About Tony’s Orange County Dog Training & Cognitive Behavior Specialist
Tony’s Orange County Dog Training & Cognitive Behavior Specialist
Serving all of Orange County, I specialize in puppy training and canine cognitive behavior, helping owners raise emotionally balanced and well-adjusted dogs. My programs focus on how dogs think, learn, and self-regulate rather than obedience or food-based training. This science-backed approach addresses the root cause of behavior problems like biting, jumping, leash frustration, and anxiety. Through applied cognitive learning and developmental structure, I guide you in creating calm, confident, and thoughtful companions while transforming the way you understand dog behavior and training in Orange County.
Training & services
Training goals
Behavior consultation
Obedience training
Puppy training
How training happens
Group classes
Private trainingCustomer-reported
Dog age
Puppies
Support between sessions
Homework and practice
Training approach
Balanced training
Other listed services
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Behavioral Therapy
Canine Behaviorist
Canine Mental
Dog Park
Home Coaching
Individual Learning
Maintenance Training
Management Training
Training Programs
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5/5I have two dogs and they were being very aggressive towards each other. Tony is an amazing dog behaviorist. He is very calm and explains things to clients dog psychology in a story-telling-like-manner that helps me understand how my dogs think. He helped me relate to how my dogs …Read full reviewClose full review
I have two dogs and they were being very aggressive towards each other. Tony is an amazing dog behaviorist. He is very calm and explains things to clients dog psychology in a story-telling-like-manner that helps me understand how my dogs think. He helped me relate to how my dogs were feeling and understand how to proceed in correcting the aggression. He thought me how to put my dogs in a long sit stay calming their energy and made my dogs listen to me more and view me as the pack leader. We have gone on multiple pack walks with Grumpy Puppy that reinforces the calm behavior. I highly recommend Grumpy Puppy. They are a great team or professional dog behaviorists.
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Nancy Genser
5/5Thank you Brandon! Your knowledge and patience about a Dogs behavior and the owners was amazing especially directed at our sweet but high anxiety Joey and her leash issues with other dogs. She melted my heart when I watched her able to walk that beach trail on leash with other …Read full reviewClose full review
Thank you Brandon! Your knowledge and patience about a Dogs behavior and the owners was amazing especially directed at our sweet but high anxiety Joey and her leash issues with other dogs. She melted my heart when I watched her able to walk that beach trail on leash with other dogs approaching her. Now it’s up to us but thanks again for laying the groundwork. Also everyone the pack dog walks are great.
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Janet Rodriguez
5/5We hired Grumpy Puppy because we have an alpha female pit and she was unruly - Tony is so amazing! He trained us well!! lol! And we in turn trained our dog well! She's doing great now and I no longer have to worry about her bad habits - like jumping onto tables. He had her obeyin…Read full reviewClose full review
We hired Grumpy Puppy because we have an alpha female pit and she was unruly - Tony is so amazing! He trained us well!! lol! And we in turn trained our dog well! She's doing great now and I no longer have to worry about her bad habits - like jumping onto tables. He had her obeying him and calm within 15 minutes. He's a behaviorist actually - not a trainer - and he worked miracles with Winnie - and we learned so much from him!!! I feel very grateful to have found Tony! He's the best - I highly, highly recommend this company!
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Darryn Bowie
4/5
I hired Grumpy Puppy Dog Training to do private training walks with our dog. They gave me excellent and really helpful feedback and training suggestions after each walk. They also had an excellent rapport with both my dogs and they truly love doing anything training related with them.
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Mary Bush
5/5
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