Certified Dog Trainer: online worldwide or in person in Ko Samui, Thailand
Do you want to build a strong relationship with your dog based on trust and mutual understanding?
Are you looking to teach your puppy or adult dog essential life skills?
As a Certified Dog Trainer, I offer personalized in home education sessions, following a behavioral assessment. Whether you’re starting from scratch or refining specific behaviors, I will guide you through positive reinforcement and force free techniques to help your dog learn in a respectful and motivating environment. Only ethical methods are used, never punishment or aversive tools.
From basic obedience to everyday manners, I will help you and your dog develop the skills you need to thrive together — with clarity, consistency, and kindness.
When should you consult a Dog Trainer?
If you want to help your dog:
- learn how to walk
calmly on a leash, - come when called,
- respond to basic cues,
- become clean indoors,
- learn good manners around
other dogs and people, - get used to being handled,
brushed, or examined.
A Dog Trainer can also help when you are planning to:
- adopt an adult dog or a puppy,
- move home or abroad,
- adopt a new pet,
- have a baby…
Your dog may react instinctively, in line with his ethological reality (chase, hunt, defend himself). He may also adopt a given behavior in response to a recurrent situation, in this case, it is a form of learning. Your four legged companion adjusts as best as he can to the environment he is placed in. And sometimes, his reactions are not acceptable to us humans. This is where the intervention of a “dog communication” specialist, who can decipher and translate your dog’s behavior, becomes truly meaningful.
My perspective as a Dog Trainer allows me to:
- observe your dog’s current skills and behavior,
- understand how your dog learns and what motivates him,
- design a personalized training plan,
- support you in building a harmonious and confident relationship with your dog.
Behavior assessment, training sessions and rates
A medical consultation with your veterinarian prior to any appointment is strongly recommended.
Behavioral assessment
Duration: 2 hours session & summary email.
Theoretical session.
By appointment online worldwilde, or in person in Koh Samui at your home.
In the presence of all adult members of the household.
This assessment must precede the first session.
Summary sent by email within 72 hours.
In French or English.
During this assessment, I gather the information needed to create a personalized training plan. I observe your dog in practical situations, if necessary.
I will explain the basics of dog behavior and dog communication, I will suggest adjustments in terms of environment setup, enrichment, physical and mental activities… with the goal of meeting your dog’s needs and ensuring his well being.
Rate: 3,500 THB / 100 €
Training session
Duration: 1 hour session.
Theoretical and practical session.
By appointment online worldwide (not available for all cases), or in person in Koh Samui at your home or at an agreed location.
The first session must be preceded by the assessment.
The number of sessions can’t be determined in advance.
In French or English.
I will assist you in implementing tailored exercises for your dog, giving you the tools and guidance needed to start and maintain his training.
First, I will demonstrate the exercise to you, then guide you, providing corrections when needed.
With patience and consistency, I will make sure you are confidently moving forward and helping him progress positively.
Rate: 1,500 THB / 45 €
These services do not provide a diagnosis and do not replace a consultation with a veterinarian,
nor the work of any other animal professional.
Is my dog dominant?
Dominance and submission in dogs are controversail topics.
The concept of dominance, developed in 1947 by German scientist Rudolf Schenkel after studying a pack of wolves in captivity rather than in their natural environment, has since been refuted.
David L. Mech, an American zoologist who had supported this study, retracted it in 1999 after studying wolves in the wild.
As for the dog’s desire to dominate humans, this is impossible, as it can only be exercised between individuals of the same species.
We can only speak of dominance between dogs when they live together and after analyzing their various daily interactions.
To learn more about this, you can read Barry Eaton’s book “Dominance, myth or reality”.
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