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Happy Saturday! 🐾 A big thank you to everyone who came out to Class 1 of the new group class series this morning at Dee Dog Park — what a great start. Watching that many dogs learn to focus with all the distractions of a busy park never gets old. We jump into Class 2 next Saturday, July 18 (Beginner 9am, Intermediate 11am). Didn't make it out? It's not too late to join — your first class is always free, so come see how I work and decide from there. And hot off the press — Book 3 of Timmy & Barky, Welcome Home, Barky, is now on Amazon (jump to it below). 🐾📖
The website has been completely redone, and the dog-training pages have been completely redone too — which is going to make updating things almost instant. The blogs are going to get better, the store is getting a bunch of cool products, and the books on Amazon will release as fast as I can proofread them.
I'm also building a huge resource page. The Healthy Puppy Finder is working pretty well, so I'm expanding it farther than the 500 miles. If you know anyone looking for a puppy, it's a FREE resource: iwantahealthypuppy.com.
— Tommy, The Dog Director
🐾 Dee Dog Park — members-only off-leash field in San Juan Capistrano. Submit your application at ocdogpark.com. · Clinics & seminars: here.
Book 3 in The Adventures of Timmy and Barky McBarkface is here! Join Timmy and his Rottweiler pup Barky for the next chapter — a fun, heartwarming read that slips in real lessons about welcoming a new dog into the family. Written by yours truly.
Your dog can nail a sit in the kitchen and completely forget it exists at the park. That's normal. Focus isn't something a dog just has — it's a skill you build in gradually harder places. Start easy, add one distraction at a time, and reward the instant your dog checks back in with you. That check-in is the whole game — and it's exactly what we drill in group class.
Ocean views, wide sand, and a great post-training cooldown when the weather's right. Open the map →
Cognition studies keep showing dogs read our attention, timing, and body language closely. That's exactly why clean handling matters so much.
"Training is not about controlling the dog. It's about giving the dog a clear job and being consistent enough that the job makes sense."
📱 More tips daily: dog health on Facebook · tips & tricks @TheDogDirector on X.
A client called their 1-year-old rescue off a squirrel in a packed lot this week and he spun right back. Three weeks ago he couldn't take his eyes off a passing dog. That's reps, timing, and homework — not luck.
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Get that out-of-season closet under control. Pretty impressive.
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