by VSA | Aug 16, 2023 | Blog Posts
Time flies with a dog! From the playful antics of puppies to the calm companionship of seniors, every stage of a dog’s life offers its own unique rewards and challenges. It’s up to you as a dog trainer to remind your clients that puppyhood will be soon be...
by VSA | Jul 7, 2023 | Blog Posts
Taking walks and playing in the backyard are great opportunities for exercise, but indoor enrichment activities can go the extra mile to help transform a bored, destructive dog into a happier, calmer one. As a dog trainer, you know the value of offering mental...
by VSA | Jun 18, 2023 | Blog Posts
As a professional dog trainer, your clients are your livelihood, filling your classes and private training calendar with needed income. Many clients can also become your biggest supporters, referral generators, and even close friends. By reaching out with a heartfelt...
by VSA | May 25, 2023 | docs
by VSA | Mar 30, 2023 | Blog Posts
The family dog is so closely involved in the everyday activities of a household that it’s easy for people to view them as a childlike family member. Unlike a child, however, dogs can’t say “no” when they are frightened or anxious, and their ways of expressing...
by VSA | Feb 20, 2023 | Blog Posts
As an aspiring or professional dog trainer, you certainly want to be a leap and a bound ahead of the crowd to establish yourself as an expert in your profession. Of course you want to be sure you are offering your clients and their dogs the best possible guidance. But...
by VSA | Jan 25, 2023 | Blog Posts
Every trainer quickly learns that dog training isn’t just about the dogs. It means teaching people, too. Your clients need to wrap up each dog training session with enough canine savvy to guide their dog toward success. When they get home, your client may have to...
by VSA | Jan 16, 2023 | Blog Posts
Your new dog training clients have no doubt heard a lot of conversation on television and online about different dog training techniques and tools. Chances are good some of them will ask why you’ve chosen a positive dog training philosophy. You can definitely...
by VSA | Jan 4, 2023 | Blog Posts
Dog training is a hands-on profession, but not all teaching needs to take place in a class or a home training session. Print materials that clients can take home and social media resources you share online help strengthen your learning connection with your...
by VSA | Nov 28, 2022 | Blog Posts
You’ve heard people generalize dogs by size, right? “Get a little dog — you can take them everywhere” or “Big dogs belong in the country where they’ll have room to run.” There are a lot of long-standing beliefs about both giant and pint-sized pups....
