A+ Dog Training

It was time for Gracie to go from in-home training to a trip out on the town on Thursday!  Gracie trained on how to go potty before entering a store, proper etiquette inside a store, and how to behave while strangers are near or petting her. She went to Pet Extreme and Home Depot in

Turlock’s forecast calls for an 80% chance of rain tomorrow at 10:00 A.M. when our Pack Walk starts at CSU, Stanislaus.  Should that 20% chance occur at 9:00 A.M. and it doesn’t look like it’s going to rain, we will post on our Facebook page that the Pack Walk is still on.  Just remember to

It’s Opening Day and Tom is still out training dogs in Modesto.  This shows how much we are committed to our clients and their dogs! (If you hadn’t heard, we had a Dodger themed wedding). So keep up the great work, everyone! And we’ll see you again tomorrow!

Patterson had their pack walk downtown the day before Easter.  A+ Dog Training from Turlock managed to load the car up for the weekend and catch up with Westside Animals for Adoption and other dog lovers for their monthly walk (held every last Saturday of the month at 9:00 a.m.). From there, our Labrador was

Both Kindergarten classes from A+ Dog Training got to work on nose work by having an Easter egg hunt.  Tom taught the handlers how to allow the dog to use their nose to lead them to a dog treat-filled plastic egg.  Dog were to Sit once alerting to the egg to receive their treat. Visit

Capone would like to remind you that a well walked dog is a well behaved dog.  Whether you have friends from Modesto coming over for an Easter brunch or visiting the in-laws in Turlock for an Easter supper, make sure to walk your dog with purpose.  Don’t stop to sniff around.  Stop once in the

All day long children couldn’t wait to pinch me – but I was wearing green for St. Patrick’s Day.  Tonight, I thought I’d re-post about the most popular question, “Is a pinch collar right for my dog?” Anyone that has taken personal training from A+ Dog Training knows that much like the pinch collar (aka

Maverick celebrated his birthday with a walk around downtown Patterson.  The walk is held by Westside Animals for Adoption and free for the public.  It begins at Patterson Veterinary Hospital at 9:00 a.m.  Their next walk is on Saturday, March 26, 2016.  Please visit their website for more details. Walking does not only calm your

Molly the Golden Retriever wants to tell Chloe from our March Puppy Social and everyone else in Hughson and Modesto that there are only three spaces left for our next Kindergarten Class. The class will be held at Taylor ER Veterinary in Turlock every Thursday for five consecutive weeks.  It will start Thursday, March 17th

We had time to finally post pictures of February’s Pack Walk.  Yesterday’s dog walk was a success!  Nineteen dogs came out and the rain came before and after the walk.  Some people trained their dogs to stay away from puddles, calmly walk through the puddles, and to sit-stay during a resting period.  Great work everyone!