Time To Untrain Your Dog
Wag The Dog delivers educated dog training and using a positive role model and bond based philosophy in the Greater Vancouver Area.
Modern dogs are asked to give up almost everything that makes them dogs—
to ignore instincts, suppress communication, and move through the world politely silent.
As a result, dog trainers are in greater demand than ever before.
We specialize in untraining and re-educating: helping dogs unlearn pressure, fear, and over-control so their natural intelligence, social skills, and decision-making can come back online.
How much skill does it take to untrain and re-educate a dog?
A lot!
Our highly-educated trainers hold science diplomas in Psychology, Animal Health, and Assistance Dog Education. We have a combined 30 years of hands-on professional dog training experience.
Mostly what we have learned is that dogs are intelligent child-like beings who have rich emotional experiences and are capable of thinking and planning for themselves.
What Is Untraining?
Dogs already know how to learn. Sometimes training can actually get in the way. Dogs are highly social, observant animals with an extraordinary natural ability to:
Read body language
Learn social rules
Solve problems
Make context-appropriate decisions
Adjust behavior based on experience
Untraining removes the noise—excess commands, corrections, and control—so those abilities can resurface.
We help bring joy back to your dog and your relationship while teaching your dog what really matters - safety, the reasons behind your rules, and how to live in harmony with their humans.
Puppy Prodigy
Start your puppy off on the best paw! Ages 2-4 months.
Brain-building exercises
Social development
Develop a secure attachment
Prevent behavior problems
Bonds and Behaviour
Harnessing the power of the dog-human bond.
Age: 5 months or older
Improved focus on you
Improved recall
Better manners on and off leash
Assistance Dog Programs
Training a service dog is NOT the same as high-level obedience. It requires:
Intelligent disobedience
Independent decision making
Teamwork mindset
Service Dog Certifications - Level I
Service Dog Certifications - Level II
Bringing Up Your Pup
Start your puppy off on the best paw!
9 weeks +
Brain-building exercises
Social development
Develop a secure attachment
Prevent behavior problems
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Untraining Your Adult Dog
Harnessing the power of the dog-human bond.
Age: 1 year +
Communicate better with your dog
Untrain their bad habits
Find the source of their anxieties
Form a solid bond with your rescued dog
We No Longer Train Service Dogs
In person training (group and private) now offered via Heeling Assistants Canada, where our trainer Carol Millman is Director of Training. Reach out to her there, or you can check out our online course:
Puppy Prodigy
Start your puppy off on the best paw! Ages 2-4 months.
Brain-building exercises
Social development
Develop a secure attachment
Prevent behavior problems
Bonds and Behaviour
Harnessing the power of the dog-human bond.
Age: 5 months or older
Improved focus on you
Improved recall
Better manners on and off leash
Assistance Dog Program
Training a service dog is NOT the same as high-level obedience. It requires:
Intelligent disobedience
Independent decision making
Teamwork mindset
Service Dog Certifications - Level I
Service Dog Certifications - Level II
We work on land which was taken from the nations who had lived here for thousands of years. They are still here and they are still waiting patiently for us to stop being jerks about it.
© 2024 Copyright Wag The Dog Training
All Rights Reserved
We work on land which was taken from the nations who had lived here for thousands of years. They are still here and they are still waiting patiently for us to stop being jerks about it.
© 2024 Copyright Wag The Dog Training
All Rights Reserved