What about the snap of a clip or crunch of velcro?

When in doubt break it down into as many component steps as possible and go SLOW. It can be tempting to push for ‘just a little more’. Stop while your pup is still having a good time. If they start to tense and want to move away, let them! Don’t forget to heavily treat your pup for opting in each and every time.

Keep things short, slow, and take so many breaks.

10/19/2025

Nothing beats morning playtime with friends!

Except maybe, pups getting play and humans getting some coffee time!

What beverage do you start your day with while your pup is getting their morning playtime fix?

Would your pup love a dry place to romp with friends?
Check out puppy or teen play or if you want to bring the party a room rental! Of course pups in daycare, boarding, and day training also get plenty of time to play with friends.

10/18/2025

Although costumes look cute to us, our pups may have other feelings about constricting bits of fabric with odd wobbly or glittery bits. We want pups to feel comfortable wearing funny human contraptions—and that can start by making those human contraptions predict treats!

Shape your pup’s feelings towards the costume by giving them treats for looking, sniffing, touching, and eventually wearing the costume.
Order of costume and treat is really important. The costume (scary) comes first then the treat. It can be a mean trick if we show our pup a nice treat only to surprise them with something they think is scary.

Check to make sure your pup is still happy to engage by backing up before presenting the costume, then click your pup for looking at the costume and treat them. Back up and do it again. This way your pup gets to choose to move forward or engage with the costume. You also get to see how enthusiastic their response is (loose, wiggly, open body language is what we’re looking for!)
When your pup is happily looking at the costume you can present it for sniffing, click when they sniff or touch it. Back up and repeat. Slowly build up to your pup touching the costume with different parts of their body.

Take it slow and share your progress!

10/02/2025

Pick out a cute dog costume and get into the Halloween spirit!

Through the month of October we will share some of our favorite tips for getting your pups into their costumes. We will use cooperative body handling techniques; no tricks and lots of treats, please!

We would love to see your progress along the way and of course your adorable pups looking spook-tacular🎃👻. Tag us with so we can see all of the pups in one place.

09/25/2025

Have you stopped to smell the flowers recently? Your dog definitely should! Dogs explore the world through their sense of smell — so give them time to sniff.

Research shows that sniffing can lower stress, build confidence, and lead to a more fulfilling and tiring outing for our canine friends. (Check out the research that Horowitz did on dogs’ smell drive!) We like to think about dog-centered outings as ‘sniffs’ not ‘walks’. The priority for our pups is definitely on getting that nose working.

09/17/2025

Getting our dogs to disengage on cue from something they find interesting can be a life-saving skill, or at least very convenient skill. Strange smelly mysterious substance? Potentially dangerous item? No thank you!

There are many ways to train a ‘leave it’. This particular method uses a classically conditioned foundation to help our dogs be successful in more automatically reorienting to us (the people with opposable thumbs and yummy things.)

Share your process or results with us!

09/25/2024

If you’ve been in Puppy Playtimes with us, you know managing the play groups and teaching both puppies and humans about appropriate play is our passion!

Our trainers love when we eavesdrop on the playgroup next door and hear clients narrating and managing with skill and confidence.

08/15/2024

We are excited to support 🐶Ballard Bark 🐶 as a neighborhood adoption event and pet fair!! Swing by to meet (and adopt!!) some of the pups from , then head to the Ahimsa booth to say hi to our owner and Lead Trainer Wynona, as well as other local businesses and community partners!

🌳Where: Ballard Commons Park, 5701 22nd Ave. NW

🕰️When: Wednesday, August 28 from 2-6pm

🗒️Details: This is a dog and pet family friendly event (please ensure all pets are leashed)

08/06/2024

There’s a lot to say about dogs and sniffing! (More than one instagram post that’s for sure🤓)

One thing we often see in playtime is puppies approaching each other to sniff the nose and rear. It’s an important part of how our pups gain information about each other, and can lead to more interactions like parallel play and even wrestling once their confidence grows!

Address

925 NW 49th Street, Ste C
Seattle, WA
98107

Telephone

+12063644072

Website

http://ahimsadogtraining.com/

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