PRIVATE CONSULTATION

IN HOME, COMMUNITY, or ONLINE. This single, 90 minute session is used to answer any questions you have about bringing home a new pet, quick tips on a single obedience cue, or how to stop simple behaviors such as digging in your yard, or destroying household items. This session can be used to teach games that serve as the foundations for future cues, and/or as a way to bond with your new buddy. It cannot serve as a forum for Behavior Modification but can offer some management ideas for the short term. Do you want to know what to look for when choosing friends for your dog in a group setting? Meet me at your local dog park to study play styles, temperament, and assess if your dog is a social butterfly, prefers just a couple close friends, or would rather hang out with the humans. Dogs are just like us in terms of sociability, especially as they reach adulthood.

If you are faced with a potential Behavioral Euthanasia, this is an opportunity to bounce your concerns and potential solutions to a very difficult and personal endeavor on someone who has been in the field for over 30 years. I can’t make the decision for you, but I can serve as a sympathetic ear, with knowledge of various outcomes, to help you narrow down your options. 

90-minute Initial Consultation  $195*

PRIVATE 3 SESSION PACKAGE

IN HOME, ONLINE, IN COMMUNITY. For behavioral, training, or activities done in the privacy of your own home, in the community, or at the training studio. Resource guarding, territorial issues, neighborhood disputes, house soiling/destruction, mild separation anxiety, excessive barking, among others can be addressed. If this 3 session package is used for obedience cues, it is the equivalent to a basic 6-week group training class.

• 90-minute Initial Consultation
• Two 60-minute follow up sessions

3 Session Package $450*

PRIVATE 5 SESSION PACKAGE

IN HOME, COMMUNITY, or ONLINE. This 5 session package can be used as a complete obedience class (Beginner, or Intermediate) with cues such as Sit, Down, Come, Heel/Loose Leash Walk, Stay, and Place. Get complete one to one training, customized in order of YOUR priorities. Even the weekly “homework” sessions are painless, and customized to your schedule!

Has your dog has reached adolescence and is suddenly jumping on guests, bolting out the door, pulling on the leash, or just generally rougher? Maybe your dog is struggling with Leash Reactivity? Does your dog look like Cujo at the end of the leash? Is it hard to control your dog? Do you think your dog may bite someone or get into a fight with another dog?

Your dog’s behavioral issues can be embarrassing, I get it. No one wants others to think that their dog is a problem child. It’s never too late to get help! 

• 90 minute Initial Consultation.
• 60 minute follow up sessions.

5 Session Package $650*

PRIVATE 7 SESSION PACKAGE

IN HOME, COMMUNITY, or ONLINE. This 7 session package is the most cost effective package for dogs with serious, long term, or multiple behavioral issues, particularly with Leash Reactivity and other fear based issues. This package can be used as a complete obedience class for Intermediate or Advanced Obedience Training, as well as the use of hand signals at a distance.

Maybe you want to work on an eclectic mix of obedience, manners training, and a behavior or two?

• 90 minute Initial Consultation.
• 60 minute follow up sessions.

7 Session Package $775*

SEMI PRIVATE GROUP TRAINING

IN HOME, COMMUNITY, ONLINE. IF you and a family member or friend have an interest in dog training with similar expectations, split the cost of a training package with up to 3 dog/human teams. Please call for more information.

SUNDAY MORNING GROUP SNIFFARI WALKS

COMMUNITY. Sunday Mornings at 10am. Join a small group of other happy dogs and owners for short walks around the upper & mid Cape. These walks are a little about the exercise, and a LOT about maintaining good leash interactions and giving your dog a chance to sniff their way through new environments. Your dogs will not be interacting enough to play, but will have a chance at brief encounters. It is meant to mimic the interactions your dog might have while walking in your neighborhood or a public place.

Most often we will be on public trails to give dogs a chance to smell all sorts of interesting stuff. The walk will not be strenuous, but may be on rocky, sandy, hilly, or grassy terrain. Suitable for all age, all breed, all sized dogs and humans. This is weather permitting, but may walk in light snow, or sprinkling rain. Appropriate clothing and footwear is recommended, as are masks when walking within 6′ of each other. Walks that are cancelled due to bad weather, will be made up at the end of your 8th week.

Finally, we will be doing some training exercises while walking depending on the environment. We will work on leash handling, and Loose Leash Walking, parallel walks, and other fun group activities. You can join the group any Sunday you like for 8 weeks, providing space is available. Come get some fresh air!

Please Note-Unfortunately, this walk is not for Leash Reactive, non-social dogs.

8 Weeks $99 16 weeks $160

ONLINE SUPPORT GROUPS/CLASSES

ASK THE DOG TRAINER- Wednesdays at 7 pm. Email your most pressing questions and concerns about training, manners, and behavior management.

8 weeks $99 16 weeks $160

ANIMAL FOSTER CARE PROVIDER SUPPORT GROUP – Wednesdays at 6pm. Join me, a former Director of Behavior and Training and 30-year foster care provider, for a wide variety of topics surrounding this interesting volunteer position. In my jobs at shelters/rescues, I wrote behavior/training protocols for our foster care providers, and am excited to support you in this important work.

Are you volunteering your time to help your local shelter by providing foster care in your home? Are you thinking of becoming a foster care provider? How long do you have to commit to each animal? What tasks would I provide? Should my children be involved?

This group is all about supporting you in this volunteer position. Needs some tips on keeping nursing mothers comfortable? Are you training an obnoxious adolescent dog? Trying to keep ferrets from biting, or hand tame small pocket pets (Rats, Rabbits, Hamsters, Mice). Discussions on all domestic species commonly found in shelters/rescues.

8 weeks $99 16 weeks $160

KEEPING YOUR DOG QUIET & ENTERTAINED WHILE WORKING FROM HOME –Wednesdays at 5 pm. Do you find you have to mute your Zoom meetings frequently? Do you know in your heart of hearts that your dog is simply bored and you need her occupied while speaking with an important client? Is your dog distracting your kids while they try to do online learning?

Learn various ways to tire your dog out quickly, and keep them occupied when you can’t. This is class isn’t just for people working from home, but people recovering from illness or injury, and those that want ideas when bad weather prevails.

8 weeks $99 16 weeks $160