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A New Beginning Dog Training LLC

AKC Evaluator
AKC Farm Dog Judge
AKC Fetch Judge
DDT Judge for WA state
I train the dog in front of me. What works for one dog doesn't work for another.

Kitsap, Mason, Grays Harbor Counties
From puppies to leash reactivity. 🙂

10/31/2026

Congratulations Led!

He achieved his AKC Canine Good Citizen ribbon. His family wants to go all the way and do the next two levels!

Next up is AKC Community Canine and the final level is AKC Urban Canine.

👏👏👏

10/29/2026

Congratulations to our Howl-o-ween graduates of the AKC Canine Good Citizen Class!

These teams spent lots of time practicing and passed the AKC Canine Good Citizen Test.

Congratulations to all your hard work!

10/23/2026

My brand new Boredom Buster Class is a blast!

This is the perfect fall/winter class.

I teach two activities you can do at home on a blustery day, indoors!

I've got one in Bremerton and Elma starting in November. Send me a message or text 360-349-2560 to register.

Bremerton Thursday nights, Elma Wednesday nights.

10/23/2026

It's Daisy's turn for the spotlight!

To say I am proud is an understatement.

She has big feelings about strange people and dogs. It's no one's fault. Life happens. Her family found themselves in a tough situation caring for a family member. She hadn't been out much for awhile. Daisy had attended training classes in the past which helped immensely.

Once she trusted me, we went as a team to public locations to work on conquering the big feelings.

We gave her Autonomy.

She's allowed to sniff to self soothe and decompress. She's allowed to change directions to create space from oncoming triggers.

With choice comes trust.

I absolutely guided her in the beginning towards better choices, for example...when you are feeling big feelings let's create space instead. How about a nice sniff in the leaves as a large number of kids get off the bus near you?

Let's search while an entire group of student joggers head towards the trail.

Today she made a huge step....she was able to sit in the car and watch another larger running group ran right past the car!

But most importantly above all, today she was able to look at the triggers, process and check in. By herself! She was able to see triggers and she wanted to bark (her original brain pathway), instead she created space and went to sniffing!

You have to give dogs time to make changes. These are deeply ingrained responses. Sometimes a physical response even before they have time to think things through.

Yay Daisy!

👏👏👏👏👏
🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

10/22/2026

Hint:

Biological Fufillment
Species Appropriate Outlet
Olfactory Enrichment
Sniffari
Neurological Decompression

If you are having any kind of behavioral issues or a rise in unwanted or undesired behaviors this is where you need to start. For your dog's sake.

We need to start looking at behavior as a symptom of an unmet need.

Instead of focusing on one behavior to modify lets look at how we are living with our dogs.

If we start to fufill our dogs...biologically...these "symptoms" will disapate.

I think we have anthropormophised dogs to the point we think of them as humans.

Imagine living every day, day in and day out. Your food, your day, everything being decided for you. Maybe only getting a few choices or opportunities but some you might even be interested in.

You would start to get frustrated. Frustration or boredom shows up in many different ways for dogs. From digging to outright aggression.

My suggestion is....try to do one nature walk a week with your dog. Start there. But here's the key....it's their walk for this one. If they stop because they find something interesting....take the time to check it out.

Let them decide.

10/22/2026

Queso is working on so many amazing life skills.

He has improved on his exuberance when greeting people, he is a people dog for sure!

He has come so far on his car anxiety, his family bought him a wonderful set of stairs.

We developed a plan and he flew up the stairs yesterday and was able to stay for a moment in the car crate.

I am grateful that his family is willing to take him on nature walks, letting him explore. He saw a fern blowing in the wind, let out a tiny noise and then in true heeler fashion chomped on the leaf.

He decided the wood pile was just so interesting he had to explore it...maybe a mouse 🐁.

10/20/2026

November Group Classes

Bremerton
4 Thursdays at 7pm starting Nov 5th (Skipping Thanksgiving)
Hosted at Moments in Bremerton
330 N Callow Ave Bremerton

Bordeom Buster Dog Training Class
Perfect class for rainy and dark fall weather!
This class incorporates two activities you can re-create at home!

1. Movement Games (obstacle course) for confidence building.

2. I will also teach you how to use their nose so you can tire them out at home. 20mins of sniffing is similar to a walk! (Searching for treats)

Elma
Hosted at the Elma Grange
401 W Waldrip Elma
Wednesdays starting the 4th (skipping the 11th)

6pm Puppy Class (Under 6 months old)
715pm Boredom Buster Group Class (NEW)

I teach 2 activities you and your dog can recreate at home to burn energy during the dark and cold winter months.
1. Movement Games (obstacle course) for confidence building.
2. I will also teach you how to use their nose so you can tire them out at home. 20mins of sniffing is similar to a walk! (Searching for treats)

To register please text 360-349-2560 or send me a pm.

10/18/2026

Super star Mocha! 👏👏👏

Mocha did absolutely amazing today. She has big feelings about unknown people or dogs approaching the new tiny human family member.

We've done some sessions where I am coaching around their neighborhood.

Today we graduated to a beautiful park.

Mocha blew me away today, this is why patience is a virtue in dog training. You can't rush fear.

You have to let the dog have time to change how they feel around triggers.

This isn't about us....this is about the dog and how they feel!

Her family has realistic expectations. We aren't throwing Mocha into the middle of the largest park, we started with a quieter section.

Still people, dogs, I also brought Charlie to assist as well.

Well done team!

10/18/2026

Sailor did amazing today!

We are working on changing how he feels when he sees other dogs.

First session I helped coach his family and showed them what to do.

This session we brought in Charlie to assist and there was another dog being walked in the neighborhood and Sailor just looked at the other dog and checked on with his family.

Yay Sailor! 👏👏👏

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