Create a healthy relationship with your dog by meeting needs and training valuable life skills.

Dogs of all ages, sizes, breeds, and starts in life learn best through fear-free, pain-free, rewards-based training. My goal is to help you bridge the gap in your relationship with your dog through management, canine enrichment, dog body language observation, and more.

At Diwa Dogs, you’ll learn to meet your dogs’ needs. We work together to identify behaviors that disrupt the home or create confusion within the family. Then, you’ll receive a customized training plan that addresses unmet needs, as you and your dog learn life skills that can help change these behaviors.

“Amaro and I have been doing a lot of work to stop his habit of escaping. I would have been lost and at my wits end had it not been for the amazing Stef of @diwadogstraining. We have not had any incident for well over a month now.”

Team Amaro, @aspinapprovedtreats.ph

Work with an accredited R+ dog professional

Ask questions and get science-based dog training advice from an accredited R+ professional based right here in the Philippines. 🇵🇭

In-person or virtual consulting

Receive valuable dog behavior and training information wherever you’re located. Choose either virtual or in-person consultations (within Cagayan de Oro city, Misamis Oriental), depending on your preference or your dog’s needs.

Customized behavior plans

Receive a customized behavior plan that addresses your dog’s learning, environment, and helps you achieve goals.

Daily trainer support

Questions, concerns, or wins—share them all with me directly on WhatsApp. Even the human end of the leash needs support!

Behavior progress trackers

Track your dog’s progress and gather data that’ll help you make smart decisions during training.

Learn in a group setting (coming soon! 🍎)

Interested in joining like-minded dog guardians in a group class or workshop? Watch out for news about this!

Completion certificates

Celebrate your accomplishments with your dog! You’ll receive a completion certificate after successfully finishing your training package or a group class.

Choose humane R+ dog training

When you choose humane, fear-free dog training, you choose to work as a team, to build a trusting relationship with your dog.

With R+ dog training, you can:

  • Read your dog’s body language accurately.
  • Reduce stress, fear, and pain that can block learning and communication.
  • Build your dog’s confidence, curiosity, and sense of security in you.
  • Create learning environments that sets you and your dog up for success.
  • Make progress on training goals without stress or pressure on YOU, the human.

Join the Filipino R+ community!

Our Facebook group is where cool dog parents 😎 and their puppers 🐶 learn how to use R+ training and enrichment. Join us and bring along your questions, 546 photos of your dog, and your best ideas to meet their needs. 🐾

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What Clients are Saying

Team Snoopy

Julia Ysabel Quintero, Team Snoopy

“Raising a dog like Snoopy takes a village. He is the epitome of a pandemic baby. Unfortunately, our fear of contracting the virus and the quarantine restrictions because of it hindered his socialization. With everything coming back to normal, our goal is to gradually prepare him for everything he isn’t familiar with aka loving people besides us. Slowly but surely he’s getting the hang of it. Even though there were some setbacks but his paws are still taking big steps!

Thank you so much Diwa Dogs for the amazing work that you do! Snoopy is a testament of positive and fear free training provided by Diwa Dogs. He responds better when he is rewarded and praised. Hope training methods like these are recognized all over the country. We really hope to meet you soon (in person) ❤️”

Brian Alandy Dy, Team Oreo

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Choosing Steph as our dog trainer was one of the best decisions for Oreo. The customized Positive Reinforcement R+ approach, combined with a deep understanding of canine behavior, set the foundation for our lifelong journey into managing Oreo’s sensitivities.

Apart from having R+ dog behavior certifications, Steph has a genuine love and sincere compassion for dog training, as well as a deep understanding of the difficult challenges pet parents go through. This has made our training sessions not just precise and effective, but it also provided the right environment where we all felt open and secure to learn and grow as pet parents.

Steph, we can’t thank you enough for your compassion and advocacy. Taking that first step with you has made a remarkable difference in our journey to providing Oreo the best life possible!

We couldn’t visit a dog-friendly café or take you to the LKK pet park, so I hope this pupper birthday cake and present are enough for you to know you’re loved and cherished every single day, every single year. ❤️❤️❤️ 🍃 A short but important life update from the Diwa Dogs HQ 🍃 Hey dog guardians of CdO! 🐾 I’m so excited to share my upcoming collaboration with @limketkaicenter where we’re going to share a series of talks all about raising your dog with their welfare and well-being in mind. This will be at their very own Pet Park! 🤩 ⭐️ Client Progress! Friends, I want to celebrate this client team and the work they’re doing to help Aster. He’s a 2-year old Chow Chow based in Cagayan de Oro city. After their first session with me, they started their behavior modification program with easy steps. 🐶 Two life skills you and your dog can learn about this week: #throwback to the first Doggy Talks session we hosted at @augustcafe_cdo! I had a great time sharing one of my favorite topics and getting to know some of the dog parents and guardians here in CdO. ❤️