About Sidekick Dog Club

How we train

We use positive reinforcement, relationship-based training. Okay, so what’s that? What this means is that we use your dog’s natural motivation as currency to achieve your desired behaviors.

For example, teaching your dog to sit. We encourage you to use a lure or good, old-fashioned patience. We teach you to hold a treat and lure them into sitting with a simple hand motion. When they sit, you give them the treat. Or, we encourage you to wait. Just wait. And keep waiting…..until they sit, and then give them a treat or pet them and love on them to show them how incredible they are doing. Unbridled enthusiasm is highly encouraged, because hanging out with your dog should be fun.

Do these methods require patience? Yes. Time? Yes. Stubbornness? Yes. Methods that work often do require these things. And these results last.

We don’t want to be your dog’s trainer. We want you to be your dog’s trainer.