Start Your Pup’s Training Journey
📝 Step 1: Fill Me In
Start by sending me an email with the scoop on you and your pup—personality, quirks, goals, the good stuff. Once we’re acquainted, I’ll send you a link to book your initial consultation!
🧠 Step 2: Dive Into the Details
For our consultation, you’ll first fill out a detailed form about your dog including medical background, behavioral history, and anything else you'd like me to know. During the session, I’ll observe your dog in their home environment, discuss your current routines, and gather any additional context needed. We’ll focus on setting up appropriate enrichment and management strategies, identifying your goals, and creating a customized plan to move forward. This is not a hands-on training session, but rather a collaborative time to assess and plan.
🎯 Step 3: Choose Your Path
After our consultation, you'll receive personalized notes to help guide your next steps. Follow-up sessions are where we adjust and fine-tune what we covered based on your feedback and your dog’s progress. This is when hands-on training begins, along with customized training plans to support your goals. You can choose a full package or keep things flexible with single-session follow-ups, whatever works best for you and your pup.
Guiding Principles
🐾 Sweet and Straight-Up
Dogs learn from what happens right after they do something, so timing is everything. While there are lots of ways to influence behavior, I stick to 100% reward-based methods. It’s simple, effective, and—most importantly—it teaches behaviors while keeping things fun!
Think: gentle parenting, with fur and wagging tails.
😬 Big Feelings, Bigger Support
To help dogs feel better about things that scare them, we use desensitization—slowly introducing the scary stuff in a way that feels safe. We pair that with counterconditioning, which means turning “uh-oh” into “yay!” by linking the scary thing with something your dog loves, like treats or play.
Think: your dog sees the leash and gets excited because it means a walk is coming. That’s a Conditioned Emotional Response—and with the right approach, we can help dogs learn to like the things they once feared.
Barks of Approval
Real stories, wagging tails, and happy humans.
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"Her R+ reward-based training means that our puppy Ellie has not only lost some of the fear and apprehension she had when she first came home, but she has also learned to love some of the things she once was scared of (for example - the car!)."
-Caitlin H.
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"I would say the first consultation was a lifesaver....It took away all the anxiety of becoming a puppy owner. It allowed me to be prepared. I asked her 1000+ questions during the consult and she had an answer to every single one."
-Jeff I.