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Moore County’s go-to private dog training and behavior consulting with applied animal behaviorist, Tiff Score.

09/06/2025

I’m selling my NRS inflatable paddle board so I can upgrade to a model that can hold both of my boys and I at once.

$150 for the board, pump, paddle, and backpack. Help me get both of my boys out on the water! I can’t upgrade unless I offload this one first.

22/05/2025

Babies + Dogs 🐕 🍼

Are you a human and dog parent?

Are you expecting your first human child?

Will your dog be around children even if not living with them?

Last weekend I traveled to Florida to celebrate my cousin as she’s expecting her first child in July. Her lovely dog, Poppy, is a well-mannered but also energetic and curious adolescent pup.

Another cousin of ours has a 9-month old beautiful daughter and so we had a lovely opportunity for a beautiful teaching moment about dog & baby safety.

As a gift to my cousin and her family, I’m registering them for a self-paced online course through but with lots of family present, I was able to demonstrate one of the most important concepts to help keep both baby and dog safe.

And that is….

If baby is on the scene, there’s a parent in between!

You can see Poppy laying on one side of my cousin’s leg and her baby on her lap.

Poppy was able to relax and spend quality time with everyone, baby included, and my cousin was able to monitor her daughter’s interactions with Poppy appropriately — teaching her how to safely interact and NOT simply allow her to pull on Poppy’s ears or slap her out of excitement which would only set everyone up for failure.

Dogs are sentient beings who deserve autonomy over their bodies. It’s not their job to tolerate ear or tail pulling from babies or little baby hands in their faces, smacking their backs, or riding them.

As adults, it’s our responsibility to both dogs and babies to facilitate healthy and mutually respectful relationships between them.

Remember, dogs are just toddlers with teeth. Let’s not treat them like human adults with a degree in childhood education.

Thank you to my cousin and her baby for being my models for this post 🥰

11/05/2025

Wishing all moms out the best day! 🐾🐕

06/05/2025

Did you know that we have over 60 FREE dog training and behavior webinars?

They cover everything from leash walking to reactivity to raising puppies.

Check them out at www.everydogaustin.org/videos

02/05/2025

PSA 📢 Growling dogs are polite dogs!

This is something I’m often educating dog owners on because there’s an ingrained misconception that dogs shouldn’t growl.

In actuality, a growling dog is attempting to de-escalate a situation. They’re attempting to communicate their needs without resorting to snapping or biting.

What happens when we punish a dog for growling?

Well, we punish them for communicating — and make it more likely that in the future they’ll skip growling and go right to snapping or even biting.

Let’s help educate dog owners everywhere that a growling dog is a polite dog. A growl is a please. A growl is appropriate.

Dogs deserve to communicate their feelings and preferences and have them heard.

28/04/2025

Today we welcomed two new dogs into our training programs, Archie & Oakley!

I have a soft spot for the kids who need a bit of extra time and understanding to warm up to new people, places, or things.

Imagine a world full of only social butterflies 🦋.

We’d be missing out on so much depth and diversity.

And for anyone who loves a misunderstood dog, you know just how special it is to be invited into the inner world of some of the most loving and truly spectacular souls ✨

I can’t wait to watch these two blossom with their people over the next 6 weeks, and if I’m lucky, maybe they’ll invite me into their circle too 🫶

26/04/2025

Congratulations to our newest 6 week training program graduates 🎓!!

💜 Piper
💚 Gram
💛 Maggie May
💙 Teddy

03/04/2025

Let’s celebrate a beautiful moment & community win together!

Earlier this week a woman and her young son were walking towards us while we were sitting in the park downtown.

I could see them approaching and I immediately began to stress. I was worried they’d approach without asking and I’d be left trying to scramble away and gain distance for my dog who is uncomfortable around kids.

But, that didn’t happen.

What happened became a cherished moment for me as a dog mom and a proud moment as a trainer.

This wonderful Mom was escorting and coaching her son on how to interact with unknown dogs. They stopped approaching at a far enough distance that the dogs couldn’t reach them if they had hit the ends of their leashes.

She then instructed her son on how to politely ask permission to say hi to the dogs and continued to talk him through how to gently and calmly interact with them.

Because my number 1 concern is the safety of others and comfortability of my dogs, I responded that they weren’t super comfortable with kids and that saying hi wasn’t appropriate for them, but that I was so thankful for them being so respectful and kind enough to ask.

They stayed at their appropriate distance. They didn’t respond negatively. The young boy asked me if Arlo was a Vizsla and told me how he also had a Vizsla once too.

By then, the dogs were calm and comfortable enough for Arlo to say hello to the boy.

I instructed the young boy that his name was Arlo and he could invite him over to say hello 👋 by saying “Hi, Arlo!” and that if Arlo wants to say hi he will come to him at which point Arlo would love to be pet on his shoulder or his rear with scratches.

The boy listened and did exactly that. And Arlo loved every second of it.

And then, Winston became curious enough to approach the Mom and a few seconds later, scooted over and sat next to her son 🥹 which is his way of politely asking for attention and petting.

I’m so grateful to this woman and her wonderful son for providing a positive and healthy experience with kids for my boys who rarely get this opportunity. Thank you, from the bottom of my heart ♥️

02/04/2025

This is the reality of being a small business owner in today’s economy. My overheard has consistently been increasing by 10-13% year over year since 2020.

This particular expense is increasing an additional 12.5% in May.

Remember, when you hire a professional for a service and they say their price is (example) $100/hr — that $100 isn’t going into their pocket!

If they’re lucky, $50 might be. But after 20-30% going to taxes and another 20-30% to expenses, it’s unlikely your service provider is making a livable wage, saving for retirement, AND showing a profit on their bottom line.

And.. without a bottom line profit, we can’t qualify for things like mortgages or car loans.

The more you know… 🫶

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Monday	13:00 - 19:00
Tuesday	13:00 - 19:00
Wednesday	13:00 - 19:00
Thursday	13:00 - 19:00
Friday	09:00 - 15:00
Saturday	09:00 - 12:00

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+19106843435

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http://www.freetobedog.org/

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