Training Tips & News

Building a Business That Gives You Your Life Back: How One Dog Wizard Franchisee Turned Her Love for Dogs Into a Profitable Business

The following is an interview with Amanda Davis, a Dog Wizard franchise owner, sharing her journey from passionate dog owner to running a profitable location. Her story covers everything from landing first clients on a shoestring budget to scaling to profitable annual revenue. How It All Started Question: Take us back to the beginning before you had a profitable location. [...]

2026-09-29T08:48:58-04:00September 28th, 2026|

From Being Anxiety-Ridden to a Calm Dog: A Sarasota Success Story

From the training notes and follow-up of Brandy Davis, The Dog Wizard Sarasota Toby is a seven-year-old Pit Bull mix who needed to learn how to cope with anxiety to be able to adjust to a new house and enjoy walks in a new neighborhood. The Dog Wizard trainer observed hyperventilating and pacing with Toby, as he simply could not [...]

2026-10-21T10:54:58-04:00September 24th, 2026|

From Resource Guarding Aggression to a Calm, Respectful Dog: A Sarasota Success Story

From the training notes and follow-up of Emily West, The Dog Wizard Sarasota Knox, a 10-month-old Golden Retriever, sitting on a place bed during his board and train program at The Dog Wizard Sarasota Knox is a 10-month-old Golden Retriever who had started growling over toys and food and had attacked the family's other dog. After a two-week [...]

2026-10-21T09:24:36-04:00September 21st, 2026|

Your Dog Has Bitten Someone: What Happens Next and Why It’s Not Too Late

A dog bite can still be treated effectively after the fact, and most wounds heal well once they are cleaned and watched for infection over the following days. Getting help now, for the wound and for the behavior that led to it, still makes a real difference for everyone involved. Maybe it happened during a routine nail trim, or when [...]

2026-10-05T02:46:38-04:00September 19th, 2026|

Why Your Last Dog Trainer Didn’t Work and What a Behavior Specialist Does Differently

A dog trainer teaches skills like sit, stay, and loose-leash walking, while a dog behaviorist diagnoses and treats deeper behavioral conditions such as aggression, severe anxiety, and compulsive disorders. The two roles overlap at the edges, but a general trainer builds obedience through repetition and a behaviorist changes the emotional response driving the unwanted behavior. Knowing which one your dog [...]

2026-10-02T09:47:29-04:00September 10th, 2026|

Your Dog Isn’t Mean. They’re Terrified: How Fear Increases the Risk of Dog Bites and What to Do if a Dog Attacks

A dog that snaps is often scared, cornered, or overwhelmed, not naturally vicious. Most dog bites happen because a dog feels frightened, not because it is mean. Learning to read the body language that comes before a fear-based bite, knowing how to safely approach or calm a nervous dog, and following the right first-aid and reporting steps after an attack [...]

2026-08-25T09:56:26-04:00August 25th, 2026|