About The Mannerly Dog

Positive, science-based training for the Pasadena area

The Mannerly Dog is a Pasadena dog training business run by Nancy M. Kelly, M.S., CPDT-KA, offering positive, science-based training in the Houston area and online. Nancy holds a master's in behavioral psychology from the University of Houston-Clear Lake and a bachelor's in biology from Texas A&M, and she has studied under behavior expert Dr. Bob Bailey for more than 20 years. She says she has trained animals for over 30 years, from chickens to dolphins to service dogs.

Approach

Nancy calls herself a coach rather than a cheerleader. Her training is positive and science-based: a clear, step-by-step plan she calls the Failproof Dog System, built on two-way communication and shaping the behaviors an owner wants. She avoids equipment that hides problems and steers owners away from e-collars.

Services

Beyond Basic Manners is a six-week online course, taught one-on-one or in a small group, covering sit, down, come and leash skills plus greeting guests, door dashing and meeting dogs on walks. Dog Reading is a self-paced course on body language. She also works on service and therapy dogs and separation anxiety.

What owners say

One client wrote that Nancy "makes the training exercises fun and is always encouraging."