Welcome to Instinct Canine Training
Dare to dream of the well-behaved dog you've always wanted.
With over 10 years of experience, Instinct Canine Training helps you understand how your dog thinks and learns, so you can create lasting change through trust, clarity, and communication. Our relationship-based approach goes beyond obedience, teaching you how to truly connect with your dog and bring out their best; not through control, but through understanding.
Training isn’t just obedience, it’s the start of a great relationship.
Training isn’t just obedience, it’s the start of a great relationship.
Where will you start your training journey?
Instinct (noun): "Behaviour that is mediated by reactions below the conscious level."
Building a better relationship with your dog on a solid foundation of training.
Instinct Canine approaches training in a unique and balanced way. We don't just look at the behaviour - we work with you to identify the root of the problem to create positive change through training for you and your dog. Our experience covers a broad spectrum of understanding behaviour, including how the canine brain thinks, and we use multiple tools to aid in training your beloved dog.
We can't wait for you to join the Instinct Canine pack and discover the exceptional training difference we provide.
We can't wait for you to join the Instinct Canine pack and discover the exceptional training difference we provide.
Awards and Certifications
Instinct Canine Training is the proud recipient of the following awards and member of these respected organizations.
What Our Pack Members Say
We were absolutely amazed at how quickly and well our new dog learned her manners with Anna Marie’s training techniques. Very systematic and very effective! It is obvious that Anna Marie loves and respects dogs in her approach. We would recommend her to anyone with a puppy or an older dog, as was our case.
-Fiona
I knew right away that this was the trainer for us and our very stubborn Stella. We'd failed at training elsewhere when she was a puppy, and we were floundering. And then I met THIS trainer. Our biggest problem was walking on a leash. At 2.5 and 70 lbs, Stella practically ripped my arm off on a walk. I'd done research and we'd tried everything, including 4 different collar solutions. No dice. So I thought it would take 3-4 sessions to fix this problem alone. It was fixed in ONE session.
-Laura
We took our rescue Husky here and Anna Marie was an amazing teacher. She is friendly, flexible and very approachable. She quickly was able to size up our dog, Faith, and advise us on how to manage her little quirks. The level 1 teaching was simple to follow and with practice we saw significant improvement in Faith's behaviour and obedience. It was very rewarding to see our dog's development. We are looking forward to attending the next level class with Instinct Canine Training.
-Craig
