Dog Training Serviceget the right dogRun, Spot, RunService Dog TrainingInventor of the Har-Vest®Positive training, peaceful petsEnhancing the Human-Canine Bond

Dog Training Service

Sit. Stay. Fetch. Good Doggie! Develop a better relationship with your dog with our positive training methods, including the Har-Vest® 3-in-backpack.

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get the right dog

We're experts in the fine art of temperament-test. Come to us BEFORE you get your pet or service to make sure you're starting out with the right make and model.

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Run, Spot, Run

Drop-in-Play sessions give pups of all ages they play-time they need without leashes of Har-Vests®. A free perk only for our dog training clients.

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Service Dog Training

In addition to manners, obedience and socialization, service dogs learn skills tailored to their owners' needs. Once they don their service dog Har-Vests®, it's time to work.

Inventor of the Har-Vest®

The Har-Vest®, a multi-function vest with the benefits of a no-pull harness and light backpack with room for ID patches, is great for pet and working dogs. Invented at A Better Pet!

Positive training, peaceful pets

How do we make your dog a better pet? With no-force cruelty-free training methods that enhance the human-canine bond.

Enhancing the Human-Canine Bond

Our online courses offer effective ways to manage the obstacles that interfere with positive training. Learn how to be the Benevolent Leader of your pack!

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Kevin Getting Ready for Permanent Placement

November 16, 2019
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| Behavioral Training, Cold Noses, Warm Hearts, Dog Training, Psychiatric Service Dog, PTSD, Service Dog Training

  Raising, training, nurturing and socializing young, carefully selected puppies into stoic, resilient, funny and competent service dogs for their future partner is one of my superpowers. And it helps that I have an able team of canine assistants — most significantly Franny and her son Shamrock. It’s an exhausting journey for us all, at…

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The Super Puppies Are 1!!!!

October 19, 2019
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| Behavioral Training, Cold Noses, Warm Hearts, Dog Training, Psychiatric Service Dog, PTSD, Puppies, Service Dog Training

The weather was perfect, the guests a delight, the celebrants in fine fettle. Today’s DIPs was so busy with active, enthusiastic dogs celebrating a happy event in incredible weather. Energy overall was more tsunami style than lazy day by a lake.  Practicing manners is a big feature of DIPs, never more so than when it’s…

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