These are just for snacks. Do not feed your dog only these things. If you are interested in a fully raw diet, contact Dog Gone Amazing for some suggestions.

Reno has gotten a new dog trainer in town. Malaika Heinbaugh, owner and head trainer of Dog Gone Amazing, has worked with animals her whole life.
“I always knew this was what I was born to do,” she said.
Dog Gone Amazing is different than other dog training companies in Reno. Heinbaugh delivers the highest level of obedience by offering lifetime training for your dog.
“I want my clients to be able to always fine tune their dogs amazing behavior,” she said.
Training happens not in a facility, it’s done at home and in public settings such as a park, so owners learn to handle their pets in all areas of life no matter what the distraction may be.
Dog Gone Amazing offers a free, no obligation demonstration at home or nearby park.
“We firmly believe that the proof is in the pudding,” Heinbaugh said. “You should see exactly what you can get before committing to lifetime training for your dog.”
The most important differences between Dog Gone Amazing and traditional training programs, is consistency. Heinbaugh and her staff use remote collar training as a light tap to get the dog’s attention so the commands come clearly and with focus.
“In essence this is like having an endlessly long invisible leash,” she said. “This overcomes the tendency of dogs to lose focus in certain situations where they may be distracted, an area where many other training methods fail.”
Remote collar training, done correctly and not as a correction based tool, can be the most useful, wireless communication for dogs. When Heinbaugh and her clients’ dogs are off leash they focus despite serious distractions.
Heinbaugh and her staff at Dog Gone Amazing Inc. pride themselves on lifelong, consistent training with a happy dog.
“We provide dog training for real life,” she said. According to a press release, others agree.
Christy Cranmer, original founder of Scraps Dog Company, says she has seen thousands of dogs over the last 13 years of owning Scraps stores that could have benefitted from such effective, fast training.
“I would recommend this training for most dogs,” she said. “This training is the best!”
And Cheryl McCuistion, who has worked at animal hospitals for 24 years, considers Heinbaugh a great trainer.
“Malaika is a refreshing change,” she said. “She is knowledgeable, dedicated and experienced with all types of dogs. Not only will you teach your dog, you will develop a relationship with your furry companion for life.”
Heinbaugh’s foundation for success has been built on a strong medical background from years spent in the veterinary field combined with the knowledge gained from attending several dog training schools and owning her own pet sitting/dog walking business first. She is canine CPR certified and has trained dogs for about five years.
The Dog Gone Amazing staff consists of two trainers, a licensed veterinary technician, a bookkeeper and a receptionist. Malaika and her staff attend continuing education training seminars every few months. Dog Gone Amazing is licensed and insured.

I wanted to take a moment to say thank you and tell you how much your excellent customer service meant to me. Unfortunately, it seems rare these days for people to stand behind either their word or product – I am thrilled: Dog Gone Amazing does not fall into that category!

I remember the first time you came to our house for the no-obligation, free consultation and the words you used describing the product you sell and train with; and, how one of the benefits of buying the dogtra system from you, is you would act as an intermediary with the company, should there be any unanticipated problems with the product. This made an impression on me.

When Otis Joe’s collar suddenly and unexpectedly did not work one morning I thought I must not have charged it properly the night before. After trying to recharge twice again, once even using a different outlet, I realized something was wrong. I couldn’t help but think, “Oh boy, here we go”.

I gave you an after-hours call, leaving a message to give you a heads up; to my great surprise you called back that evening & left me a message! The next morning we spoke about the situation and within 3 hours, you were very accommodating, at my office, delivering a replacement collar and transmitter – completely hassle free & happy to help! WOW. You stood by your word 100%.

The new collar is functioning beautifully. I can not express how happy everyone in our household is, and how very important it was to have a replacement collar within hours versus having to be without it for 2-3 weeks. We train with the collar every day without fail. The e-collar system coupled with the training we received from you truly has been a life saver for our dog-family situation (keeping our pup in our house) and none of us can imagine being without it for an extended time.

To make a long story short: thank-you, thank-you, and thank-you. Our gratitude goes out to you and may you reap the rewards of fabulous customer service many times over. Since working with you, I have enthusiastically referred you to any person or family even thinking about adding a dog/puppy to their lives If ever anyone would like to speak to a happy client please do not hesitate to provide us as a reference. And, Otis Joe says thank you too, for providing the tool his family needed to be able to set boundaries, limits and expectations for him in a way he could understand and they could execute!

See you soon,
Kimberly E. Drakulich

Rufus got to see his brother Buzz and owner last night at group class.  He was sooo excited and jumped up to greet her.  And then he did something that surprised us all.  His owner worked with him for a bit and when she did he began acting a little defensive towards another dog.  Not aggressive by any means but barking and pulling at the leash.  This showed me a couple things.  First is that he is getting more confident.  I noticed in the past couple days that he has been using his voice more.  His self esteem is improving and its starting to show.  The second thing that we noticed  is that he is at a intricate part of his rehabilitation.  When you take a dog from nervous to confident you have to make sure to keep his new found esteem in check.  All of a sudden you have this dog that feels proud of himself and realizes he has control and since its so new to them they don’t know how to control it.  Sometimes you don’t know what type of personality you will find underneath all that pent up nervousness.  With Rufus we still have a great tempered dog.  It will be important that his owners take control of any unwanted behavior right away so that he understands its wrong.

Later in the afternoon Rufus had another group class, this time he spent the hour with his other owner, Lindee.  Again he did amazing and surprised everyone with his progress.  Malaika and I got some good video footage of him also.  Stay posted because we will have it on the website.

Next week Iam going to focus on some off leash/distance work.  Ive noticed that he appears a little ’stuck’ when he is farther away from us.  He becomes unsure of what to do and a little nervous.  Even though I’m never very far away I think he feels like he’s been left alone.  I want him to be comfortable exploring and standing on his own two feet.  I also want to get more sound exposure in.  The park we had group at had quite a few cars going by and the noise from them made him uneasy.  I only have 6 more days with him and I want to make them count.