For the best start in life.
Puppy programs are for dogs 20 weeks of age and younger at the start of the program.
Congratulations on your new puppy, and thank you for making the proactive choice to invest in their behavioral wellness. Currently, we offer the following consultation options to help you and your new family member.
Featured Program: Frazzled to Fabulous Puppy Preschool
You’ve signed up for years of friendship with a dog by your side, but dealing with puppyhood can be daunting. There’s biting, accidents, socialization, and all kinds of conflicting information on how to manage these things. It’s easy to not know where to turn. Through this program, I help overwhelmed puppy families set themselves AND their new puppies up for success. You invested in a lifetime with your four-legged friend, and I want to make sure you have the best time together.
What you learn:
- How to shape your environment for well-behaved pups WITHOUT training
- The ins-and-outs of socialization and help shaping this critical time in your pup’s life
- Simple, fundamental skills to not only accomplish your program goals, but to address behaviors as your puppy grows
- How FAST behaviors can happen with an experienced trainer on your side, training the pup for you
- How to respond confidently to anything life throws at you (and your pup)
- How a 6-week program turns into a lifetime of tools to help you and your pup live your best life together
What you get:
- 1 Initial consultation with a detailed, thorough written assessment customized to your family’s needs
- 5 Day training sessions where I help cultivate behaviors and socialize your pup for you
- 5 one-on-one sessions where I transfer the day training skills to you and discuss challenges as they arise
- Personalized e-mail & text support throughout the program for any questions between sessions
Tuition: $1995
What is Day Training?
Day training is a part of our Frazzled to Fabulous and Ready to Relax training programs.
The best training is, at its heart, about the relationship between you and your dog. But what if we could give that relationship a jumpstart?
Starting and establishing new behaviors is often the hardest part of dog training. It’s overwhelming, confusing, and can be discouraging when it seems like other people have it easy.
Ever heard of board & train programs? That’s where your dog visits a facility for a certain number of weeks to impart new skills. Day training is board & train without the boarding. It’s also without:
- the expense of having your pup away from home.
- the mystery of wondering what’s happening to your dog. While ethical, humane board & train programs exist, there are trainers who will harm your dog in the name of looking skillful.
- being away from your pup through the week. You might be away at work, but you get to come home to your pet at the end of the day.
With my experience on your side, we can give your whole family the best start possible.
Day training features:
- Years of experience on your side to establish all kinds of behaviors
- Essential transfer sessions to pass those skills onto you
- Flexible scheduling – you don’t even have to be home.
- Starting behaviors more quickly
Who is a good fit for day training:
- Dogs who are friendly towards strangers or visitors (even if they’re too friendly)
- Dogs who aren’t distressed when away from their family
- Families wanting to establish the best behaviors for their dogs and maintain them after the program, but need some help to jumpstart their progress.
Private Puppy Programs
Puppy DIY
A one-session evaluation geared towards families needing to be pointed in the right direction.
Tuition: $250
What you learn:
- How your pup’s behavior works for them and why you’re seeing them do what they do
- How to manage your pup’s environment for their best behavior WITHOUT training
- The best toys & tools to help you bond and help them grow
What you get:
- 1 Evaluation session where we go over your puppy’s background, likely challenges, and how to resolve them
Puppy Basics
Including the same evaluation as the previous tier, this 3-session program gets you and your pup the basics of behavior & training.
Tuition: $649
What you learn:
- Everything from the previous tier, PLUS:
- Help in applying these core obedience skills to your puppy’s life
What you get:
- 1 Initial consultation including ALL the comprehensive evaluation, assessment, and resources from the previous tier
- 2 1 hour-long coaching sessions focusing on core obedience skills
- Personalized e-mail or text support through the duration of the program
Puppy Jumpstart
Our most popular program. Including the same evaluation as the previous tiers, this 5-session program includes a customized learning path for you and your pup.
Tuition: $799
What you learn:
- Everything from the previous tiers, PLUS:
- Customized behavior plan and implementation to help you prepare for your puppy’s life ahead
What you get:
- 1 Initial consultation including ALL the comprehensive evaluation, assessment, and resources from previous tiers
- 4 1 hour-long coaching sessions focusing on core obedience skills and behaviors based on your unique needs
- Personalized e-mail or text support through the duration of the program