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The Proper Pup One-on-one private training sessions, Puppy Proofing, K9Fit classes, AKC Canine Good Citizen evaluations. Closed on Sundays

Your chariot awaits sir! 🩷🐶
31/07/2025

Your chariot awaits sir! 🩷🐶

30/07/2025

Louie is reactive to the dogs on the other side of the fence. What to do? Make yourself more interesting than what’s on the other side of that fence! 🩷

My friend Brooke is a dog professional! If you need an incredible in-home dog sitter, she’s the one! Her dog Louie also ...
30/07/2025

My friend Brooke is a dog professional! If you need an incredible in-home dog sitter, she’s the one! Her dog Louie also has a heart of gold but like many of us, needs a refresh from time to time. Louie has had some anxiety lately so, I came to do a touch up on his obedience work AND to reintroduce the crate as a safe space for him. Of course he remembered and is starting to unwind. 🩷 I love that I have a friend like Brooke that helps me grow as a trainer and gives me prospective from inside the business too!

Do you have a well trained pup that needs a little touch-up? I can definitely help with that! DM me and we can have a brainstorming sesh!

A story about my Chi-chi girl, Roxy. When I met this girl she was a handful and still is. I fell in love with her wild s...
23/07/2025

A story about my Chi-chi girl, Roxy.
When I met this girl she was a handful and still is. I fell in love with her wild spirit immediately. She would sit above all the other dogs in her program, on an agility ladder, and survey…. Just being regal and set apart. Her go-to has always been ignore, ignore, ignore. 🩷
Since she became my forever, I’ve used her leadership skills to assist me in my work. When I’m called out to do an AKC Good Citizen test, I always bring her! If a dog is going to be reactive… she’ll bring a calm energy that puts them “at ease”. If they can’t pass the “Roxy test”, they’re not ready. The flip side is, if a puppy dog is being way too extra, she’ll tell them to settle down. 🩷

Yesterday giving Cayde his test for the AKC CGC, Roxy showed me something that I’ve always “known” in theory… that is, leaders know when to speak up and when to sit down. Cayde is such a gentle calm spirit. A beautiful soul. When I introduced Roxy to him she went into her general “ignore” mode. He showed interest in her, and he LOVES other dogs, but he remained respectful. We walked as a pack, sometimes Cayde took the lead and sometimes Roxy. After a little while we came across another dog, leash on harness, and generally going ballistic at the sight of the gentle giant Cayde. Roxy came after that dog… totally under control but showing her disapproval. A little later, same thing, a dog showing anxious energy towards Cayde, being held back on a harness… Cayde would have met him but Roxy was having none of it! The lesson here is that Roxy, the Chihuahua, felt she had to protect the giant Rottweiler. 🥹 In a short hour she had recognized Cayde as part of “her” pack, respected him in an unspoken language, and put herself into correcting the imbalance of the other dogs.
1. Leaders lead from the front.
2. Leaders don’t have to prove their physical strength, just their capacity for understanding.
3. You can still be small yet mighty. 🩷

And the last is just for fun! 🤣🥹 Congratulations graduate! Cayde has not only graduated from his AKC STAR Puppy class BU...
23/07/2025

And the last is just for fun! 🤣🥹 Congratulations graduate! Cayde has not only graduated from his AKC STAR Puppy class BUT ALSO, his AKC Canine Good Citizen certification!!! 🎉 🥳 This fella did such an amazing job in his “studies”. Can we get a round of 👏 for this special boy?! The Proper Pup dogs are homeschooled, sure, but can achieve the same heights as any other dog in a traditional board and train program! Let me know if I can help you and your dog in their scholastic achievements. 🩷

These two pups are enrolled in the AKC STAR Puppy program! Both are doing outstanding work! Would you like your pup to a...
18/07/2025

These two pups are enrolled in the AKC STAR Puppy program! Both are doing outstanding work! Would you like your pup to also be outstanding? I can help with that! DM me for more!

A few of the AKC Canine Good Citizen AND AKC Star Puppy grads. I’m so thankful for every family that has entrusted me wi...
17/07/2025

A few of the AKC Canine Good Citizen AND AKC Star Puppy grads. I’m so thankful for every family that has entrusted me with their dogs throughout the years!

And the AKC long programs are only part of what I do… one-on-one sessions, tailored to your family’s needs, is another service I provide. Every dog I work with is special and I’m grateful for all the paw prints each has left on my heart!

If you’re looking for a trainer to help you deepen the bond with your doggo, give me a shout! It would be my honor to help!

16/07/2025

All my clients know this. Pass the word! 😁

15/07/2025

I will never run out of good things to say about Dean the Dachshund! This little guy catches on super fast! Week 4 of AKC STAR Puppy class and we worked on greeting strangers. When you’re as handsome as this young lad…. People are clamoring to touch you! For this reason, all our gorgeous dogs need to learn the proper way to greet people, without being frantic and jumping all over them. And because we don’t want to ask people to tone down their enthusiasm, we have to ask our dogs to simply not match that energy. The way we do this, in the beginning, is by using a leash to correct jumping and by asking the dog to focus on the handler. We reward calm and quiet. Then as our dogs get better and better we remove the leash (the correction) and keep that reward flowing. Can I get a round of 👏 for this sweet fella and his mom Courtney?! Would you like for your dog to be a pro at greeting the world? I can help with that! DM me for more!

13/07/2025

Working with service dog Loki in noisy, chaotic, environments… real world situations… is so important. We visited the carnival and walked through the metal detector to make sure Loki could face these challenges without big reactivity. As always, he did an amazing job! Do you need a steady and bullet-proof dog? I can help with that! DM me for more.

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