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Welcome to Complete Canine.

I focus on the individual breed and traits of each dog. This is called Balanced Training and it allows me to customize every training program to produce the best sustainable results.

Complete Canine is located in Fishersville, VA. Scroll down to learn more about me and my services. You can also book an appointment online.

Photo of Lydia with Dogs

Services Offered

Genetic Enrichment


This training focuses on your dog’s purpose and drive. I help them be more tolerable and enjoyable in every aspect of their lives along with their ability to be fulfilled. Whether its bird dogs, scent hounds or protection dogs, I will meet their needs in a reasonable, sustainable way. Hunting, personal protection and service/ therapy work

Obedience


This training focuses on basic boundaries, commands, handler knowledge, communication lines and tool use. Examples include:

Sit/stay, come, wait, leave it, down. ADVANCED OBEDIENCE IS ALSO AVAILABLE NOW!

Leash and Off Leash


This training corrects any and all reactivity on leash along with creating loose leash heel work and bomb proof off leash recall and “off leash doggy manners.” Tattle tail training off leash and proof obedience for any situation.

Puppy Package


This all-in-one training will give you everything you need to know about your puppy, set the foundation for all obedience, leash work and off leash work and give tips and tricks on how to enrich your puppy for their best life.

about me

Lydia with Dog

Me and my girl Ruby Mae! She started it all with “seek and rescue” for my toys left in the yard.

My name is Lydia Cox, I am an 18 year old dog trainer with aspirations of becoming a professional K9 handler/trainer! I have always had a fascination with the inner workings of behavior. My amazement of the amount of relief an animal can bring to a person has made me want to try and make every moment with these gifts as wonderful as possible…

I am a certified vet assistant under a local technical school as well as a certified Master dog trainer

I have been training and studying animals, cats included, since I was old enough to talk. At the ripe age of ten I had already taught my cat to play hide n’ seek and both of our collie mutts to play “seek and rescue” meaning I would hide things and make them find them!

I focus on the individual breed and traits of each dog to specialize every training program to get the best sustainable results. This is called BALANCED TRAINING. Balanced training uses operant conditioning and uses the given traits a dog already has and will never lose based on the years of genetics put into the breed and sculpting it into a desirable characteristic for each household. 

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Most training programs take 4-8 weeks to complete.
Each session costs 50-75 dollars and is approximately 1 hour long.

Get in Touch

Have questions for me? Send me an email and I’ll get back to you.

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