Playful Balance Dog Training

Playful Balance Dog Training Hello! I am Maleah, owner of PBDT. I am a balanced trainer serving North King and South Snohomish County.

08/30/2026

How does your dog behave when waiting for the vet?

Do they bark or whine?
Do they pant?
Do they pace or shake?

Starting your dog off young with socializing, positive experiences, and cooperative handling all play a role in having dogs that can chill in a not so fun environment.

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If you have a puppy or plan to get a puppy, be sure to stay connected for our soon to be launched “Puppy Field Trips” program!

08/27/2026

What’s the coolest trick you’ve taught your dog?

Dog owners often focus on physical exercise to tire their dogs but mental enrichment is just as important!

• Sniffing games
• Teaching new tricks
• Body awareness skills

All of these and many more help tire your dog in ways that running or fetch won’t.

Post a video below of the coolest trick you’ve taught your dog!

08/25/2026

Does this look like a silly game? Probably

Am I taunting my dog? No! and I’ll tell you why

To the untrained eye, it would be easy to assume I’m just being mean and withholding the toy but there’s actually more to it!

See this all comes down to respect of boundaries and as a result of resources, like this ball in my hand.

Claiming an object means you hold ownership of it. The dog shouldn’t think they can just rip things out of your hands, no matter how bad they want it.

They must respect the possession held by you, the owner, until you give the go ahead. This can be done by relinquishing the toy straight to the dogs mouth, tossing it to the ground or by throwing it for fetch.

However you choose to give the object, the dog should have a clear understanding of stop vs go. Otherwise, you are giving way to a whole host of pushy and rude behaviors that can easily manifest into larger problems.

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If you have a pushy dog or simply want more information, reach out for a phone consult!
(425) 419-8967

06/07/2026

Has your young dog earned their freedom to be unsupervised?

For many owners, the dog gets full rein of the house once they are potty trained and unfortunately for many dogs, this is 12-18 months too early.

To know if your dog is ready, don’t go from full supervision to non at all. Test the waters. Leave them in the main room of the house without access to everything, just some things. Leave them for 2 minutes, or 5, or 15 minutes. But do so incrementally and over time.

There will be good and bad days and your dog won’t necessarily test the boundaries every day. However, if every time you leave, they get into something, they should have ZERO unsupervised time and should 100% be in a crate when you cant watch them.

This may not sound like training but half my job is helping you have discipline, and if you have discipline, your dog will already be testing the boundaries less. Grey area is room to push so give them boundaries and stay consistent!

05/06/2026

Consequences don’t always look the same but the result it yields is pretty dang consistent. When mama says do, you do.

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