Our approach to dog training is based in teaching humane and effective techniques to both dogs and their owners, or handlers. With over thirty years of experience, Lorenzo’s Dog Training Team has developed training programs to fit every need from police and security dogs, to beloved family pets. Our training style incorporates the proven and accepted principles of balance and positive influence. Our certified, professional trainers possess a genuine love for dogs and a commitment to improving the relationships between dogs and their owners.

Evaluate

In most cases, we begin our training programs with a one-on-one evaluation, either at our facility, or preferably, in your home. This involves a question-and-answer session, an opportunity to hear your story to discover the individual needs of you and your dog, and careful observation of your dog's behavior. At this point, it is particularly important for our trainer to observe your dog's interaction with you and other family members. Since all of our training programs are custom designed to meet your specific needs, the evaluation process is a critical first step to achieving serious results.

Unlike pet store training, we do not offer group classes prior to our basic obedience courses. Our tailored coursework will address the issues observed during your dog's behavioral evaluation. Over a minimum of five, weekly sessions, you and your dog will learn incredible new ways to interact with one another that will be mutually rewarding, yet seriously effective. During each session, you will have continued opportunities to discuss the training and your further observations.

Educate

Professional dog training is essential to help dogs behave in ways that humans find acceptable, help keep them safe, and provide for the safety of people and other animals. Due to our extensive knowledge of breeds and our understanding of typical canine behavior, we can confidently identify your dog's primary behavorial issues and help you to better understand your dog.

Quite often, dogs are not fully responsible for some of their undesirable behavior. Many times, their owners unknowingly contributed to their situations, either by over-punishing, creating unnecessary stress, or simply by not gaining their dog's respect.

We educate dog owners during the training process so that they can address their own behavior and modify their actions to correct the situation.

Communicate

The most successful dog training programs boil down to effective and consistent communication. Dog owners are taught to communicate to their dogs which behaviors are desirable, and which ones are incorrect and undesirable. Since dogs are pack animals and are highly social, they respond very well to classic conditioning.

We do not employ the use of clickers, toys, or food rewards. Correct, desired behaviors are reinforced through positive influence and physical praise. Incorrect behaviors are ignored, which teaches dogs to try another behavior to elicit the praise that they seek.

At certain points, nearly all dogs will test their handlers' dominance. They may intentionally disobey a command or display undesired behaviors that will require corrections. Our corrections range from stern, verbal language, such as "NO!", to leash corrections that are delivered quickly and humanely, accompanied by a verbal command. We never administer any types of physical punishment. Punishing dogs that may not understand what is being asked of them is both unfair and inhumane.

We recommend beginning training with your puppy at eight weeks of age. This is the prime time for your dog to learn training principles, as well as human social skills.

 

Consistency and patience is crucial for any training to be successful. We teach owners the importance of patiently, and consistently, communicating to their dogs.

We also teach owners how to understand and interpret their dog's efforts to communicate with them. This is important because dogs that are stressed, overly excited, nervous, or fearful may not properly respond to training. If dog owners are unable to recognize these emotions in their dogs, they may begin to feel frustrated or impatient, which will further complicate the training process.