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dog and puppy training at ynda
 | Marti has her PhD in Psychology and applies Positive Reinforcement and Reward in training with our dogs. |
| Marti is an AKC Canine Good Citizen Evaluator. |
| Marti successfully trained and mushed her Siberian Huskies in the 1980's, and trained lead dogs for herself and other mushers. |
| Andy has owned and trained hunting retrievers since 1969. Many of those dogs have hunted successfully with him for upland birds. |
| Andy has competed in AKC Obedience with several of his dogs, earning the C.D. together. |
| Andy has tested his dogs in the field, earning several Working Certificates on his labs. |
| We train dogs who want to work with you, in partnership with you. |
| We do not use shock collars in training. |
| Sorry, we do not take in other people's dogs for training. |
Training at Ynda begins AT BIRTH and continues until a dog leaves. We pour time into our puppies so that they have the absolute best foundation possible for their future lives.
What you can expect a Ynda Puppy will know at 8 weeks:
- Puppy will know to respond when you call it 'Puppy.'
- Puppy will know the command to eliminate. We use 'Park'
- Puppy will know the command to come. We use 'Come.'
- Puppy will be 'housebroken' to go 'outside' thru a doggie door and eliminate 'outside.'
- Puppy will also be able to continue using papers or chips for training if you need this.
- Puppy will be content to sleep in a crate.
- Puppy will be introduced to 'no bite' and 'no teeth'.
- Puppy will be used to wearing a collar all the time.
- Puppy will be introduced to walking on a leash.
- Puppy will be introduced to a myriad of noises, smells, and surfaces to build its confidence throughout its lifetime.
- Puppy will be introduced to 'sit.'
- Puppy will be introduced to water.
- All puppies are temperament tested at 7 weeks of age. Written results are available.
- All puppies are born in our home and raised for the first weeks of life in our kitchen. When they grow out of the whelping box, they graduate to the nursery.
- The nursery has many toys and environment enriching activities, a grassy play area with puppy obstacles for climbing and adventuring, music and adult dog company. Each of us supervises and interacts personally with the pups in the nursery at least 4 hours per day.
- All puppies are handled extensively throughout their weeks with us. They are introduced to people of all ages and ethnic backgrounds.
- Puppies are comfortable/ at ease with large adult dogs of another breed. We want them to be able to socialize and bond with dogs of all types. There is a real magic between our Ridgebacks and the Labrador puppies.
Adult dogs and older puppies at Ynda can be expected to know:
- Excellent leash training, including not to pull on a show leash.
- Show 'stacking' by hand and 'free stacking.'
- Basic commands: Come, wait, sit, stay, walk with me, quiet, leave it, give it, bring it, go for it, walking up and down carpeted stairs, show me your teeth, going over by a stranger, waiting with a stranger.
- Many know advanced commands: Down, go over it, hand and arm directed retrieves -- go back, search right, search left.
- Many are excellent swimmers.
- All are introduced to birds.
Ridgeback with pups.
Andy with 5 week old pup.
puppy plays in 'tunnel'
puppy with toys on pipe bed
puppy with Marti 6 weeks
puppy with Andy
pups 'watch me' & show collars
pups play on their puppy pool
pup explores the stool
puppy tests the fence around the nursery play area
pup attacks the ball toy
pup free stack 10 weeks old