Dylan

Dylan’s family has always had multiple dogs, and has been teaching and learning from them his whole life. From teaching the elderly dog hand signals (he was deaf) to training tricks to impress guests, His years of experience allow him to have clear conversation with dogs and help them quickly understand what is being asked of them, while paying attention to the dog’s cues that they may be confused or frustrated and need the training approached a different way

Dylan himself has multiple chronic conditions that didn’t begin to affect him until early adulthood, so he didn't realize until then how looked down on disabled people are by the general public and friends/family until he started needing accommodations and needing to cancel plans due to disability. Since he was already a dog trainer, he started looking into service dog training and realized that while many people train their own service dogs, not many people have the experience or dedication to train them for others. Most people with disabilities (especially ones that are not openly visible) are used to having their needs dismissed and accommodations denied, so he will work with you and give you resources to help advocate for yourself and become more confident and better at asserting your needs. No matter if your disability is apparent or not, rest assured that you will be believed and assisted in the ways that you may need, whether that be from reduced hearing/sight/mobility, or simply needing things explained a different way, you can ALWAYS ask for the accommodations that you need with no fear of judgement or disbelief

It is the firm belief of this trainer that there are no* dogs that are too fearful or reactive to train. It is also observed from experience that most of those behaviors are not inherent to the dog or breed but were a result of their upbringing. most people don’t know how to socialize and train a puppy, and so the puppy becomes fearful of new things.

The dog is not “broken” or “aggressive”, they are just afraid, and many have learned through past experience that growling or biting or other similar behaviors is what gets the humans/dogs triggering their fears to back off. With enough patience and training, ANY* dog can become a well-behaved, confident, happy companion in any environment

*Dogs with hormone/developmental problems may need medication to help them become balanced before training can really help them, and unfortunately some medically induced behavioral problems are unfixable, but this is exceedingly rare and needs to be diagnosed by a veterinarian, which Dylan is NOT

Many people are afraid to seek training due to the threat of discrimination or judgment, whether that be about the owner (Race, disability, gender/sexual orientation, etc.) or the dog (certain breeds, how they’ve treated/trained in the past before their owners knew better, etc.)

This trainer doesn’t think that way, what’s important is that you’re doing the right thing now and that you care for your dog(s) enough to try to work on their problems. As for the human side of things, Dylan works hard to make sure he is checking himself and not applying stereotypes so he can treat everyone equally. If you feel you or your dog are being treated differently due to some inherent bias, please open the discussion because there is always room for improvement