Andrew Warner Dog Training

07/13/2025

Just met an amazing dog named Petey at the Irvington Farmers market. If you're in the market for a new dog I would call ARPO - Alliance for Responsible Pet Ownership and meet this guy.

05/23/2022

This is what I call the "reward zone" a place where rewards rain down on the dog and he or she feels nothing but safe and protected by me. That means no dogs or people will touch them here which is very important for anxious or aggressive dogs.

04/14/2022

Does your dog have the training it needs to really enjoy her life or is the lack of training keeping her life small?

is an enthusiastic worker, but surprisingly strong-headed for such a small, cute package. Giving her more freedom makes her life better, helps her work enthusiastically without food, and gets me and her on the same page.

This is also a reminder that training might start with a lot of structured heeling and rules, but it ends with freedom, trust, and fun.

04/14/2022

The time to book your dog trainer is now. Almost all of the good dog trainers I know (especially those that aren't attached to large kennels) book out months in advance.

I'm currently booking out until August for board and train dogs and that is not unusual for good trainers in the area.

If you have a puppy who is 3 months old, a prime board and train age is 7-8 months so you might as well get them on the calendar with your favorite trainer (me or otherwise) early.

And most importantly:

If you're dealing with a behavior problem and you're waiting to get to your breaking point - don't! The problem you're experiencing right now WILL get worse if you don't make changes. There's nothing more frustrating than getting to the the ultimate point of frustration, finally picking up the phone and being told you need to wait 2-4 months to get the training you actually want.

02/07/2022

I love to see my client dogs from long ago still getting to enjoy their freedom.

01/18/2022

Almost time for Butch and I to say goodbye already...

01/14/2022

This is one of the most important conversations that needs to be had in dog training.

Due to unfortunate messaging over the years, coupled with a lack of knowledge, and compounded by the human tendency for denial/delusion, what should be obvious and commonly accepted is anything but.

A few of the messages:
-There are no bad dogs, only bad owners. Wrong.
-Any dog can be “fixed” if you’ll get your energy right. Wrong.
-Every dog should be saved. Wrong.

The knowledge gap:
-We have a chaotic house, with lots of kids running all over, and we adopted a highly nervous but “sweet” herding breed. Bad.
-My dog challenges everyone in our family, and has bitten us all, but is great with my trainer. Bad.
-We got a guarding/working breed so it can protect the family, even though we’ve never had a dog before. Bad.

A bit of denial:
-He only bites us when we kiss/dance/move too fast/leave the house/vacuum because he had a traumatic early life. Delusion.
-She’s guards her spot on the couch, her toys, and her food, and will bite us if we get too close, but it’s only because she never had things of her own before. Delusion.
-He always growls at or bites my husband, but I’m sure he was abused by a man before I adopted him. Delusion.

Can people improve? Absolutely. Can dogs improve? Almost always. Does that mean that all fits can be made healthy and happy, or are wise? Nope. People and dogs come in many flavors, and many of these flavors work wonderfully well together, some work with certain other flavors, and some (human and dog) don’t work well at all. It’s a sad reality, but a reality nonetheless. We should be choosing the dogs we share our lives with based on an honest and informed assessment of who we are, what our lives look like, and what dog—both breed and individual personality—fits that reality best.

Ignore the silly messages, do your homework, and lose the denial.

Fairytales in dog land often end up as nightmares.

01/04/2022

I apolgoize that there have been many messages I've missed over the last year. Apparently Facebook changed their notifications a while back and I'm still disovering stuff that never came through.

I apologize to those of you that were made to feel as if I don't care. Helping you improve the lives of you and your dogs is very important to me.

When in doubt, always email - [email protected]

12/22/2021

So many dogs struggle with reactivity for years. Pedro was one of the more reactive dogs on the planet and has charged dogs and humans routinely.

Here in this shaky video he is walking on a long line making all his own decisions. He chose to take distance from a barking dog and chose to stay cool the whole time.

What a difference the right two weeks can make for a dog's confidence and future prospects.

11/15/2021

The coldest dog in the world.