Custom Canine

Well-​trained dogs. You see them everywhere: at the park, on the side streets, when you visit a friend’s home. And you notice them, every time, because they are extremely rare. Alas, the norm has become the dog straining at the leash, barking unceasingly, ignored by their human counterparts, and (my least favorite) chained in a yard and forgotten.
Way before anyone whispered to dogs, before Cesar brought pack mentality to the tee-​vee, Bill Oliver was working police trials dogs with the Air Force. His approach for three decades has been «practical behavior training» of your dog, and I can tell you: IT WORKS. Our rescue dog Roscoe is a graduate of Custom Canine and now lives a calmer, more civilized life. (He still can’t drive a stick or play much more than Chop Sticks on the piano, but those are fine points.)
Custom offers group and private training at their magnificent farm in the hills above the upper Rocky River in Medina County. In good weather he works outside; the huge, heated training barn is perfect for when the elements are not. While we haven’t (yet) used the boarding facility, we won’t hesitate when we take our next out-​of-​town trip. Woof. Woof woof.