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Family Pack Training A dog's pack is his family! Offering training specifically tailored to each dog & family based on breed and lifestyle. Local business

Specializing in basic obedience as well as dealing with unwanted behaviors.

🐾 Tiny Dog, Big Progress! 🐾Meet Oakley, a 5½-month-old Havapoo who tips the scales at a whopping 6 lbs! ❤️ Today, this l...
10/20/2026

🐾 Tiny Dog, Big Progress! 🐾

Meet Oakley, a 5½-month-old Havapoo who tips the scales at a whopping 6 lbs! ❤️ Today, this little girl got to meet Bussa & Luna and take another big step in her training journey.

Oakley is learning that good manners matter, even when you’re tiny! She’s building her skills with sit, down, and place, and today she started working on loose-leash walking and structured socialization around other dogs.

We’re building more than obedience here. We’re developing focus, confidence, and the skills she needs to navigate the world calmly and politely.

She may only weigh 6 lbs, but she’s making some BIG strides! 👊🏾🐾

🐾 We’re Back, Pack! 🐾Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving weekend! We’re back to our weekly group classes and packwalk...
10/16/2026

🐾 We’re Back, Pack! 🐾

Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving weekend! We’re back to our weekly group classes and packwalks, and I’m looking forward to seeing everyone out there!👊🏾🐾

📍 Open Hearth Park

🐕 Group Class: Saturday, October 17th @ 11 AM

🚶 Packwalk: Sunday, October 18th @ 11 AM

📣 PACK FAMILY, LET’S VOTE FOR ONE OF OUR OWN! 🐾❤️Our very own Zara has been entered for a spot in the 2027 Doberman Pins...
10/16/2026

📣 PACK FAMILY, LET’S VOTE FOR ONE OF OUR OWN! 🐾❤️

Our very own Zara has been entered for a spot in the 2027 Doberman Pinscher Health Foundation Calendar! 🐕🖤

Let’s show her some pack support! ❤️ to cast a vote for Zara — select her picture September #3 & add an emoji 👊🏾🐾.

Let’s see if we can help one of our own make it into the calendar! 🐾❤️

GO ZARA! 🖤🐾

10/09/2026

📢 THANKSGIVING WEEKEND UPDATE 🦃🐾

There will be NO group class or packwalk this weekend.

I just want to take a moment to say how thankful I am for all of you and for the continued support of Family Pack Training. I’m grateful to have such a great group of people and dogs as part of our pack!

Enjoy the long weekend with your families.

Happy Thanksgiving weekend, everyone! 👊🏾🐾

— Family Pack Training

🐾 Packwalk Tomorrow at 11:00 AM at Open Hearth Park.🐾Looking forward to seeing you there 👊🏾🐾
10/03/2026

🐾 Packwalk Tomorrow at 11:00 AM at Open Hearth Park.🐾

Looking forward to seeing you there 👊🏾🐾

🐾 Pack — Group Class is on for tomorrow!We’ll meet at 11:00 AM at Open Hearth Park.  Looking forward to seeing you there...
10/02/2026

🐾 Pack — Group Class is on for tomorrow!

We’ll meet at 11:00 AM at Open Hearth Park. Looking forward to seeing you there👊🏾🐾

🐾 Welcome to the Pack, Milo! 🐾This handsome little guy is Milo, a 14-week-old Rottie x Shepherd! Milo is one of the more...
10/01/2026

🐾 Welcome to the Pack, Milo! 🐾

This handsome little guy is Milo, a 14-week-old Rottie x Shepherd!

Milo is one of the more sensitive puppies I’ve met recently, so I’m really looking forward to helping him build confidence and discover just how awesome this big world can be.

He’s got lots of growing to do — both in size and in confidence — and I can’t wait to watch his personality shine through!

Keep your eyes peeled for Milo… because before long, this little guy will be strutting his stuff around the whole pack!

Welcome, Milo! We’re happy to have you! 👊🏾🐾

09/29/2026

People often ask, “Can you give me some information on your training?”

This is it.

Clear communication and consequences for your actions!

Unless I walk into a home with a puppy under six months old, chances are the dog can already sit, give paw, and maybe even sit pretty. None of that is what I offer.

What I offer is a way to clearly communicate with your dog what you like and what you don’t like, in a way they can actually understand.

I use food, praise and affection to reinforce the behaviours I like. I use pressure to correct the behaviours I don’t like. I spend time teaching dogs how to properly respond to my verbal markers and how to understand right from wrong.

Once they understand the rules, I give them choices.

Make the right choice and you get reinforced. Make the wrong choice and there are consequences.

I use prong collars, slip leashes, E-collars, crates, food, toys, play and affection as tools to establish the foundation of clear communication, accountability and leadership through the leash.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again:

Tools aren’t good or bad. They’re simply tools. It’s the person using the tool that matters.

I’ve seen people enrich their dogs’ lives with E-collars, and I’ve seen people create problems by relying too heavily on food & over feeding. Yet one tool gets a bad reputation while the person holding the tool often escapes accountability.

My goal isn’t simply to teach your dog a bunch of behaviours.

My goal is to teach you and your dog how to communicate clearly, understand each other, and live together with structure, freedom and accountability.

If you’re willing to hold both yourself and your dog accountable for your actions, I believe we could be a great match and that you’ll benefit greatly from our time together.

If that’s not what you’re looking for, I’m probably not your guy — and that’s okay.

I genuinely wish you and your dog success going forward.👊🏾🐾

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