Ruff World Training

Ruff World Training offers comprehensive programs that blend behavioral and obedience training to address all aspects of a dog’s issues. Their methods are designed to provide lasting solutions through discipline and structure, with a focus on ongoing support and guidance to equip owners with skills for consistent effort. Key components of their approach include building a strong relationship and clear communication between owner and dog, teaching manners for various environments, and developing impulse control through real-world situations.

They also provide a 3-month Youth K9 Education program for children in 7th grade and up. This program aims to develop proficient dog trainers through hands-on experience with real rescue dogs, covering various aspects of dog training.

Ruff World Training, based in Vancouver, WA, is dedicated to transforming the lives of adolescent-aged dogs exhibiting undesirable behaviors. They offer high-quality online and in-person coaching, private in-home training sessions, day training, and board & train options. Their unique focus is on adolescent dogs, and all profits generated go towards training and rehoming abandoned adolescent-aged dogs, aiming to combat high euthanasia rates.

They provide comprehensive training that blends behavioral and obedience aspects, designed to offer lasting solutions through discipline and structure. Ruff World Training offers ongoing support and guidance, equipping dog owners with the tools and accountability needed for long-term success. They emphasize realistic expectations, understanding that consistent effort is key to improving a dog’s behavior.

Beyond training, Ruff World Training assists potential dog parents in avoiding common adoption mistakes and finding suitable dogs, including offering trained rescues for adoption. As a “for-profit” rescue, they operate independently, allowing for a personalized and hands-on approach to matching dogs with responsible owners. They also offer a 3-month Youth K9 Education program for children in 7th grade and up, providing hands-on experience with real rescue dogs to develop skilled dog trainers. The founder, Dylan Atkinson, is committed to personally training and rehoming 1000 abandoned dogs, believing that a trained dog is a wanted dog.

Accomplishments

The founder, Dylan Atkinson, has a background as a professional MMA fighter with a record of 16-6, and coached a youth MMA team from 2011-2019, producing one youth IBJJF world champion. Before founding Ruff World Training & The Abandonment Prevention Project, he completed 18 months of professional dog training courses. His personal goal is to train and rehome 1000 abandoned dogs.

How to Get Started!

To begin training, clients are encouraged to complete an “Evaluation Form” to request a reservation. If unsure about the best training program for their dog, clients are invited to ask for guidance.