SmartyPawsNY SmartyPawsNY- dog training classes and individual instruction for pets serving the communities of New Hyde Park, Floral Park, Garder City, Franklin Square, Stewart Manor, Elmont, Herricks, Bellerose, Nassau, Suffolk and Queens Counties, including obediences classes, clicker training, tricks and behavior modification for puppies and older dogs.

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Training Philosophy

I train without pain. I train without fear. I train without intimidation.

I teach my dogs the behaviors I prefer instead of punishing the behaviors they prefer.

I am positive but not permissive.

I pay attention to what my dogs like and dislike and use this information, along with the dog’s environment, to control rewards and punishments. I encourage and teach the behaviors I want while simultaneously preventing, avoiding and discouraging the behaviors I don’t want.

I use food, play, toys and real life rewards to train and maintain behaviors.

I set my dogs up to succeed so that I can reward.

I don't command my dogs. I request compliance and strive to make it worth their while.

I use the science of learning theory and my larger cerebral cortex to solve behavior issues. I utilize the many positive options available and avoid aversives.

I strive to eliminate as much positive punishment (adding something the dog doesn't like in order to suppress a behavior) as possible. I am not perfect and I try each day to come up with creative solutions using positive reinforcement and the other quadrants of operant conditioning, if necessary. I do this because I understand that positive punishment is too often stressful, unreliable and short-lived. Worst of all, it can have unexpected and undesirable side effects and damage the delicate psyche of a puppy.

YOUR dogs are MY dogs and I LOVE ALL MY DOGS!