Hope for Dogs Canine Obedience Training

3.7 Stars,3 Reviews
Encinal Ct, Walnut Creek, CA 94597

Service area: Serving Contra Costa & Alameda Counties, including Martinez, Clayton, Concord, Pleasant Hill, Walnut Creek, Alamo, Danville, San Ramon, Dublin, Pleasanton, Lafayette, Moraga, Orinda, Montclair, Piedmont, Rockridge, Temescal, Oakland, Emeryville, Berkeley, Albany, El Cerrito, and Kensington.

Service Overview

Types of Dog Training

  • Family Dog
  • Behavior Modification

Specialty Focus Areas

  • Basic Obedience
  • Puppy Training
  • Leash Pulling
  • Reactivity / Aggression
  • Jumping on People
  • Barking Excessively
  • Biting / Nipping
  • Potty Training
  • Fearfulness

Training Formats Offered

  • In-Home

Age of Dogs Trained

  • Puppy (<1 year)
  • Adult (2-8 years)

Dog Training Methodology

Methods: 

  • Balanced Training

Hope for Dogs offers Behavioral Modifications & Problem Solving, Puppy Developmental Training, On-Leash Training, and Off-Leash Training. Behavioral modification includes assessing your dog’s behaviors, helping you understand what causes them, and customizing solutions to resolve negative behaviors.

Puppy training focuses on developing beneficial habits, promoting successful potty training, and quick adaptation to a new environment. It also covers understanding Critical Developmental Stages and proper socialization. On-Leash training is the foundation for a well-mannered dog, addressing proper heeling, loose leash walking, and basic obedience commands like Sit, Sit-Stay, Coming when called, Down, and Down-Stay. Off-Leash training ensures control using verbal and hand commands when the dog is not at your side, further displaying your position as pack leader and developing trust and respect.

Pricing & Policies

Policies

Hope for Dogs offers satisfaction guaranteed and lifetime support for their training services.

Testimonials

“Training with Hope has been great. She has shown us how to clearly communicate…”
– Emily Schofield, Lafayette Ca

“Murphy didn’t seem to be mellowing out even though he was almost 4 years old. He would bark uncontrollably at noises and people who came over. He would growl and cower at our gardeners and contractors.”
– Murphy, Lab/Collie Mix

“I have two dogs, Belle and Tally that I absolutely adore, but they were very spoiled with no manners or discipline. I was not able to take them on walks because they would drag me along like a rag doll.”
– Tally, Australian Shepherd Mix Belle, Labrador/Pit Bull Mix

About the Trainer

Hope for Dogs Canine Obedience Training helps owners understand how their dogs communicate, establish positive pack leadership skills, and apply behavioral modifications. They provide customized solutions for undesirable behaviors through convenient in-home training, which offers a stress-free environment without distractions.

The training aims to develop a mutually rewarding working relationship with dogs stemming from respect and love. Owners will feel confident in handling their dog’s behaviors, anticipating and minimizing potential challenging situations. Hope for Dogs offers satisfaction guaranteed and lifetime support.

Accomplishments

Hope Verbon-Lucas, the trainer, developed her passion for dogs growing up with show and field trained Labradors. After struggling with her own shelter dog, Willie, she was inspired to learn more about communicating with dogs.

She completed an extensive, hands-on mentorship program, worked as a behaviorist at a local shelter, and trained dogs for a rescue foundation before providing solutions to other dog owners.

How to Get Started!

To get started, clients can submit their questions by email through a contact form. The form requests basic contact information and details about the dog’s specific behavioral issues, such as difficulty walking, housebreaking needs, destructive chewing, excessive barking, aggression, jumping, fearfulness, biting, or begging.

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  • Insured

  • Free Consultation

  • wheelchair accessible entrance
  • wheelchair accessible parking

Location

Encinal Ct, Walnut Creek, CA 94597

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