Carolina
Canine, Incorporated, doing business
as A Good Dog’s Life, is co-owned by two
established certified dog trainers, Gail Hubbard and Susan Wilson.
Our method has a heavy emphasis on the fact that we manipulate
the delivery and/or removal of good things. The human partner
take the responsibility to manage and prepare the dog to understand
and enjoy learning. We teach you have to coach your do by showing
you how to think like your dog and how to train new behaviors
you like. A complete understanding of how we, as our dog’s
human companion, effect our dog's behavior will help bring out
the best in our canine companions. That is why the first class
of our Basic Manners Program is dedicated to teach people training
skills, important communication concepts, and that our programs
are about educating you so you feel confident while showing your
dog how to act and respond. At A Good Dog’s Life
people will learn that they may need to modify their own behavior
before they expect their dog's behavior to improve. A strong respect
for effective, positive, trust-based methods of communicating
are taught so that all dog owners may leave as 'dog trainers'
- confident that their dog is well on his/her way to living a
good dog’s life.
Our
newest advanture was on June 1, 2003 as we started to develop
and plan for Asheville's largest heated indoor training center
on a welcoming outdoor campus. Come and see our facility on 33
Hidden Acres Drive, Asheville, North Carolina.
A
Good Dog's Life has created a charming training center
where the trainers and owners strive to improve and build a trust-based
relationship (one of work and of play) with their dogs. The center
sits on 3.5 acres which is dedicated to an outdoor 100’
x 100’ sand training field, a 6,000 square foot heated indoors
training facility with a retail pro-shop. There is a path through
1.3 acres of wooded area for a future exercise area or possible
doggie day school. As an on-going goal, the center’s services
will expand based on need and demand of our customers. A Good
Dog's Life's commitment is to continue to broaden the scope of
services, improve the center’s grounds, and enhance existing
services that will meet and exceed our mission statement.
Our
Mission
- To
help dog owners build a positive, trust-based relationship with
their canine companions.
- To
provide owners with simple and effective training methods designed
to make any dog a reliable, enjoyable companion.
- To
promote lifelong companionship with our closest animal friends
through teaching people positive, effective communication and
motivation methods.
- To
establish and maintain the highest standards in professional
dog training that meets the diverse needs of dog owners in Western
North Carolina.
- To
be the catalyst for dog education by offering clinics, lectures,
and dog events.
- To
build trust-based working relationship philosophies into the
human-to-human relationships and be ambassadors of the value
of positive and trust-based philosophies with dogs, children,
spouses and fellow co-workers.
Certified
Professional Trainers and Co-Owners
Members
of The Association of Pet Dog Trainers (APDT). Their
goal is to build better trainers through continuous education
in hopes that all dogs are effectively trained through dog-friendly
techniques and therefore are lifelong companions in a relationship
based on mutual trust and respect.
Susan
Wilson, a lifetime dog lover and trainer of her own mixed
breeds, Labs and Australian Cattle Dogs (Alya and Razzel pictured
here). Certified Canine Behavior and Training Specialist and graduate
of Triple Crown Academy, an educational center for professional
canine trainers. Trainer and member of the N.C. Search and Rescue
Dog Association since 2000.
Member of The Association of Pet Dog Trainers
#064858
Canine Good Citizen Evaluator #5801
Gail
Hubbard, a certified professional trainer and 1997 graduate
of West Virginia Canine College. Resident of Asheville since 1998
and trainer/member of the N.C. Search and Rescue Dog Association
since 1999.
Member of The Association of Pet Dog Trainers
#064859
Canine Good
Citizen Evaluator #4218
Come
and play with us!
We make training fun for you and your dog!
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