Private in home Training Consultations

Private training is offered two ways: We can come to you, or you can come to us. Please call or text jennifer at 407-913-2750 to get scheduled

Initial training consultation is two hours and combines education with hands on work. The appointment includes a behavioral assessment of your situation, education about the behaviors you are dealing with, and then hands on practice to find the best strategies and tools to help you reach your goals.

(Follow up appointments are offered on an as needed basis and last 90 minutes. Online training is another option for those needing follow up help).

After the visit we will email you notes, links, videos and attachments to help you stay focused on your goals. 1-2 appointments are all that is needed for most clients to solve most issues they are having.

Our easy to follow approach can address all the issues you are having by focusing on teaching you 3 basic things:

1. I will teach you ways to mentally and physically exercise your dog. I can show you how you to walk, run, swim, treadmill and even surf with your dog. Getting rid of physical energy is mandatory for most dogs to improve or change behaviors. The large majority of aggressive and anxiety based issues I see are dogs releasing pent up energy in destructive or reactive ways.

2. I will teach you how to communicate in your dogs language. Like all relationships, you and your dog need a clear language back and forth to thrive. Most of my clients are shocked to learn how many of their dogs “issues” are cleared up with good communication, not weeks of training. Dogs use energy, actions and body language cues to communicate with one another - not words or sounds. It’s important to know that dogs learn best when we start with actions, not words. Understanding this can profoundly change things with your dog.

3. I will take your improved communication and teach you how to establish and enforce rules, boundaries & limits. Dogs intuitively understand these concepts, but most owners are not clear in how to communicate them. Once you learn to properly communicate rules and boundaries you won’t believe it. The things you can get your dog to do - and stop doing - will blow you away. Not jumping or reacting is an example of a rule. Not running out the front door is an example of a boundary and how long they must wait until they eat is an example of a limit.

It’s these basic fundamentals that I use to help owners change behaviors. Improving the connection and communication to a fulfilled dog has proven time and again to be all owners need to help their dogs be the happiest, balanced, best behaved dog on the block.

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two or more dogs not getting along?

My approach works great for homes having issues between two or more dogs. When homes with multiple dogs have aggression issues you must understand pack dynamic to change the behavior. Traditional training is not effective with this issue but my approach is based in your dog’s natural, instinctual understanding of social behavior.

My initial education occurred in a pack of 25+ dogs that I was immersed in for weeks at a time and that type of knowledge is critical in helping families with multiple dogs. Since 2007 I have owned 3-7 dogs at a time and have had hundreds of others live with me and those dogs.

Living with packs is the only way someone knows what it takes to help bring balance to homes like yours with multiple dogs. Training a dog is one thing, understanding pack dynamic is something totally different.