Biographical information: Tony Ancheta

Tony Ancheta trained his first dog in 1966. It was a simple proposition (more like a directive from his mother) "either get the dog under control or take him to the pound."

Down to the library for a book on the subject, K comes before S, (sorry Blanche). He got the dog trained and was hooked ever since. At about age 14 he contacted Bill Koehler by phone and expressed an interest in learning from him. Graciously, and with great patience, Bill told him to call back after he had trained several more dogs. From 1970-74 Tony trained insatiably; pound rescues, strays, friend’s dogs, and stranger’s dogs. If it had four legs and went "woof" he trained it. He also wore out two library cards researching comparative psychology experiments to gain a better understanding of why what he was doing worked.

In 1975 Tony moved to Pomona, California where he continued the same passion for dog training. It wasn’t long before a chance meeting in a park placed him in a conversation about technique and execution of the sit-stay correction. The man whom Tony was conversing with turned out to be Dick Koehler, who introduced him to Bill, and the rest is history.

Some projects that Tony is quite proud of are the 300+ "problem dogs" rehabilitated in his private training business since 1985. These include a Miniature Dachshund who did thousands of dollars in damages to the inside of her mistresses new Jeep Grandwagoneer (custom upholstered in Corinthian leather), a 120 pound Kuvasz who was hell bent on biting people, and a 3 year old Akita who decided that anything within 15 feet of his owner was fair game. And the list goes on and on. He has also trained dogs for crowd control, search and rescue, police service dogs, and "specialized" scent discrimination. However, he is particularly proud of the many class students he has worked with who have been able to provide their dogs a happier existence free of muzzles, leashes, and cages. This has included all breeds from fear biting Shelties to out of control Anatolians.

Tony co-writes this website, along with Dick Koehler, and remains committed to promoting The Koehler Method of Dog Training into the 21st century.

If you have a question or comment about this time tested method please feel free to write to Tony at:

Tony Ancheta c/o

Dog Management Systems

599 Stanley Road

Westpoint, CA 95255

Or e-mail to tony@koehlerdogtraining.com