All Ages, All Stages-Train with HAWS!
We believe training helps you grow and deepen a bond with your pet, making them your best friend for life! Plus, it is a lot of fun!
Training at HAWS is affordable, accessible and ensures great results. Using our behavior department services supports our mission at HAWS. Registration fees help cover the costs of programming, but they also directly support our mission as we support more than 10,000 pets in need each year. It’s a win-win: Helping your pet and helping other pets awaiting a forever home.
At HAWS, our experienced team is dedicated to helping you bring out the best in your pet using positive reinforcement techniques.
- Rewarding the Good: We believe in rewarding the behaviors you want to see; you’ll see more of them!
- Building Confidence and Trust: We believe rewarding positive behaviors builds confidence in your pet and encourages them to trust you. A strong bond builds trust in all pet personalities—shy, reactive, mellow—and makes everyday situations (that mail carrier at the door again!) and more unique situations (vet visits) more successful for everyone.
- Bribery: Your pet is smart! We believe rewarding the positive teaches your pet to do more of that behavior. Continued repetition of being rewarded for the behavior you want to see provides your pet with communication and they learn to do more of it.
- Giving Excessive Treats: It’s about what motivates YOUR pet! Sometimes that’s treats, sometimes that’s about verbal praise, etc. We’ll work with you to learn what works best for your pet.
- Ignoring Unwanted Behaviors: We believe in rewarding the behaviors you want to encourage. For example, we don’t reward dogs for barking excessively. Rather, we reward them when they stop barking or are quiet. We’ll work with you to meet you and your pet where you’re at and build on goals.
Help us help you train your pet, build your bond, make a difference!
All Ages, All Stages-Train with HAWS!
We believe training helps you grow and deepen a bond with your pet, making them your best friend for life! Plus, it is a lot of fun!
Training at HAWS is affordable, accessible and ensures great results. Using our behavior department services supports our mission at HAWS. Registration fees help cover the costs of programming, but they also directly support our mission as we support more than 10,000 pets in need each year. It’s a win-win: Helping your pet and helping other pets awaiting a forever home.
At HAWS, our experienced team is dedicated to helping you bring out the best in your pet using positive reinforcement techniques.
- Rewarding the Good: We believe in rewarding the behaviors you want to see; you’ll see more of them!
- Building Confidence and Trust: We believe rewarding positive behaviors builds confidence in your pet and encourages them to trust you. A strong bond builds trust in all pet personalities—shy, reactive, mellow—and makes everyday situations (that mail carrier at the door again!) and more unique situations (vet visits) more successful for everyone.
- Bribery: Your pet is smart! We believe rewarding the positive teaches your pet to do more of that behavior. Continued repetition of being rewarded for the behavior you want to see provides your pet with communication and they learn to do more of it.
- Giving Excessive Treats: It’s about what motivates YOUR pet! Sometimes that’s treats, sometimes that’s about verbal praise, etc. We’ll work with you to learn what works best for your pet.
- Ignoring Unwanted Behaviors: We believe in rewarding the behaviors you want to encourage. For example, we don’t reward dogs for barking excessively. Rather, we reward them when they stop barking or are quiet. We’ll work with you to meet you and your pet where you’re at and build on goals.
Help us help you train your pet, build your bond, make a difference!
Cat Behavior
We have behavior resource guides for cats and offer cat pedicures to help you and your friend! If you are in need of a cat behavior consultation, we recommend seeking a professional for behavioral problems. We recommend reaching out to local cat behaviorist, Emily Carl, with Great & Small Training.
Cat Behavior
We have behavior resource guides for cats and offer cat pedicures to help you and your friend! If you are in need of a cat behavior consultation, we recommend seeking a professional for behavioral problems. We recommend reaching out to local cat behaviorist, Emily Carl, with Great & Small Training.