FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - LIFESTYLE DOG TRAINING

ARLINGTON; BOSTON AREA--Lifestyle Dog Training is a unique set of services designed by Picture Perfect Pets owner, Bette Yip. Yip developed this customized training approach in response to clients’ requests for help training their dogs to behave within their particular lifestyle context.

Says Yip, "The one-size-fits-all approach to dog training many establishments offer just doesn't work for all dogs in all situations. The dog training needs of a family expecting their first baby differ from those of the older couple whose dog fills their empty nest. A dog with an athletic, active owner needs a different skill set than the dog whose owner spends their free time relaxing at home."

For the jogger, it’s not enough to practice the traditional classroom obedience cues of sit, stay and heel. Says Yip, “Jogging dogs must respond to their handlers’ pace changes, be able to stop and calm down at a moment’s notice, ignore distractions like squirrels and other dogs while running and even sit patiently while their handler jogs in place waiting for a streetlight to change. Without proper training, dogs and their owners can trip over one another or get tangled in the leash, and it can be hard for a dog to differentiate between when it’s time to walk without pulling versus when it's time to run.”

Parents with kids want a dog that can safely play with the children in the yard but also understands that inside the home, calmer behavior is expected. Human couch potatoes want a dog that will comfortably enjoy snuggling up instead of bouncing around rambunctiously to elicit play. Some clients aim to teach their dogs how to behave at the office so that they can enjoy coming along to work rather than staying home alone all day.

Yip has developed unique services designed to shape your dog to match your picture of the perfect pet. Called Lifestyle Dog Training, Yip customizes a personal prescription of private and group lessons targeting specific goals so you can achieve your desired results.

To inquire about successfully integrating your dog into your own lifestyle, contact Bette Yip, recipient of Boston Magazine’s 2006 award for Best Pet Trainer and Beantown Tails’ Readers’ Choice Awards for Best Trainer in 2008 and 2009. Call (617) 966-4240