In-Home Dog Training

Southland Dog Training provides the communities in its service area with a higher caliber of dog training. With certified professional dog trainers and an eye towards a long term relationship with its clients Southland Dog Training stands out in the crowd. In its 25 years in business thousands of dogs have gone from unmanageable to dream dog and so can yours.

All ages and breeds

The age or breed of the dog does not matter: what matters is the willingness of the owner to become a part of the solution by taking the role of the alpha dog. Southland Dog Training believes that 99% of behavior issues are dominance related. Most of the time they start at home where the dog spends most of it's time. Southland Dog Training's programs are set up to work with the dog in its natural surroundings to ensure the dog understands its role in the family and everyone in the family has the ability to control the actions of the dog

Sensible Dog Training Techniques

We teach dog training through a logical progression of steps where each lesson builds off of the last. Rather than try to teach a dog to walk on a leash first we start of by focusing on what he is paying attention to. Once we have a dog’s attention we can start the actual leash work with a dog that’s already following us looking up and paying attention. That means less frustration and more praise. We continue with this throughout the program building each lesson with the next lesson in mind. Everything is part of a process that takes very little time to work through but has many benefits:

Quickly resolving housetraining issues
No more chewing, digging, jumping or barking
People and dog aggression
Running away or digging out
Getting into trash or stealing food
Nipping, biting or grabbing clothes
Getting into dirty clothes or stealing shoes or socks
Being hyper when company comes over or piddling
Bad manners at the vets office or groomers

Basic and Advanced Obedience Training

While behavior Training revolves mostly around problem solving we also offer many choices for obedience training. The basic obedience program teaches a dog the basic commands such as the Heel, Sit, Down, Stay and Come as well as getting the dog to pay more attention to the owner than to all the distraction in the environment. We have more advanced programs that teach a dog work without a leash or to go to a certain spot when company comes and lay down and stay for up to forty five minutes. We even offer baby proofing and pool safety training.

No More Treats

All of these behaviors are taught without the use of treats or clickers. Food reward has its place but when we are talking about having good control of a dog in situations where the dog could get hurt or cause others to be hurt we want a dog to work even when she doesn't want to. Need proof. Then look at any police officer with his dog. Ever seen one carry treats. No probably not because it would just get in the way. Sometimes just like with children we need to establish a rule like never run out the front door and then establish consequences for breaking the rule. In the same way a dog needs know what is expected and where his boundaries lay.

Southland Dog Training has dog trainers in these nine counties ready to provide you with the best in dog training:

Polk
Orange
Osceola
Hillsborough
Pinellas
Pasco
Hernando
Sarasota
Manatee

The Southland Dog Training Team

With one of the largest service areas in the state Southland Dog Training has continued to provide personalized service to it's client with trainers that live close by.

Dog Training in Orlando

Dog training in Orlando is done by Casey Roman who also does dog training in Lakeland. As a graduate of National K9's school for dog trainers she has the education and experience to serve as the primary Orlando dog trainer. If you are looking for dog training in Orlando Casey has you covered.

Dog Training in Tampa

Dog training in Tampa is the job of Christie Mault who is also a graduate of National K9. Christie has been serving Tampa bay for almost five years after coming to us from her home state of Michigan. She has worked many breeds both large and small and has helped hundreds of clients work through their dog’s problem behaviors.

Dog Training in Sarasota

Need dog training in Sarasota then Brandy Jones the Sarasota dog trainer will assist you in getting the best out of each and every class. Brandy, also a graduate of National K9 has been the Sarasota dog trainer for more than four years now. She has worked with a variety of breeds as well as sizes and problems as easy to correct as jumping to issues as severe as people and dog aggression.

Dog Training in Lakeland

If you live in south Lakeland then Mike Cunningham the south Lakeland Dog Trainer will be showing up at your door. Mike is an ex correction officer who trained k-9 for the department of corrections and the State of Florida. Mike has also been a breeder of Chinese Pugs and has worked with a variety of toy breeds as well as the big dogs.

Dog Training in Trinity

Dog training in Trinity is done by Farrah Adams who by the way is also the Spring Hill dog trainer. Farrah graduated from Triple Crown Academy and as behavior specialist provides dog training in Trinity as well as the surrounding areas.

Southland Dog Training serves all of West Central Florida including: Orlando, Tampa Bay, Lakeland, Winterhaven, Sarasota, Kissimmee, Bradenton, Zephyrhills, New Port Richey, Lutz and New Tampa