Ashton Aubuchon
Ever since I can remember, I have been dedicated to becoming the best version of myself I could be in whatever it was I was passionate about. As a child and young adult that passion had always been sports. I tried anything and everything my parents could let me play. By my junior year of high school I had an offer to graduate a year early in return for a full ride at a DI NCAA university as a goalkeeper. During my time at Southeast Missouri State I earned accolades for the youngest NCAA athlete to play DI, female athlete of the year, defensive player of the year, first team all conference, new comers team, and broke five school and conference records. After college I moved to California to play Semi Pro soccer. It was there I found a passion for training others as I worked as a goalkeeper coach for various kids travel teams in the area. After completing my first season, I moved back home and joined the United States Army, where I began my dog training endeavors in 2015.
Working Dog Background
While in the Army, I received extensive training and certifications in K9 care and first aid, basic and advanced obedience, agility course training, gun fire neutralization, detection work, directional and remote collar training, and patrol/protection work. For a year after I left the Army, I worked as a dog behaviorist at one of the top behavior adjustment training facilities in the state.
THE EXPERIENCE, HOWEVER, EXPOSED JUST HOW BROKEN THE DOG TRIANING INDUSTRY IS. ANYONE CAN CALL THEMSELVES A DOG TRIANER, AND MOST DO-CHARGING OUTRAGEOUS PRICES WHILE LEAVING DOGS AND THEIR OWNERS WORSE OFF OR MORE CONFUSED THAN BEFORE. I REALIZED IF I WANTED TO MAKE A REAL IMPACT, I HAD TO GO BEYOND THE SURFACE LEVEL TECHNIQUES THAT DOMINATE THIS INDUSTRY. I SPENT A YEAR SHADOWING TRIANINERS ACROSS DIFFERENT DISCIPLINES, STUDYING CANINE BEHAVIOR, AND WHAT TRULY UNLOCKS THE UNSPOKEN LANGUAGE BETWEEN DOG AND HUMAN. I DIDN’T JUST UNLOCK THE KNOWLEDGE OF TRAINING TECHNIQUES, BUT HOW THOSE TECHNIQUES IMPACT DIFFERENT DOGS AS INDIVIDUALS. NO TRAINING TECHNIQUE FITS ALL, AND THE KEY IS UNDERSTANDING THE WHY.
AFTER RUNNING MY OWN TRAINING COMPANY FOR NEARLY FIVE YEARS, I STARTED CREATING THIS ONLINE TRAINING EXPERIENCE TO GIVE THOSE DEDICATE TO THEIR DOGS WHAT THEY REALLY NEED. THE KNOWLEDGE TO UNDERSTAND HOW DOGS WORK, WHY THEY RESPOND THE WAY THEY DO, AND HOW TO RESHAPE THOSE BEHAVIORS-NOT JUST TRAIN SYMPTOMS.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU SHOULD BE THE ONE DECIDING WHAT METHODS AND TRAINING STYLE IS BEST FOR YOU AND YOUR DOG. MY JOB IS TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE ACCESS TO THE KNOELDGE, CONFIDENCE, AND SUPPORT TO MAKE THAT DECISION. WHAT YOU DO WITH IT, THAT IS UP TO YOU.
SO, ARE YOU READY TO EVOLVE?
