About The Active K9 – Dog Training

The Active K9 serves Raleigh and Cary and pitches itself squarely at problems: its own summary is that it "will fix all kinds of dog behavior issues from house training and excessive barking to off leash dog obedience training." The business publishes no street address; its own copy places it in Raleigh with Cary as the second market.

The method, as the business teaches it

Its training blog is unusually explicit about mechanics, which makes the approach easy to read before booking. Recall is taught on leash first – "when we train recall, we start on leash for guidance until the dog understands what we need him to do" – and the business then states plainly that "one of the best ways to insure reliable recall is to continue training with e-collar so that your dog knows you can enforce the command even if he is off leash." Sit is taught with "light upward leash pressure," released the moment the dog responds.

Where it applies that

The published command set is built around household calm rather than tricks. Place is "vital to teaching your dog to be calm and relaxed in the home" and is recommended specifically for "an anxious or nervous dog, a reactive dog, or a dog who has some separation anxiety," used together with Down to anchor the dog in public.