Outsmarting Dogs puppy and dog board-and-training is open to most dogs who need behavior and manners training. All my enrollees bring with them their behavior repertoire, some of which I need to change into a different behavior, and their brilliant personalities, drives, and abilities. Sometimes people find me because they have a new dog of a similar breed they’d trained before, but their latest is more challenging. Even within the same litter, diversity of personalities can be vast. You never {Read More}
Natural Nose Worker
August 20, 2024 By
During play time during a puppy’s or dog’s board-and-train at Outsmarting Dogs, they show me what they like to do. Seymour the goldendoodle loves to play fetch, and he also has an excellent nose. Amazing Doodle that he is, he can find a ball without anyone telling him there is even a ball there. I suggested that his owners do nosework games with him when he went home. Enroll your dog in Outsmarting Dogs board-and-train for a home style training {Read More}
Recreation Time During Board And Train Dog Training
August 3, 2024 By
Dogs and puppies live and train with me during their board-and-trains. I treat them like they are my personal pets. I love getting to know them and finding their talents, their naughty behavior triggers, and how fast they learn. And whatever I learn, I share with their owners. Pups enjoy recreation time in the yard as much as I do. They love running and romping in my securely fenced, half acre. They hunt lizards, bark at tortoises, chase rabbits, play {Read More}
Shy Puppy Gaining Confidence
July 10, 2024 By
Gaining trust is part of board-and-train when all dogs arrive, but especially shy puppies and dogs. Luna is a Doodle who was rescued and adopted from a puppy mill. She has a big need to build confidence, and I gave her a good start at Outsmarting Dogs board-and-train for dogs and puppies. Luna’s new adopter is a perfect match for her little puppy. We love patient, caring owners! Those are our types of clients. I train humanely, with food and {Read More}
Working With Multiple Personalities Board And Training Dogs And Pups
July 4, 2024 By
Happy July 4th! Fireworks, sparkly and loud, are on the menu on this holiday. Make sure you keep your pooch safe when it comes to Independence Day. It can be fun for people, but a lot of dogs find the loud sounds very scary. Dogs who are shy and meek are more likely to run and hide from the loud noises on Independence day than the dogs who are outgoing and loud themselves. I have worked with all types of {Read More}
Counter Surfing and Swiping
June 23, 2024 By
We have a lovely and huge goldendoodle who has arrived at Outsmarting Dogs. His name is Seymour. One of his goals, actually his owners’ goal, is to reduce his hobby of swiping what he finds on his daily counter surfing excursions. After that, he then runs away with his precious swipe to be chased. It’s great fun for him. Not so much for his owners. We are working on reducing that behavior using completely humane and positive methods. If you {Read More}
Playing Ball With Rules For Safety
June 20, 2024 By
One of my board-and-trains who returns occasionally for boarding is Auggie. This fur kid is an energetic Schnauzer. He needs plenty of exercise, and lots of reminders of the rules from training. I train dogs to learn the rules, then I reinforce them for maintenance. I do this no matter if it’s their first time here or the fifth. Auggie was super excited, and when we started to play, he swiped my arm hard unexpectedly. That stung! After that, our {Read More}
Doggy Doorbell Ringing
March 16, 2024 By
Dogs figure out how to make things work for them. At Outsmarting Dogs board-and-train boot camp, dogs may learn to ring a doorbell as part of their housetraining or housebreaking protocols and then use that doorbell for more ways than one. Dogs also get very creative when they go home and clients have told me that their dogs also use their doorbells to communicate other messages besides having to go potty. I recently recorded my own dogs outsmarting me with {Read More}
Outsmarting Dogs Puppy and Dog Board and Train Boot Camp
January 31, 2024 By
Outsmarting Dogs is a board-and-train in Lee county for owners of dogs and puppies who want humane, positive training. If you’re looking for a humane boot camp for your family pooch, contact me! ———- Helen Verte Schwarzmann 239-368-3682 Contact me Certified in Training and Counseling Certified Pet Dog Trainer-Knowledge Assessed Certified Trick Dog Instructor AKC STAR Puppy, CGC, and Trick Dog Trainer and Evaluator Your Board-and-Train Dog Trainer for southwest Florida, Cape Coral, Fort Myers, Sanibel, Gateway, Bonita Springs, Naples, {Read More}
Holiday Board-and-Train Puppies
December 11, 2023 By
Happy holidays from Outsmarting Dogs board-and-train for puppies and dogs! Bee is a Goldendoodle puppy we’ve been outsmarting this December. She’s been learning that greeting people is much better with four paws on the floor, that pulling on leash doesn’t get her too far, and that when she plays pet manners games for the win, she earns delicious dog traininghttps://outsmartingdogs.com/holiday-board-and-train-puppies-fort-myers-naples-fort-lauderdale-dog-training/ food, such as tuna fudge. Auggie is an adolescent Schnauzer whose counter surfing skills are being traded in for other {Read More}
