Certified Dog Trainers in Palm Harbor, Florida

I offer private lessons in your home or chosen location (e.g., park, etc.). Trainings typically run for 6 weeks and teach the skills that will help your pet become a polite, happy member of your family. You will receive advice and instruction on how to improve your dog’s life and well-being, as well as helpful direction for dealing with behavioral issues as they arise. We will structure lessons to meet your needs as well as your pet’s. While we can modify lessons to accommodate additional training needs, basic obedience training covers the following: sit, down, stay, come, heel, loose leash walking, wait, leave it and polite greetings. Biography I have been training dogs and horses since I was about 17 years old and currently volunteer with Sunshine Big Dog Rescue. With an educational background in Psychology and Education/Training, I understand how both dogs and people learn best. My goal is to teach people to teach their dogs to behave politely and enhance the relationship between pets and people. My credentials include completion of online training and a hands-on externship through Animal Behavior College (ABCDT and Pet CPR/First-Aid certifications) and an ABC course specializing in Training Shelter Pets. I am a proud member of the Association of Professional Dog Trainers and The Pet Professional Guild, and I continue taking seminars (CEUs) on training methods, animal learning, body language and behavior. We provide positive reinforcement training and follow the LIMA (Least Intrusive Minimally Aversive) approach. We never use force, fear, or physical punishment to get a dog to perform a behavior. Our dogs want to please us, and when we make good behavior rewarding for them, they will happily and willingly comply.

My name is Lynn Colombo I currently am a Personal Sport Trainer at the Innisbrook Resort and Golf Club. I have designed various Fitness classes along with speaking at many business conference and Heath retreats all over the United States. I have recently passed my Certification in Canine Massage Therapist (CMT) along with a Certification on Dog Training. I have started teaching Puppy clases and Obedience classes at Ancolte Animal Hospital, along with dog massage and Dog yoga and boot camp. I own 5 dogs’s myself Jasmine and Chance are standard poodles, Chloe and Marley and Sophie are Golden Doodles. Chance and Chloe had puppies, 3 are Full Service Dog’s with Mid American Service dogs out of Chicago. Marley is the twin of Hawk which is one of the service dog. I had a chance to met Hawk and Oliva which is Hawks owner now. Olivia is wheelchair bound and Hawk has given her a new Life! In fact Hawk knows 80 commands and when we met, Hawk and Marly knew each other it was such a wonderful thing to experience. That’s when I knew this was the field I needed to be in…Training Dogs.. and put a “New Leash on Life” to people and their best friend “Your DOG” Dog Massage,Dog Training classes, Puppy Classes, Obedience classes, In home training, Doggie Yoga, Dog and owner boot camp

Happy Dogs Forever (HDF) offers Basic Obedience for the beginner pet, a unique Puppy Orientation class for the new puppy owner, Dog Walking for execise, Pet Sitting for the traveler and Pet Taxi for the unable or overwhelmed.HDF currently services Central and Northern Pinellas county, Central and South Pasco county and West Hillsborough county. Call HDF today to schedule your In-Home Consultation!