The staff at The Mutt Hutt are highly trained in dog behavior and want your dog to be the best he or she can be. We get to personally know your dog and some of their habits as you share those with our staff and we work to improve them while your dog in is our care. We offer training in a private room located above the daycare facility within the building.

Dave Shaffer, our Lead Trainer and Pack Leader since 2009, is a graduate of the Parmount Dog Trainers school studying under Mel McGrath. The Mutt Hutt and Paramount Dog Training have worked together over the last few years partnering to provide dog owners with the best care in the area for socialization and training. In the fall of 2011 we launched offering training services for you and your dog to teach you ways to make your pet the best he or she can be and give you the tools for a lifetime of training. Dave is available to train in your home to teach you the basic commands or focus specific problem solving for issues you may have as well as off-leash training.

Becca Riker, owner of The Mutt Hutt, is completing classes wtih Mel and will be training dogs in the spring of 2012 as well as overseeing the training facility.

For more information about our training program call 216-621-6888 or email us at training@themutthutt.com.

If the problems you are having with your dog are too advanced for our trainers to solve we will refer you to Mel McGrath of Paramount Dog Training who specializes in dog behavior and rehabilitation including aggressive dog problems. His history with dog behavior began in 1997 with his Siberian Husky. An impulse purchase, he made every mistake possible due to a total lack of understanding dog behavior. He then began his quest of learning and training. Mel is a graduate of National K9 in Columbus, Ohio and had the good fortune of training under established trainers abroad who opened up the world of dog behavior to him. He has years of research, training and mentoring with various trainers.

For more information or to register for classes, visit Paramount Dog Training or call 330-483-3230.
Mel's training facility is located at 1173 Station Road, Valley City, OH 44280.

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