ADULT TRAINING
WHAT GOALS WILL BE PRIORITIZED?
Obedience, Socialization, Relationship Development, Relaxation Protocols, Confidence Building, Implementing Social Boundaries, Canine Enrichment and Fulfillment, Nutrition, Confidence Building, Exercise.
The most crucial aspects are educating everyone and showing you the optimal ways to interact with your dog.
Kate will concentrate on refining your handling skills and the mechanics of the leash.
She will cover a wide array of commands adding more distractions at more advanced levels as you progress in your sessions.
WHAT IF MY DOG NEEDS BEHAVIOR MODFICATION?
This is also for dogs who may be facing challenges with general anxiety, unhealthy social attachments, phobias, fears, reactivity on and off leash (barking, whining, lunging, jumping, attacks) showing warning signs or exhibiting clear aggression, resource guarding and territorial behavior.
We offer Baby Prep training to help better prepare your dog’s for your new arrival.
WHAT TYPE OF TRAINING METHODS/AND TOOLS DO YOU USE?
We employ a variety of counter-conditioning strategies to retrain your dog and teach you how to alter their behavior and inspire loyalty and indifference.
We encourage motivation before forcing them unnecessarily – always.
Our program is a lot different than most and we know what sets us apart. We train on the desired training gear you want – it’s up to you and us as a team whether it’s appropriate for your dog to be managed with or without certain harnesses, collars, and e-collars.
We will never pressure you into making decisions that would be unethical.
HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE TO SEE RESULTS?
Scientifically, it takes 18 – 21 days to proof any command to a dog so any program that guarantees this in less time is false advertising.
Dogs must go through the 4 different learning stages: Acquisition, Fluency, Generalization and lastly Management before you do not have to rely on rewards like toys and food to motivate them to listen to you.
It takes a minimum of 10 weeks to see a behavioral change occur within your dog and if your dog is experiencing allergy or food sensitivities that can also have an impact on training timelines.
Dogs that have clinical anxiety, reactivity aggression, phobias, severe attachment bonds or fear of containment can take many months before they become manageable.
On average clients book bi-weekly sessions until graduation. This course also includes:
Remote support and coaching
Training Schedule with Footnotes and Tutorial Videos
The American Kennel Club (AKC) Canine Good Citizen test – CLICK to learn more about the CGC
Graduation Ceremony
Please Complete a Training Application so we can learn more about your expectations and reach back out to you.
🐾 Socialization Skills
🦮 Heel Position 🐕🦺 Sit
🐶 Down 🐕 Come
🐩 Stay 🦴 Middle
🤯 Excessive Jumping
💁♀️ Receiving Guests
🐕 Destructive Chewing
🐶 Relax on Command
💦 Potty on Command
🚫 Drop It 🐩 Leave It
↗️ Pawing and Nudging
🔊 Demand Barking
🐾 Attention Seeking Behaviors
📈 Confidence Building Exercises
🐕 Reactivity and Activation
🍕 Stealing Food and Begging
🚪 Wait at the Door
🏠 Crate Training
🏄♂️ Counter Surfing
🛑 Wait for Food
🕳️ Digging Holes
💡 Place Training
👶 Baby Prep
↗️ General Anxiety
🦴 Escaping
🐿️ Predation
‼️ Marking
💦 Excited & Submissive Peeing
👫 Aggression with People
🚫 Aggression at the Vet
🦮 Severe Fear & Phobias
🐾 Fence / Window / Door Reactivity
🧍 Reactivity with People
🗣 Reactivity Towards Dogs & Animals
🚙 Reactivity Towards Cars & Bicycles
⚡ Resource Guarding
🌪 Redirecting & Biting the Leash
💥 Redirecting & Biting the Owner
🐕 Household Interdog Aggression
Some dogs may need a discounted virtual session before an in-person one.
We do not train inside of dog parks due to liability. Weight limit may not exceed over 75 lbs. for dog’s with bite histories.
What To Expect
Keep your dog as hungry and food-motivated as you can throughout the program; it will assist a lot.
It may be difficult for us to teach your dog new skills if they aren’t regularly eating food from your hand. Even though some dogs prefer to receive toys or human attention over food, using food is typically the most effective strategy for getting quick results.
Eventually, we will minimize food rewards or fade them. In any situation, your dog should be educated to maintain its neutrality and turn to you for guidance.
While hosting visitors, it’s crucial that they behave calmly and feel secure both when on a leash outdoors and when off a leash within the house.
Anger Management
It means we have to focus on everything with the exception of obedience (that comes later!)
Time sensitive management protocols must be kept in place to ensure everyone’s safety is a priority.
Then we must eliminate any frustration your dog is exhibiting and then the real learning begins.
Obedience is not what we initially teach for anger management, but it can be helpful to promote in your program. We will approach each dog accordingly to the top goals we have prioritized and create a curriculum that best suits you and your dog.
Virtual Sessions
For owner’s and their dogs who are based long distance or are not yet ready for in-person training for their first session.
Kate may suggest training virtually and to train your dog to muzzle up (takes an average of three weeks to train) before meeting your dog for everyone’s safety and to avoid conflicts which may result in injury.
In our sessions, Kate will show you how to lead with confidence and consideration, as well as how to handle pressure in a constructive and successful way. We think like leaders.
We train you to recognize all warning signs and body postures to be aware of when your dog first exhibits signs of being uncomfortable.
10% off for veterans and first responders
Kate would like to thank all of our first responders and veterans for serving our country and community.