DOG TRAINING FOR A BETTER LIFE WITH YOUR DOG
If you’re the kind of dog person who wants a confident city dog who can hang out with you in all your favorite dog-friendly San Francisco hotspots or anywhere else you find yourself in the world, you and I are meant to meet. Let's work together to create your dog's best life.
Training San Francisco's Most Savvy Dogs and Their People
REVIEWS FROM SATISFIED CLIENTS OF AIMEE PORTER AND IT’S A DOG’S WORLD SF
She is the best of the best in San Francisco when it comes to positive reinforcement training, puppy socialization...and the list goes on.
We can't recommend Aimee enough.
She is kind, funny and extremely knowledgeable.
Not only were her sessions loaded with information. They were also fun. She's hilarious and keeps it real.
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EFFECTIVE AND HUMANE POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT DOG TRAINING
All dog training services and classes from Aimee Porter and It’s A Dog’s World SF use modern positive reinforcement methods, which are rewards-based and force-free.
Dog training methods using positive reinforcement (R+) are the most effective and kindest way to train your dog while creating positive human-canine relationships, happy associations for your dog, and long-lasting training results.
Learn more about how we use the science of animal behavior and learning to train you and your dog. Viva La R+evolution!
PRIVATE SERVICES
The private training services offered by Aimee Porter, CTC of It's A Dog’s World SF allow for personalized attention and customized strategies and solutions for your dog’s specific behavior challenges and training needs.
One hour coaching and consultation sessions to successfully change unwanted behaviors in your home or anywhere else challenges arise.
Guidance on how to work with your dog between sessions using reward-based training.
Education on what motivates your dog’s learning and drives their behavior.
Learning at your dog’s speed and comfort level, as well as yours.
Online Coaching and Consultations addressing the specific needs of your dog or puppy.
Available to puppy and dog parents across the United States and beyond
Ability to work with your dog with the guidance of a certified rewards-based trainer.
Learn where your dog is most comfortable for efficient results.
An opportunity to find solutions for behaviors your dog has been exhibiting with one-on-one help from an experienced, certified trainer
Hands-on, thirty minute training sessions using modern positive reinforcement methods.
Quick advice on implementing management and training.
Fixer sessions for clean-up of your dog’s behavior.
CLASSES
It’s A Dog’s World SF offers the only group training classes in San Francisco instructed by a certified trainer with two decades of training experience in group and private settings. In addition to access to an experienced certified trainer prepared to answer all your training questions and provide expert advice, we have the best pro to student ratio with assistants in every class and limited enrollment to offer individualized attention to all students in a group setting.
Foundational Basic Obedience
Prevention of Common Puppy Problems
Puppy Play
Socialization including Environmental Socialization for building confidence and comfort so your puppy enjoys being part of your lifestyle
Reach a higher level of obedience
Strengthen your puppy’s learned behaviors
Advanced impulse control training
Increase the reliability of your puppy’s responses to learned verbal cues.
For Puppies 5 months to 1 Year Old
Basic Obedience
Impulse Control Training
Build a better relationship and improve communication with your puppy
PUPPY SOCIALIZATION
Socialization has become quite a buzzword, but for Aimee it is her passion. The importance of proper socialization cannot be understated. Aimee makes it a point to provide puppy parents with strategies for socializing puppies with other puppies, people, and environmental stimuli to help them grow into curious, confident, and relaxed dogs, while working to instill an understanding of continued socialization throughout your dog's life in dog parents and professionals.
PUPPY SOCIALS
Puppy Socials from It’s A Dog’s World SF are a great way to kick off your dog’s socialization during their critical socialization period from 8 weeks to 16 weeks. Like our group classes, our socials are monitored and instructed by Aimee Porter, CTC, a trainer and instructor with two decades of experience training and socializing puppies in the San Francisco area.
Here’s what you can expect from our puppy socials:
Introductions to new puppy (and people) friends
Proper puppy play monitored by pros
Play signals (and signs they don’t want to play)
Puppy body language
Lessons on maximizing your puppy's socialization window
Environmental Socialization- For comfort with their surroundings and more
How to teach puppies to be comfortable and enjoy handling
Advice on Common Puppy Behavior Challenges
Limited enrollment and assistants for the best pro to client ratio in town and added safety of your puppies.
Puppy Socials are held on Tuesdays at 7pm at Pet Food Express
AIMEE PORTER
OWNER AND DOG TRAINER
Let's start by stating the obvious: you and I both love dogs and want what's best for them. Yay! We already have some wonderful things in common. However, as much as I love dogs, I love people even more.
Teaching the humans is the tricky yet deeply rewarding part for me. I love seeing your lightbulb go off when you and your dog start to "get it." There's nothing better than setting you up for success when it comes to life with your dog.
In working together, I will break down the science into easy-to-understand steps that you can execute at home or outside, while also coaching and cheerleading you every step of the way to reach your goals.