Dog Training in St. Charles and St. Louis, MO
Power Up Your Pup’s Training
From puppy steps to powerful skills – we’ll guide the way!
“Liz has provided many techniques and strategies to help me… Strategies have included helping my dog overcome fearfulness of places and objects, starting with basic skills the dog can do and gradually building into more complex tasks”
— Morgan and Milo
Dog Training Services
More than training sesions – real partnerships for real success!
Power Up Your Pup’s
Manners
Whether you’re welcoming a new puppy or helping an adult dog settle into your home, strong manners are the foundation for a happy life together. We’ll teach your dog important everyday skills like polite greetings, leash walking, coming when called, and settling calmly at home and in public. Our focus is not just on teaching behaviors, but on helping your dog understand how to succeed — setting you both up for long-term success.
Power Up Your Pup’s
Behavior
Some challenges go beyond basic manners. If your dog struggles with reactivity, fear, aggression, or other behavior issues, we can help. Through a thoughtful, personalized approach to behavior modification, we work with you to build trust, change emotional responses, and create real, lasting improvement. You’ll have a clear plan, expert guidance, and ongoing support every step of the way.
Power Up Your Pup’s
skills
Ready for the next level? Take your dog’s skills to new heights with advanced training. Our advanced skills training is designed for graduates of any of our programs who want to focus on specific goals — whether that’s dog sports foundations, canine fitness, public access skills, or mastering more complex behaviors. We’ll help you and your dog deepen your teamwork, build confidence, and achieve your next set of dreams.
About Power Pups
We want to help you and your dogs succeed with whatever your goals are through positive reinforcement based training. We think that dogs should not have to experience pain or fear when they are learning what we are expecting of them.
We teach dogs in small steps so that they learn and grasp concepts faster. We understand dog body language and can use that to give recommendations on what to do to help your dog learn best.
Our goal is to provide you with the tools you need to help give you the life you envision having with your dog.
Liz is amazing at breaking training down into small steps. She is also good at offering options based on how your particular dog learns. For example, I was trying to teach Trooper to side-step towards me by watching training videos and following steps shown on the videos. None of it was working for Trooper. Liz watched what I was doing and from there was able to break it down into small individual movements based on how Trooper would best learn. We worked on one movement at a time and within a few weeks, Trooper was side-stepping like a champ!
Patience was my biggest challenge. I want Trooper to learn tricks and techniques without breaking them down into small individual pieces. Liz taught me to practice one small step at a time and reward and celebrate before moving to the next. This has made a tremendous difference for both Trooper and me.
Liz understands and is knowledgeable about so many aspects of dog training, from obedience, exercise, trick training, freestyle, agility, rally, scent, etc. She uses all of this knowledge when training. For instance, one of our moves in freestyle is backing up. Lately, Trooper didn’t seem to enjoy backing up like he did in the past. Liz suggested that we work on some strength training for his back leg muscles and showed me some exercises. It seems to be working!
— Joanne and Trooper