We specialize in hope
Dogs are one of the best parts of life. Sometimes, however, behavioral issues can make enjoying that life together difficult. At Reality K9, we provide world-class behavior modification and obedience training. Our customized training plans consider the whole dog, allowing us to get to the root cause of behavioral issues without harming your relationship. Whether you’re dealing with severe aggression, separation anxiety, or want off-leash obedience, we can help.
dog training for south texas & online.
Our Services
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Aggression
We effectively address the root cause of aggression because we understand it is not a one-dimensional behavior. Our method takes the whole dog into account - his health, drives, genetics, environment, and perception.
Foundation Style Dog Training has helped dedicated handlers find success, even in extreme cases. If you’re dealing with a dog that’s lunging at strangers, fighting other dogs, or biting family members; our customized training plans can help you and your dog gain back freedom and peace of mind.
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Obedience Training
We offer exceptional obedience training that provides you off-leash, real world control. Our training is designed to instill reliability while always ensuring your dog is having fun.
At Reality K9, we recognize that in the context of an established relationship with a fair handler, both positive reinforcement and properly introduced aversives are essential for a dog to be reliable in the real world. This gives them freedom and predictability.
Both private and virtual training are available.
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Housebreaking
Housebreaking can be frustrating! Separation anxiety, accidents, and chewed up shoes are some of many challenges owners can face. Luckily, our customized housebreaking plans allow you to gain control and safety in your home. Whether you have a new puppy or just adopted a rescue dog, we can address potty training, counter surfing, crate training, and much more.
Our purpose is to imporve the human-dog relationship through training rooted in reality.
Our goal.
wE treat dogs with respect.
Dogs are not jerks, stupid, or vindictive; they are products of their genetics and environment. We approach all training with an attitude of patience, empathy, and fairness.
We act with integrity.
We value doing the right thing regardless of who sees.
We serve our clients.
Serving means intentionally putting the interests of others before your own. We will do what is best for the dog, regardless if it is what is easiest for us.
Our Values.
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Reach out today to learn more about how we can help you reach your goals.
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In-home training is available within 35 miles of Hondo, TX. This includes Medina County, West San Antonio, Castroville, Devine, Westover Hills, Stone Oak, Alamo Ranch, Leon Valley, and Helotes.
Virtual Training is available anywhere you can get an internet connection.
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See our pricing page.
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We are Foundation Style Dog Trainers. Placing dog training on a spectrum of force-free to balanced is misleading, because it focuses entirely on tools. Getting into the semantics of whether a tool is “good” or “bad” is arbitrary. Many force free trainers utilize harnesses, Halti’s, and Gentle Leaders to stop pulling. These are all, by definition, tools for positive punishment - something added to discourage a behavior. This contradicts a force free label.
Instead of focusing on labels, it is better to focus on ethics:
Does the trainer prioritize the well being of your dog?
Can the trainer articulate why they are doing what they are doing in a way that makes sense to you?
Is the trainer fixing the problem you are paying them to fix effectively?
If you’d like to read more about our training philosophy, see here.
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In Foundation Style Dog Training, concepts build off one another to form a comprehensive training plan that addresses the entire dog. Read more.
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It depends on the tasks you need your service dog to perform. Contact us to discuss further.