Multi-Dog Heeling
As a crew full of multi-dog households, we definitely get the appeal of having a big dog family. There are some additional challenges that come with living with more than one dog. One of the big challenges is how to walk multiple dogs on a leash together. Training two dogs becomes exponentially harder, since you […]
The Hardest Goodbye
5/17/08 – 8/11/24 OTCH Mister Rugby Sevens UDX2 OM3 VER RA OA NAJ TKA Rugby’s size was the only thing small about him. He never met a stranger. He loved having an audience. He walked into every room like he owned it, often also announcing his presence when he did so. He loved hanging with […]
An Ode to Star
I began working with Jayna in 2013. She had acquired a scrappy little pit bull that had been abandoned at the dog boarding facility that she was managing at the time. As a pit bull with dog aggression, human aggression, and little experience living in a home environment, Star was not an adoptable dog. In […]
Expanded Lesson Availability
Leash Free Living is expanding! We have a great team of instructors and a new vehicle for added private lesson availability, so we are increasing our driving radius to 30 minutes from either facility. To make sure we can get to each appointment in a timely fashion, we’ve assigned instructors to zones (or regions) to […]
Congrats, Grads!
It’s graduation season, so we’d like to send some congratulations to our latest Beginner Group Class! Investing time into a shared vocabulary with your dog so you can communicate clearly with them is invaluable. These teams put in the work to create a strong foundation with their pups. Our next Beginner Group Class starts this […]
Willow – Student of the Week
Our Annapolis Student of the Week is Willow the black lab mix! Willow came to Leash Free Living for help with her socialization with other dogs. Willow is a very sweet girl with her teacher’s and loves to play, however she can make poor choices when overstimulated during play. One option to work on this […]
SPCA Scavenger Hunt
We’ve been luck to be a part of the SPCA of Anne Arundel County’s Annual Walk for the Animals for many years. We love visiting with our clients, meeting new pet owners in the community, sharing dog training information, and supporting a great cause. We will be there again this year, and this time we […]
Dog Training Advent Calendar
‘Tis the Season…for dog training. Last year we did a training advent calendar during the month of December. We had a great time making the videos, and practicing the exercises again with our dogs. This year, we hope you will join us again with your dogs. Feel free to modify the exercises to fit your […]
How Leash Free Living came to be.
How did you get into dogs? What made you become a dog trainer? We get asked about our back story a lot. If you are one of those people, you already know the cliff notes version of my dog training career, and how Leash Free Living got started. Today, I want to tell the whole […]
How do you socialize your dog while social distancing?
Restrictions are being lifted! We can start to eat outdoors at restaurants, gather in small groups, venture out to parks and enjoy recreational activities. For many dogs, this is the first time they’ve been around new dogs and people in months. So. Exciting. But how should we handle our dogs as we venture out into […]