BASELINE LIFESTYLE & FUNCTIONAL MANNERS
Practical training for everyday life.
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Our foundational program builds the skills you and your dog need at home and in public, with an emphasis on clear communication, reliable responses, and everyday manners.
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HOW THE PROGRAM WORKS
This one-on-one program runs over 8 sessions and is built around your dog, your household, and your goals.
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Individual Training Plan: A plan built around your specific goals, from everyday manners to reliable behavior in real-world settings.
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Progressive Environments: We begin in low-distraction settings, move into the home when appropriate, and then practice skills in public environments.
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Included Equipment: Your program includes the training equipment selected and fitted for your dog.
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Support Between Sessions: You’ll have phone, text, and video support to help you stay on track between appointments.
​WHO THIS IS FOR​
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Puppies & Young Dogs: Build foundational skills, household manners, focus, and clear communication from the beginning.
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Everyday Manners: Leash walking, recall, place work, boundaries, and reliable responses around distractions.
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Common Behavior Problems: Excessive barking, door bolting, fence fighting, destructive behavior, and other everyday concerns.
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One-on-One Training: Individual instruction for owners who want direct coaching rather than a group-class setting.
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*For severe reactivity, resource guarding, or aggression, see Behavior Modification.
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WHAT WE'LL WORK TOWARD
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Reliable manners at home and in public
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Clear communication and a better understanding of your dog's body language
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Consistent skills you can continue building between sessions
BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION & REHABILITATION
For reactive, anxious, or high-arousal dogs who need more than standard obedience.
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Some behavior concerns require more than obedience training. This program is designed for dogs struggling with severe reactivity, aggression, fear, resource guarding, or bite histories. We work to understand the factors contributing to the behavior and give you practical skills to manage risk and build safer, more reliable responses.
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HOW THE PROGRAM WORKS
This one-on-one program runs over 8 sessions across roughly 4 months, giving you and your dog time to practice, adjust, and build on progress between sessions.
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Individual Behavior Plan: Built around your dog's behavior, triggers, thresholds, environment, and history.
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Controlled, Staged Environments: We begin in structured settings where exposure can be carefully managed, then gradually introduce more challenging environments when appropriate.
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Safety & Training Equipment: Your program includes the equipment appropriate for your dog's needs, which may include training collars, basket muzzles, or safety leads. Equipment is individually selected, fitted, and introduced.
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Support Between Sessions: You'll have direct phone, text, and video support to help address questions and challenges between appointments.​
WHO IS THIS PROGRAM FOR?
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Severe Reactivity: Lunging, barking, or difficulty disengaging around dogs, people, vehicles, or other triggers.
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Fear & Anxiety: Dogs showing persistent fear, difficulty settling, avoidance, or other stress-related behavior.
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Aggression & Safety Concerns: Resource guarding, territorial behavior, threatening behavior, or a history of bites.
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Previous Training Hasn't Been Enough: Dogs and owners who have completed other training but continue to struggle with significant behavior concerns.
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WHAT WE'LL WORK TOWARD
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Safer, more manageable responses around known triggers.
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Practical handling and management skills for difficult situations.
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Clearer communication and more reliable behavior in everyday life.
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ADVANCED & SPECIALIZED TRAINING
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Advanced training is available to graduates of our foundational and behavior programs. Dogs should have the skills and reliability needed to safely progress into more specialized work.
For owners who want to continue training, we offer several advanced options.​​​​
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1. Advanced Manners & Public Training
Build on your dog's existing skills with advanced leash work, distance commands, recall, heelwork, and training around increasingly challenging real-world distractions.
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2. Service Dog Tasking & Public Access Mechanics
Service dog training is a limited, carefully screened part of our work. Adrian has trained two working service dogs for medical alert tasks and public access.
Because a handler may depend on these skills for their safety and independence, we evaluate the dog, handler, training goals, and suitability of the team before accepting service-dog work. Not every dog is appropriate for this role, and acceptance is determined on a case-by-case basis.
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3. Scent Work, AKC Titles & Trick Work
Continue training through scent work, search games, trick training, and preparation for AKC Canine Good Citizen, Community Canine, Urban CGC, and Trick Dog titles.
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Interested in Advanced Training?
Advanced options are available to current and past clients who have completed a core training program.