DOG JITSU TRAINING
ALL ABOUT US
Dog Jitsu Training believes it’s never too late to teach an old pet (and its owner) new behaviors. Our tailor-made services are designed with you and your pet in mind to ensure results. We believe in working as much with you as with your pet. Our goal is to provide long-lasting impact through expert training.
Dog Jitsu Training has many years of experience in supporting pet owners to make the needed changes in their pet’s habits. Our high success and client satisfaction rates are our greatest source of pride. Call us today to make your first appointment.
Chris Toman
Founder
My dog training career started in March 2015 when I adopted my first dog, Nala, a 3-month-old Pitbull puppy, with my then-girlfriend and now wife, Cindy. I knew nothing about dogs at the time, and it showed. After cycling through several trainers ourselves, we found a trainer that we liked and started seeing the results we desperately needed. I’ve been hooked in the dog training world ever since. It was a slow 5-year transition from leaving my landscaping business of 10 years to making the full-time career jump into professional dog training. In the spring of 2020, I took a full-time dog training position at a local facility. I learned a lot in my short 6 months there but decided I needed a formal education to responsibly help dog owners to the level a paying client deserves. In the spring of 2021, I enrolled in The Michael Ellis School for Dog Trainers in Santa Rosa, California. I spent 6 months in dog training school, fully immersed in everything dog. This program taught me how to raise puppies through adulthood, how to build motivation, how to properly introduce and use pressure in training, behavior modification, advanced obedience, competition obedience, nose work, and more. When I'm not helping other dog owners, I actively train and compete in a sport known as Mondioring. Training a competition dog requires us to use a lot of advanced concepts that have helped me greatly in the non-competition sport dog world as well. I enjoy continuing my education by attending seminars around the country throughout the year and consulting with a local mentor on a weekly basis.