This package is designed for dogs with anxiety in certain situations, reactivity towards people or dogs, some mild to moderate aggression, and adult dogs who need more time developing confidence and practicing good habits around a diversity of distractions. The additional weeks will be used to develop a stronger relationship with your pup through play clearly demonstrating that we are on the same team in order to create a more ideal learning environment. It is possible to teach your dog through stress and coercion, but if we can help build trust and motivation through play, they will be much more excited to learn and maintain what they learn. Motivation is far more important to learning than repetition.

Play is the highest form of social interaction with your pup and the highest form of reinforcement when the dog understands how to play. We will develop it as the primary positive reinforcer, but also as the means to communicate boundaries and develop a trusting relationship to help guide your pup through their issues. It is impossible to fully suppress behaviors reinforced by your dog’s individual genetics. If they are genetically inclined to bite or chase, we cannot keep them from biting or chasing forever. It will always eventually pop up in the places we don’t want, because it’s who they are, and suppressing who they are creates anxiety. However, if we use our time to develop outlets for those behaviors by biting tugs or chasing balls through play, then we have a significant chance to be successful at telling them they can’t bite people or chase cars, etc for the long term. We will also use our time to create more embedded patterns and habits of the more acceptable behaviors and states of mind so that they translate to your home more readily.

• Your dog lives in my house in Massanutten for 5 weeks!

• Can include electronic collar from E-Collar Technologies and Herm-Sprenger prong collar for off leash and on leash reliability

• Can include commands of “out”, “come”, “sit”, “place”, “heel”," “down”, leash manners and door manners

• Will develop the fundamentals and rules of fetch and tug within the time allowance

• Can proof commands for high distraction, long distances, and long duration holding commands until released

• Commands will be proofed off leash where applicable

• Can spend additional time proofing for higher distractions

• Can spend additional time working around sources of anxiety with a focus on increasing confidence

• Can spend additional time working on specific issues like resource guarding

• Can spend additional time getting multiple dogs accustomed to working with each other

• Slower and easier introduction to the commands

• Can cater training to any specific issues with your dog

• Updates every single day

• 2-4 hour in-home turnover (within 2 hours of Massanutten) to make sure you know how to maintain the training and develop your new relationship with your dog!

• Lifetime refresher lessons at the park in Massanutten should you need any help transitioning the dog home or even if you let things slip a little

• 50% discount on a consultation for help getting started before Board and Train start date.

• For dogs at least 4 months old

• Rushed scheduling is available for a 30% surcharge.

*Military, First Responder, and Multiple Dog discounts can be applied!!

*All Board and Train purchases must be paid and full and have returned signed contracts before scheduling.