About Nate The Dog Man

Nate The Dog Man is a Bloomingburg training practice that leads with the cases other trainers screen out, and it sits at the eastern edge of Sullivan County where the Mamakating valley runs into Orange County.

What it takes on

The headline on the business's own site is dog training for all dogs, including aggressive, fearful and reactive cases, and the logo repeats it — fearful, skittish, over-aggressive, dominant dogs. The published service list is puppy training, obedience training, behavioral problem solving and off-leash training, with leash manners and socialization named as part of the obedience work. Off-leash reliability in distracting environments is stated as a specific goal rather than an add-on.

How it starts

There is no class schedule. The single call to action across the site is to book what the business calls a Pup Talk — a consultation from which the right program is chosen. Training is described as coaching the handler as much as the dog, with the stated aim of turning the pair into a synchronized team, and support continues after the program ends.

Method

The published philosophy is a relationship built on trust, and an environment in which the dog wants to comply and finds the training enjoyable. All breeds and sizes are accepted, from Chihuahua to Great Dane.

Where it works

The site states plainly that it is located in Bloomingburg, New York. Bloomingburg is a village in the Town of Mamakating, which is in Sullivan County, which is why the record sits in this metro. It is worth saying that the service-area list the business publishes is almost entirely across the county line — Wurtsboro, then Middletown, Montgomery, Pine Bush, Goshen, Newburgh, Port Jervis, Warwick, Wallkill, Monroe, Chester, Florida, Walden, Maybrook, Otisville, Washingtonville, Highland Falls, Greenwood Lake and Cornwall. An owner in Monticello or Liberty should expect to ask about the drive.

Credentials

The site publishes scans of three training documents in the name of Nathaniel Bonilla: a Tom Rose School of Dog Training Professional Trainer certificate, a Logan Haus Kennels operant conditioning course completion, and attendance at a 2016 Bart Bellon NePoPo seminar. None of those bodies is covered by the New York registry scans this directory holds, so all three are recorded as claimed.