Allstar Canine Solutions

A company who knows that our precious canine friends are the center of our worlds.


Specialty Training

Allstar Canine Solutions© gets quite a few inquiries throughout the year about service, confirmation, sport and recreation training. The reason why we love general obedience so much is that it gives your dog the foundational work that they all are required to have before they are accepted into these categories. Some businesses train both basic obedience plus one or more of a specialty training. Some others specialize in the training for specialty work only.

Your dog learns new commands or variations of basic commands in special work but because during our course they have learned to listen, pay attention, watch body language and develop great attitudes about learning new direction from you, the specialty training will go much quicker. If you tell us that you are interested in agility or dock dogs or senior assistance, etc., we can lean your classes towards your future goal.

So many times we get asked the question; "If my dog learns to come one way can he learn another way without confusing him?" The answer is yes. It only takes a hand sign, a new word for the command or a new series of repetitions to create a new response. A come command in basic obedience might be facing you in front of your knees while a come command for a type of service might be placing his head in between the knees so the owner can feel when he is there. It's easily done with a good trainer.

Many times we have either couples or other family members join in on class and we do have to discuss who is going to be the teacher (alpha) for the dog. This is where it IS important and can be confusing for your dog. If a wife teaches a come in one way and the husband expects a completely different way the training will confuse the dog and the success rate goes way down. There is also a huge difference between a dog learning commands for the very first time and dogs who have learned many commands and is used to the process. If the training was done right an experienced dog is anxious to learn and accepts direction with ease. That's when they are ready for specialty work.

Is it OK if we teach our dog to heel on the right instead of the left of us?

It depends on your goal and how you will use that heel. Some folks want to have their dog run along with the bike or scooter and always be on their right. It doesn't really matter to us except that if you ever have any intention of working with other dogs your dog will not fit the standard and may not be able to take part. It's always advised to go with the standard.