Dog Training in Rye, NY

If your dog gets excited at a single stranger in winter and comes undone at two hundred of them in July, tows you down Purchase Street, barks at the door, or will not come off the geese on the waterfront lawn, you have a Rye dog. The shore in season and a quiet street in February ask very different things of him, and he is failing both for the same reason.

Obedience that lives in a training hall is a trick the dog performs in one building. In Rye it has to work on the boardwalk in August with the geese fifty feet away and a stroller coming the other way, and the only thing that works there is a dog who defers to the person beside him. Shawn Hines has spent more than thirty years training dogs and more than fifteen running Best Buddy Dog Training, and he teaches Rye owners how to be that person on the boardwalk and at the door.

Dog Training Problems We See in Rye

The boardwalk in August

A dog who pulls through the summer crowd is leading the walk, and the crowd is not his to manage. Walked by someone he follows, he goes along the boardwalk the way he goes down an empty street.

The geese

The waterfront lawn is where a habit gets mistaken for a recall. The dog who turns away from the geese because you said his name once has the real thing, and he built it on a leash first.

The door

A dog who hits the door before the bell finishes is deciding who comes into his house. He goes to his spot while it opens once the house is not his to run.

The Dogs in the Pictures

Every photograph and video on this site shows a dog Shawn trained. Every dog is one Shawn trained or is training, shown off-leash, around strangers and other animals, with nothing bribing or buzzing him. Before you call, the videos and the success stories will show you what the training produces.

In-Home Dog Training in Rye, NY

The program in Rye is four private in-home sessions at your house and in the places you take your dog, along the shore and on the waterfront lawn where the geese are, and they turn you into your dog's trainer, which is the only way the results survive. Shawn writes the plan for your dog and your household specifically. The follow-up lasts as long as the dog does, by phone and video, at no additional charge, one price, whether you have one dog or five in the house, with nothing hidden: more sessions are included if you have kept to the plan and still need them. In New York, $2,500.

Board-and-Train

The harder dog sometimes needs more than visits. Board-and-train is four to six weeks of full-time work, living with Shawn and training every day in busy places rather than a kennel run. Shawn does both the pickup and the return, then three sessions at your home to hand over the leadership, and lifetime follow-up. Aggressive dogs, guarders, severely reactive dogs, chronically anxious dogs, and dogs who have bitten are who it is for. The range is $2,500 to $5,000 depending on the dog, decided on the phone first.

Rye Owners Ask

What happens if we need more sessions?
If you have followed the plan, they are included.

Do we need a yard?
No. Some of the best-behaved dogs Shawn has worked with live in apartments.

He is a rescue with an unknown history.
That is common. Shawn works with the dog in front of him, not the paperwork.

Call Shawn

The consultation is a phone call: (401) 536-7982. There is no charge for the call and no sales script on the other end; it is Shawn. Tell him what the dog does and he will say which program fits and what it costs. Phone hours are Monday through Friday 8am to 6pm and Saturday 9am to 5pm; outside them, leave a message.

Who you are to your dog is EVERYTHING

Shawn Hines
Dog Trainer, Best Buddy Dog Training