Always Faithful Dog Training of Borderland
Dogs in Human Environments
When dogs are born in the wild, they are born in a natural environment. Their mother and older pack members instinctively guide them to learn all the skills for survival. The dogs learn quickly to use those instincts to thrive and survive.
Dogs living with humans are living in an artificial environment. The artificial environment can create artificial problems. We see a range of behaviors including leash pulling, jumping, excessive barking, nipping, anxiety and aggression.
The solution to ALL of these problems is found by using our leadership-based training. Check out the videos below to learn more.
At Always Faithful Dog Training, we teach you to lead your dog using the instinctive methods of a pack leader. Our founder, Abraham Mashal, explains what we call Leadership Training.
Our Founder Abraham Mashal explains how the human created artificial environment takes a dog away from their instinctual natural environment.
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Obedience Packages
All Packages start with establishing Leadership. Obedience work is a key element to Leadership resulting in a well-balanced, well-behaved dog.
Basic Obedience
This training package is 4 in-home lessons that include five basic commands: Heel (walking), Sit, Stay, Come and Down. For puppies, we also provide guidance and documentation about house training, crate training, socialization, and responding to common behaviors like nipping & jumping.
Cost: $475 for one dog; $750 for two dogs
Advanced Obedience
This package is 6 in-home lessons that include the five basic commands and expands their application based on your unique needs.
Cost: $850 for one dog; $1200 for two dogs
Advanced Obedience with High Distraction
This 8 lesson training package includes everything in Advanced Obedience and adds skills to achieve obedience in high distraction environments (listening with other dogs/people/distractions around).
Cost: $1195 for one dog; $1625 for two dogs
Foundations
These are short, targeted lessons to set a strong foundation quickly. It’s best to follow these with an Obedience package.
Puppy Starter Lesson
This is a single in-home lesson to assist you with a new puppy or any new dog in your home to get started on the right foot. We’ll cover house training, exercise, feeding routine, crate training, socialization, responding to common behaviors like nipping & jumping and laying the right foundations for leadership.
Cost: $200
Leadership Essentials
This 3 lesson pack is a more in-depth focus on AFDT leadership techniques, structured leash walk, establishing a daily schedule/feeding routine, impulse control work, and calming exercises to ensure you get started off on the right track to having a more calm, confident, obedient pack member. This package will ensure a strong foundation for future AFDT obedience training packages and strengthen your leadership and position as pack leader. This package is perfect for early puppyhood (8-12 weeks of age), and rescues and other adult dogs that clients may be struggling to gain trust and respect with.
Cost: $375 for 1 dog
Foundations
These are short, targeted lessons to set a strong foundation quickly. It’s best to follow these with an Obedience package.
Puppy Starter Lesson
This is a single in-home lesson to assist you with your puppy or any new dog in your home to get started on the right foot. We’ll cover house training, exercise, feeding routine, crate training, socialization, responding to common behaviors like nipping & jumping and laying the right foundations for leadership.
Cost: $200
Leadership Essentials
This 3 lesson pack is a more in-depth focus on AFDT leadership techniques, structured leash walk, establishing a daily schedule/feeding routine, impulse control work, and calming exercises to ensure you get started off on the right track to having a more calm, confident, obedient pack member. This package will ensure a strong foundation for future AFDT obedience training packages and strengthen your leadership and position as pack leader. This package is perfect for early puppyhood (8-12 weeks of age), and rescues and other adult dogs that clients may be struggling to gain trust and respect with.
Cost: $375 for 1 dog
Specialty Training Packages
Therapy Dog Training
Teach your dog to provide affection, comfort and support to people in settings such as hospitals, retirement homes, nursing homes, schools, libraries, hospices, or disaster areas. At our assessment, we will evaluate your dog to determine if their temperament is a good fit for Therapy Dog work.
Cost: please call (915) 800-2841 for pricing
Behavior Modification
This training provides dog owners with the ability to:
✔️ Correct all anti-social, dominant or aggressive behavior.
✔️ Change the household from dog dominant to human dominant.
✔️ Create a strong, trusting relationship with your dog(s).
Cost: $575 for 3 lessons or $800 for 5 lessons
2-Month Tune-Up
A single, 1 hour lesson 2 months following your last lesson to work on any new issues or difficulties you may have experienced since graduation.
Cost: $125
Service Dog Training
We train and provide the Service Dog certificate once training is complete.
Service Dog training with your dog costs $5000. Your dog must pass our behavior and temperament evaluation before he/she can be considered for Service Dog work.
Service Dog training (we select and purchase your dog) costs $7500. This package allows us to pick what is best for the client. We cannot guarantee a specific breed but will do our best to fulfill all breed specific requests.
All services are offered throughout El Paso, Texas, and Las Cruces, New Mexico.
About Oscar & Karinna
Packleaders and Owners | Level 3 IDTA Trainers
Specialty Certification IDTA Therapy Dog Trainers
AKC Canine Good Citizen Evaluator
Training Cesar’s Way: Essentials of Dog Psychology and Socialization Course Graduate
Oscar & Karinna retired from the United States Marine Corps with a combined 40+ honorable years of service. Both are combat veterans and college graduates. They are the franchise owners and dog trainers currently serving El Paso, Texas, and Las Cruces, New Mexico and professional members of Instinctive Dog Trainers Association “IDTA”, an association committed to a simple mission — to educate, support and encourage dog trainers and their clients all over the world.
They believe in using the dog’s natural instincts to train them while providing the most effective, convenient solutions to our clients’ dog training needs. Oscar and Karinna avidly pursue ongoing continuing education and professional development. When not assisting and training clients, they enjoy their lives with their two boys Damian and Isaac and their canine companions Luna and Vino.
