About Lead Your Dog

What they do

Lead Your Dog is a dog training service based in Joplin, Missouri. The site says it takes

clients locally within the four states and nationwide. The two published services are private

lessons and board and trains, and the site says each option is hands-on training with the dog

and the owner. Because training is described as a long-term rather than a short-term plan,

every client is told to expect a maintenance plan afterwards.

The resident pack

For board-and-train clients the dog lives with the business's own resident dogs. The site says

that pack helps with socialization, fear and anxiety, and that the same dogs go along on

excursions, public outings and what it calls sidekick training.

Who runs it

The site names Bri Arcidino as the head trainer and links to a page about how she developed her style of training.

Current availability

The site has carried a notice that the books were closed to

new clients in order to hold the standard of care for existing ones, with any change to be

posted on the site. Check with the business before assuming a waiting list.

Approach

The stated values are safety, reliability and practicality for both owner and dog, and the

site frames training as building understanding between the two rather than drilling the dog

alone.