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Salty Dogs Obedience & Adventure
Surry, Maine
About Salty Dogs Obedience & Adventure
Educating dogs and empowering owners throughout the Blue Hill Peninsula, Ellsworth/MDI, Belfast and Downeast Maine. Founded by Certified Dog Behavior Consultant, Whitney Thurston, our focus is on quality training that helps you truly connect with your dog. We offer general obedience training and group classes as well as day training and customized private training plans. Additionally, Whitney Thurston, CDBC, is one of the only certified dog behaviorists in Maine and is able to help with behavior modification for aggressive and fearful behavior dogs.
Training & services
Training goals
- Behavior consultation
- Canine Good Citizen preparation Customer-reported
- Crate training
- House training
- Leash training
- Obedience training
- Puppy training
Behavior support
- Counter surfing
- Fear and confidence
- Jumping up
- Reactivity training
How training happens
- Board and train
- Day training
- Group classes
- Private training
Dog age
- Puppies
Training level
- Advanced obedience
- Beginner training
Dog size
- Large dogs
Your dog’s background
- Rescue dogs
Training approach
- Force-free training
Additional services
- Daycare
- Dog walking
Other listed services
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- Adventure Dog
- Behavioral Assessment
- Canine Academy
- Canine Conditioning
- Class Class
- Dog Behavior Consultants
- Dog Enrichment
- Dog Helps
- Dog Home
- Dog Learn
- Dog Trainer Program
- Extensive Training
- Fun Class
- Group Walk
- House Manners
- In Home
- Individual Dog
- One Hour Private
- Physical Exercise
- School Program
- Specialty Classes
- Training School
- Training Skills
- Training Walks
- Vet Visits
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Business-stated qualifications
Qualifications stated by the business, not independently verified.
- Whitney Thurston
- CDBC
Customer reviews
Google listing4.9
47 Google reviews
Mentioned in reviews
- Confidence boost 3
- Manners 1 class 3
- Informative classes 2
- Obedience classes 2
- Passionate trainer 2
- Personalized training 2
All 10 topics
- Reactive dog training 2
- Skilled training methods 2
- Tailored approach 2
- Understanding dog language 2
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Whitney is incredibly knowledgeable and motivated by the love and dedication to helping her own dogs live their best life. She’s accessible, flexible and dedicated to helping dogs and their owners with even the most intense hurdles.
Great obedience classes! I love the kind methods they believe in and use!
We love Salty Dogs! We took our Samoyed puppy there for puppy class and Manners 1. We love the trainers (Whitney and Shelby) positive approach to dog training.
Whitney is amazing! She is so knowledgeable and patient. I cannot recommend Salty Dogs enough!
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