The AKC FIT DOG program is a program developed by the American Kennel Club and taught by AKC FIT DOG Instructors. Our AKC FIT DOG courses are fun and fitness-focused to help you get your dog into shape! You will learn proper form and safety while doing various fitness exercises to improve your dog’s balance, flexibility, stamina, and overall body fitness. Improvements in these areas can help prevent future injuries, while dog and owner have fun training with positive reinforcement-based methods at the same time! Many exercises taught in class also double as cute crowd-pleasing tricks too!

Attending our FIT DOG six-week course (even virtually) makes your dog eligible for points towards their AKC FIT DOG titles too!

Introducing Pawsitively Connected, our exceptional 4-week virtual dog training group class designed to foster a stronger bond between you and your dog. This course is perfect for dog owners seeking a laidback introductory class that combines positive reinforcement training techniques with engaging enrichment activities for their dogs.

We understand that the focus should not be on simply acing obedience skills, as this approach sometimes backfires and adds unnecessary pressure on your relationship with your dog. Instead, our course emphasizes the unique connection between you and your dog, providing a platform to discover activities that will enhance your bond, nurture growth, and establish a solid foundation for all your future endeavors together.

The AKC FIT DOG program is a program developed by the American Kennel Club and taught by AKC FIT DOG Instructors. Our AKC FIT DOG courses are fun and fitness-focused to help you get your dog into shape! You will learn proper form and safety while doing various fitness exercises to improve your dog’s balance, flexibility, stamina, and overall body fitness. Improvements in these areas can help prevent future injuries, while dog and owner have fun training with positive reinforcement-based methods at the same time! Many exercises taught in class also double as cute crowd-pleasing tricks too!

Attending our FIT DOG six-week course (even virtually) makes your dog eligible for points towards their AKC FIT DOG titles too!

What is AKC Fit Dog?
The AKC FIT DOG program, developed by the American Kennel Club and taught by AKC approved Fit Dog instructors, is all about fun and fitness for dogs and their owners.

During our six-week AKC Fit Dog virtual courses, you'll learn proper form and safety while doing various fitness exercises to improve your dog's balance, flexibility, stamina, and overall body fitness. Not only will these exercises help prevent future injuries, but some also double as cute crowd-pleasing tricks!

Our training techniques are all based on positive reinforcement, so both you and your dog can enjoy the process of getting in shape together. Plus, attending our virtual Fit Dog course makes your dog eligible for points towards their AKC Fit Dog titles too!

The Scentsory Den is a guided enrichment activity designed specifically for dogs. What exactly is a Scentsory Den, you might wonder? Well, it's a unique sensory room where dogs are encouraged to explore their surroundings through various senses such as taste, touch, sight, smell, and hearing.

The Scentsory Den not only provides mental enrichment and stimulation but also doubles as a slow-paced socialization opportunity. This activity is especially beneficial for puppies and dogs that may be nervous, anxious, fearful, or elderly.

The AKC FIT DOG program is a program developed by the American Kennel Club and taught by AKC FIT DOG Instructors. Our AKC FIT DOG courses are fun and fitness-focused to help you get your dog into shape! You will learn proper form and safety while doing various fitness exercises to improve your dog’s balance, flexibility, stamina, and overall body fitness. Improvements in these areas can help prevent future injuries, while dog and owner have fun training with positive reinforcement-based methods at the same time! Many exercises taught in class also double as cute crowd-pleasing tricks too!

Attending our FIT DOG six-week course (even virtually) makes your dog eligible for points towards their AKC FIT DOG titles too!

The AKC FIT DOG program is a program developed by the American Kennel Club and taught by AKC FIT DOG Instructors. Our AKC FIT DOG courses are fun and fitness-focused to help you get your dog into shape! You will learn proper form and safety while doing various fitness exercises to improve your dog’s balance, flexibility, stamina, and overall body fitness. Improvements in these areas can help prevent future injuries, while dog and owner have fun training with positive reinforcement-based methods at the same time! Many exercises taught in class also double as cute crowd-pleasing tricks too!

Attending our FIT DOG six-week course (even virtually) makes your dog eligible for points towards their AKC FIT DOG titles too!

What is AKC Fit Dog?
The AKC FIT DOG program, developed by the American Kennel Club and taught by AKC approved Fit Dog instructors, is all about fun and fitness for dogs and their owners.

During our six-week AKC Fit Dog virtual courses, you'll learn proper form and safety while doing various fitness exercises to improve your dog's balance, flexibility, stamina, and overall body fitness. Not only will these exercises help prevent future injuries, but some also double as cute crowd-pleasing tricks!

Our training techniques are all based on positive reinforcement, so both you and your dog can enjoy the process of getting in shape together. Plus, attending our virtual Fit Dog course makes your dog eligible for points towards their AKC Fit Dog titles too!

Virtual Halloween-themed training workshop cost is $35 per person held over Zoom and presented by Lauren Tsao on Monday, Oct. 9th, 2023 from 2pm-3:00pm CT. Dogs and humans are welcome for this virtual training workshop! Limited spots available and the class will be recorded.

1-hr Trick AND Treat Online Training Class will cover topics like the following:

• Halloween-themed training exercises to prepare for a stress-free BARKING-free Halloween night. Though these exercises can be used year-round for various sounds, scary new people/items, and to prevent barking and door dashing.

• How to stop barking at the doorbell or when someone knocks on the door.

• How to setup your entry way to prevent door dashing immediately, as well as ideas for more advanced training setups at the door to prevent door dashing.

• How to use desensitization and counter conditioning to help decrease barking when your dog can see/hear someone at the door, especially spooky dressed-up Trick-or-Treaters!

• How to use desensitization and counter conditioning to help decrease barking and fearfulness around novel items like Halloween decor that is new, moves, or makes sounds. As well as sounds related to Halloween like children laughing, door opening and closing, and more.

• What you SHOULD and SHOULD NOT do when trying to make your dog comfortable with new activities - especially around the holidays.
  
  Suggested for: Aggressive/Reactive Dog Owners, Dogs who Door Dash, Bark at Sounds, or Bark at Strangers/Sounds at the Door , & Companion Dog Owners

Our enrichment days are one of the perks of attending classes and programs with Faithfully Yours Dog Training! These days are only open to past or current FY students and are all about enriching you and your dog’s lives together.

Each enrichment day we provide different enrichment activities to help your dog spend excess energy, use their brain by playing fun games, and explore in an environment created by dog professionals with your dog’s enjoyment in mind!

On enrichment days, we provide time slots for you and your dog to come out to our 11-acre Braxton, MS farm for unique dog enrichment activities. Your time slot is your own private time slot and all items/toys are disinfected between each time slot.

Even if your dog has behavioral concerns like reactivity, they may join us for enrichment days.

TAUGHT BY? Lauren Tsao, MS, CDBC, CPDT-KA, CTDI

CLASS START DATE AND TIME? The first class starts Thursday, September 7th, 2023 at 7 PM Central Time (course classes run every Thursday for six weeks straight at 7 PM central time with a live Zoom group class every Thursday, except Sept. 28th.) Graduation day is October 12th, 2023 at 7 PM central.

LOCATION? Virtual over Zoom - anyone can attend anywhere in the world! You will also gain access to a virtual course with videos, so you may opt in or out of the live Zoom classes.

COST? $125 per dog for the five-week course (five 1-hour virtual live Zoom classes plus access to our pre-recorded video course, the Zoom class recordings, and optional free Novice trick dog assessments for both Do More With Your Dog! and the American Kennel Club title credit). Class limited to twelve dog/owner teams.

PRE-REQUISITES? Dog and human students must know about training with treats using luring and be able to focus during class. Because this class is virtual, reactive dogs who are not owner-handling reactive/aggressive are welcome to join us!

PLEASE NOTE: This class is for healthy dogs with no significant prior injuries. Healthy puppies (eight weeks and up) and senior dogs may join us for Novice level with modifications made to match their physical needs.

The AKC FIT DOG program is a program developed by the American Kennel Club and taught by AKC FIT DOG Instructors. Our AKC FIT DOG courses are fun and fitness-focused to help you get your dog into shape! You will learn proper form and safety while doing various fitness exercises to improve your dog’s balance, flexibility, stamina, and overall body fitness. Improvements in these areas can help prevent future injuries, while dog and owner have fun training with positive reinforcement-based methods at the same time! Many exercises taught in class also double as cute crowd-pleasing tricks too!

Attending our FIT DOG six-week course (even virtually) makes your dog eligible for points towards their AKC FIT DOG titles too!

The AKC FIT DOG program is a program developed by the American Kennel Club and taught by AKC FIT DOG Instructors. Our AKC FIT DOG courses are fun and fitness-focused to help you get your dog into shape! You will learn proper form and safety while doing various fitness exercises to improve your dog’s balance, flexibility, stamina, and overall body fitness. Improvements in these areas can help prevent future injuries, while dog and owner have fun training with positive reinforcement-based methods at the same time! Many exercises taught in class also double as cute crowd-pleasing tricks too!

Attending our FIT DOG six-week course (even virtually) makes your dog eligible for points towards their AKC FIT DOG titles too!

What is AKC Fit Dog?
The AKC FIT DOG program, developed by the American Kennel Club and taught by AKC approved Fit Dog instructors, is all about fun and fitness for dogs and their owners.

During our six-week AKC Fit Dog virtual courses, you'll learn proper form and safety while doing various fitness exercises to improve your dog's balance, flexibility, stamina, and overall body fitness. Not only will these exercises help prevent future injuries, but some also double as cute crowd-pleasing tricks!

Our training techniques are all based on positive reinforcement, so both you and your dog can enjoy the process of getting in shape together. Plus, attending our virtual Fit Dog course makes your dog eligible for points towards their AKC Fit Dog titles too!

Fuzzy Piranha: Realistic Puppy Teething & Play Biting Solutions & Expectations is a an hour and half live webinar for dog trainers and dog behavior consultants that will be presented by Lauren Tsao, MS, CDBC, CPDT-KA from Faithfully Yours Dog Training in Braxton, MS. (This webinar is a “Skill Sharper” webinar so, it will be made available with our private training program packages.)

This webinar is FREE and will be held live on Saturday, May 20th, 2023 from 11 am to 12:30 pm central time and the webinar will be hosted via Zoom.

***A recording will be made of the live event for those who signed up to attend, but couldn’t attend live.***

We highly recommend this webinar to puppy owners, people thinking about getting a puppy, and dog trainers who work with puppies.

Approved for 1.5 CCPDT CEUs (1 Behavior CEU & 0.5 Training CEU).
Approved for 1.5 IAABC CEUs.

Our enrichment days are one of the perks of attending classes and programs with Faithfully Yours Dog Training! These days are only open to past or current FY students and are all about enriching you and your dog’s lives together.

Each enrichment day we provide different enrichment activities to help your dog spend excess energy, use their brain by playing fun games, and explore in an environment created by dog professionals with your dog’s enjoyment in mind!

On enrichment days, we provide time slots for you and your dog to come out to our 11-acre Braxton, MS farm for unique dog enrichment activities. Your time slot is your own private time slot and all items/toys are disinfected between each time slot.

Even if your dog has behavioral concerns like reactivity, they may join us for enrichment days.

What Is AKC FIT DOG?

The AKC FIT DOG program, developed by the American Kennel Club and taught by AKC approved Fit Dog instructors, is all about fun and fitness for dogs and their owners.

During our six-week AKC Fit Dog virtual courses, you'll learn proper form and safety while doing various fitness exercises to improve your dog's balance, flexibility, stamina, and overall body fitness. Not only will these exercises help prevent future injuries, but some also double as cute crowd-pleasing tricks!

Our training techniques are all based on positive reinforcement, so both you and your dog can enjoy the process of getting in shape together. Plus, attending our virtual Fit Dog course makes your dog eligible for points towards their AKC Fit Dog titles too!

Puzzlin’ Puppy is a mini hands-on workshop held in at our Braxton, MS location and taught by our certified professional dog trainer and certified dog behavior consultant, Lauren Tsao, MS, CDBC, CPDT-KA, CTDI.

This hour-long workshop will be held indoors and only have three in-person student working spots to make sure Lauren can attend to each working team appropriately and make sure all the puppies have an enriching and positive experience during the workshop.

During the workshop, you will learn how to set up appropriately challenging food and toy puzzles for your puppy (ages 8 weeks to 14 weeks old), when to help them and when to let them build resilience, the benefits of canine enrichment, how to modify the puzzle challenge for various levels as they grow, and how puzzles can help puppies become more independent and confident problem solvers in the future.

The AKC FIT DOG program is a program developed by the American Kennel Club and taught by AKC FIT DOG Instructors. Our AKC FIT DOG courses are fun and fitness-focused to help you get your dog into shape! You will learn proper form and safety while doing various fitness exercises to improve your dog’s balance, flexibility, stamina, and overall body fitness. Improvements in these areas can help prevent future injuries, while dog and owner have fun training with positive reinforcement-based methods at the same time! Many exercises taught in class also double as cute crowd-pleasing tricks too!

Attending our FIT DOG six-week course (even virtually) makes your dog eligible for points towards their AKC FIT DOG titles too!

Our Canine Escape Rooms are events where dogs and their owners can come together to solve an escape room together. If you have never visited a human-only escape room, you are put into a room with other people and then asked to solve puzzles within the room within a time limit to “escape”!

For our canine escape rooms, you will be using the help of your dog’s nose and brain to solve dog-friendly treat puzzles to find clues. Don’t worry - there are also puzzles for the humans to solve themselves too! Working as a team, you will try to complete all the puzzles in the room before time runs out.

Calmness For Canines: Teaching High-Energy Dogs To Relax is a 1-hour live Skill Sharper webinar for dog owners, dog trainers, and dog behavior consultants that will be presented by Lauren Tsao, MS, CDBC, CPDT-KA from Faithfully Yours Dog Training in Braxton, MS.

The webinar cost is $20 per person and will be held live on Sunday, April 2nd, 2023 from 6 pm to 7 pm central time, and the webinar will be hosted via Zoom. A recording will be made of the live event for those who paid to attend, but couldn’t attend live.

Approved for 1 CCPDT Training CEU.
Approved for 1 IAABC CEU.

Our enrichment days are one of the perks of attending classes and programs with Faithfully Yours Dog Training! These days are only open to past or current FY students and are all about enriching you and your dog’s lives together.

Each enrichment day we provide different enrichment activities to help your dog spend excess energy, use their brain by playing fun games, and explore in an environment created by dog professionals with your dog’s enjoyment in mind!

On enrichment days, we provide time slots for you and your dog to come out to our 11-acre Braxton, MS farm for unique dog enrichment activities. Your time slot is your own private time slot and all items/toys are disinfected between each time slot.

Even if your dog has behavioral concerns like reactivity, they may join us for enrichment days.

The AKC FIT DOG program is a program developed by the American Kennel Club and taught by AKC FIT DOG Instructors. Our AKC FIT DOG courses are fun and fitness-focused to help you get your dog into shape! You will learn proper form and safety while doing various fitness exercises to improve your dog’s balance, flexibility, stamina, and overall body fitness. Improvements in these areas can help prevent future injuries, while dog and owner have fun training with positive reinforcement-based methods at the same time! Many exercises taught in class also double as cute crowd-pleasing tricks too!

Attending our FIT DOG six-week course (even virtually) makes your dog eligible for points towards their AKC FIT DOG titles too!

Empathy, Boundaries, and Clarity: The Dog Trainer’s Guide to Human Students is a 2-hour live webinar for dog trainers and dog behavior consultants that will be presented by Lauren Tsao, MS, CDBC, CPDT-KA over Zoom on Monday, March 6th, 2023 from 11 am to 1 pm central time.

This webinar, Empathy, Boundaries, and Clarity: The Dog Trainer’s Guide to Human Students focuses on how to communicate and set boundaries with human students with empathy and clarity as a dog trainer, even when you are burnt out, exhausted, and overworked

The recording will be available to those who are enrolled.

Approved for 2 CCPDT Behavior CEUs.
Approved for 2 IAABC CEUs.

Spring Cleaning Your Training: Training Goals & Achieving Them Through Organization and Management is a 1-hour live Skill Sharper webinar for dog owners, dog trainers, and dog behavior consultants that will be presented by Lauren Tsao, MS, CDBC, CPDT-KA over Zoom on Saturday, March 4th, 2023 from 4 pm to 5 pm central time.

Are you a dog owner who is looking for ways to improve your training strategies? Do you need help staying organized and on track with your goals? This webinar is designed to provide dog owners and trainers with strategies on how to stay organized and achieve their desired training goals. It will cover topics such as goal setting, time management, and creating effective training plans that work for both owners and dogs. Attendees will also be provided with helpful tips and tricks on how to maintain momentum through the effective implementation of their training plans.

The recording will be available to those who are enrolled.

Approved for 1 CCPDT Training CEU.
Approved for 1 IAABC CEU.

Cooperative Care: What Is It and How to Get Started is a 1-hour live Skill Sharper webinar for dog owners and dog trainers that will be presented by guest speaker Tiffany Score, CTC, FFCP-T of Free To Be Dog, LLC based in Moore County, NC.

Do you struggle with trimming your dog's nails?

Is the vet clinic your dog's worst enemy?

Did your groomer fire you?

Veterinary care and grooming doesn't have to be traumatic for you or your dog!

Cooperative care is a hot topic in dog training right now, but what is it? How do you get started? Whether you are a dog owner or dog trainer, join us for this webinar.

The webinar cost is $20 per person and will be held live on Wednesday, February 8th, 2023 from 6 pm to 7 pm central time, and the webinar will be hosted via Zoom. A recording will be made of the live event for those who paid to attend, but couldn’t attend live.

1 CCPDT Training CEU.
1 IAABC CEU.

The AKC FIT DOG program is a program developed by the American Kennel Club and taught by AKC FIT DOG Instructors. Our AKC FIT DOG courses are fun and fitness-focused to help you get your dog into shape! You will learn proper form and safety while doing various fitness exercises to improve your dog’s balance, flexibility, stamina, and overall body fitness. Improvements in these areas can help prevent future injuries, while dog and owner have fun training with positive reinforcement-based methods at the same time! Many exercises taught in class also double as cute crowd-pleasing tricks too!

Attending our FIT DOG six-week course (even virtually) makes your dog eligible for points towards their AKC FIT DOG titles too!