A-Z Canine Training

Certified Dog Trainer In Vancouver and the Lower Mainland
(604)-341-6509

Help Modify Your Dog’s Behaviour — With Clear, Practical Training

Aggression. Barking. Jumping. Pulling. Lack of control.If your dog is becoming difficult to manage at home, on walks, or around people and/or other dogs, you’re not alone. With the right guidance and consistent training, meaningful improvement is possible even in more challenging situations.

Experienced Master Trainer Since 2001

I’ve been working with dogs for over two decades as a trained Master Trainer, helping owners better understand and manage behaviour in real-world situations.

I specialize in:
– Dog aggression prevention
– Behaviour challenges and reactivity
– General obedience and everyday manners

A Practical, Real-World Approach

My training is based on established principles and focuses on clarity, consistency, and communication between dog and owner.The goal is not just controlled sessions but reliable behaviour in everyday life.

Results That Matter to You

Clients often come to me when they’re dealing with aggression, reactivity, or lack of control in everyday situations.

Examples:

A very active Border Collie/Lab mix that was difficult to manage progressed through multiple levels of training and was eventually able to work off leash, including recreational tracking and basic agility.A Cur/Mastiff cross showing lunging and reactive behaviour was initially trained at a distance for safety while the owner developed better control. Over time, both the dog’s responsiveness and the handler’s confidence improved, allowing for more manageable walks.

A Mini Australian Shepherd with a history of aggressive behaviour and biting had left the owner hesitant to handle the dog. With consistent work and guidance, the owners rebuilt confidence and improved their ability to manage the dog more safely.

With consistent training and guidance, they begin to see:
– Improved behaviour at home and outside
– More control in real-life situations
– Greater confidence handling their dog

Explore My Training Areas

Below, you can learn more about specific areas of training depending on your dog’s needs.

Our Training Philosophy & Services

Learn more about the training approach and principles used to help modify behaviour and improve control in real-life situations.

Aggression Prevention Dog Training

Focused training to help prevent and manage aggressive behaviour toward people and other dogs.

Puppy Training in Burnaby

Puppy training focused on building good behaviour, structure, and control from the start.

Dog Recreational Tracking

Introduce your dog to recreational tracking to build focus, engagement, and mental stimulation.

Dog Train and Walk in Burnaby

Practical training during walks to improve behaviour, control, and consistency in real-life situations.

Virtual Dog Training

Remote training and guidance to help you work through behaviour challenges from home.

Our Training Philosophy and Services

We provide a positive and motivational approach utilizing a “play and praise” reward system. We don’t use any food bribery such as cookies and/or treats to encourage the dog with obedience, nor do we apply any form of aggression to discipline the dog.

The reason we chose not to use food bribery to motivate our dogs is because we prefer using psychology and intelligence as this method promotes long-lasting reliable results.
We specialize in dog behavioral problems and offer private dog training in Vancouver that is flexible in time and tailored to the convenience of the client’s schedule of availability.
We serve in Vancouver, Burnaby, New Westminster, Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, Port Moody, Richmond, North Vancouver, West Vancouver, Surrey, and Delta.

At A-Z Canine Training, we help you understand the causes of your dog’s behaviour problems. The home environment and your own emotional reactions such as shouting and punishment simply accelerates the dog’s anxiety and therefore blunts the learning curve. We’ll guide you step by step throughout the process to help you solve the behavioural or obedience issues in your dog or pup.

Our puppy training in Vancouver includes impressive training sessions that focus on certain areas of behaviours in your puppy. It helps the owners understand how to bring balance to their home, prevent damage, and help puppies become productive and loving family members. We also offer aggression prevention training that modifies your dog’s aggressive behaviour and eliminates aggression in your home, to other people, or to other dogs.

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About us

Tony Giotto, Master Dog Trainer and Behaviourist has worked with many dogs since 2001. He studied with and worked for Master Trainer S. Prewitt of the Prewitt Canine Training Academy at the International College of Canine Behavioural Science.

Call us now at (604) 341-6509 for more information!

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What Client Says

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Susan Henderson

Since completing the obedience lessons for Blondie, we’ve been able to safely enjoy walks together with much better control and responsiveness. Before the training, managing our dog had become difficult and stressful at times, but through Tony’s guidance, support, and consistency, we gained more confidence handling our ‘big puppy’ in everyday situations. We truly appreciated the time, patience, and diligence throughout the training process and were very happy with the progress that was made.

Nadine Bell

We had a fantastic experience working with Tony. His expertise and deep understanding of dog behavior made a huge difference for our rescue pup. Tony’s praise-based training approach was exactly what our dog needed — effective and encouraging. We truly appreciated his calm, patient demeanour and clear guidance throughout the process. Our dog has made amazing progress, and we couldn’t be happier. Highly recommended!

Deanna Talbott

Highly recommend! Tony is very knowledgeable about dog behaviour and a patient trainer. His approach with our dog was calm and friendly with lots of positive verbal support. He provided techniques and solutions that were effective and helped us address concerns with our dog’s behaviour that we didn’t think we’d ever be able to. Our dog was biting and we worried we might not be able to keep him but Tony helped us tremendously. Tony gave us the skills we needed to keep our dog and others safe.

Taylor Hetherington

We had a great experience with Tony. We gained a lot of confidence with leash control for our wild pup, and walking on leash became a lot easier. Our pup is very territorial, and now we understand her a lot more, and can predict her behaviour to intervene if necessary. I would high recommend Tony If you have a dog that is pulling on leash, or has behaviour that is hard to control.

Dee O

I have an 8 year old German Shephard (rescue) who was on the vicious dog list and had one more chance. Hero was traumatized and was going after dogs and humans. Although at home he was/is an incredible dog bringing him for walks was nearly impossible as he would turn into Cujo just seeing another dog far away. I reached out to Tony and my life has changed completely and Hero is no longer on the vicious dog list! Tony's gentle approach, compassion, and respect for him allowed Hero to learn what he needed to be able to walk with me without turning into Cujo. Additionally, by teaching ME how to handle him on walks and set boundaries has made all the difference in my and Hero's life. I am so grateful to Tony, I started seeing improvements after the second session and I began to have the confidence that we could be out and enjoy the outdoors without constantly feeling stress that Hero was going to flip out. Tony was honest about how far Hero could go (due to his trauma) and did not try to put false hope for more lessons. I found Tony to have not only incredible knowledge on dog training but also integrity. I can not thank Tony enough, he has really changed my life and saved me from heartbreak. If you are having issues with your dog or just need training I suggest you give A-Z Canine Training a call, really, it can change your life. THANK YOU SO MUCH TONY!!!

Cora Lam

Tony has helped my dog, Russell, so much. Russell was very fear aggressive and we were at a loss of what to do. We had gone through 3 different trainers before Tony but they didn't seem to help. Tony was the only one who created an individualized training plan for Russell based on his personality and needs. Russell has had marked improvements since and only getting better everyday. Our bond with Russell has strengthened through the training too! Tony is very wonderful to work with, clear in his communications and plan for training, and is obviously highly skilled when it comes to dogs. I would highly recommend Tony for anyone who is looking for some help in training.

Nadezhda Glushchenko

I met Tony almost a year ago, and at the time I was very frustrated with my dog, Luna. She would pull on walks, and I could not handle it anymore, physically and mentally. After months of training her using Tony's methods, she started to slowly improve. Today, Luna barely pulls and when she does, I now have the right tools to correct that behavior. The training made me understand my dog and her needs better and helped me work on my patience. Given the fact that there are no treats involved, it takes time and effort on the owner's part but the results are so worth it. I would highly recommend Tony as a dog trainer!

Lianne Panther

Tony is great. Our Doberman Kingston, loved Tony. His training methods were very effective and within a short time, Kingston was wonderful at heeling, and a joy to walk. Training was positive and fun and something we could easily do everyday. I would highly recommend Tony. You and your dog will love him!

Valentina

Tony is an amazing trainer! It was hard to control our dog’s behaviour and Tony helped us with that. Thanks to Tony now understand our dog better and we know how to act in case our dog doesn’t listen us or pull the leash.

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