Absolute Dog Training

Hi, guys!

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If you are trying to schedule, please call or text us at 417-840-9023.

We do have limited availability for boarding and board and train for the summer!

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We can help with that!

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We love visiting all the fall festivals with our clients!

taking cool down time very seriously 😂

As a small business, our client base is primarily formed by referrals. We have always appreciated those who support us and have finally come up with a way to say thanks.

If you refer someone to us and they sign up for a board and train program, our thanks to you is a $100 gift card or a credit to use with us at anytime for any of our services to show our appreciation.

There are several great area trainers and boarding facilities and we love that you think of us to take care of the pets that belong to your friends and family.

Kodi and Bindi are boarding while their owners are on vacation and they’ve settled in quite well 🥰

As a reminder, your dog doesn’t have to be enrolled in a training program to stay with us. We offer boarding as well!

Hi, guys! My phone broke last week and the replacement arrived yesterday. None of my texts or calls for that week was recoverable. If you reached out during this time and didn’t hear back, we are very sorry- please resend any messages and call again!

Thanks,

Audra

Peach is as cute as can be and just arrived for a 2 week board and train to get the basics under her belt!

Yogi working on waiting at doorways

So important!

How I crate train my puppies:
Kelce is 9 weeks old today and he’s been with us for a full week. He wakes up between 6-7 am, we go outside and potty, we come inside and train with food (following hand lures, recall games, building our marker words, crate games, facilitate appropriate interactions with my personal pack of cats and dogs), play for about 30 minutes, and then he goes back in the crate for an hour. Then I wake him up and we go outside to potty. Come inside and play and train for 30 minutes. Then he goes back in the crate for an hour. Then I wake him up, we go outside and potty, come inside and play and train for 30 minutes, then back in the crate for an hour. I do this all day long until 10 at night! He’s sleeping from 11 pm- 6/7 am consistently in the crate. I do not wake puppies during the night. If he wakes up, I will take him outside to potty but no kisses, no eye contact, no cuddles, no praise, no treats at night... just potty and back in the crate. I do wake them during the day- even if they’re sleeping in the crate. This is how I get my puppies sleeping through the night! He’s not having any accidents in the house or the crate, because I strictly supervise him and scoop him up if he is showing signs to eliminate and I manage his free time. Too many people give puppies WAY TOO MUCH FREEDOM before the dog has earned it. The puppy is no longer crying in the crate and he immediately self soothes and takes a nap. Sometimes I put bedding in the crate, sometimes I don’t. Kelce is not soiling the crate or chewing bedding, so we are giving him safe bedding sometimes, and no bedding sometimes. I want him to be able to self soothe with many different variables, and without getting him used to it being a certain way. We have avoided any unhealthy possibility for separation anxiety or containment phobia (or bratty tantrums) because we practice crate time all day long. We are on our way to creating a healthy balanced mindset and a dog that can perfectly self soothe. Kelce is going to have a great life filled with traveling and it’s important that he loves his crate! Plus he’s got a long flight to Florida in his future to go live with my sister!

As many pet owners are aware, there is a highly contagious respiratory infection spreading across the US affecting many dogs. It is not kennel cough and cannot be treated as such. This infection comes with high rates of pneumonia and sadly some dogs have lost their lives due to it.

Please keep your dogs safe this winter and keep them out of heavily populated dog areas unless absolutely necessary.

If your dog is scheduled to be with us over the coming months, we kindly ask that they are kept out of populated dog areas (Doggy daycare, boarding facilities, dog parks, pet stores, and grooming establishments) for a minimum of 2-3 weeks before their arrival here. Please also let us know if they’ve visited their vet during that time. While we value our clients and your business, we cannot and will it put our own dogs and scheduled clients at risk.

If you require boarding throughout the holiday months, we have very limited availability as we are keeping our client numbers very low to stay safe and healthy here.

Thank you for your understanding and Happy Holidays

- Audra

Absolute Dog Training Welcome! We offer obedience and behavioral modification training.

Amos loves his puppy pool