Dog Training in Nashua, NH

If your dog is alone eleven hours a day and then gets four hours of everything, the walk, the kids, dinner and the door, you probably have a Nashua dog who pulls, barks at the condo hallway, jumps on whoever comes in and has a recall at Mine Falls that works until another dog shows up. The schedule did not cause it. It only leaves no slack for it.

A commuter's dog gets a long day of nothing and a short evening of everything, and the evening is where all the trouble lands. Owners in that position are told to find more time. The dog does not need more time; he needs the time he gets to have a leader in it, so that the four hours settle him instead of winding him up. Shawn Hines has spent more than thirty years training dogs and more than fifteen running Best Buddy Dog Training, and he teaches Nashua owners how to be that leader in the hours they actually have.

Dog Training Problems We See in Nashua

The evening walk

Downtown sidewalks with the patio tables out, the loop at Greeley Park, the rail trail at dusk. A dog who pulls there is leading the walk. Walked by someone he respects, he passes the other dog and the stroller at your side.

The condo hallway

Neighbors above, beside and below, and a dog who announces every footstep. He is working a shift nobody gave him and rehearses it all day because the door is the only way out. When the shift is yours, he lies down.

Mine Falls

A dog who comes back when the game is over has a habit, not a recall. The recall that holds when another dog arrives at a run was built on a leash under distraction first.

The four-hour evening

Dinner, homework, the door, the walk, bed. A dog who runs all of it is making decisions nobody gave him. When the evening is yours, he settles into it.

The Dogs in the Pictures

None of the dogs on this site are models or stock. Every dog is one Shawn trained or is training, shown off leash, around strangers and other animals, with nothing bribing or buzzing him. For the results, the videos and the success stories are a few minutes well spent before you call.

In-Home Dog Training in Nashua, NH

In-home dog training in Nashua comes as four private in-home sessions at your condo or house and on the streets and trails you actually use, planned around the hours you really have, and in them Shawn teaches you how to train your dog yourself, which is why the change holds. A plan is written for your dog and your household. There is lifetime support by phone and video, and it is not billed; one price regardless of whether there are one or five dogs at home, and the price is the full price; extra sessions are included for owners who have followed the plan. For New Hampshire owners, the price is $2,250.

Board-and-Train

Some dogs need to leave home for a while. Board-and-train places the dog with Shawn and his pack for four to six weeks and tests the obedience in public before he comes home. The dog travels with Shawn both ways, then comes back for three optional reintegration sessions at your home so the dog who listens to Shawn becomes the dog who listens to you. It suits aggression, guarding, hard leash reactivity, chronic anxiety, and bite history. It costs $2,500 to $5,000, according to the dog, and the figure is settled before any date is held.

Nashua Owners Ask

We both commute and he is alone all day.
That is most of Nashua. Structure, not company, is what settles a dog who is alone.

What if we move?
A dog who listens to you listens to you anywhere, and the follow-up goes with you.

He is fine on the trail at 6am and impossible at 10.
At 6am nothing is pulling him away from you. At 10, everything is. Same dog, harder test.

Call Shawn

(401) 536-7982 is the number. The consultation is free, and you get Shawn himself, with no script. Explain what the dog is doing, and he will tell you directly whether in-home or board-and-train fits and what each costs. Hours are 8am to 6pm on weekdays and 9am to 5pm on Saturday; after that, leave a message.

Who you are to your dog is EVERYTHING

Shawn Hines
Dog Trainer, Best Buddy Dog Training