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Current Coaching Options
Current Coaching Options
For adult dogs, puppies, and rescue dogs, we use positive reinforcement-based techniques to work on:
For adult dogs, puppies, and rescue dogs, we use positive reinforcement-based techniques to work on:
Basic skills such as sit, down, come, drop it, leave it, go to your spot, loose leash walking and more
Jumping, vocalizing, digging, chewing
Chasing wildlife or not recalling off wildlife
Crate or confinement training, and being left alone
Reactivity towards dogs or people
And more!
Want more information? See below!
Want more information? See below!
In Person Lessons: 1 hr lessons, individual lessons or a package discount - can occur at your home, a park, or Sniffspot (you pay)
In Person Lessons: 1 hr lessons, individual lessons or a package discount - can occur at your home, a park, or Sniffspot (you pay)
Virtual Lessons: 1 hr virtual lessons
Virtual Lessons: 1 hr virtual lessons
Additional: Occasionally I can offer day training, board and train or training walks - typically reserved for current clients. Reach out for further information if you are interested
Additional: Occasionally I can offer day training, board and train or training walks - typically reserved for current clients. Reach out for further information if you are interested
Serving Corvallis, Albany, and Philomath! Live outside of this area and still want work with me? Travel fees will apply.
All lessons are followed up with a session recap!
In between sessions you are able to contact me to ask questions via email, text, or phone call.
Each person is encouraged to VIDEO their sessions and share them with me throughout your journey. I will provide feedback in between sessions, which helps you reach your goals faster.
Regardless of where you are at in your dogs' training when you start, we first assess if you have the fundamentals in place to build from. If not, we start from there! A strong foundation is necessary for all training.
Regardless of where you are at in your dogs' training when you start, we first assess if you have the fundamentals in place to build from. If not, we start from there! A strong foundation is necessary for all training.
Additional information about our services!
Additional information about our services!
Foundational Relationship Building
Foundational Relationship Building
Basic skills, socialization, and setting the foundation for a well-behaved dog
Basic skills, socialization, and setting the foundation for a well-behaved dog
Management: prevent rehearsal of unwanted behaviors
Jumping, chewing furniture, digging in the yard etc.
Practice being a benevolent leader
A benevolent leader creates a psychologically safe environment. They lead by example, fostering trust and collaboration. Showing their dog how to be confident but also providing guidance to navigate life. A benevolent leader works with their dog. They make decisions with both their needs and their dogs' needs in mind. They do not rely on punishment to change behavior.
Address your own mental state and emotions. You learn how your body language, your tone of voice, your thoughts, can all influence your dog's behavior. Let's use that to our advantage!
Expose your dog to novel things and novel scenarios - this does NOT mean interacting with it. But noticing and disengaging
Desensitization and habituation create some of the strongest behavior change. Not just teaching skills, not making your dog listen to you, not coercing them with food. We talk a lot about how to setup your environment to allow for this to occur naturally.
Dog behavior and body language - you will learn how to understand your dog better, after all, your dog is learning to understand you and all of the silly words we say to them! It's fair to learn how to understand our dogs as well.
Spending your time really getting these foundations in place will help prevent and solve the vast majority of challenges you may face with your dog.
Important Life Skills
Important Life Skills
These skills are the basis of so many training exercises. If you spend your time on the fundamentals listed above and add these skills, anything else you decide to teach will be much easier.
These skills are the basis of so many training exercises. If you spend your time on the fundamentals listed above and add these skills, anything else you decide to teach will be much easier.
We focus on:
Rewarding offered engagement
Rewarding behaviors we like to see throughout the day
Managing and limiting unwanted behaviors
Collar give
Mat or place work
Crate/confinement training
Walking near you on leash
Hand targets
Automatic "leave it"
...and more!
You may have already taught your dog these skills in puppy class or at home. I help incrementally increase the difficulty so that these skills become "bomb-proof". So that your dog can perform them while a squirrel runs 2 feet in front of them. And without nagging or punishing. We stay patient and build upon your dogs' good choices.
Advanced Skills
Advanced Skills
Once you have a strong relationship and the fundamental skills nailed down, you may not need or want to do anything else with your dog. Those are the foundations for a happy, connected life with your dog. But maybe you want to do more with your dog!
Once you have a strong relationship and the fundamental skills nailed down, you may not need or want to do anything else with your dog. Those are the foundations for a happy, connected life with your dog. But maybe you want to do more with your dog!
Want to learn hiking skills? How about canicross or bikejoring? Maybe dabble in some scentwork or agility? Reach out to learn more!
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