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Since 2017, Holly Lyons has been a Behavior Specialist & Dog Trainer for Karma Dog Training. She is certified with the CCPDT, the Certification Council for Professional Dog Trainers and specializes in teaching 100% Positive Reinforcement Training & Effective Communication between people and their furry family members.
When Holly was younger, she was best known for being a Professional Skateboarder. She is a 5 times X Games Athlete & World Cup Skateboarding Champion. She was one out of three females in the World at the time to have her own Signature Skateboard Shoe. It was an incredible opportunity to immortalize her beloved Chihuahua Rerun, by making him the icon for her shoe. For two years, they outsold the other signature skateboard shoes made by her male counterparts for the company Power Shoes.
Animals have been a big part of Holly's life since she was a child. As an adult, she had a beautiful fluffy calico cat named Coral and a deep love affair with her Chihuahua Rerun, who passed in the Spring of 2016. After he passed she began volunteering at the Lange Foundation because she felt so connected to dogs and had to be around them. Holly wanted to do what she could to help and speak up for animal rights since they are not able to speak for themselves.
Volunteering for hours everyday led to a serendipitous event where she began working for Karma Dog Training. It felt like the Universe or her dog brought her to dog training where she was able to learn and teach, give and receive love from so many wonderful puppies and dogs.
Holly grew up with an entrepreneurial mindset and had a passion for Sports and Fitness. She went to U.C. Santa Cruz and received a degree in Business Economics. After her skateboarding career ended she became a Health & Wellness Coach, a Certified Yoga Teacher, and then became a Certified Dog Trainer & Behavior Specialist.
Holly is a Full Time 'In Home Private Trainer' for puppies and dogs. She also teaches Puppy Kindergarten every week at Karma Dog's Flagship location in Beverly Hills. Living in LA, she has had the opportunity to work with celebrity clientele, all kinds of people in the entertainment industry, and so many other interesting and wonderful people from all walks of life and their doggies.
She specializes in Basic Obedience, Behavior Modification - Aggression & Fear, Socialization, Chewing/Biting, Barking & Jumping, Potty Training, Leash Aggression, Loose Leash Walking, Tricks, Agility and more.
There are Laws of Learning and the basic 3 Laws are: First, the Law of Readiness, or wanting to learn something. The second law, is the Law of Exercise, or practice and repetition. So, when Holly's passions moved from sports to health & yoga, then to training puppies and dogs, it was a great fit for her personality. And the third law of learning is the Law of Effect, which states that humans are more likely to learn when they feel satisfied or are rewarded for learning, rather than punished for not learning. People need to feel good in order to retain motivation. Our puppies and dogs, or animal companions feel the same way too.
It has been scientifically proven that positive reinforcement training with animals is more effective and humane than old-school traditional harsh, dominant or punishment based training. Positive Reinforcement Training is choice based training. Everyone, including a dog feels more confident and connected to their teacher, parent or caregiver when they are allowed to think and make choices versus feeling verbally or physically forced to do something, or to submit. This type of teaching can go beyond dog training and can teach people how to communicate more effectively with their children or each other as well.
Over 50% of dog training is teaching the human how to be the best teacher, leader, guide or trainer for their dog once any trainer leaves. Dog training is learning and communicating effectively with your family family member or friend. Learning new things is like building new muscles in our minds, for both human and dog. Training is a great way to build and strengthen our bond, learn to understand each other better, and to create safety, healthy routines and trust.
The best part about positive reinforcement training is that it's a win-win for both parties. When a human teaches their dog to do a certain behavior, the human wins, plus the dog wins because they get a reward + praise, and maybe a great pet/massage for doing that certain behavior. Humans and dogs are on the same team winning the game of life together. Smiles and tail wags all around.
All puppies and dogs are like furry little athletes or students in Holly's mind ready to learn and connect. We just need to create structure and teach them the rules to playing the game called life together. And to work as a team. As with any learning, one has to be excited to engage, learn through practice and repetition, and be rewarded for learning in order to repeat the positive behaviors and be good at game day, or in real life situations with great success
It's important to keep dog training positive not just for the puppy or dog's sake, but also for the humans sake. If a person is having a good time being the trainer, teacher or leader, then the student puppy or dog will have even more fun learning. Whenever people get upset or angry, that creates opposing sides instead of being on the same team. The puppy or dog may simply need more practice and support, instead of feeling fear or aggression.
The focus in Holly's work is to make training your puppy or dog as clear and as easy as possible since both parties are learning. The more we can teach our dogs to use their mind, the more we are creating infinite possibilities to improve their quality of life, and waking up their potential. There is a bright and beautiful star ready to shine in each and every puppy or dog!
Dogs give us unconditional love and many other gifts. One of the greatest gifts we can give to our puppies or dogs is to teach them to think and use the muscle of their mind in a way they cannot trigger on their own, or teach each other. It’s important to be compassionate, patient and come from a place of love and support so our dogs mind stays open, curious and motivated to learn and grow with us.
As an eternal student, Holly always continues to learn as she teaches. Each puppy or dog is unique, so there is no one size fits all. She focuses on getting to know the dog she is working with and dives deep into each of her clients concerns and goals so she can deliver the best results possible in the least amount of time.
Einstein proved that everything is energy. So, people get to learn a lot about their own energy and how it affects their puppy or dog. Holly gives people tools along with homework or action steps so they can take what they learn from their trainings into their daily life and use with great success.
Holly’s mission is to do her part in raising the vibration on the planet so we as people have more compassion, respect and understanding for all other species beginning with our dogs. It is important to start with 1. respect, in order to 2. build trust and a bond, if we want 3. to have loving relationships.
Behind the Veil of Consciousness and our five senses
We Are One 💕 One Love
When Holly was younger, she was best known for being a Professional Skateboarder. She is a 5 times X Games Athlete & World Cup Skateboarding Champion. She was one out of three females in the World at the time to have her own Signature Skateboard Shoe. It was an incredible opportunity to immortalize her beloved Chihuahua Rerun, by making him the icon for her shoe. For two years, they outsold the other signature skateboard shoes made by her male counterparts for the company Power Shoes.
Animals have been a big part of Holly's life since she was a child. As an adult, she had a beautiful fluffy calico cat named Coral and a deep love affair with her Chihuahua Rerun, who passed in the Spring of 2016. After he passed she began volunteering at the Lange Foundation because she felt so connected to dogs and had to be around them. Holly wanted to do what she could to help and speak up for animal rights since they are not able to speak for themselves.
Volunteering for hours everyday led to a serendipitous event where she began working for Karma Dog Training. It felt like the Universe or her dog brought her to dog training where she was able to learn and teach, give and receive love from so many wonderful puppies and dogs.
Holly grew up with an entrepreneurial mindset and had a passion for Sports and Fitness. She went to U.C. Santa Cruz and received a degree in Business Economics. After her skateboarding career ended she became a Health & Wellness Coach, a Certified Yoga Teacher, and then became a Certified Dog Trainer & Behavior Specialist.
Holly is a Full Time 'In Home Private Trainer' for puppies and dogs. She also teaches Puppy Kindergarten every week at Karma Dog's Flagship location in Beverly Hills. Living in LA, she has had the opportunity to work with celebrity clientele, all kinds of people in the entertainment industry, and so many other interesting and wonderful people from all walks of life and their doggies.
She specializes in Basic Obedience, Behavior Modification - Aggression & Fear, Socialization, Chewing/Biting, Barking & Jumping, Potty Training, Leash Aggression, Loose Leash Walking, Tricks, Agility and more.
There are Laws of Learning and the basic 3 Laws are: First, the Law of Readiness, or wanting to learn something. The second law, is the Law of Exercise, or practice and repetition. So, when Holly's passions moved from sports to health & yoga, then to training puppies and dogs, it was a great fit for her personality. And the third law of learning is the Law of Effect, which states that humans are more likely to learn when they feel satisfied or are rewarded for learning, rather than punished for not learning. People need to feel good in order to retain motivation. Our puppies and dogs, or animal companions feel the same way too.
It has been scientifically proven that positive reinforcement training with animals is more effective and humane than old-school traditional harsh, dominant or punishment based training. Positive Reinforcement Training is choice based training. Everyone, including a dog feels more confident and connected to their teacher, parent or caregiver when they are allowed to think and make choices versus feeling verbally or physically forced to do something, or to submit. This type of teaching can go beyond dog training and can teach people how to communicate more effectively with their children or each other as well.
Over 50% of dog training is teaching the human how to be the best teacher, leader, guide or trainer for their dog once any trainer leaves. Dog training is learning and communicating effectively with your family family member or friend. Learning new things is like building new muscles in our minds, for both human and dog. Training is a great way to build and strengthen our bond, learn to understand each other better, and to create safety, healthy routines and trust.
The best part about positive reinforcement training is that it's a win-win for both parties. When a human teaches their dog to do a certain behavior, the human wins, plus the dog wins because they get a reward + praise, and maybe a great pet/massage for doing that certain behavior. Humans and dogs are on the same team winning the game of life together. Smiles and tail wags all around.
All puppies and dogs are like furry little athletes or students in Holly's mind ready to learn and connect. We just need to create structure and teach them the rules to playing the game called life together. And to work as a team. As with any learning, one has to be excited to engage, learn through practice and repetition, and be rewarded for learning in order to repeat the positive behaviors and be good at game day, or in real life situations with great success
It's important to keep dog training positive not just for the puppy or dog's sake, but also for the humans sake. If a person is having a good time being the trainer, teacher or leader, then the student puppy or dog will have even more fun learning. Whenever people get upset or angry, that creates opposing sides instead of being on the same team. The puppy or dog may simply need more practice and support, instead of feeling fear or aggression.
The focus in Holly's work is to make training your puppy or dog as clear and as easy as possible since both parties are learning. The more we can teach our dogs to use their mind, the more we are creating infinite possibilities to improve their quality of life, and waking up their potential. There is a bright and beautiful star ready to shine in each and every puppy or dog!
Dogs give us unconditional love and many other gifts. One of the greatest gifts we can give to our puppies or dogs is to teach them to think and use the muscle of their mind in a way they cannot trigger on their own, or teach each other. It’s important to be compassionate, patient and come from a place of love and support so our dogs mind stays open, curious and motivated to learn and grow with us.
As an eternal student, Holly always continues to learn as she teaches. Each puppy or dog is unique, so there is no one size fits all. She focuses on getting to know the dog she is working with and dives deep into each of her clients concerns and goals so she can deliver the best results possible in the least amount of time.
Einstein proved that everything is energy. So, people get to learn a lot about their own energy and how it affects their puppy or dog. Holly gives people tools along with homework or action steps so they can take what they learn from their trainings into their daily life and use with great success.
Holly’s mission is to do her part in raising the vibration on the planet so we as people have more compassion, respect and understanding for all other species beginning with our dogs. It is important to start with 1. respect, in order to 2. build trust and a bond, if we want 3. to have loving relationships.
Behind the Veil of Consciousness and our five senses
We Are One 💕 One Love
Dogs love to Learn & Connect
Dogs are unconditionally loving by nature and want to be your best friend, but they don't know what us humans want until someone teaches them.
Dogs are unconditionally loving by nature and want to be your best friend, but they don't know what us humans want until someone teaches them.
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Requests, Tricks & Tasks
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Off Leash Recall while Hiking
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🐾 Dog Training is learning to communicate effectively with another species, your furry family member 🐾
Training, doing tasks, tricks, agility or a performances can be the best part of any dogs day, and help to strengthen your bond.
The more positive and happy a human is being while training, the more joy both parties will have learning together.
Dogs do not wear clothing, have a job, cell phone, TV or computer. They get bored and their mind is idle.
Training is quality one-on-one time a dog gets with their human to think, learn and grow!
Dogs give us unconditional love and so many other gifts.
One of the greatest gifts us humans can give to our dog or an animal companion,
is to teach them to think and use the muscle of their mind in a way they cannot teach themselves or teach each other.
We have a unique opportunity to expand their consciousness and quality of life by adding more mental enrichment & stimulation in to their life.
🐾 Win - Win 🐾
Training, doing tasks, tricks, agility or a performances can be the best part of any dogs day, and help to strengthen your bond.
The more positive and happy a human is being while training, the more joy both parties will have learning together.
Dogs do not wear clothing, have a job, cell phone, TV or computer. They get bored and their mind is idle.
Training is quality one-on-one time a dog gets with their human to think, learn and grow!
Dogs give us unconditional love and so many other gifts.
One of the greatest gifts us humans can give to our dog or an animal companion,
is to teach them to think and use the muscle of their mind in a way they cannot teach themselves or teach each other.
We have a unique opportunity to expand their consciousness and quality of life by adding more mental enrichment & stimulation in to their life.
🐾 Win - Win 🐾
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