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Purely Positive Dog Training Certified dog trainers specializing in separation anxiety & gentle solutions. Charleston, SC area.

10/08/2026

It’s simple: no practice, no results.

Dog trainers aren’t magicians. We can give you all of the advice, show you all of the tips and tricks, give you in-depth, explanations, videos, or emails- none of it matters if you don’t practice outside of Training sessions.

Send us an inquiry or visit www.purely positive.com for more 🐾

Incase you missed our September classes, enroll NOW for our November Group Class Lineup! Kinderpuppy Class -IOP REC CENT...
10/07/2026

Incase you missed our September classes, enroll NOW for our November Group Class Lineup!

Kinderpuppy Class -IOP REC CENTER

We’ll share commands including sit, down, stay, leave it, wait at doors, eye contact, loose leash walking, and come. We’ll also practice appropriate dog and people interactions. We’ll cover everything your puppy needs to grow up to be a well-balanced family pet. We’ll also give you real-life guidance on house-training, nipping, jumping, and address any worrisome behaviors.

Class lasts for six weeks, and is a great fit for puppies 12 to 20 weeks of age.

Each class is limited to eight students and the fee is $265.00. Now enrolling for the following start dates:

November 2nd at 5:30 PM (med/large breeds)
November 2nd at 7:30 PM (toy/small breeds)

Puppy Junior High - IOP REC CENTER

Have a teenager on your hands?  Puppy Junior High is a class for puppies aged 6 months to 9 months, who have already completed Kinderpuppy Class or another introductory puppy course.

Join us for this six week class to help your awkward adolescent or teenage dog become more focused with distractions and master those good manners when meeting people and other dogs.

The cost is $265.

Now enrolling for the following start date:
November 2nd at 6:30 PM.

Visit www.purely positive.com to register 🐾

Incase you missed our September classes, enroll NOW for our November Group Class Lineup! Kinderpuppy Class -IOP REC CENT...
10/07/2026

Incase you missed our September classes, enroll NOW for our November Group Class Lineup!

Kinderpuppy Class -IOP REC CENTER

We’ll share commands including sit, down, stay, leave it, wait at doors, eye contact, loose leash walking, and come. We’ll also practice appropriate dog and people interactions. We’ll cover everything your puppy needs to grow up to be a well-balanced family pet. We’ll also give you real-life guidance on house-training, nipping, jumping, and address any worrisome behaviors.

Class lasts for six weeks, and is a great fit for puppies 12 to 20 weeks of age.

Each class is limited to eight students and the fee is $265.00. Now enrolling for the following start dates:

November 2nd at 5:30 PM (med/large breeds)
November 2nd at 7:30 PM (toy/small breeds)

Puppy Junior High - IOP REC CENTER

Have a teenager on your hands?  Puppy Junior High is a class for puppies aged 6 months to 9 months, who have already completed Kinderpuppy Class or another introductory puppy course.

Join us for this six week class to help your awkward adolescent or teenage dog become more focused with distractions and master those good manners when meeting people and other dogs.

The cost is $265.

Now enrolling for the following start date:
November 2nd at 6:30 PM.

Visit www.purely positive.com to register 🐾

10/06/2026

Money can’t buy you happiness BUT it can buy you a dog training package ✨🐾

Send us an inquiry or visit www.purely positive.com for more 🐾

10/01/2026

If you didn’t do your homework in school, you didn’t have the practice to understand the concepts that you were being given. Dogs cannot do their own homework, you need to help them do it.


Warning, these might get controversial🚨
09/30/2026

Warning, these might get controversial🚨

09/29/2026

There’s no way training can be “balanced”. It’s either ethical or non ethical. Aversive or non aversive. If some trainer tells you they do “balanced” training, run far, far away.

At Purely Positive, we believe that the best training comes from a deep understanding of behavior, psychology, and connection. Our team is unique: we are psychology and veterinary veterans, professional actors and educators; agility champions and anxiety specialists. Led by founder Susan Marett, we combine our diverse professional backgrounds with over 50 years of collective experience to offer you (and your dog) the most effective, science-based, and compassionate training in Charleston.

If a trainer tells you they can “fix” your dog in an hour, they’re scamming you. Most dogs can learn how to sit in an ho...
09/24/2026

If a trainer tells you they can “fix” your dog in an hour, they’re scamming you.

Most dogs can learn how to sit in an hour, but it’s instilling it in their brain, how to do it, and how to do it without a treat that takes many hours, days, weeks, months to actually embedded into their system where it isn’t forced, but a choice they wanna make.

Training isn’t something you do for a couple months when they’re a puppy and then forget about it as they get older. It is an ongoing and ever growing skill that they can polish and better as they age.

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09/23/2026

Most dog owners didn’t know that:

1. If your dog experiences high cortisol levels, it takes them four full days to come back down to a normal hormonal equilibrium.

this means that if they experience something stressful on a Monday, it won’t be until Friday until they’re ready to deal with anything remotely stressful again. That’s why rest days in between training are so important to success! Imagine you are running on no sleep, would continuing to run on no sleep fix you?

2. Your dog can change their hormonal balances to match yours.

Have you ever noticed that when you’re sad your dog might come and comfort you, or when you’re excited your dog is also excited? That’s because they feed off of your energy and will match your hormonal levels as a form of appeasement.

3. Your dog doesn’t have a moral compass.

Your dog has emotions, sure. But they are not the same way that we feel emotions. If your dog does something that they aren’t supposed to do, they don’t have the moral compass to know whether it’s right or wrong. They just see your reaction and they will adjust how they react.

Different dogs with different homes require different needs. It’s important to know your options when it comes to helpin...
09/22/2026

Different dogs with different homes require different needs. It’s important to know your options when it comes to helping your dog become successful.

Not many can be home to train, and sometimes management feels like a lot. using both training and management will help prevent disruptive behaviors, and create positive or neutral ones instead. It’s a delicate balance of knowing which to use and when.

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