What's Up Dog? Santa Rosa Beach

The entire staff at What's Up Dog? understands the importance of doing things right, from puppy acclimation to competition obedience, and selecting the right food or even toys for your dog. What's Up Dog? is the only choice for professional dog training - food and nutritional products - serving Niceville, Destin, Santa Rosa Beach, Panama City Beach. Put our experience to work for you!

We have dog training programs to fit nearly any need. Our professional trainers work several disciplines including Basic and Advanced Dog Obedience, Tracking, Trailing, Scent/Odor Detection (including Diabetes Alert), IPO/Schutzhund, Personal Protection Dogs, and Police K9. Staff Trainers are certified from Military and Law Enforcement Training Facilities. Our training facility is located in Santa Rosa Beach, Florida with 6300 SqFt of indoor space plus outdoor areas.  

 We offer a unique boarding experience for your dog.  We do not use fence kennels with cold concrete or stainless steel boxes to house your furry friends - we have roomy pens in brightly colored rooms with tile floors.  Leash walking is done several times throughout the day and your dog will be treated like one of our own.  We even have a special room available called Home Sweet Home where your dog will enjoy the comforts of home - including DogTV, a sofa to lounge on, and private accommodations.  See all of our options below.

Dogs act differently when boarding than they do in their own home.  For that reason we tell everyone that you are welcome to bring your dog's favorite toy, bed, or blanket while it boards with us; however, we do not guarantee that they will not chew it up while here.  Your dog must be current on vaccines to board with us - CANINE INFLUENZA, Parvo/Distemper, Bordetella, and Rabies.  Your dog must also be on a flea preventative in order to board with us.

 Our training methods are second to none.  Rather than become hung up on what the latest fad in training is, we use what we know works; there is no experimenting on your dog.  We use lots of positive reinforcement with fair corrections, and the dog learns right from wrong behavior, as well as respect for you - creating a balanced dog.  We like to follow a simple philosophy of Condition, Train, Correct coupled with the use of unique equipment that only professional trainers with proper experience can offer.  This allows us to train the total dog, not just dazzle you with some obedience only to leave you with the same fearful dog on the inside that you came in with.  Our system builds confidence to set your dog free from anxiety and fear.  The bottom line: we provide results.