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Engaged Dogs; Walking & Training

Offering Family Therapy that includes 4legged friends too! Engaged Walks + 1:1 Training available🐶

05/30/2026

Norman is visiting for the weekend and enjoyed being chauffeured around DC in Penny’s Palace 🥰🐶🚴🏽

05/27/2026

Engaged Dogs was created out of the desire to help pups and pawrents live their happiest and healthiest lives together.
We offer a variety of Engaged Services to support each member of your pack by meeting them exactly where they are, with no judgement and no expectations, all while helping them work to be their happiest and best selves.

Engaged Dogs offers dog training, education opportunities, dog photography, content creation centering your canine, group classes, wellness support, and more.

Living Engaged means learning together, accepting where we are while working towards where we’d like to be and always doing the best we can with what we have.

Engaged Dogs staff utilizes science based, positive reinforcement training techniques and considers the well-being of the whole dog in our treatment style approach.

Are you ready to Live Engaged?
Check out our services and set up a consultation to discuss how Engaged Dogs can help you and your pup(s) live a little more Engaged today!
Ready to get Engaged?
Signup on the website:
www.ChooseToLiveEngaged.com

05/24/2026

Do you know how to engage your dog in Tug in safe and fun ways?
Scroll through to watch Anchovy demonstrate!!

Tug Do’s:
Hold the tug toy still and let your dog do the tugging
Tug side to side, gently
Cheer them on! Make it clear when you’re playing and engaging them in the game
Let them win!!
Use Tug to work on other skills like “Drop” and building impulse control

Tug Don’t’s:
Never tug up and down
Never use jerking movements

05/20/2026

Ready to get Engaged?
Checkout our website: www.ChooseToLiveEngaged.com
Training walks incorporating enrichment, private training, pack walls, and more!
Learn more about your dog in our blog, learn more about our mission and force free training philosophy, and engage in services, all on the website.
Questions?
Let’s connect!

05/18/2026

Private Training Sessions
30 minutes- $87.00
60 minutes-$150.00

Private training sessions include
the pup and any humans involved in their life regularly that may be involved in their training.
Training sessions are individualized to meet each pup and pawrent team exactly where they are. History, challenges, nutrition, lifestyle, and goals will all be identified during the initial consultation.

Some private training session goals may include:
Teaching a Place cue
Teaching your pup not to jump
Establishing routines
Teaching leash manners
Practicing calm greetings
Practicing cooperative care techniques
All training session goals are identified together as a collaborative team looking to support pups and pawrents in coexisting happily and healthily, together.
Private training sessions can be booked, in person in the SW DC area or may be completed virtually.
Www.choosetobeengaged.com

05/15/2026

“Engaged Walks are training and enrichment focused walks that are intended to meet each pup exactly where they are in their training journey.
All Engaged Dogs work on building confidence, building impulse control, building neutrality, and learning real world manners in order to co-exist happily and healthily alongside their pawrent.

Focus is on teaching leash manners, emotional regulation skills, and helping them to be confident and neutral. Pawrents may identify additional goals for their pup, as discussed during the initial consultation.

Pawrents do not need to be home for this service if their trainer has the ability to get in/ out with the pup easily.
Within 24 hours of the session, a report card with videos, photos, and a brief summary will be provided so that pawrents can observe what their pups worked on during their Engaged Walk while also learning how to maintain and continue to evolve their pups new skills.”
Are you ready to get Engaged?
www.choosetoliveengaged.com

05/14/2026

Happy birthday to our friend Spud🎉

05/10/2026

I have the BEST JOB in the World!

Scroll through to see the ‘bonus’ (love + snuggles) Nala shared with me this session 🥰🐶💙

05/05/2026

“Preventing an off-leash dog from approaching I Advocating for your dog’s space:
It is rude and confrontational in ANY species to rush up to another, head on.
Rushing into another’s space does not give them the opportunity to consider or consent to this invasion and often leads to a sharp increase of big feelings, most often fear and frustration and can results in fights in some cases. By taking up space and advocating for our dog and their space, we are able to be better able to avoid a potentially disastrous situation which could not only shake our pup’s confidence but also lead to big emotions on leash or even injury.
When another dog approaches yours, especially if your dog is on leash and the other is not, this can be a highly emotional recipe for disaster. It is imperative that we help our pup feel confident and as though they can trust us to handle any situation, including this one, so that they do not feel the need to advocate for their boundaries with things like snarls, growls, and bites. If/ when another dog is approaching your own, use a (Magnet-Hand) Touch cue to guide your dog behind you and out of the way.
While your dog is busy keeping their nose to your palm and licking at the snack there, create a physical barrier with your body between your dog and the approaching dog. If after calmly positioning yourself, they continue to approach, make yourself big, step towards them and firmly say “ENOUGH!” while pointing them back to their owner. If the dog continues to attempt to approach DO NOT use your hands. Instead, implement your best pivoting basketball skills by keeping one foot firmly planted in front of your dog, maintaining the Touch, while using your other leg to pivot and block the other dog as needed. Step towards them to create space as needed. “- learn more about Body Blocking in our blog: Skill Breakdown: Body Blocking

05/01/2026

Cue: “Are you in?”
Behavior: Place your paw on top of my hand (palm down) indicating you are in

Address

465 M Street SW
Washington D.C., DC
20024

Telephone

+17742011509

Website

https://www.choosetoliveengaged.com/dog-training, https://www.choosetoliveengaged.com/post/dog-communication-breakdown-w

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