Online Dog Training: As Effective As In-Person Training

With online training I’m working from my home, while you and your dog are at your home. All family members can participate or observe, even from far-flung locations! This can greatly help with creating consistency for your dog during his learning process.

Above, I demonstrate hand-targeting with my dog Petey.

A dog with fearful or aggressive behaviors especially benefits from online training, as a stranger in the home can unnecessarily stress an anxious dog.

In online training I demonstrate techniques with my own dog, then coach you as you work with your dog.

Additional benefits of online training:

• No masks are required, no need to get a babysitter, or tidy the house for the trainer.
• Your dog remains in her own comfortable, familiar environment,  which is especially helpful for dogs who are shy or fearful of new people.
• Training is weather-proof! We meet regardless of conditions outside.
• All family members can participate without having to head out to a training center.

We adopted a 3 year old rescue dog with a checkered past and learned that he had some quirks and a high level of reactivity toward other dogs. Training online with Janice helped us right away with some foundational skills like "touch", "find it", "go to mat", and "down".

Bosco made incredible progress in 3 short weeks with all of these things, we also now have a secret word for emergency recall needs that brings him running. By our 3rd lesson, my dog got excited to see the computer getting set up and hearing Janice on the screen because he knew we'd be playing some training games (with treats!).

Petey did a fine job of demonstrating proper dog behavior for us too!

I highly recommend Janice Z. for personalized and effective dog training.

— Loretta and Bosco