Behavior Modification Training

During our Board and Train program, your dog will stay safely in-home with our experienced trainer, providing a comfortable and familiar environment that feels like home. This personal approach helps reduce stress and anxiety, allowing your dog to relax and thrive while learning in a setting similar to their own. With constant supervision and care, your dog will experience the best of both training and home comforts

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Our behavior modification program is designed with a compassionate and targeted approach to help dogs struggling with issues such as anxiety and aggression. At the end of your dog's program, you'll learn how to maintain and reinforce your dog's training at home.

 

This program can address leash reactivity, separation anxiety, dog aggression, human aggression, and more. We will create and unique program for your dog, tailored to your needs and home environment.

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Training will include learning the following:

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Sit/Stay:  Teaching your dog to remain calm and focused in various situations.

Place Command: Training your dog to go to a specific spot and stay there until released.

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Loose Leash Walking: Encouraging your dog to walk politely without pulling or reacting to distractions as well as training your dog to walk beside you calmly in different environments.

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Recall: Ensuring your dog reliably returns to you when called, even in distracting environments.

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Depending on your dogs needs, your program may include:

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Desensitization: Gradual exposure to triggers like other dogs, people, or loud noises to reduce overreactions.

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Focus Training: Teaching your dog to focus on you instead of reacting to external stimuli.

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Trigger Identification: Working on understanding and reducing aggressive responses to specific triggers.

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Structured Socialization: Carefully monitored interactions with other dogs or people to improve social behavior.

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Independence Training: Helping your dog feel comfortable being alone by gradually increasing the time spent apart.

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Counter-Conditioning: Changing your dog’s response to negative triggers by associating them with positive outcomes.

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Respecting Personal Space: Training your dog to understand and respect boundaries, both at home and in public.

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Threshold Training: Teaching your dog to wait calmly at doors or entryways until given permission to proceed.

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Throughout the 2 to 3 week duration of the program, your dog will reside in our home and be treated as a member of the family.

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At the end of your dog's stay, we will meet for an owner training session to teach you how to maintain and reinforce what we worked on and are here for you for support once training is completed!