Laura is certified through the Certification Council for Professional Dog Trainers (CCPDT), holds a certificate in Canine Behavior and Training from Mount Ida College, and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Norwich University. Committed to continuing education, Laura regularly attends industry conferences and seminars to provide her clients with the most up-to-date and effective training practices available.
Training Philosophy
Laura believes that training should be not only effective, but fun and easy to integrate into your lifestyle. She’s passionate about helping dogs and people live together happily, and strives to include the whole family in training and caring for the dog.
Services
LazDogs offers a variety of training services for puppies and dogs of all ages, including:
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Puppy Training:
9-week program, single sessions, and follow-up sessions.
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Dog Training:
Do-it-for-you day training (Rambunctious Pooch Package and Good Manners Package), coaching training (Coaching Package and Touch-up Package), single sessions, and follow-up sessions.
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Group Classes:
Taught at the Animal Rescue League of Boston.
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Fear-Free Certified Professional:
Laura helps Boston area dog owners prepare for veterinary visits so there is less fear, anxiety, and stress – for both dog and human.
Certifications
Certified through the Certification Council for Professional Dog Trainers (CCPDT), holds a certificate in Canine Behavior and Training from Mount Ida College, and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Norwich University. Fear-Free certified professional.
Specializations
Puppy training, obedience training, behavior modification, leash manners, vet visits with less stress, recall, jumping, barking, and other problem behaviors.
Training Methods
Positive reinforcement based training.
Customer Reviews
Mac:
Benefits of training with Laura: 1) Healthy owner/dog relationship, 2) Improved dog-walking, 3) Knowing Mac’s behavioral tendencies better… Laura kept (us) the owners involved as well! A good balance of teaching/show and then having us do it.
Abby and Pace:
Laura helped us with everything. She went into details about our potty record every week… analyzed the behaviors and offered advice. The process was not just helpful to potty problems, it was very nice to have a professional discussing with me why Pace would do certain things and what worked and didn’t work. He is a little angel now, and along with zero potty accidents, she taught us tricks and this really helped Pace’s obedience and attention, and in the end, our bonding and living a great life together.
Amy and Clover:
Being a first time dog owner, training my pup-Clover-was a top priority. In researching and inquiring with trainers, Laura Lasdow of LazDogs Dog Training was most responsive. Likewise, her passion for dogs and helping owners was apparent in our initial conversation and evident over the course of our six-week training sessions. Her extensive knowledge and experience was most helpful in addition to the weekly reports of our training sessions. The reports guided me in between sessions and had additional resources to reference to help reinforce each week’s training. Clover loved training with Laura! And I thank Laura for how proud I became of the progress Clover and I made week after week. I highly recommend Laura; it was a pleasure to have worked with her.
