Dog Training in Bronxville, NY

If your dog's reputation in the co-op was made in the lobby, if he pulls you down Pondfield Road past every other leash, barks through the wall at the hallway, or treats the platform at the station as a place to lose his mind, you have a Bronxville dog. A village this dense gives a dog plenty to react to and very little room.

In a co-op the dog's behavior is everyone's business, and a dog who barks at the hallway or lunges in the lobby runs out of goodwill fast. He is not a bad apartment dog. He is a dog with nobody to defer to in a very small space, and that is a relationship problem with a relationship answer. Shawn Hines has spent more than thirty years training dogs and more than fifteen running Best Buddy Dog Training, and he teaches Bronxville owners how to be the one their dog defers to in the lobby, on Pondfield Road and on the platform.

Dog Training Problems We See in Bronxville

The lobby

A small space full of neighbors is a hard place to find out that nobody has shown your dog that you handle things. The dog you want walks in behind you, stands in the corner of the elevator, and steps out when you do.

Pondfield Road

The village sidewalk puts a dog within a leash length of other dogs and strollers. A lunge there is an overloaded dog with no one leading him. Walked by someone he respects, he passes all of it at your side.

The platform

Trains, crowds and other commuters' dogs at close range. A dog who can hold a down beside you on the platform has learned that you handle the world, and he can rest.

The Dogs in the Pictures

Every dog pictured or filmed on this site is a dog Shawn trained or is training. They are doing what trained dogs do, for a person they respect, with no food on offer and nothing on their collars doing the work. The videos show it and the success stories say it, if you want proof before you pick up the phone.

In-Home Dog Training in Bronxville, NY

In-home dog training in Bronxville comes as four private in-home sessions in your apartment or house, your hallway, your lobby and on the village sidewalk, and in them you learn to train your own dog, which is what makes the results permanent. You get a plan specific to your dog and the people he lives with. Phone and video follow-up comes with it for the dog's lifetime, free of further charge, the single price covers as many as five dogs in the house, and nothing is added later. If you have followed the plan and need more sessions, they are part of it. $2,500 is the New York price.

Board-and-Train

Some dogs have gone past what a weekly session can fix. With board-and-train the dog lives in Shawn's house for four to six weeks and goes out to work every day. It is for the dog who has bitten, the dog who guards, the badly reactive dog and the dog nothing else has reached. Shawn drives the dog both ways, and comes back for three reintegration sessions at your home; support continues for the dog's life. The dog determines the price, $2,500 to $5,000, and it is agreed on the phone.

Bronxville Owners Ask

We are in a co-op with no yard.
A good number of the dogs in the videos have no yard either. Structure matters more than space.

The board has complained about barking.
Say so on the phone. Barking at the door and the hallway tends to change quickly once the dog knows it is not his job.

Can he learn to be calm in a restaurant or a store?
A dog who can lie down and stay beside you on a sidewalk can do it anywhere.

Call Shawn

It begins with a phone call: (401) 536-7982. The call is free, Shawn answers it, and he does not use a script. Tell him what your dog is doing and he will tell you plainly what he would do about it and what it costs. Hours are Monday to Friday 8am to 6pm, Saturday 9am to 5pm; after that, a message gets a call back.

Who you are to your dog is EVERYTHING

Shawn Hines
Dog Trainer, Best Buddy Dog Training