Here's How We Can Help
One Step at a Time
For those who are looking to understand their canine companions, learn how to meet their needs, teach them key skills to make life together harmonious and joyful, boost their confidence to prepare them for the human world, and modify or create non aggression-related behaviors.
Have you ever seen someone who just seems to have an organic connection with their dog? A relationship where communication seems clear and fluid, and everyone seems happy? We want that for you, and we're here to help you learn how to create it!
We have two goals for our teams:
1. Establish and grow all the invaluable skills your canine companion needs to navigate life in a health, resilient, joyful, and safe manner.
2. Teach you how to hear and speak with your dog, empower you with a whole toolbox of techniques, and provide you with the framework needed for lifelong confident decision making!
Canine Behavioral Therapy
Aggressive and reactive behaviors are deeply rooted in emotion, mental health, and life experience. Because of this, the diagnosing and modifying of these behaviors requires deeper knowledge, skill, and nuance than your average training.
We are happy to provide educated and experienced guidance to help you and your dog navigate these challenges.
When we're helping you and your dog with this type of behavior, we take a step-by-step approach that teaches you how to prevent and avoid emergencies, manage your pup's big feelings in a safe and efficient manner, make space for your own healing, and create long-term lasting changes by bringing healing and learning to the root causes of the behaviors instead of putting a band aid on the symptoms.
Behavior & Welfare Consultation
Our initial two hour consultation is designed to learn all we can about you and your animal companion, with a specific focus on your current needs and your long-term goals.
We work with you to design a detailed and individualized path to success, and can often jump right into some hands-on learning during this session!
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The consultation fee covers two-way travel up to 45 minutes, the 2 hour in-person session, creating the behavioral plan and resource library, and any communication about this plan and its implementation for the two weeks following.
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Click "Let's Get Started" to fill out our consultation questionnaire. Once we receive it, we will email you to schedule your consultation!
Lodge & Learn
Our welfare-first Lodge & Learn program provides a safe and enriching environment where your pup will experience joy-filled, effective, and individualized care and training.
For pups coming to Lodge & Learn with a healthy baseline, our primary goals will be to create a solid foundation made up of imperative life skills and to teach and strengthen selected cues.
For pups who come to Lodge & Learn with behaviors rooted in fear, stress, panic, and other mental and emotional health-related spaces, the primary goal is to observe, decompress, and assess the root cause of you and your pup's challenges. We can then prioritize skills and cues, create the necessary foundation for continued success, and craft a welfare and behavior plan tailored to you and your pup.
Lodge and Learn includes a mandatory 5 skill transfer classes to be used within 2 months of the end of the program.
Skill Development "Jumpstart"
This program is designed to be an intensive, in-home jumpstart to you and your pup's learning. Inspired by pups who don't do well in a lodging environment, we take the consistent, close-together training schedule and bring it to your home.
We adapt the training scheduled to fit your family's daily life, but aim to hold a training session with your pup every day to every third day for a minimum of ten lessons.
We require a consultation prior to participation in these sessions.
Guardian participation is required in at least 1/3 of the lessons.
We offer both "on-site" sessions, which will take place in your home or neighborhood, and "off-site" sessions which can take place at parks, stores, or other public locations. Where we work is based on where your pup needs the most help!
Service Pricing
Behavior and Welfare Consultation​
$175
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Behavior & Welfare Lesson
One Step At A Time &
Canine Behavioral Therapy
$125
Lodge & Learn
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Two Week Program and skill transfer classes
$3000
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Additional Days
$175
Skill Development "Jumpstart"
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Ten Lesson Program $1250
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Additional Lessons $125
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Travel Fees
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Travel time of greater than 45min - $25
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Travel time of greater than 60min - $50
If you need assistance but cannot afford it, please still reach out to us and we will do what we can to help.
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