Through our personalized training programs, Always Faithful dog trainers will guide you in becoming the confident, effective leader your dog needs.
Hours - By Appointment Only
Now serving the following areas:
Aurora,
Plainfield,
Oswego, Yorkville, Dekalb, North Aurora, Sugar Grove, Sycamore, Montgomery, Plano, and Sandwich
60,000+ DOGS TRAINED
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.
Get started on the right foot as early as possible. Teach your dog to respect your leadership which results in mutual trust and a desire to follow your lead.
Learn to walk your dog with a loose leash and to respond quickly to commands which lead to advanced abilities and more freedom/fun for your dog.
Our trainers are able to address a lot more than obedience. We can help with behavior concerns like anxiety and aggression. We train Therapy and Service Dogs.
Dogs need vacations, too! Have your dog stay and train with us. These packages are customized to your training needs and desired length of stay.
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Owner and Packleader | Level 4 IDTA Trainer
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.
This puppy obedience training in Southwest Suburbs Chicago is a package of five lessons and includes the following: potty training, preventing jumping up, nipping and any other typical puppy behavior issues.
It also includes the five basic obedience commands: Come, Sit, Down, Heel and Stay.
Cost: $700 for 5 in-home lessons
This package is 7 lessons and includes everything in the basic package, but adds off leash training as well.
Cost: $1000 for 7 in-home lessons
This training package is five lessons and includes the five basic obedience commands: Come, Sit, Down, Heel and Stay.
Cost: $700 for 1 dog; $1100 for 2 dogs
This training package is 7 lessons and includes everything in the basic package but adds off leash training as well.
Cost: $1000 for 1 dog; $1600 for 2 dogs
This training package is 9 lessons and includes everything in the advanced package, but adds high distraction training as well (listening off leash with other dogs/people/distractions around).
If you have more than two dogs, we offer bigger discounts with each additional dog. Please call or email for that information.
Cost: $1300 for 1 dog; $2100 for two dogs
We train and provide the Service Dog certificate once training is complete.
Service Dog training with your dog costs $7500. Your dog must pass our behavior evaluation before he/she can be considered for Service Dog work.
Service Dog training (we select and purchase your dog) costs $10,000. This package allows us to pick what is best for the client. We cannot guarantee a specific breed but will do our best to fulfill all breed specific requests.
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Board-and-Train is an opportunity for your dog to stay at facility for 1-2 weeks depending on the training need and your schedule to receive daily training.
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Our map showcases the surrounding areas we proudly serve, ensuring you can easily find out if we operate in your neighborhood. Our team is ready to bring professional dog training to your doorstep. Get started on creating a better relationship with your dog, wherever you are within our reach.
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
A dog starts out with a beautiful, natural instinct to follow a pack leader -- all the training methods mentioned above are unnatural. They also produce little to no 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.
Yes, the AFDT method works on any dog, any age and any breed.
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.
Yes, many of our locations offer these services. Please check out your local location to determine if that service is offered near you.
Yes, many of our locations offer these services. Please check out your local location to determine if that service is offered near you.
Yes. We also aim to be the last training company you will need to use.
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.