We believe that dogs are their own individuals with different personalities, histories, genetic traits, motivators, ways of learning, and challenges. 

We use a reward-based training system that is flexible to meet the different needs of each dog. Not all dogs learn the same way or at the same speed which means sometimes, you have to try something different to help them understand what you want or are asking of them.

Our goal is to help dogs and their owners build a relationship based on compassion and respect as well as an understanding of each other. With a special focus on confidence building and learning critical life skills.

We here at Focus Forward Dog Training have found that working at a pace that accommodates both the dog and owner helps to make those goals set forth at the commencement of training much easier to accomplish.

At Focus Forward Dog Training we only use methods that we have used on our own personal dogs and leave the final decisions of training methods up to the dog owners after discussing the options of what is the best fit for the dog.