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The Human Dog Team
San Diego, California
About The Human Dog Team
The Human Dog Team helps San Diego dog owners build better communication, confidence, and real-world reliability with their dogs. Gonzalo provides personalized training for puppies, obedience, leash walking, recall, reactivity, aggression, anxiety, fear, and other behavioral challenges. Services include one-on-one private and in-home training, K9 Pack School day training, group classes, pack walks, and virtual coaching. Training is tailored to the individual dog, owner, lifestyle, and goals, using reinforcement, structure, clear communication, and practical real-world training to help human-dog teams succeed together for life.
Training & services
Training goals
- Behavior consultation
Program details
Individualized training for recurring behavioral challenges such as reactivity, fear, aggression, overarousal and poor impulse control. We combine management, training, owner skills and progressive real-world practice.
- Canine Good Citizen preparation
- Crate training
Program details
Build calm and reliable crate habits for rest, management, travel and everyday home routines. Training is adapted to the individual dog while teaching owners how to use the crate clearly and consistently.
- House training
Program details
Establish reliable bathroom habits through scheduling, supervision, management, reinforcement and consistent household routines designed to prevent accidents and build clear expectations.
- Leash training
Program details
Build comfortable, controlled walks without constant pulling or tension. Training focuses on communication, leash handling, engagement, positioning and progressively working around real-world distractions.
- Obedience training
Program details
Build the communication and foundational skills that make everyday life easier, including engagement, markers, sit, down, place, leash handling, recall foundations, impulse control and daily structure.
Advance established urban skills through greater duration, distance and distraction. Training may include AKC CGC requirements, in addition; heel work, recall, impulse control, public manners and increasingly reliable responses in real-world environments.
- Puppy training
Program details
Build strong foundations early with communication, engagement, house and crate habits, leash skills, socialization, impulse control and basic obedience while teaching owners how to prevent unwanted habits from developing.
- Recall training
Program details
Build a more reliable come-when-called response through engagement, reinforcement, long-line work and gradually increasing distance and distractions, with real-world proofing appropriate to the individual dog.
- Socialization
Behavior support
- Aggression training
Program details
Individualized training and management for dogs displaying threatening, guarding, lunging, snapping or biting behavior. The focus is safety, clearer communication, owner handling and practical behavior change based on the individual dog.
- Fear and confidence
- Reactivity training
Program details
Training for dogs that bark, lunge, fixate or become overwhelmed around dogs, people or environmental triggers on walks. We work on handling skills, communication, appropriate distance, calmer responses and real-world progress.
Individualized training for dogs that bark, lunge, fixate, become overstimulated or struggle around dogs, people or environmental triggers. Training focuses on management, communication, owner handling and progressively calmer responses.
How training happens
- Day training
- Group classes
Program details
Structured group practice designed to advance communication, obedience, impulse control and real-world reliability around dogs, people and distractions. Class placement is based on each dog’s current skills and behavior.
- In-home training
Program details
Private training in your home and neighborhood, where everyday routines and behavior actually happen. Coaching is customized to your dog, household, goals and real-life environment.
- Online or virtual training
Program details
Live one-on-one coaching from home for owners who want personalized dog-training guidance remotely. Sessions focus on clear instruction, practical exercises, problem-solving and a training plan you can apply between meetings.
- Owner coaching
- Pack walks
Program details
Structured group walks for qualified dogs and owners to practice calm movement, leash skills, neutrality and confident handling around other human-dog teams in real-world environments.
- Private training
Program details
Personalized one-on-one coaching centered on your dog, your goals and your lifestyle. Training may address obedience, behavior, leash skills, confidence and reliability while teaching the owner how to continue the work successfully.
Dog age
- Adult dogs Customer-reported
- Puppies
Training level
- Advanced obedience
- Advanced training
- Beginner training
Dog sports
- Trick training
Program details
Fun, individualized skill training that develops engagement, communication, confidence and body awareness while providing dogs with productive mental enrichment.
Additional services
- Daycare
Program details
Structured drop-off day training for dogs participating in qualifying training programs. Pack School reinforces obedience, social skills, neutrality, enrichment, handling and real-world manners through purposeful training rather than standard daycare.
Other listed services
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- Dog training
Program details
Customized training for dogs and their people focused on better communication, practical skills and real-world results. Training may address obedience, behavior, leash skills, confidence, household routines and everyday reliability.
- E- Collar Training
Program details
Instruction in appropriate e-collar use as one communication option within a broader training plan. Owners learn proper fit, timing, communication, safety and how the tool works alongside established training foundations.
- Dog Anxiety and Fear Training
Program details
Structured coaching for fearful, anxious or easily overwhelmed dogs using management, fulfillment, confidence building, gradual exposure and owner guidance at a pace appropriate for the individual dog.
- Dog Training Consultation and Evaluation
Program details
A comprehensive first meeting to understand your dog, goals, lifestyle, current skills and behavioral challenges. We evaluate the human-dog team and recommend the clearest training priorities and path forward.
- Urban Dog Training - Real World Proofing
Program details
Training designed for real city life. Advance your dog’s skills around sidewalks, parks, patios, crowds, dogs, bikes, traffic and other distractions while building increasingly reliable behavior in everyday environments.
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Customer reviews
Google listingMentioned in reviews
- Clear instructions 6
- Reactive dog training 6
- Private lessons 5
- Confidence as a dog owner 4
- Leash reactivity 4
- Personalized guidance 3
All 10 topics
- Anxious dog training 2
- Distraction training 2
- Happier pup 2
- Virtual training 2
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