In-home Dog and Puppy Training Services in Cary, Apex, Raleigh, and Holly Springs, NC
The convenience of in-home, positive reinforcement training provided by a certified trainer
In-home Dog and Puppy Training Services Include:
Puppy Socialization/development- Just as your puppy is vaccinated to prevent future illnes, this program is a behavioral “vaccination” to prevent future behavioral issues.
Jumping up on guests – Dogs, particularly puppies, are compulsive greeters. Best to sit while doing so.
Nuisance barking- Silence is golden.
Chewing- Furniture and shoes are not chew toys. Critical for your puppy to learn this ASAP.
Pulling On Walks- Keep both arms the same length with no pulling. Utilize your walks to improve obedience reliability and have fun!
Lack of Impulse Control- Calm is good. All puppies and adult dogs need to learn this.
Nipping/Play Biting- It still hurts even if it’s play, especially with those needle puppy teeth.
Canine Good Citizen training
House Training (puppy and adult dogs)
Life Enrichment for Senior Dogs
Obedience- Reliable obedience cues can be a life saver. All sessions utilize step-by-step formal lesson plans for obedience cues.
Services Offered
Kids and Dogs
75% of reported bites are to children between the ages of 5-14. Let’s teach your children appropriate ways to interact with dogs. Read a review of my presentation of “Children and Dogs” for the Holistic Moms Network.
Clicker Training
Clicker Training this is a training method based on behavioral psychology that relies on marking desirable behavior and rewarding it. The clicker is a mechanical device that makes a short, distinct “click” sound which tells the animal exactly when they’re doing the right thing. This, combined with positive reinforcement, is an effective, safe, and humane way to teach any animal any behavior that it is physically and mentally capable of doing.
Canine Good Citizen
Teach your pooch the ten steps required to be certified by the AKC (your dog doesn’t have to be a pure breed dog to be eligible) as a Canine Good Citizen. Great program for your puppy too. I am a certified CGC evaluator.
“Old dogs” new tricks Obedience Training
Your pooch, regardless of what age, can be taught any obedience cue from basics like “stay” to loose leash walking. You’ll be amazed at how much your adolescent or adult dog can (and wants to) learn. It’s never too late to start.
Puppy Socialization and Basic Obedience
The first 14 weeks of life are the most important in the life of your puppy (learn more here). This is the time to prevent prevent lifelong problems such as phobic reactions to strangers; noises; children; and separation anxiety as well as prevention of antisocial behavior. In addition, you’ll learn house training made easy for you and your puppy. I’ll also teach you how to prevent puppy nipping; jumping up on people; chewing the wrong stuff; And we’ll teach your puppy to reliably respond to basic obedience cues like “sit” “stay” “come” “drop” They are potentially life saving cues. As the saying goes, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Get your puppy started on the right paw.
The benefits of private training versus group class training.
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- If you were attempting to memorize a poem, which environment would be more conducive – the library, or a fireworks show? It’s the same for your puppy or dog. Science has proven, time and again, that new behaviors are most effectively taught in low distraction environments, like your living room rather than a class in a new environment with new dogs, new people, new sounds and scents all distracting your dog.
- In a private setting, one-on-one assistance is how training is accomplished. In a group setting, at the end of a six week course, typically you’ll receive only 45 minutes of direct coaching and often this coaching is done by an assistant, not the trainer.
- While it’s critical to socialize a puppy so the he/she meets lots of new people, after the first class, your puppy doesn’t gain any socialization she/he has already met every owner and puppy in the class.
- Some dogs (and owners) are not suited to class situations no matter how large or small the class may be. In fact, it’s not unusual for dogs to learn undesirable behavior in group settings.
- Dogs do not generalize behavior well. Often, what they learn away from home in a class setting, is forgotten when back in their home.
- If your schedule is already bursting at the seams, finding the time to pack up Fido and drive to the group class can be a real burden. With private, in home training, I come to you and your dog learns manners within the home environment where he or she lives.