Dog Training in Brookline, mA and surrounding cities

Through our personalized training programs, Always Faithful dog trainers will guide you in becoming the confident, effective leader your dog needs.

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Always Faithful Dog Training of Brookline

Hours - By Appointment Only


Now serving the following areas:

Boston, Brookline, Cambridge, Newton, Somerville

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60,000+ DOGS TRAINED

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.

Establish Your Leadership with Our Programs

Puppy Obedience

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. 

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Dog Obedience

Teach your dog to walk with a loose leash and to respond quickly to commands which lead to advanced abilities and more freedom/fun for your dog.

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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.

OUR Puppy training PROGRAMS

Puppy Basic

This dog training in Boston, MA is a package of 4 in-home lessons that include the five basic obedience commands: Heel (walking), Sit, Stay, Come and Down. We will also provide documentation about potty-training.   


Cost: $850 for 1 puppy; $1250 for 2 puppies

Puppy Advanced

This dog training package is 6 in-home lessons that include the five basic obedience commands: Heel (walking), Sit, Stay, Come and Down. This package also includes off leash (home, yard) training.  We will also provide documentation about potty-training.


Cost: $1300 for 1 puppies; $1900 for 2 puppies

OUR OBEDIENCE training PROGRAMS

Basic Obedience

This dog training is 4 in-home lessons package that include five basic commands: Heel (walking), Sit, Stay, Come and Down. For puppies, we also provide guidance and documentation about house training, crate training, socialization, and responding to common behaviors like nipping & jumping.


Cost: $850 for 1 dog; $1250 for 2 dogs

Advanced Obedience Training

This package is 6 in-home lessons that include the five basic commands and expands their application based on your unique needs.


Cost: $1300 for 1 dog; $1900 for 2 dogs

Advanced Obedience High Distraction

This 8 lesson training package includes everything in Advanced Obedience and adds skills to achieve obedience in high distraction environments (listening with other dogs/people/distractions around).


Cost: $1700 for 1 dog; $2400 for 2 dogs

Area We offer our Training

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.

Hear the Bark of Approval

Literally the best training I could have ever asked for!!! Everyone was super kind and my reactive dog Bernie has made massive improvements in just a few days! I was turned away from other trainers because of my pit bulls reactivity but Always faithful dog training was willing to help. We worked with trainer Despy and her compassion and expertise is unmatched. Bernie is well on his way to being an amazingly behaved dog, and I couldn’t have done it without them! 10/10

Melanie's Arts

I cannot give enough stars on the training, attention and patience that we experienced. Brandon was so nice and informative in teaching me how to train Roxy. So glad I called them! Despy was super nice in our first meeting too. Such nice people! Highly recommend.

Angie

My experience with always faithful dog training was amazing! My trainer Cindy was so helpful and my sweet pup Indiana has come a long way. We rescued him from a shelter and he came with some behavioral issues and also just needed some basic training as well. Cindy helped us through it all and was very patient with Indiana given he can be a little shy around strangers. I overall had a great experience and would recommend them to anyone!

Anna Niemiec

I have a great dog. My dog is not perfect. He likes to pull on the leash after squirrels and jump on people to greet them. This dog trainer came to my home so they could see how he behaved in his environment. The trainer taught both of us what was expected behavior in public places. I tried positive reinforcement with treats and praise. I also tried a shock collar. Neither of these things worked. After one session with this trainer, I already saw significant changes.

Andrew Kessler

My pup, Tobie completed basic obedience training with Tara. She was very timely in her responses, built a strong connection with my family and I, and most of all, was very patient with Tobie. At the end of our four sessions, Despy, the owner tagged along and was able to evaluate Tobie. Knowing my goal is to make my puppy a therapy dog for kids, Despy was eager to get working with my pup further. I’d recommend Always Faithful to everyone wanting real results.

Blake Stern

Interested in becoming a DOG TRAINEr?

At Always Faithful Dog Training, we look for a very specific person that has the right attitude towards leadership that fits our culture, has a flexible personality and isn’t worried if things don’t always go their way, sees the good in all canines, and wants to teach humans how to let dogs be dogs.

  • Traits of a Pack Member

    • Be calm and commanding at all times mixed with a lot of patience.

    • Practice humility and know that there may be many different ways to get the required result.

    • Understanding of our clients lives and accommodate them when necessary.

    • Use our proven leadership methods and trust our process.

    • Maintain openness to feedback and learning.

    • Use and demonstrate good social skills with dogs and humans. The client is the owner first, the dog second and the client needs to feel comfortable with our trainers.

    • Have a good sense of humor since silly, embarrassing, or messy things will happen when training.

    • Comfortable with all walks of life. Our human clients are as diverse as our dogs! We rarely turn down a client unless it is a service beyond our expertise.
  • Job Requirements

    • Must have reliable transportation

    • Ability to travel to people’s homes to conduct lessons

    • Permitted to work legally in the US

    • Previous or current dog owner

    • Must be over 21 years of age

At Always Faithful Dog Training, we look for a very specific person that has the right attitude towards leadership that fits our culture, has a flexible personality and isn’t worried if things don’t always go their way, sees the good in all canines, and wants to teach humans how to let dogs be dogs.

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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?

    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.

    Hear from 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.

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