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Private Obedience Training & Behavior Counseling

for Puppies and Dogs

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Online Training Guide for Reactive and Aggressive Dogs

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Holly’s Den is the namesake of a German Shepherd Dog, Ritarra's Holly Berry, the first dog I ever trained in competition obedience.  It was Holly who taught me to care more deeply for all dogs and living creatures. 

Although Holly always had a bit of the wild thing in her nature, with a bow to domesticity, her real-life den was a small cozy study with a fireplace for cold days and a row of windows shaded by flowering Oleanders in the spring and summer.

Monty joined our family shortly before he was due to be euthanized at a local shelter.

Regardless of size, dogs are social pack animals genetically programmed to need companionship.  Holly  & Monty's good house manners allowed them to live inside as part of the family. 

In Holly’s Den, humans and dogs happily co-exist together. 

The goal of dog training offered through Holly’s Den is to help others form their own peaceful packs.  Dog training is about much more than teaching dogs to sit, stay and come—the real essence of training is teaching humans to understand the ways of dogs, and to deepen the bond they share with their canine companions, so that by living together their lives can be mutually enriched.

WHY YOU SHOULD CHOOSE HOLLY'S DEN FOR YOUR DOG TRAINING NEEDS

The Right Kind of Experience Makes a Difference

Holly's Den emphasizes gentle dog-friendly training using positive reinforcement

*Private training at Holly's Den is very affordable; low overhead makes it possible to offer high quality training to people on a budget.

*Trainer Beverly Hebert has more than ten years of experience working with dogs.

*Hundreds of dog trainers and pet owners across the United States and in Canada, the UK, Australia, Spain, and Mexico own and use the Holly's Den "Behavior Modification Training Guide for Reactive & Aggressive Dogs."  Now available for ordering in PDF format, the Aggression Guide booklet provides effective direction for both trainers and pet owners.

*Training programs are based on concepts developed by some of the most respected experts in the field including Dr. Ian Dunbar, Jean Donaldson, Karen Pryor, Dr. Patricia McConnell, Dr. Karen Overall, Dr. Lore Haug, Pat Miller, Leslie McDevitt, and Emma Parsons, which in turn are based upon the following laws of learning from behavioral science:  Behaviors that are positively reinforced will become stronger and more frequent; behaviors that are not reinforced will become less frequent and may eventually extinguish. 

Writing credits:

"The Dog Trainer's Resource: The APDT Chronicle of the Dog Collection is an anthology of 80 articles by 40 authors...Top-notch, cutting edge information on everything from puppy training to learning theory, dealing with aggression, shelter dogs...and much more fill this expert-level resource. Lay people seeking to train their pets will also benefit greatly from the wisdom and advice in The Dog Trainer's Resource."

 Interviews

Interviewed for the following stories that appeared in the Popular Dog Series on sale at Petsmart stores:

    Training Secrets for Labrador Retrievers, Topic Volume 7, "7 Behavior Problems Solved."

    Dog Training Solutions: Topic Volume 10. "Find A Great Trainer."

   "The Canine Host" by Susan McCullough, Nov. 07 Dog Fancy Magazine p.48.