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Private dog training Behavior sessions are custom designed to deal with training for Behavior issues such as aggression, fear, reactivity, separation anxiety, and other more complicated behavior issues. These issues can affect life inside and outside of your home and damage your relationship with your dog. Let me help you work through these issues using Positive Reinforcement techniques that will build your bond with your dog. These sessions will include access to online resources, chat and the ability to share and evaluate video in order to get to the root of an issue.

Much like our Puppy Class, Welcome Home Dog Training for Older dogs will help your work on issues including housebreaking, getting along with other pets in the home, jumping up, barking or any other behaviors that they may have picked up before they came to you. This class will help you build a bond with your new family member and make sure that their transition into your home is smooth!

Group dog reactivity classes are a great way for you and your dog to practice generalizing skills by working on guided exercises where dog's walk by one another, approach one another, practice polite greetings, and have a safe space to retreat to if they get over threshold. All students will have graduated from Reactivity 1 and most from Reactivity 2. You can book the sessions whenever there is a space available.

Practice your skills from Foundations of Reactivity in a controlled setting. Up to 5 dogs plus Sandy and Layla!

This is one hour of private dog training using Positive Reinforcement methods with you and your training team. You decide what the goals are and we build a plan to reach those goals. These sessions can take place either at your home or at your local training center. There may also be field trips depending on what you would like to accomplish. These sessions are also great if you have been working on an issue and need either a refresher session or just a session to address a new or related issue. We will work out a training plan and you will have access to online resources developed for your case for six months.

Behavioral training sessions are designed to deal with issues that are more complex than your typical training issue. We will work on building skills in a positive and consistent manner. Our first session will focus on constructing a management plan and structures that will prevent your dog from rehearsing the behaviors that we are going to work to change.

Get your dog's reactivity under control with our 5 session reactivity training program from Seventh Heaven Pet Care Together, we'll learn the basics of reactivity and effective ways to manage your dog's reactive behavior. The course is structured so that the first two sessions will take place at your home where we will learn basic skills and work with a decoy dog. On the third session, we will meet at the Animal Behavior Wellness Center and work with my dogs. We may need additional centers at the Animal Behavior Wellness Center depending on the level of Reactivity, but once you are feeling more comfortable with being able to manage your dog, you are ready for Group Reactivity, where you can practice with your dog and different dogs in a controlled, safe environment!

These Private Behavior Modification training sessions are designed for those who want to choose the Indoor Training Facility or who need to work on issues related to visiting the Veterinarian in addition to other behavioral issues. There is a large training room and fenced in outdoor space.

Whether you are planning for your new arrival or she is already home! Private Basic Dog Training classes will give you a bedrock for Manners Training and any other Positive Reinforcement Training that you plan to do as your dog grows with you! Skills will include Basic Commands, Loose Leash Walking, Defensive Leash Handling, Safety Commands like Stay and Come! You will learn the structure that you can use to teach any behavior.

This is one hour of private dog training with you and your training team. We can focus on specific behaviors or issues and how to resolve them using Positive Reinforcement training methods.

This class is the backbone of all training going forward. There will be some review of concepts and skills from Puppy Class, but no worries, we will be leveling up! All Seventh Heaven Training Classes include the following: * You will have access to an online folder where you can upload video or download video, your handbook and bonus training protocols will be loaded onto your site. * You can ask questions in a chat with me and your training team. * You will have access to videos to go along with most of the lessons. * At our first session you will be provided a printed handbook, clickers for your family and a foot target. This is a five session package. Each class is 1 hour long. Virtual Webinar: * We will start out with a virtual session where we will go over the basics of theory and the positive reinforcement training process. We will explore methods and tools. We will talk about Management Plans and the evolving use of space in your home, the types of training sessions, how to plan and execute a training session, class rules and your training toolkit. Session 1: Clicking and Calming * Magic Mat, Dog Body Language, Thresholds, Holding Treats and Treat Tossing, Attention, Look, now Watch!, Treat/ Retreat, Clicker Mechanics and Capturing Calm & The Name Game, The Stop Signal, Jazz Up, Settle Down. Session 2: Luring, Calisthenics, and the Foot Target * Clicker Management and the art of Luring, Sit from Stand Stage 1: Sit in front of you on a verbal cue only, Down from Sit, Luring onto a foot target, Impulse control: Leave It!, teaching tricks, Spin! Session 3: Attention and Adding the Leash * Learning Loops, Conquering Fears and getting attention, What is That?, Hand Targeting, Touch Tag, Clicker Management, adding the leash, Capturing attention when outdoors, Pattern Games, 1,2,3 Cookie! Session 4: Stay, Avoiding Stress & Graduation * Foot Target and time to Bungee!, Taking the stress out of a tight leash, Beginning Defensive Leash Handling, Emergency U-Turns, Pushing Buttons, Long Line Recall 101, Review of Skills, Q&A and Graduation! You are ready for Basic Manners! See you there!

This package is for session that take place at the Richmond Training Center in Varina. Foundations of Reactivity will provide you with the skills that you need to get a handle on Leash Reactivity, Reactivity to New People, and Fear Reactivity. It will also give you the tools that you and your dog need to  participate in Group Reactivity Classes. We use positive reinforcement methods only. No aversives like prong collars, choke collars, or E-collars.  Your dog will learn to make better decisions and you will learn how to be an advocate for your dog by learning to guide your dog and read her cues.  In Group Reactivity, you will get practice in a controlled environment so that your dog can be more confident in the world!