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Service Overview

Types of Dog Training

  • Family Dog
  • Behavior Modification

Specialty Focus Areas

  • Potty Training
  • Biting / Nipping
  • Stealing Food
  • Barking Excessively
  • Jumping on People
  • Fearfulness
  • Basic Obedience
  • Recall
  • Puppy Training

Training Formats Offered

  • Private Lessons
  • Group Classes
  • In-Home
  • Private Facility
  • Video Calls

Program Formats

  • Sessions Package

Types of Dogs

  • Small
  • Giant

Age of Dogs Trained

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

Dog Training Methodology

Methods: 

  • Balanced Training

It’s A Dog’s Life offers effective dog training programs designed to help owners communicate better with their dogs and integrate them as well-adjusted family members. They provide both one-on-one private sessions and group classes, with the flexibility of training at your home or at their facilities.

Their curriculum covers a broad spectrum of needs, from fundamental obedience commands like sit, down, stay, come, heel, stand, walk, and quiet, to addressing complex behavioral challenges. These include housebreaking, chewing, biting, stealing, barking, jumping, and various fear-related issues such as fear of people, thunderstorms, or being alone. They utilize positive balanced and consequence balanced training techniques. Additionally, they offer free online lessons and a blog as supplementary resources for dog owners.

About the Trainer

It’s A Dog’s Life is a dog training business with three locations in the Cleveland, Ohio area, serving both the east and west sides of the city. They aim to be the go-to place for dog owners to understand their dogs’ habits and desires, teaching effective communication to help dogs become well-adjusted family members.

They offer both one-on-one private training and group classes, with options for training at your home or at their facilities. They work with dogs of all sizes, from 2-pound dogs to 200-pound dogs, and all ages, from 8-week-old puppies to adult and older dogs.

Their training approach uses positive balanced and consequence balanced techniques. They provide a wide range of services, from simple basic training like sit, down, stay, come, heel, stand, walk, and quiet, to complex problem modification for issues such as housebreaking, chewing, biting, stealing, barking, jumping, and various fears (people, thunderstorms, being alone). They also offer free online lessons and maintain a blog for additional resources.

How to Get Started!

Dog owners can get started by calling Terry Miller or emailing the business.

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  • Free Consultation

Contact Information

Languages

  • English

Misc Features

  • wheelchair accessible parking
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