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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Webinar cost is $20 per person and presented live by Audrey Fellows on Saturday, January 7th, 2023 from 4 pm - 5 pm CT. A recording will be made available once the live presentation is completed and uploaded (usually 24 hours after the live event.)

Pending IAABC CEU.
Approved for 1 CCPDT Training CEU.

100 People in 30 Days? Socializing a Puppy in 2023 will cover topics like the following:

• What socialization is and isn’t, and common myths still around today.

• What a positive socialization experience looks like.

• Steps to introduce your puppy to new things in the home and outside.

• What greetings should look like and reducing the chance of “excited peeing.”

• How to recognize happy and comfortable body language that tells you your puppy is having a positive experience (hint: it’s not rolling over to show his belly to a stranger!).

• What to do when your puppy becomes frightened or overwhelmed.

• How to socialize past the socialization period as your puppy grows up.
  
  Suggested for: Someday Dog Owners, Pet Professionals, & Companion Dog Owners

Webinar recording cost is $20 per person (this event will not be live!) and presented by Lauren Tsao. The recording will be made available Sunday, Dec. 4th, 2022 from 11am CT.

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

Scent Enrichment Setups For Dogs will cover topics like the following:

• Why sniffing is important and enriching for dogs.

• How encouraging sniffing is ideal for dogs displaying reactivity, aggression, frustration, boredom, and fearful behaviors.

• How to help your dog “relearn” how to sniff and why this helps them cope with their environment.

• When you should be using scent-related enrichment and why it can be helpful in those situations.

• Using scent-related enrichment setups for dogs during behavior modification, training, or just to increase enrichment to prevent boredom!

• Videos of example scent setups and scent enrichment setup ideas.

• Suggested items, scents, and more for scent enrichment setups and how to best use them.
  
  Suggested for: Aggressive/Reactive Dog Owners, Pet Professionals, & Companion Dog Owners

Webinar cost is $20 per person held over Zoom and presented by Lauren Tsao on Saturday, Nov. 19th, 2022 from 1pm-2pm CT. No dogs needed during the live broadcast to attend. Limited spots available and the webinar will be recorded.

Approved for 1 CEU for CCPDT and 1 CEU for IAABC.

The Seductive Allure of Aversive Dog Training will cover topics like the following:

• Why aversive-based dog training methods are so attractive to people and the human psychology of why some people will reach for aversives first.

• Who is most likely to use aversive dog training methods and the possible reasons why.

• The possible fallout from aversive dog training methods and why these should be eye-opening for people, but aren’t.

• How to get through to people who have been seduced by the “quick fix” appearance of aversive-based dog training methods and better help them and their dogs.

• How to support people who are crossing over from aversive-based dog training methods to more positive reinforcement-based ones.

• How understanding others can help us bring dog training methods up-to-date with recent scientific findings and help us have empathy for people - even when we disagree with them.
  
  Suggested for: Aggressive/Reactive Dog Owners, Pet Professionals, & Companion Dog Owners

WHEN? November 12th, 2022 at 11am - 12pm CST

WHO? Lead by Lauren Tsao, MS, CDBC, CPDT-KA

WHERE? Virtually over Zoom

COST? Free - anyone who owns or works with challenging dogs (reactive, aggressive, or fearful dogs) can attend for free, but you must be willing to participate and talk about yourself and your dog during the call.

TOPIC? This month’s topic is judgement, how judgement from family, friends and others impacts challenging dog ownership.

Webinar cost is $25 per person held over Zoom and presented by Kyle Tsao, JD on Oct. 22nd, 2022 from 4pm-5pm CT. No dogs needed during the live broadcast to attend. Limited spots available and the webinar will be recorded.

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

It Depends: Dog Bite Law 101 will cover topics like the following:

• This 1-hour webinar will explore legal hypotheticals on the topic of dog bites. Dog owners, dog trainers and dog behavior consultants should all be armed with this knowledge about what happens if your dog or your client’s dog bites someone.

• What are your legal duties if you own a dog.

• What happens if your dog bites a trespasser compared to a non-trespasser.

• Whether or not “Beware of Dog” signs are a good idea.

• Whether or not dog trainers documenting a dog’s “Before Training” behaviors for “Before & After” videos or social media posts is a good idea.

• And general mitigation of risks for dog owners and dog trainers.
  
  Suggested for: Aggressive/Reactive Dog Owners, Pet Professionals, & Companion Dog Owners

Online What’s In Your Mouth!? Leave It & Drop It group dog training class cost is $15 per person held over Zoom and presented by Lauren Tsao on Saturday, Oct. 22nd, 2022 from 2pm-3:00pm CT. Dogs and humans are welcome for this virtual class! Limited spots available and the class will be recorded.

1-hr What’s In Your Mouth!? Leave It & Drop It Online Training Class will cover topics like the following:

• Positive-reinforcement focused training exercises to teach and proof the Leave It and Drop It verbal cues. (ex. Your dog leaving things alone when asked and your dog dropping things when asked.)

• How to get your dog to leave items, food, people, and other animals alone when asked.

• How to get your dog to drop items out of their mouth when asked, like their toys, things they shouldn’t eat, and gross things picked up on walks.

• How to proof these behaviors so, you can use them anywhere!

• How to use Leave It if your dog is reactive to humans and other animals on walks.

• How these skills can help improve your dog’s safety and protect them from making dangerous choices.
  
  Suggested for: Aggressive/Reactive Dog Owners, Dogs who Counter Surf, Grab Items and Will Not Return Them, or Complete Beginner Dogs with No Training, & Companion Dog Owners

Webinar cost is $25 per person held over Zoom and presented by Lauren Tsao on Sept 17th, 2022 from 2pm-3:30pm CT. No dogs needed during the live broadcast to attend. Limited spots available and the webinar will be recorded.

Approved for 1.5 Behavior CEU for CCPDT and 1.5 CEU for IAABC.

Feeling Anxious? will cover topics like the following:

• Does human anxiety transfer onto companion dogs? Can dogs feel our anxiety? Can you make your dog anxious during training or behavior modification if you are anxious yourself? If you are an anxious individual and your dog is an anxious individual, is that a valid reason to rehome your dog?

• The current scientific research about emotional transference between humans and dogs and what it actually means.

• Information that pet professionals and dog owners should be aware of to prevent anxiousness from getting the best of them.

• How pet professionals can better support and empower not only dog clients, but human clients.

• How to support and empower yourself when your own anxiousness is a factor during training or behavior modification.

• Things NOT to say when you believe a human client might be anxious during training or behavior modification. Why pointing out someone’s anxiousness can be unhelpful.

• When and why pet professionals should refer out when in doubt and how to gracefully do so.

• When dog owners should seek professional support for their dogs and/or themselves.
  
  Suggested for: Aggressive/Reactive Dog Owners, Pet Professionals, & Companion Dog Owners

Webinar cost is $20 per person held over Zoom and presented by Lauren Tsao on August 20th, 2022 from 2pm-3pm. No dogs needed during the live broadcast to attend. Limited spots available and the webinar will be recorded.

Approved for 1 CEU for CCPDT CPDT-KAs and 1 CEU for IAABC.

Canine Enrichment will cover topics like the following:

• What is enrichment and why does it matter?

• The current scientific research about canine enrichment and how it can improve animal welfare

• The benefits and the limitations of canine enrichment

• How enrichment can improve your dog’s behavior and quality of life

• What age you should be providing enrichment for your canines

• Examples and ideas of canine enrichment you can do at home
  
  Suggested for: Aggressive/Reactive Dog Owners, Pet Professionals, & Companion Dog Owners

Free Facebook Live that will be held on our Facebook page on July 18th, 2020 from 1pm to 2pm, Faithfully Yours Dog Training. Playback will be available on our Facebook page.

Date and time is subject to change.

Therapy Dogs 101 will cover exercises like the following:

• What are therapy dogs and why are they important.

• Therapy dogs vs service dogs vs emotional support animals.

• Where therapy dogs are allowed and not allowed.

• How to get your dog certified as a therapy dog.

• Would your dog make a good therapy dog.

Free Facebook Live that will be held on our Facebook page on June 20th, 2020 from 1pm to 2pm, Faithfully Yours Dog Training. Playback will be available on our Facebook page.

Date and time is subject to change.

Fear In Dogs will cover exercises like the following:

• What fear looks like a dogs and how understanding fear in dogs can keep you safe.

• How should fear in dogs be dealt with.

• What treatments and training methods should be considered for fearful dogs.

• Understanding a fearful dog’s body language.

• What causes fear and why it is important to understand.

Free Facebook Live that will be held on our Facebook page on February 8th, 2020 from 1pm to 2pm, Faithfully Yours Dog Training. Playback will be available on our Facebook page.

Date and time is subject to change.

What Is Clicker Training? will cover exercises like the following:

• Why clickers are like cellphone and how to “charge” them.

• How to use clicker training for basic manners and obedience.

• Why is clicker training something you should start today.

• Do you really need a clicker?

• Why clicker training is for more than just tricks!

Free Facebook Live that will be held on our Facebook page, Faithfully Yours Dog Training.

Date is subject to change.

How To Fill Irresistible Kongs! will cover exercises like the following:

• What is a Kong and why should you be using them?

• How to get rid of your dog’s bowl and start using meal times for a calmer dog.

• Filling Kongs so, your dog gets the most enjoyment out of them.

• How to increase the difficulty of your Kongs.

• Recipe ideas for filling your Kong.

We will be giving American Kennel Club's Canine Good Citizen (CGC), Canine Good Citizen Advanced (CGCA), and Trick Dog testing (we offer both AKC & Do More With Your Dog! versions).

Anyone awaiting therapy dog testing via Therapy Pets Unlimited can also be taken that day for testing. You must be approved via TPU first before we can give you their exam. That process takes about a month, so now is the time to be contacting them if you want to test.

Date/Time: January 18th, 2020 at 1pm to 3pm
Location: 726 Pinola Braxton Rd. Braxton, MS 39044

If you have a dog that pulls on leash, this mini Skill Sharper class is for you!

Our Skill Sharper classes are a series of two 1-hr group classes, where you and your dog will learn to sharpening your training skills when it comes to a specific topic.

June's topic is loose leash walking. We will spend our class series going over how to lay a solid foundation for loose leash walking so, you and your dog can learn to love walks again.

Our Skill Sharper mini classes focus on teaching owners how to train their own dogs in a single important skill. These classes aren't so much about your dog, but about you understanding how to reinforce the behavior you desire in your dog.

If you have a dog that pulls on leash, this mini Skill Sharper class is for you!

Our Skill Sharper classes are a series of two 1-hr group classes, where you and your dog will learn to sharpening your training skills when it comes to a specific topic.

June's topic is loose leash walking. We will spend our class series going over how to lay a solid foundation for loose leash walking so, you and your dog can learn to love walks again.

Our Skill Sharper mini classes focus on teaching owners how to train their own dogs in a single important skill. These classes aren't so much about your dog, but about you understanding how to reinforce the behavior you desire in your dog.

For more information or to enroll, click here.

For more information or to enroll, click here.

Faithfully Yours Dog Training is excited to welcome everyone to attend our Open House at the new training location in Braxton, MS Saturday, August 18th from 5:00pm to 7:00pm. 🐶🐶🐶

Whether you have been a student in the past or not, you are welcome. We will be having several fun activities taking place that day…

Need AKC Canine Good Citizenship or Trick Dog testing? What about Therapy Pet testing?

January 19th at our location in Jackson from 12pm to 2pm, we will be offering AKC Canine Good Citizenship and Trick Dog testing, Do More With Your Dog! Trick Dog testing, and Therapy Pets Unlimited testing*.

So come out during your lunch break and start off the new year with a new title on your dog!

Faithfully Yours Dog Training is hosting a free photoshoot for current and past clients on August 20th from 1pm to 4pm at Lakeshore Park in Brandon, MS. Clients will be sent the best of the photos taken at the photoshoot in digital format.

We are looking for friendly, well-behaved dogs to attend with their owners. Video and photographs will be taken at the shoot. We are looking for clients willing to do video testimonials about their experiences with our company too.