Evaluation

• • We start with a full evaluation of the dog so we can understand it’s temperament, training level, mindset, personality, and identify its strengths and weakness. It’s very important to us that we get to know your dog so we can invest quality and customized training to best advance your dog.
  • After the first week, you can expect a personal phone call from one of our handlers. This phone call will inform you of your dog’s evaluation and how we will customize our training program to advance your dog and address his/her needs.
  • Upon request, your dog can also be evaluated for advanced sport training and special skills. Including sport, tracking, IPO, police services, etc.

Environmental Soundness Exposure

• • Based on your dog’s evaluation, it’s important that your dog reacts positively and is comfortable in wide variety of environmental situations. We will want to make sure your dog is fully confident in public, private, quiet, and loud places. Also, we want to introduce textures and objects such as tile flooring, carpet, mirrors, escalators, elevators, busy streets, stairs, etc. This package allows enough time for the dog to build a strong confidence in environmental situations.

Socialization

• • It is very important that your dog knows appropriate behavior around other people and animals. We want your dog, as well as who and what you allow your dog to interact with, to have good and positive experiences without negative reactions. This package allows enough time for the dog to build a strong confidence in socializing appropriately. Your dog will act calm and well-mannered with no bad habits of jumping, pulling, barking, etc.

Playtime

• • It is very important that your dog knows appropriate behavior around other people and animals. We want your dog, as well as who and what you allow your dog to interact with, to have good and positive experiences without negative reactions. This package allows enough time for the dog to build a strong confidence in socializing appropriately. Your dog will act calm and well-mannered with no bad habits of jumping, pulling, barking, etc.

House Training

• • Our house obedience training program ensures that your dog will have appropriate habits while living with you in your home. Upon completion, your dog will build positive experiences with being crate trained. He/she will be happy to go to their crate because it’s their ‘bedroom.’ Also, we will invest in teaching your dog to relieve itself outside, not inside your home.

Advanced On/Off-Leash Obedience

• • Showing dogs correct behavior and obedience takes time for your dog to learn and understand what is expected of him/her. With advanced On/Off Leash Obedience, your dog will be able to preform introductory commands and “in-motion” commands.
  • These commands can be customized to any language you choose. Your dog will also be able to perform these commands off-leash (Does not mean your dog will perform commands all day in stressful/public situations; the environment must be appropriate for the dog to perform.

Swimming Introduction

• • Based on your dog’s evaluation and history of exposure to water, we will begin or continue a positive water exposure experience. For beginners, we may start dogs with playtime with water sources such as sprinklers or water puddles, gradually working towards shallow waters. This package allows enough time for your dog build a strong confidence for water. For dogs with some or advanced experience, based on evaluation, we will continue to enhance the dog’s confidence with water, swimming skills, and advanced swimming environments.