About Help U Train

Service dogs and pet manners around Jay

Help U Train is a dog training service based around Jay in the Florida Panhandle, working across Pensacola, Pace, Milton and Cantonment. It concentrates primarily on owner-trained service dogs and manners for pet dogs, and its trainer, Cindy, also serves as an AKC Evaluator for the Canine Good Citizen programs (S.T.A.R., CGC, CGCA and CGCU) and has been approved as an evaluator for Therapy Pets Unlimited.

Classes and programs

Group classes are the core offering, run twice a year through Pensacola State College: 8-week Dog Obedience classes on Thursday evenings at the Milton campus and Saturday mornings at the Warrington campus, plus a 6-week Dog Obedience II for Canine Good Citizen and service dog public access skills. Private lessons are available on a limited basis at the owner's home, the trainer's location or out in town, with discounts for meeting at the trainer's location. A Board-and-Train Boot Camp, usually about 10 days, introduces basic commands for teenage dogs, and a service dog version offers public access exposure, task training or respite care. Owner-trainer guidance covers mobility, balance, PTSD, psychiatric, diabetic alert and seizure alert dogs, along with mild to moderate behavior modification and Cyber Rally-O.

What owners say

Students describe "positive clicker training" and write that "Cindy presents the training objective clearly" and is "very knowledgeable and encouraging."

What to ask

Ask when the next Pensacola State College session opens and what private lessons and board-and-train cost.