Category Archives: DognPooch Dog and Puppy Training Services

Professional dog and puppy training services by DognPooch—personalized programs to build obedience, confidence, and a stronger bond with your furry companion.

How to Create a Safe Space for Food Aggression Training?

DognPooch Dog and Puppy Training ServicesBy Mark Lipes September 30, 2024

Did you know that food aggression is a common issue among dogs, affecting around 20% of all canines? Food aggression can lead to stress for both dogs and their owners, causing fear, anxiety, and even dangerous behavior. Addressing this issue early and effectively is crucial for a peaceful home environment. One of the best ways…

5 Essential Commands Every Dog Should Learn In Every Dog Training

DognPooch Dog and Puppy Training ServicesBy Mark Lipes April 21, 2023

Proper training is essential for every dog, regardless of their breed, size, or age. Training helps dogs become well-behaved companions, ensures their safety, and enhances their overall quality of life. If you’re a dog owner living in California, there are several essential commands that every dog should learn as part of their training. This blog…

Are Board & Train Programs for you?

DognPooch Dog and Puppy Training ServicesBy Mark Lipes October 14, 2022

Board & Train programs – what are they? Today’s post is a bit different that our last few. We wanted to share with you the progress of Slash – our recent dog-in-training – and the benefits of having your dog go through a board & train program. Where do we start? Board & Train programs…

Train all your dogs!

DognPooch Dog and Puppy Training ServicesBy Mark Lipes October 1, 2022

Own more than one dog?? And wonder how to train them all?? It is possible. Many owners have two dogs. This way they keep each other company and out of trouble. Or at least we hope. But there’s a few households out there that have more than two dogs – like FOUR dogs!! And it…

Training with the BIG Dogs!

DognPooch Dog and Puppy Training ServicesBy Mark Lipes September 17, 2022

Big dogs doing work! A few weeks ago we shared that e-collar training isn’t just for big dogs, but little dogs as well. Today’s blog is about the big dogs! We have a few in our program this week and wanted to share their progress. We always work on mindset training with the dogs and…

It takes two! Two dogs that is!

DognPooch Dog and Puppy Training ServicesBy Mark Lipes September 4, 2022

Training two dogs together can be tough. We know. Even when we train dogs that aren’t ours, it can be challenging to train more than one at a time. We recognize that many owners have two dogs. And that two pups seem to like to teach each other bad habits. Much like kids. The older…

Puppies, Puppies, and more Puppies!

DognPooch Dog and Puppy Training ServicesBy Mark Lipes August 20, 2022

Wondering about best puppy training practices? It’s puppy week again at DognPooch and we are completing a Board & Train for three new pups. Our featured pup this week is Coco – a 16 week Corgi who is doing awesome with her training. It made us think: what are some best puppy training practices that…

Board & Train Dog Transformation July 2018

DognPooch Dog and Puppy Training ServicesBy Mark Lipes July 30, 2022

Before and After We enjoy sharing a lot of our dog training success stories, but we realize that you never get to see the dog when they first come to us. Part of this is because it is difficult to record a misbehaving dog and still try to work with him. Here we tried to…

Training Baylee

DognPooch Dog and Puppy Training ServicesBy Mark Lipes July 23, 2022

Starting with a new dog…. There are lots of ways to approach dog training, but we like to start each dog at the beginning no matter their training background. This way all our dog trainees go through the same program, only some will progress faster than others. Our system includes introducing them to the prong…

Why We LOVE the E-collar (And You Should Too!)

DognPooch Dog and Puppy Training ServicesBy Mark Lipes July 16, 2022

E-Collar Training is an Amazing Training Method We understand that most people are a little hesitant to start training their dog with an e-collar. This can be for a variety of reasons: misconception of how it works, lack of understanding of proper use, using poor quality collars that have caused damage, and the idea that…