Dog Training in your home anywhere in pinellas county
Through our personalized training programs, Always Faithful dog trainers will guide you in becoming the calm and confident leader your dog needs.
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Always Faithful Dog Training of Clearwater
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No Treats, No Clickers, No Shock Collars, No Gimmicks
The Always Faithful Dog Training method is designed to teach you the language of your dog. We call it Leadership Dog Training.
Dogs are pack animals. As part of your pack, you want your dog to follow you. Our leadership-based techniques will enable you to be the pack leader.
Common dog behaviors like leash pulling, jumping, barking, digging, and generally not listening are signs that your dog wants to lead you. Our private in-home lessons will immediately correct these behaviors and give you the tools to maintain your leadership.
WE TRAIN ALL DOGS
Dog Training Solutions
- Puppy Training
Start out right with your puppy. We’ll cover basic commands, house training, exercise, feeding routine, crate training, socialization, responding to common puppy issues like nipping & jumping and laying the right foundations for leadership. For experienced or new owners, book anywhere from a single visit to cover basics or go to advanced training levels.
Prices from $150 to $995 based on your needs.
Additional cost for multiple dogs.
- Basic Obedience
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Help your new rescue or older dog pay attention more. Basic obedience will help with loose leash walking, responding to commands around the house, and deal with common issues like jumping, excessive barking, mouthing, and solidifying potty training if needed. We’ll work the training plan you need.
Prices from $425 to $700 based on your needs.
Additional cost for multiple dogs.
- Advanced Obedience
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Building on the basic obedience foundation we teach you how to get your dog to listen to you anywhere, including under high distraction conditions.
Prices from $995 to $1,300 based on your needs.
Additional cost for multiple dogs.
- Behavior Modification
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Our Leadership Dog Training methods are very successful in helping owners understand and resolve problems. We’ve worked with over 60,000 dogs nationwide. Basic leadership and obedience training is essential to accomplishing training goals which include:
*Correct all anti-social, dominant or aggressive behavior.
*Improve socialization skills.
*Create a strong, trusting relationship with your dog(s).
A behavior assessment is provided at no cost.
Training plans often take 6 weeks to 3 months to implement and range from $425 to $2,000 depending on the challenges of your situation.
Additional cost for multiple dogs.
- Therapy Dog
Certify your dog as a provider of affection, comfort and support to people in settings such as hospitals, retirement and nursing homes, schools, hospices, or disaster areas.
Prices start at $1,500 and may be affected by your dog’s level of obedience.
- Service Dog
Fully train and certify your dog to work anywhere with you. We will evaluate your dog to determine if his/her temperament is a good fit.
Prices start at $5,000 and may be affected by your dog’s level of obedience.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Are you “certified” dog trainers?
Yes, every single Always Faithful Dog Trainer is certified through AFDT and the IDTA. Our organization has trained over 50,000 dogs in the last 20 years. We are by far the most experienced dog training company in the world
Why don’t you use treats, clickers or shock collars?
Hear from Kurdt GreenwoodA dog starts out with a beautiful, natural instinct to follow a pack leader -- all the training methods mentioned above are unnatural. Other methods that use treats, clickers, or shock collars also produce little to no results results and require dog owners to constantly carry around their training tools.
Treats can offer a quick fix but are detrimental over time. When we exchange treats for obedience, we create a transactional relationship – a “what’s in it for me” attitude. When this attitude prevails, utilizing their instinct to follow becomes more challenging. Treat training is also unhealthy for the dog since it requires constant food. 60% of dogs in America are considered obese! Treat training is one of the reasons for this epidemic.
Shock collar training creates results based on fear and has been labeled abusive by the American and Canadian Veterinary Associations.
AFDT only uses instinctive methods that the dog will understand and have a positive reaction to. All AFDT methods use positive reinforcement only and have been endorsed by world renowned animal behavior specialists like Kurdt Greenwood.
Will you train all breeds and ages of dogs?
Yes, the AFDT method works on any dog, any age and any breed.
What is the youngest and oldest dog you will work with?
We start our puppy training as young as 8 weeks and have no age limit to training, if the dog is healthy enough to train.
Do you train therapy and service dogs?
Yes, many of our locations offer these services. Please check out your local location to determine if that service is offered near you.
Do you train aggressive dogs?
Yes, many of our locations offer these services. Please check out your local location to determine if that service is offered near you.
Do you retrain dogs from other companies?
Yes. We also aim to be the last training company you will need to use.
Can you train dogs with anxiety?
Yes, the most common cause of anxiety is lack of leadership. When a dog joins a human pack, they are looking for specific behaviors from a pack leader. These behaviors are not intuitive to humans so we often fail to provide what they need. In the absence of a pack leader, your dog will try to be the pack leader. This can be stressful and lead to anxiety. So, before you consider medicating your dog, please consider training. We can help with all types of anxiety including fear, overprotectiveness, and separation anxiety.
MEET THE Pinellas county Team
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Level 5 IDTA Dog Trainer
why leadership training?
The Importance of the Natural Environment
In the wild, a dog’s mother and older pack members instinctively guide them to learn skills for survival. In your home, your dog is looking for a leader to establish rules/boundaries and guide them.
Without a leader, your dog will try to lead. The result is leash pulling, jumping, excessive barking, nipping, pent-up energy, anxiety and aggression.
The solution to ALL of these problems is found by using our leadership-based training. Always Faithful Dog Training will empower you to be that CALM, CONFIDENT LEADER.
Check out the videos below to learn more.
At Always Faithful Dog Training, we teach you to lead your dog using the instinctive methods of a pack leader. Our founder, Abraham Mashal, explains what we call Leadership Training.
World renowned animal behavior specialist and Always Faithful consultant Kurdt Greenwood speaks about the importance of the natural environment.
