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Because real behavioral change and reliable skill-building requires time, consistency, and practice, we do not offer one-off single training lessons for new clients. All new training partnerships begin with an Initial Consultation to assess your pets needs. Followed by a dedicated 4-week or 6-week coaching package to ensure lasting success.

All new training programs begin with a $125 Initial In-Home Consultation which is fully applied as a credit toward a 4- or 6- week training package you choose. We meet in your home to evaluate your pet, assess your environment, and map out a custom plan for you and your pet. After the consultation, the packages include one 60-90 minute-in-home coaching session per week. This weekly spacing allows you time to practice new skills, build consistency, and see real progress between visits!


Packages We Offer

Puppy Fundations

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Brining home a new puppy is an exciting journey, but those early weeks can feel overwhelming as you navigate house training, sleep schedules, and sharp puppy teeth! Our Puppy Foundations program is designed to turn chaos into calm, giving you a clear, stress-free roadmap to guide your puppy through their most critical developmental window.

We focus on helping your puppy build confidence and agency while learning how to navigate the human world. Together, we’ll establish the habits that set your puppy up for a lifetime of trust, focus, and happy companionship.

Key Focus Areas:

  • Potty Training and Crate Comfort: Establish predictable daily routines that reduce frustration and make the crate a safe restful sanctuary.

  • Bite Inhibition & Handling: Guide your puppy through mouthy phases while building a calm tolerance for gentle touches.

  • Positive Socialization: Safely introduce new sights, sounds, surfaces, and environments at your little ones pace.

  • Early Focus & Manners: Lay the groundwork for attention, impulse control, and polite greetings before unwanted habits take hold.

In-Home Consultation: $125 /single session

Package: $450 (4 sessions) or $625 (6 sessions)


Fundamental Skills

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Once your dog moves past early puppyhood, clear communication becomes key to enjoying outings, peaceful walks, and a calm home. Our Fundamental Skills program bridges the gap between basic obedience and real-world harmony, giving you and your dog a shared language built on trust and positive reinforcement.

We focus on practical life skills that make living together effortless— whether you’re relaxing at an outdoor community event, welcoming guests at the front door, or enjoying a casual stroll through the neighborhood.

Key Focus Areas:

  • Core Cues (Sit, Down, Stay): Build reliable positions and duration so your dog can relax in place even with mild distractions around.

  • Door Manners: Teach calm behavior at doorways and entryways to prevent over-excited greetings when visitors arrive.

  • Stationing: Give your dog a clear “go-to-place” to settle calmly during dinner time, home activities, or public outings.

  • Start Learning Polite Leash Walking: Transform daily walks into enjoyable, relaxed experiences without pulling or frustration.

In-Home Consultation:$125 /single session

Package: $475 (4 sessions) or $650 (6 sessions)


Advanced Skills

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Once your dog has mastered the basics its time to level up. Our Advanced skills program is designed for dogs ready to transition from mainly controlled indoor practice to true reliability in high-distraction environments.

Using positive reinforcement and science-based behavioral principals, we can help you strengthen existing cues against exciting temptations— whether that means a joyful recall at the park, holding a steady stay while people walk by or practicing self-control in busy environments.

Key Focus Areas:

  • Reliable Recall: Build a strong “come when called” even when your dog is engages with interesting sights and sounds.

  • Duration Stays: Lengthen down-stays and place-stays so your dog can remain relaxed and settled for extended periods.

  • Fetch: Combines physical exercise with “drop it” and patience for frustration free play.

  • Managing High Distractions and impulse control: Gradually introduce busier environments to help your dog maintain focus and composure.

  • Cooperative Care and Husbandry: Prepares your dog for calm, comfortable vet exams, nail trims, and toothbrushing.

In-Home Consultation:$140 /single session

Package: $550 (4 sessions) or $750 (6 sessions)


A La Carte Training

Training is an ongoing journey that grows with your pet. Our A La Carte and Maintenance Coaching is designed as a natural extension for graduates of our foundational & advanced programs— Giving you customizable and flexible options to keep skills sharp, tackle new goals, or maintain steady progress over time.

Whether you need a quick seasonal refresher, help navigating a new life stage, or monthly check-in coaching to keep your team on track, these flexible sessions give you dedicated support whenever you need it.

Key Focus Areas:

  • Tailored Tune-Ups Quick refreshers for specific behaviors, seasonal changes, video review, and email feedback between visits.

  • Gradual Progress & Maintenance: Flexible, ongoing coaching tailored entirely to your households evolving goals.

  • Monthly Check-In Coaching: Continuous support with priority scheduling, video review, and email feedback between visits.

  • A La Carte Skill Building: Coaching dedicated to work on one specific behavior or skill that you want to focus on.

Graduate Single Session: $125 /single session

Package: $345 (3-6 months at $115/session)


Non-Dog Training: (Cats, Birds, Small Mammals)

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Training isn’t just for dogs!

Whether you share your home with a cat, bird, rabbit, or other small exotic companion, our force-free and choice-based training opens up a world of clear communication and mutual trust. Using positive reinforcement, we help you teach your animal that cooperating in daily routines can be engaging.

From helping a sensitive cat feel confident entering a carrier to guiding a parrot or small mammal through voluntary health checks, our tailored coaching focuses on reducing anxiety and building life-enriching skills. We work with your pet’s natural behaviors to make everyday care smooth and a positive experience for your whole household.

Key Focus Areas:

  • Target Training: Teaching your pet to touch a target with their nose/beak or paw.

  • Stationing: Building comfort with resting on a designated mat, perch, or platform.

  • Crating and Carrier Comfort: Transforming the carrier entry into a positive and voluntary choice for low stress vet visits and travel.

  • Cooperative Husbandry Crate: Helping your pet willingly participate in routine care such as nail trims, coating brushing, weight checks, and physical assesments.

  • Medical Prep: Preparing your companion for gentle handling, medication administration, and eye or ear drops using gentle, predictable techniques.

Standard: $125 /single session

Package: $350 (3 sessions) or $500 (5 sessions)


All Pet Enrichment

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Pet enrichment is essential to your pets mental and physical well-being. Our Pet Enrichment Program is designed to fulfill your companions natural instincts, reduce boredom, and channel their energy into positive, satisfying activities.

Using science-based techniques we help you create custom enrichment routines that fit seamlessly into your household. We help you build customized enrichment routines tailored specifically to your pets unique personality, species, and household routine.

Key Focus Areas:

  • Customized Problem-Solving Challenges: Learn how to introduce safe, species appropriate puzzles and brain games that build confidence without causing frustration.

  • Channeling Instinctual Drives: Safely direct natural behaviors like sniffing, foraging and exploring into structured, rewarding outlets.

  • Novelty & Environmental Variety: Discover how to safely introduce new sights, textures, and interactive setups to keep your pet curious and engaged.

  • Tailored Decompression Strategies: We help you build personalized routines and activities designed to help high-energy pets settle and unwind.

  • Interactive Play & Bonding: Master the mechanics of structured, cooperative play that depends your connection and tires out your pet’s brain.

Standard: $95 /standalone consultation

Package: $275 (Initial consult + 2 Follow-ups)


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