Eastside Dog Services, Webster, Penfield, Pittsford, East Rochester, Fairport, Irondequoit, Rochester, NY (2026)

Judgement free coaching & support your dog and the whole family. Eastside Dog Services provides a variety of customizable options for your canine companions! Our goal is to get to know your dog and understand their needs. We want to be a part of creating and maintaining a healthy routine for your dog! Sometimes that includes walks, playtime, feeding or cuddles- we love it all! We provide you with the peace of mind that your best friend is well taken care of.

06/15/2026

Recovering this week & excited to be getting back to some of my favorite pups next week ☺️

05/26/2026

BIG news: Greta has been 100% breastfed since last Monday and is gain weight! 🎉🥳👏🤱

Now we need to work on bottles 🍼so that I can have surgery and go back to work. So her feeding therapist made some suggestions today about how to do that -
1) change the environment 🌳
2) make it predictable and low key 🦴
3) make it positive 🍗👍

Sounds like dog training work to me! Esp reactive work!!
1) get out of the neighborhood 🏡
2) low key - keep a good distance 📏
3) see a trigger get treat (predictable and positive)
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Other big news - I’m heading back to very limited clients next week and I can’t wait to see some doggies!! Obviously once there’s some bottle progress I’ll be back more more! I’m itching to get back to it! 🐾🐕🦮🐕‍🦺🐩🦴

05/06/2026

Progress isn’t linear, set backs are part of learning. Emotionally these can be incredibly hard to deal with, confusing and overwhelming but remembering that they are normal can help. What to do? Go back to a step in the process where you and your dog can be successful, kind sounds like start over, and it sorta is BUT it almost always goes faster than the first time. It’s more like reminding & reviewing than starting over. In order for it to be successful reminder you have to start back where you and the learner can be successful together and then progress through the steps again and hopefully past the point that tripped you up! Is that upsetting, sure in ways. But the good news is, you know the steps, and you know how to progress and if done with patience it leads to overall progress! Keep going you got this!

04/30/2026

Toddlers and dogs have pretty similar brains. In fact most dogs are about as smart as a 2 yr old. And my two year old is doing her best to keep my trainer brain sharp while I home on leave! So all these apply to your dogs or kids… but I’m not certified to advise on the two leggers 😉
1) catch them being good and reward it!
Call it out 📣 Give it attention ❤️
If bad behavior gets more attention then good, you’ll get more bad behavior. On the same note, ignore minor/harmless unwanted behaviors. Attention is valuable and behaviors that get attention are likely to be repeated!
2) they need exercise, no behavior training works without proper exercise! A dog or toddler without enough exercise is not fun. Start with exercise. 🚶‍♀️🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️
3) enrichment, mental stimulation is a foundation for any training. It’s not optional. 📚🌳
4) 🛑don’t repeat yourself, it’s frustrating and useless. Only ask for things you are ready to help them execute. They’re not capable of being help accountable, their prefrontal cortex isn’t developed to the level ours is so help them be successful after your first ask and you’ll get better outcomes on your first request soon! ☝️
5) play builds bonds and is an important tool for learning! 🛝⛹️‍♀️Don’t overlook it! For dogs it can teach drop it, impulse control, settle & sharper listening! 👂
6) they are doing their best, we are the caregivers and should be helping them be successful! If they’re struggling we should make environmental changes to help make them successful and build from there.
7) punishment feel good for a minute but they and just reinforcement to the punisher, they’re not effective teaching tools. 📏
8) management is important! The more a behavior is practiced the better it gets! Prevention is best! Use gates, leashes, other enclosures or just distance to help avoid rehearsals of unwanted behaviors. 💃🕺
9) don’t try to get rid natural behavior, for kids silly play for dogs things like digging or chewing come to mind. These are normal and you should provide outlets for them rather then try to get rid of them. 🐾🦴🐕

04/22/2026

Soul dog - Your soul mate in dog form. I’ve also heard people call this heart dog. I remember when I first heard the concept; and thought there was no better description of my connection to my Emilea.
I love all dogs, of course, but this was SO much more. So deep, so easy, so immediate.

When she was happy it lit up my world, when struggled I was anxious even when I wasn’t with her. Traveling without her wasn’t fun it was just an anxiety inducing experience. I had a unique ability to understand her needs and was happy to cater to them. She was my best friend and as soon as I met her I was obsessed, that obsession never ended. Our friendship endured moves and bites and injuries and eventually children! I miss her deeply everyday but I’m grateful that I got to meet my soul dog and spend 15, nearly 16 years with her. I know it’s unlikely that my next dog will be able to fill that role.

I hope you all get to meet & spend a decade or more with your soul dog it’s one of the most profound experiences of my life.

Tell me about your soul dogs ❤️

Address

Webster, Penfield, Pittsford, East Rochester, Fairport, Irondequoit
Rochester, NY

Telephone

+15856905300

Website

http://www.DogsROC.com/

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