Every dog starts with an assessment. Then we know exactly where to go.
You don’t have to arrive knowing what your dog needs — most people don’t, and guessing the wrong plan wastes months. The assessment is where we work out what’s actually going on and match your dog to the right program. It’s the one first step for nearly everything below.
$210 · the first step for every dog but puppies and foundation classes, which you can book directly. Not sure which you are? Start with the assessment and we’ll sort it together.
Not a sales call — a real diagnostic.
An unhurried session to understand your dog, followed by a plan you can actually use, whether or not you go further.
We find the function
The same barking lunge can be fear in one dog and frustration in the next. We work out which — because they need opposite things, and the label (“reactive,” “stubborn”) never tells you.
You leave with a plan
A written picture of what’s going on, the first management wins you can use that day, and a baseline — including a short video — so progress is something you can actually see later.
Your dog is matched
You’re routed to the program that fits, at a fixed price — no scrolling a menu wondering which package to buy, and no paying by the hour just to find out what’s wrong.
Wherever you’re starting, there’s a path built for it.
Grouped by where you are right now. If you’re not sure which fits, that’s exactly what the assessment decides — you don’t have to.
Starting out & growing up
Raising one rightSocialization, confidence, and the habits in those early weeks that quietly prevent the problems I’m later called in to fix.
Enroll directly Puppy program →Decompression and a gentle, safe start for a new rescue — settling in before the stress lifts and you find out who your dog really is.
Rescue dog program →For the six-to-eighteen-month dog whose brakes haven’t caught up to their engine — the stage dogs most often lose their homes over, and the one good support gets through.
Adolescent program →Reliable manners that actually hold up in real life — calm, cooperation, and attention — built one level at a time so nothing gets skipped.
Enroll directly Foundations classes →When something’s wrong
The behavior workWorked patiently below threshold, so the feeling underneath changes and doesn’t just get suppressed. This is the heart of what I do.
The Regulated Dog →The over-the-top, no-brakes dog who never seems to settle. The fix isn’t more exercise — it’s a lower baseline and a real off switch.
The off switch →Panic, destruction, or the barking that starts the moment you leave — changed by shifting how your dog feels about being alone, not by counting minutes.
Separation program →Care, and the occasional one-off
Handling & focused fixesTeaching your dog to accept handling and care without fear — so grooming and vet visits stop being a fight, often working alongside your veterinary team.
Cooperative care →Sometimes it really is just one thing. We start with an honest check that it’s genuinely contained — and route it into a full program if it turns out to be the tip of something bigger.
Focused sessions →Clear, flat, and known before you commit.
Behavior assessment
The first step for every dog but puppies and foundation classes. Where your program — and its fixed price — gets decided.
A program
Your $210 assessment plus a first block of three sessions. Fixed-price, and set to your dog at the assessment.
Single session
À la carte, for when you’d rather not commit to a package — which is exactly why a session inside a package works out lower. Finished a program and need a tune-up? Returning clients pay $150, no new assessment.
Every program is a fixed-price package, with the exact fit set at the assessment — so you know what you’re committing to before you start. Everything is flat-rate, with no travel or zone pricing, and your early rate is protected as the practice grows.
A few things people ask.
I don’t know which program my dog needs.
Good — you’re not supposed to. Working that out is the whole job of the assessment.
Do we really need the assessment?
For anything behavioral, yes. The same behavior can have opposite causes, and the wrong plan costs months. Puppies and foundation classes are the exceptions — those start directly.
My dog reacts — can we just join a class?
Not as a first step. A group class puts a reactive dog over threshold and sets them back. The assessment gets you a start that actually works.
We finished a program and things slipped.
That’s normal, and it’s what the tune-up is for — a single session, no new assessment.
