Happy holidays from Outsmarting Dogs dog training. If you have a holiday puppy who needs board-and-train to kick start good puppy manners and obedience, along with crate training an housetraining, contact me for puppy training packages. If you have a doggo who needs the same, I work with the adult kids, too.           ———- Helen Verte Schwarzmann outsmartingdogs@gmail.com 239-368-3682 Contact me Certified in Training and Counseling Certified Pet Dog Trainer-Knowledge Assessed Certified Trick Dog Instructor AKC {Read More}

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}

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}

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}