About PJH Dog Training

PJH Dog Training works out of Broadway on the Upper West Side and describes itself as a science-based city dog trainer, with the qualifier that matters here: training is built in the environments where the behavior actually happens rather than in a classroom.

The work they lead with

Reactive dogs are the featured program and the site says so plainly, calling it "the work we're known for" — custom behavior plans for dogs that bark, lunge, freeze or shut down around other dogs, people and triggers in dense urban settings, built on emotional regulation rather than suppression. Separate reactive pages exist for Manhattan and the Upper West Side.

The rest of the menu

Puppy training covers potty training, socialization, leash skills and crate routines for city puppies, with an adolescent obedience track after it. Beyond that the site publishes nose work, day training, leash training, separation anxiety help (in home and virtual), aggressive dog training for biting, growling, snapping and resource guarding, and a concierge option in which the trainer runs the sessions and then transfers the skills to the owner. Agility has its own section, including puppy agility, a published class schedule and both indoor and outdoor formats.

Credentials and approach

The header of the site claims a PhD in behavioral neuroscience and a CPDT-KA certification, and states a force-free, reward-based approach throughout. Programs and prices each have their own page.