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Whether you reached out to one of our featured trainers, or you are trying to connect with our team, someone will reach out to you within one to two business days. In the meanwhile, you can get answers to some of your questions below.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What if my dog is aggressive?
Some of our featured trainers are trained in how to deal with nervous, anxious, or aggressive dogs. Check out our feature pages to find a trainer that specializes in aggressive dogs!
Do you offer any sort of guarantee
You will ultimately be working directly with your chosen dog trainer, which means we cannot provide a guarantee. However, by only featuring local trainers who fit certain criteria and standards, we do our best to ensure that the quality of our trainers is very high. To learn more about the qualifications that we require, visit the Our Trainers page.
What exact training services do you offer?
Each of our trainers offers different services and has different specialties, so head on over to the Our Trainers page and see for yourself!
Do you offer board and trains?
Each of our trainers offers different services and has different specialties, so head on over to the Our Trainers page and see for yourself!
Why do you only feature balanced or positive reinforcement trainers?
In order to make sure our team and trainers are doing right by your dog(s), we choose to work only with and feature trainers that fit into training styles that lean heavily on positive methods, with negative methods only incorporated when necessary to protect the dog. We believe that both positive reinforcement and balanced dog training fit into this model.
Positive reinforcement training is when the trainer focuses solely on reward-based training methods such as treat training or toy-training. Balanced training is when the trainer also incorporates certain correction-based methods such as prong-collar or ecollar in order to communicate with dogs in high-risk and high-stimulation situations. Both of these philosophies, when used by an ethical and trained professional are viable training styles. A purely pain-based or corrective style does a disservice to the dog being trained, can be easily abused, and rarely gets results that stick.
