Brigitte Bard Holistic Dog Training

Brigitte offers an Early Education Puppy Boarding & Training program designed to establish foundation skills. Her general dog training focuses on creating desirable relationships, behaviors, and skills, while also addressing and dissolving undesirable behaviors.

She also provides Day School as a supplement to private training and board & train programs. Day School incorporates regular socialization, guided play groups with training, and exercise through off-leash trail hikes and urban leash-hikes. The training is woven into fun and stimulating experiences to enhance a dog’s intelligence, self-confidence, enjoyment, and spirit.

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Brigitte Bard Holistic Dog Training is run by Brigitte Bard, a professional dog trainer and canine nutrition and wellness consultant based in Santa Monica, California. She specializes in starting puppies off on the right paw with her Early Education Puppy Boarding & Training program, which aims to establish foundation skills for a lifetime.

Her approach to dog training and animal care is holistic, considering the needs of both the dog and owner, and taking into account individual personalities. She believes in a whole-body approach, where mind, body, and spirit are interconnected, emphasizing the importance of diet alongside behavior and training.

Brigitte incorporates natural modalities and approaches for behavior, socialization, diet, lifestyle, and fitness, designing specific training and wellness protocols for each client. She uses praise, reward, consistency, respect, and structure, making training fun, clear, and easy. She also utilizes natural reactions and responses, such as pressure and release, as training tools to develop trust and encourage cooperation.

Beyond training, Brigitte offers Day School, which includes socialization, guided play groups, and exercise through off-leash trail hikes in the Santa Monica mountains and urban leash-hikes in Pacific Palisades. She also provides overnight boarding and holistic pet care, including canine nutrition and wellness consulting.

Accomplishments

Brigitte Bard is a professional dog trainer and canine nutrition and wellness consultant.

How to Get Started!

To get started, clients are encouraged to contact Brigitte Bard Holistic Dog Training by phone or by completing an online form. The form requests the client’s name, phone, email, subject, and the age, breed/mix, and weight of their pup(s), along with a message.