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Who we are: 

Bessey's Positive Paws is a training center offering positive dog training for the family dog. A facility created and designed to have fun while challenging you and your dog. Located in Whitefield, Maine, BPP is close to the Augusta area as well as many coastal locations.

At Bessey's Positive Paws we are focused on providing dog training services with the highest levels of customer satisfaction – we will do everything we can to meet your expectations! With a variety of offerings to choose from, we’re sure you’ll be happy working with us. Look around our website and if you have any comments or questions, please feel free to contact us. We hope to see you again! Check back later for new updates to our website. There’s much more to come!

How we train:

• BPP uses friendly, force free training.
• Using reward based training we will get the desired behaviors. The dog does a behavior we like, we mark it and reward it. Thus strengthening the behavior.
• Dogs don't come understanding English, so we will learn how dogs communicate and utilize that in our training.

 

What you Learn:

• Understand canine communication
• How exerting dominance over your dog will do more harm than good.
• Understand the fundamentals of clicker training and the use of positive reinforcement.
• How to teach your dog self control in the face of distractions
• Basic commands such as loose leash walking, coming when called, leaving items and much more!

Testimonials:
"We took Jax for his first class last night...it was great! Erin is a wonderful teacher- patient, clear, and has a sense of humor. She knows SO much about behavior, and offered tons of helpful information. Even though there were four of us in class, we also got individualized attention and advice. Really looking forward to next week!" - L.M.

"I really like BPP's approach. I think it keeps a very positive relationship between dog and owner. I also think that ignoring a behavior you don't want is often more effective than anything else - that's been an important insight for me!" L.R.

"I've used a mix of training but am very impressed with Erin's positive training approach. It is working better than any I've used before ." Sue

"Thank you so much Erin!! We are already trying out your suggestions. Brilliant, as usual.
Honestly. I really appreciate your perspective on dog training so, so much!" L