During a board-and-train, your dog stays at the GSW kennel and spends time in our home, allowing us to devote as much time as possible working with your dog. Board and Train-Our board-and-train option is a three- or four-week intensive training and socialization program. Private lessons can be scheduled on an ‘as needed’ basis, or as a package of six or more lessons. Training covered in private lessons ranges from basic obedience (sit, down, stay, heel, recall, and place) to behavioral training to help extinguish and retrain various undesirable behaviors such as jumping up, inappropriate barking, leash aggression, possessiveness, and more.
Training Services Private Lessons-We offer both in-home and on-site private lessons for pet owners, along with an initial evaluation of your dog. Rather than insisting on one particular training philosophy, we adapt our training methods to each particular dog, working with their personality, temperament, training issues, and motivations. We customize the training program to your dog and to your goals for your companion, and focus on bringing out the spirit and personality of your dog while helping them become well-mannered and obedient. GSW is pleased to offer pet training for all breeds of dogs. It quickly becomes evident that dogs and people alike adore Lauren and respond positively to her one-on-one instruction.
She also connects very well with both the dog and the handler, with a natural sense for how to best approach the training for each particular team. Lauren has that natural, innate sense for dogs that has been developed over a lifetime of working with animals, and further fine-tuned through her experiences, training, and apprenticeship at Dogworx Academy. Lauren has been an active part of our family operation since the time she could follow in her father’s footsteps, assisting with daily training, in-house training, IPO training, deliveries and follow-ups with new owners, working dog breedings, whelping, and puppy raising. While at Dogworx Academy, Lauren performed not only pet dog training and evaluations, but also Noseworks, narcotics detection, basic Schutzhund, and service dog training. Both Rob and Jessy are highly accomplished trainers who themselves have trained, handled, and competed with their dogs at national and international events. In addition to her lifetime of experience with working dogs, Lauren has completed an apprenticeship through Dogworx Academy in Austin, Texas, under the expert instruction of world-class competitors and trainers Rob Dunn and Jessy Gabriel. We are exceptionally pleased to have John Riboni’s daughter, Lauren Riboni, as our main pet dog trainer. Meet our Trainer German Shepherd Watchdogs is family owned and operated boutique operation.