About Alpha Obedience Dog Training

What Alpha Obedience offers

Alpha Obedience Dog Training works out of 587 Main St in New York Mills and describes itself as serving families across the Mohawk Valley, including Utica and New Hartford. The site groups its work into five programs: Puppy Basics, Obedience, Behavior Modification, Agility and Scent Work. Every program starts with a free evaluation.

Programs

Puppy Basics is aimed at the problems that come with a young dog – socialization with people and other dogs, biting and chewing, and potty training. The Obedience program is open to dogs of any age and covers the fundamental commands (sit, down, come, free), with the stated goal of "successful communication and handling of your dog, on and off leash". Behavior Modification is the program for harder cases: the site lists separation anxiety, human reactivity, possession aggression, dog aggression, redirected aggression and resource guarding around toys and food.

Sport and enrichment

Alongside the pet-obedience work the school runs Agility, described as a way to keep a dog engaged and physically active while building teamwork, and Scent Work, which puts a dog's nose to use on a specific odor as a fun and competitive activity. An online training option is also offered.

Who runs it

The site introduces the trainer only as Frank, who writes that he has spent "the past two decades as a professional dog trainer" building an understanding of the relationship between a dog and its owner.