FirstBarkMichael is verfy friendly and good with my dog. Had a new puppy and needed some help and good starter tips to work with my dog.
A Better Dog 4U
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
About A Better Dog 4U
In-Home Dog Training, Puppy Basic Training, Dog Obedience Training, Social & Behavior Modification, Reactive Dogs, Focus Training, Leash Training, "Small Challenges" Dog Obstacle Course - All Breeds, All Ages. Cedar Rapids, Marion, Hiawatha and the Surrounding Area since 2005.
Training & services
Training goals
- Behavior consultation
Program details
Behavior Modification is not as easy as teaching your dog to sit or fetch. Managing or removing unwanted behavior can take time and some behaviors may not be able to be removed completely because of the dog's breeding.
- Crate training
- House training
- Leash training
- Obedience training
- Puppy training
Behavior support
- Aggression training Customer-reported
- Reactivity training
- Resource guarding
How training happens
- In-home training
- Owner coaching Customer-reported
- Private training
Dog age
- Puppies
Training level
- Beginner training
Assistance and working dogs
- Service dog training
- Therapy dog training
Dog sports
- Agility
- Trick training
Program details
All ages depending on the dog's physical mobility.
Additional services
- Grooming
Other listed services
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- Dog training
Program details
Basic Obedience Training, Behavior Modification, Specialty & Trick Training
- Other pet daycare
- 1 Hour Training Sessions
- Animal Control
- Animal Rescue
- Athletic Dog
- Basic Commands
- Classical Conditioning
- Command Training
- Daily Training
- Daily Training Sessions
- Dog Exercise
- Dog Health
- Dog Jump
- Dog Park
- Dog Physical
- Dog Preparing
- Dog Safe
- Dog Sit
- Dog Starts
- Dog Tag
- Dog Training Program
- Dog Training Techniques
- Dog's Collar
- Emergency Assistance
- Extensive Training
- Family Dog
- Helping Dogs
- Individual Dog
- Major Training
- Marker Training
- Obstacle Course
- Off Training
- Personal Training
- Personal Training Sessions
- Pets Walking
- Puppys Dog
- Shelter Dogs
- Spaying And Neutering
- Training Advise
- Training Course
- Training Your Dog
- Veterinarian Visits
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Questions & answers
From GoogleWhat people have asked about this business.
(cont'd) ... But now he pees at random, wherever he wants. It's gotten really bad. He's in a kennel & we crate-trained him, but he pees as soon as he sees us now. Can we get training for that AND for his Barking??
Yes
Community answer · Tony Cook · 2021-09-21
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Customer reviews
Google listing5
38 Google reviews
Mentioned in reviews
- Knowledgeable staff 7
- Reasonable pricing 4
- Basic training 3
- Behavioral improvement 3
- Caring for dogs 3
- Basic commands 2
All 10 topics
- Dog adoption 2
- Kind trainer 2
- Leash pulling 2
- Patient trainer 2
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Micheal came out and worked a dog we had just rescued from a shelter. I called him at our breaking point one night at 8 o’clock and sure enough he answered and walked us through some starter tips before even coming out to meet our dog! During our sessions he stayed a long time, a…Read full reviewClose full review
Micheal came out and worked a dog we had just rescued from a shelter. I called him at our breaking point one night at 8 o’clock and sure enough he answered and walked us through some starter tips before even coming out to meet our dog! During our sessions he stayed a long time, and worked on things inside and outside. He was very patient working through different tactics to help with our dog’s gaurding and mouthing issues. Within just a week of consistently using his tips we noticed a difference in our dog’s behavior. I would highly recommend him for any training!!
Mike was great to work with. We adopted a 1.5 year old breeder release from a local shelter and he was extremely nervous and didn’t know any basic commands. Mike helped our dog be comfortable and get settled into his new home. Mike gave us tools that we continue to use to help our dog be truly happy and well-behaved in our home.
Worked with Mike almost 5 years ago with our Golden Retriever "Sobe". He was great.
Mike is awesome! Just having someone come into your home, where your dog is in his/her surroundings, has been very beneficial for us. Mike clearly knows his stuff, too. We were totally amazed at how well our dachshund puppy responded to him immediately. He had her responding to c…Read full reviewClose full review
Mike is awesome! Just having someone come into your home, where your dog is in his/her surroundings, has been very beneficial for us. Mike clearly knows his stuff, too. We were totally amazed at how well our dachshund puppy responded to him immediately. He had her responding to commands within minutes of his arrival. He has a great demeanor with the dog (you can tell he absolutely loves dogs, too!) and he taught all of us so much about training and being consistent. The only problem? Our dog Jolene may love Mike a little more than us, lol. :-)
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