About Us and Our Ethics

Need to Know

We want you to have the knowledge to keep your dog with you, not to feel helpless,

but to feel attached, to feel hope.

A New Hope.

The Pet Professional Guild’s Guiding Principles

Accept Nothing Less

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No Force, No Fear, No Pain, No Exceptions

It's never too late

We Care

No Force, No Pain, No Fear, No Exceptions.

If you expect your Pyr to obey your beckoned command, you chose the wrong breed.

The Guardians

Do your guardians know how to make good

choices?

Do they know that choosing you is always a good choice?

Force free-How It's Done

First, you should understand what Force Free Training DOESN'T mean. Susan Garrett explains it very well on her podcast, Episode 198. Thank you Susan. This video is shared with permission from Susan Garrett's Shaped by Dog podcast series.

Hierarchy of Dog Needs

Hierarchy of Dog Needs

Linda Michaels MA

Anything else just doesn't make sense.

The Principles

We follow Do No Harm dog training principles, they're force free, pain free, and fear free.

Linda Michaels M.A. calls it

Do No Harm Training

Then, she wrote the book

The Do No Harm Dog Training and Behavior Handbook:

Featuring the Hierarchy of Dog Needs®

The Handbook

The Do No Harm Dog Training and Behavior Handbook:

Featuring the Hierarchy of Dog Needs®

by Linda Michaels M.A.

This is your secret to success with your Guardian Breed, kind of like an instruction manual. It was written in great detail from cover to cover, including the extensive index.

Available on Amazon. Just click the book.

Pat Miller, CBCC-KA, CPDT-KA, grew up in a family that was blessed with lots of animal companions: dogs, cats, horses, rabbits, goats, and more, and has maintained that model ever since. She spent the first 20 years of her professional life working at the Marin Humane Society

in Marin County, California, for most of that time as a humane officer and director of operations. She continually studied the art and science of dog training and behavior during that time, and in 1996, left MHS to start her own training and behavior business, Peaceable Paws. Pat has earned a number of titles from various training organizations, including

Certified Behavior Consultant Canine-Knowledge Assessed (CBCC-KA)and Certified Professional Dog Trainer - Knowledge Assessed (CPDT-KA).

She also founded Peaceable Paws Academies

for teaching and credentialing dog training and behavior professionals, who can earn "Pat Miller Certified Trainer" certifications. She and her husband Paul and an ever-changing number of dogs, horses, and other animal companions live on their 80-acre farm in Fairplay, Maryland.

Link to Whole Dog Journal

A Little Info

Steve with his dogs. Levi teaching his dogd.

We're About The Dogs

New Hope Behavior Consultants for the Guardians Inc. is a 501(c)(3) Nonprofit Organization based in Ohio, EIN: 88-3521495. Our goal is to never say no to parents of guardian breeds, with priority to those that can't afford force free trainers qualified for their breed. These breeds can be a challenge and are losing their homes at an alarming rate. Steve and Levi formed this nonprofit organization to help keep the dogs in their homes through training and behavior, without monetary requirement.

About Us and Our Ethics

Need to Know

We Care

The Guardians

Force free-How It's Done

Hierarchy of Dog Needs

The Principles

The Handbook

Link to Pat Miller's

From The Whole Dog Journal

A Little Info

We're About The Dogs

Help A Pyr Stay Home

About Us and Our Ethics

Need to Know

We Care

The Guardians

Force free-How It's Done

Hierarchy of Dog Needs

The Principles

The Handbook

Link to Pat Miller's

From The Whole Dog Journal

A Little Info

We're About The Dogs

Help A Pyr Stay Home

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