Understanding Attachment Styles and How They Affect You & Your Pet's Relationship (link to quiz included)
One of the things I deeply value about dog training and coaching clients' with their dogs is figuring out how they're connected....
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Melissa Kenngott
- Jul 9
- 2 min
Coming up...3 week mini-series in Afton -- real life learning with your reactive dog (who lunges, barks and **loses it** around other dogs)
My first dog was wildly reactive, which left me feeling shame, blame and loads of inadequacy as a dog parent. On walks he would snarl,...
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Melissa Kenngott
- Jun 19
- 1 min
Connect and play by letting go of your training agenda
As a society, we are notorious for setting goals. Making plans. Doing what it takes to abide by our planners. Well, what if I told you...
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Melissa Kenngott
- Jun 11
- 1 min
Getting out of a training funk...or getting into a training routine for your first time 🐕 📅
You've landed here, or clicked on this e-mail, because you feel this. You feel the call to connect deeper with your dog, stop all those...
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Melissa Kenngott
- May 9
- 1 min
Gentle Crate Training
As many of you have heard, crate training is essential when raising a calm, housebroken puppy. If you're still not convinced, there are...
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Melissa Kenngott
- May 1
- 1 min
Puppy Day Training (drop off in Waynesboro)
Hi friends and followers! We all know how cute and cuddly puppies are in those first few days when we get them home and then all of a...
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Melissa Kenngott
- Jan 7
- 1 min
Homeschool Program -- New Year, New You, New Relationship with Your Dog (goal setting, phone & e-mail support to train at home)!
We've all heard it before, it goes something like, "New year, new you" -- but what about you and your dog? As with any healthy...
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Melissa Kenngott
- Dec 23, 2023
- 1 min
Drop Off Puppy Crate Training Program in Waynesboro!
We have all heard it before -- you have to crate train your puppy OR ELSE! Some of the many benefits of gentle crate training include --...
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Melissa Kenngott
- Nov 24, 2023
- 2 min
Home for the holidays -- how to help your furry friend with visitors!
Yesterday, as we all know, was Thanksiving Day, another opportunity to spend our time with friends and family dear to our hearts. For...
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Melissa Kenngott
- Nov 10, 2023
- 1 min
Share a session & split the cost of training + many more benefits!
Have you been considering dog training but you're not sure you can afford the cost associated with private, one-on-one training? Do you...
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Melissa Kenngott
- Oct 7, 2023
- 1 min
Puppy Group Training, 6-Week Series at Rockfish Valley Community Center, Afton
We're excited to roll out another puppy training series at Rockfish Valley Community Center in Afton! Starting October 29th, we will meet...
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Melissa Kenngott
- Oct 4, 2023
- 2 min
The power of sniffing as a reward and how to use it during training!
Dogs will be dogs, we've all heard it before, right? Intrinsically, dogs are hardwired to investigate the environment with their noses....
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Melissa Kenngott
- Sep 21, 2023
- 1 min
Find your dog tribe and join the Trail Hiking Dog Club!
"The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step. Make that first step memorable by hiking it with your pup," -- unknown We've all...
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Melissa Kenngott
- Sep 19, 2023
- 1 min
Puppy Day Training in Waynesboro -- for puppies 5 months and under
Puppies are cute. They're cuddly. They're fun and active! Puppies, however, are incredibly animalistic -- meaning, they act how they...
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Melissa Kenngott
- Sep 4, 2023
- 3 min
Zen Den Dog Training
Does your dog follow you around the house? Do they pant, pace or have difficulty settling when the family is up and moving around? Then...
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Melissa Kenngott
- Apr 28, 2023
- 1 min
Finally ending the chase game!
It's time to head to work and your dog needs to come in from outside. This should be simple, right? Call your pup by his name, he...
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Melissa Kenngott
- Dec 15, 2022
- 2 min
The Itty Bitty Secrets of Loose Leash Walking With Your Dog!
Nothing tops a nice, long walk with you and your dog, immersed in Mother Nature together, right? Studies show that movement with your dog...
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Melissa Kenngott
- Nov 5, 2022
- 4 min
Cookie Confidential - The Itty, Bitty Secrets of Dog Training
If you have a dog, you know all about the power of reinforcement. At feeding time, you probably ask your dog to sit before feeding him,...
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Melissa Kenngott
- Apr 26, 2022
- 2 min
Hand targeting — why and how to use it!
You finally took the leap into dog training (congratulations!) and you’ve completed your first training session and you’re wondering what...
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Melissa Kenngott
- Apr 14, 2022
- 1 min
Stop leash pulling, today!
You’ve heard the phrase before while your dog pulls you toward that “special spot” on your daily walk — “Hey! Who’s walking who?!”, an...
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