Akita Dog & Puppy Obedience Training 1-2-1 Home Visits in Yorkshire

THE AKITA

There are two separate varieties of Akita: a Japanese strain, commonly called "Akita Inu" ("inu" means "dog" in Japanese), or "Japanese Akita"; and an American strain, known as the "Akita" or "American Akita".

Both have similar characteristics and are not for the faint hearted. They are large powerful dogs which can if not properly trained be aggressive to strangers. Aggression to other dogs is very common and training is absolutely vital.The Akita is eminently trainable but owner training in leadership is most important.

AKITA OBEDIENCE TRAINING

Obedience training is vital for your Akita. At Leeds Dog School we will train your dog to a high level in obedience.We also believe that this should involve the owner at every stage and so our training is one to one with you and your dog. It’s important that your dog obeys your commands and we work with you until you are confident in controlling your dog.

Owners with obedient pets get more satisfaction and have a stronger bond with their pet. As Akitas are powerful dogs owner training is vital so that the owner can enjoy having such an energetic, and strong willed dog.

Heel Work – walk to heel on the lead
Heel Work – walk to heel off the lead
Recall - return to you when called
Down – “down” on command
Sit – dog will sit when you stop walking
Come – come to you in the “frontal sit”

AKITA PUPPY TRAINING

Training your new puppy should be started as soon as possible from 8 weeks. You’ll be amazed just how quickly they learn and at a very early age and it’s just fun for them and they love it!

Leeds Dog Training School train your puppy on a 1-2-1 visit to your home in Yorkshire rather than in classes as we believe this is much more effective.

Toilet Training - we will show you the easiest way to toilet train your puppy
Crate Training - we will show you how to crate train your puppy
Biting - we will show you how to stop "mouthing" or biting
Destructive Behaviour - we will show you how to stop destructive behaviour

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STOPPING BAD BEHAVIOUR BY YOUR AKITA

Some trainers believe that giving a dog treats is the best way to train but in our opinion relying on treats exclusively just does not work particularly with an Akita. Your dog may learn how to behave but only does it at because there's a treat at the end of it and many times treats just stop working. Essentially you are bribing the dog to behave properly. Our dog training solves problems with bad behaviour as this is our speciality. Many of the problems are very common and we work with your dog and just as importantly, with you at your home or on a walk, to solve any problems you may have.

Stop pulling on the lead
Stop lunging at other dogs
Stop barking at dogs & people
Stop jumping up at people
Stop aggression
Stop running away and not returning
Stop constant barking

WHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY

Leeds Dog School

5 Stars 332 User Reviews

We had Ruth out today to visit with our Rottie pup and in particular his biting. She was fantastic and definitely money well spent. Can’t believe the change in a day. There are so many conflicting viewpoints available online its hard to workout the best way to do things, having Ruth and Leeds dog school in took this away and give us a clear positive path to follow.
Would recommend to all new owners!
James wilson 04 Dec 2019
Highly recommend Leeds dog school! Ruth came out a couple weeks ago to help us with our Rottweiler puppy and she was amazing!! It has helped us so much to make sure we are bringing him up the right way. Ruth and Rob called in last night as a call back to make sure we felt comfortable and doing everything right! Very easy to deal with and always there if we need help!! Really couldn’t recommend them enough 🙂
Becky McDonald 04 Dec 2019
Absolutely brilliant. A simple technique that can change a dog's life for the better. These trainers have the key(s) to success. Many thanks to Rob for helping our two cavalier spaniel boys!
Hayley Grace 21 Nov 2019
We had a very productive first session with Rob today, he obviously loves his dogs and made great progress with Flo, our very anxious 3 year old doberlady. We are looking forward to continuing to implement Rob’s techniques, which he explained and persevered with us until we understood what we need to do and why. Looking forward to having a calm confident gorgeous girl. The back-up video links and service is great.
Carole Bambrough-Oates 20 Nov 2019
Just finished my first session with Rob who was extremely knowledgable and passionate. Within 15 minutes he showed me how I can stop my German Shepherd barking and lunging at the door when someone knocks. Lots of practical, sensible strategies to use with Bella before we meet again next week. Rob made everything logical and clear, has good breed knowledge and left me with links to recommended videos on a range of training techniques and scenarios. Would highly recommend Rob and Leeds Dog School to anyone who is looking for balanced, effective training methods to use with their dog.
Keith Bothamley 19 Nov 2019
Ruth came to our house today to help us with our 6 month old jack Russell cross, Albert. He had been bullying the cat, ignoring his name when called, getting distracted by other dogs whilst out on his walks, and generally trying to rule the roost. Ruth demonstrated some amazing techniques and Albert responded really well after just one visit. I can not recommend Leeds Dog School, and Ruth, enough. Absolutely fantastic.
Amanda Blamires 14 Nov 2019
Ruth was excellent with our golden retriever puppy, Benji! She has given us great tips for correction which we will definitely be using and helped us out with walking and commands such as stay and back. We would definitely recommend!
Adam Burdis 10 Nov 2019
Ruth has visited us twice to help with training our now 7 month old German shepherd. She makes training easy and enjoyable both for us and for our puppy and with perseverance it works. She has helped us tremendously with our puppy training and he wouldn't be as well behaved as he is without Ruth's training and advice. Any problems and/or worries we have are always easily remedied and nothing is too much trouble, she will accommodate you. We would highly recommend Leeds Dog School.
Mandy Clarkson 04 Nov 2019
Absolutely amazing results, extremely knowledgeable, helpful, and a pleasure too have round. Completely changed our dogs behaviour and taught us exactly what we need to be doing as well. By far, the best trainer we've seen
Matt Clarke 03 Nov 2019
Excellent advice. Our westiepoo has changed from a dog who was barking and jumping up to a calmer and more confident dog. I was very surprised at the change in him in such a short period of time! It was easy after being shown the correct way to train him.

Thank you Rob and Steve!

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Alistair Thompson-Meeks 30 Oct 2019
Fantastic advice, thankyou so much. Really enjoyed your visit and I now have 2 dogs that walk by my side. Looking forward to putting your advice to practice and some long and enjoyable walks....and no jumping up.
Julia Tavener 25 Oct 2019
Amazing! I can’t recommend them enough, so friendly, professional and understanding! I have a rescue dog with many many issues! I wasn’t expecting anything to work but I’m completely amazed at the results from just 1 session, followed up by helpful tips and videos. I can’t express how grateful I am and how incredibly life changing this has been already!
Molly Wright 20 Oct 2019
Fantastic! Thanks for the help with training my dog!
Andrzej Wilk 12 Oct 2019
Rob came to see my very headstrong 9 month old Border Collie today. The techniques he taught me to show my dog that I am the boss have already started to work he is a lot more well behaved and walks on the lead so much better. Rob is very knowledgeable, approachable and his experience with dogs really shows. I would 100% recommended Rob to anyone who really wants to understand their dog. I’ve tried a lot of trainers but Rob’s techniques really get results.
Niall Kelly 10 Oct 2019
Ruth came to help with Bruno today. He pulls on the lead and jumps at people, within 10 mins he had stopped jumping! Then the test, a walk, Bruno walked beautifully after 5 mins. We are over the moon with the tools and advice that Ruth gave us, thank you so much 😁He even walked better tonight and didn't jump at our daughter when she got home. Deffo recommend Leeds dog school.
jane maude 10 Oct 2019