How it Works

1. Initial Consultation: A 1.5-2 hour deep dive into your dog’s background—personality, breed, learning history, and current environment—where we’ll make a plan and get started on recommended first steps! Investment: $225

2. Skill Building Sessions: Hour-long sessions to help you build the skills you need for your dog to thrive. Investment: $175 in-person/$150 virtual

3. Walk & Learns and/or Home Visits: A 45 minute direct trainer-to-dog home visit that is individually tailored to what currently best benefits your dog and their behavioral health and wellbeing. *Well-versed and equipped to walk leash reactive dogs
   Investment: $75

How often we talk or see each other is completely up to you. After our first consultation, I become a member of your team, a source of support, and a resource.

A Bit More About Direct Trainer to Pup Visits

These are great way for me to work directly with your dog to accelerate the skills you’re already working on. These also provide some relief and extra support for exhausted caregivers who are working through significant behavioral challenges.

Possibilities include:

• Foundational skills strengthening
  Pattern games, relaxation protocols, recall, confidence building.

• Behavior therapy
  Using therapies such as The Play Way, BAT 2.0, desensitization and counterconditioning, I will work with your dog to help them feel safe and secure and create positive associations with their environment.

• Decompression walk
  Not your basic neighborhood walk! I’ll take your dog to an enriched open space on a long-line and let them sniff to their heart’s content. This has infinite benefits to your dog’s behavioral health.

• Enrichment activity
  Not sure where to start with enrichment? I can set up a Free Work session, introduce them to canine nosework, or provide any activity that they love to do.

Dogs who would benefit from this service:

• Adolescent dogs  (6 months—3 years)

• Dogs who freeze, focus, bark, or lunge at other dogs/people/environmental stimuli on leash

• Dogs who display fear or nervousness at any environmental stimuli (dogs, people, cars, noises, etc)

• Dogs who have a hard time relaxing on their own or calming down, even after they’ve had physical and mental exercise

New client prerequisites for this are:

• Initial virtual behavior consultation ($225) which includes a detailed follow-up and plan

• One in-person lesson ($175) to observe your dog and teach the humans useful exercises/games

For your dog to get the full benefit of this service, I recommend scheduling on a regular or semi-regular basis. This isn’t a magic-wand, it is meant to be a collaboration alongside you to support and strengthen the skills and practices you’ve already introduced to your pup with my help!

Investment: $75 / 45 minute visit

Service area: South Park (neighborhood discount!), Georgetown, White Center, Highland Park, Beacon Hill

Let’s get started!