Marvin Pierce Dog Teacher

05/31/2026

Most of your problems with your dog could be fixed with routine off leash activities (not the backyard) and learning how to tell your dog no in a way they actually understand.

05/26/2026

Do you play with your dogs?

05/25/2026

05/25/2026

Pet dog owners-saying your dog is a rescue as a reason for not training your dog is labeling bad behavior as though the dog is incapable of behavior change. Your dog is capable & has intelligence but we as owners limit that even if it’s not our intention. Even dogs that have been through trauma, have had no form of a good start in life, missed critical socialization can become well mannered citizens of dog society. Here’s Koda, a Homeward Bound rescue that has great on and off leash obedience, gets to live a life full of adventure and he came from living on the streets and (reasonably) had some dog aggression.

05/25/2026

We want to see dog owners get to a point where they can do both, the ability to have control of their dog when needed while also getting their needs met with good quality exercise and the ability to run. 🐾

05/24/2026

Anxiety medications are flooding the dog world, fast. Fluoxetine, sedatives and the lore-some on cocktails of 3 or more different medications. One problem is most of the dogs we are seeing drugged up have NOT had the following first before being medicated.

•Quality exercise off leash exercise (how is this not a first recommendation for dogs??)
-a walk in the neighborhood or free time isolated in the back yard doesn’t cut it for a lot of dogs
•structure and actual dog training (not treat dispensing)

Most if not all the owners we meet are eager to find ways to help their dogs outside of medicating them. We aren’t saying medication offers no help to any dogs, we just see far to many not getting their needs met first.
For us, we have seen medication make the dogs significantly worse (including increase of aggression) & some owners are unknowingly confusing over sedated dogs with calm ones

05/24/2026

Next Bootcamp June 6th & 7th 9am-3pm

Bootcamp is an immersive group class for dog and owner to learn together how to address the following (and more)

•Reactivity
•Leash pulling
•Recall
•Jumping on people
•Improving obedience

$500 for clients

Previous clients contact us for discounts to use Bootcamp as a refresher.

05/22/2026

You get a limited number of summers with your dog.

Make the time to get your dogs out of the house.

Put in the work to get the reliable off leash.

Call us if you need help getting there.

503-730-0827

05/22/2026

You know we love the herders, especially when they learn round up methods that don’t include nipping ankles lol 🐾

05/19/2026

It is always okay to have boundaries for your dogs and your training. Generally people seem to feel if a dog is in public they are for the public but if you know us we aim for dogs to be neutral first. How do you advocate for your training in public?