I help you and your dog feel more safe, calm and confident while learning new coping skills and behaviors!
I help you and your dog feel more safe, calm and confident while learning new coping skills and behaviors!
Did you know that anyone can say they are a trainer and charge you for it? It is an unregulated industry and those without any education or experience can and will claim to have both, wasting your valuable time and money.
I am educated, experienced, credentialed and I hold multiple specialized training certifications. I am pet CPR/First Aid certified, licensed, insured and bonded. I also continue to educate myself through through webinars, seminars, courses and certification programs.
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When looking for a trainer, you want to ask the following questions:
1. Do you have education in dog training and animal behavior consulting?
2. How long have you been training?
3. What credentials and certifications have you earned?
4. What are you studying right now?
5. Do you use science based methods? Do you use equipment such as prong collars or electric collars? (The latter has been repeatedly proven to impede learning, impair relationship and even cause increased aggression, fear and anxiety in both the human and the dog).
6. Do you have testimonials, reviews, videos and pictures verifying your methods and successes? Whether you choose me or someone else, these questions are important to have answered as they ensure that you will be investing your time and money in the most current, humane, effective, expedient and efficient training for you and your dog!
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Force free, science based training! The power of positive reinforcement training in expedience, efficacy and endurance has been proven repeatedly in both peer reviewed science and in real life training. Many people believe you cannot train dogs without prong or shock collars, but I have spent several years creating Super Successful Listening Systems to get our dogs to listen anytime, anywhere, no matter what we are asking. And I have used only force free, science based methods to achieve this.
I use rewards-based techniques to teach our dogs to feel safe and ok, less excited, less aggressive and to learn new behaviors. I do this in real time, real life situations so that you get immediate solutions in our busy, urban lives. You will see results in our first session!
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$250 75: Minute Initial Consultation:
Throughout the Initial Consultation, you will receive loads of information, management and training tools that you can start using that same day. We will also discuss the details of your living environment, as this is often where the reactivity starts and builds throughout their day.
I also send each client a generalized overview of the Initial Consultation for your future reference It is a dense session but clients find this overview very helpful afterwards.
$165: 60 Minute Follow-Up Sessions:
The remaining sessions we have together will flesh out everything we cover in this consultation, adding new tools and skills while addressing any remaining or new issues that arise. Basically, we briefly go over everything you need help with in the first session and then elaborate on everything, advancing it all to get us closer to our goals, throughout the process.
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KEY THINGS YOUR DOG NEEDS YOU TO KNOW RIGHT NOW:
REDUCED STRESS, MANAGEMENT AND TRAINING:
WHAT THIS PROCESS REQUIRES OF YOU:
The latter, while often well-intended, can have negative consequences such as dependency on the equipment, impeded learning and harmed relations. This methodology also uses the calculation of failures to train, rather than successes. The dog who is taught to walk with a prong collar will not know how to walk with you without the prong collar. This type of equipment also relies on discomfort and pain to try to teach the skill. This physical damage obviously increases the dog’s stress, erodes trust and can possibly make them fearful of and intimidated by us. And the dog is expected to learn to not pull forward after a series of “mistakes”. The human is not doing any training. They are relying on equipment.
A similar method of using leash pops as corrections allows the dog to do the unwanted behavior only to then be punished for doing so. The dog is overwhelmed and acting out. The dog learns that this emotion means punishment. They do not learn to not have emotions or to do a different behavior instead. They are simply learning that they encounter the stressor, they feel and act about it and they get punished. This makes the stressor seem more stressful. It makes the problem worse. Plust, the dog is not learning to not feel and act out. So, if they encounter the stressor and they are not on a leash or the human does not do the leash-pop, the dog still feels the same way about the stressor and has no new behaviors to use to cope. In fact, they probably feel worse about it because they are now thinking “That thing is now scarier because when I see it I also get a leash-pop!” Their reactivity is dependent on the leash correction and without it they will default to all of their old ways of coping with the big feelings that are still there, in this scenario!
Finally, this type of teaching is dangerous because this dog still has his big feelings but is taught not to express them. This is the dog who is quiet but redirects and bites. They were taught to not communicate their feelings so they don’t but they are still in fear for their life. Dogs communicate from one signal to the next. If we train the dog to not do the initial signals, they will jump to the next one with seemingly no warning.
These punitive methods can also increase and create behaviors based in fear and aggression. Think of how you would prefer your child to learn in school; I am caYou better or else! Or, you are clearly needing help understanding, let me work with you to get on the same page so you can learn and grow and succeed. The same applies to our dogs!
Calling your dog away from a dead animal IS POSSIBLE!
Calling your dog away from anything more exciting than you is always a challenge. I have used 100% R+ methods to train my Shepherd/Husky mix, Balto, to listen and respond to me when I call him - even away from a dead animal!!!! No collars, no corrections, just fun, treats. and love. AND IT WORKS!
All dogs I share time with learn some basics: Recall, Taking Turns, Leave-It, Drop-It and play regulation. These videos show this in progress and provide some useful stuff for you to know!
Dogs who need more training can purchase customized, structured 1:1 sessions catered to your specific training needs and goals!
"Nope" (Don't put that in your mouth)
"Drop" (Drop what is in your mouth)
Away from the all you can eat seafood buffet!!! And The Name Game for teaching multiple dogs to TAKE TURNS!
Miles proving that a dog really can learn to feel confident and joyful around things that used to scare him! Miles had a bad experience in this park, at sunset, when coyotes were nearby. Miles displayed fear and reactivity on every evening walk. Through structured training walks in the same park, at sunset, using exercises and games we have rebuilt his confidence. He can now encounter dogs, children, runners, cyclists, anything and everything with calm curiosity! See for yourself!
In this video, Aussie Shepard Poodle doggie, Riggs, takes a relaxed walk on a busy suburban street! With my Reactive to Relaxed
Canine Coaching, he has truly transformed from a hyper-vigilant dog (who did not even sniff on walks) to this confident pup who is handler focused and ENJOYING his outing!! Yayyy Riggs!
"Benji started showing fear behaviors out-of-nowhere and was cowering and darting around on walks. He would freeze up and not want to move. He ran to avoid his harness when he saw us get it out.
I am a kindergarten teacher and Benji once LOVED coming to class with me. But he even started showing fear and barking and lunging at kids during and after the SIP, after not being around them for months.
Our once easy going, fun loving pup was scared of everything and it was heartbreaking.
Cyd helped show us how to help him feel safe and confident again on walks as well as even how to help him feel ok around things like the vacuum cleaner!
Since our work with Cyd in SF, we moved to LA and the move sort of re-triggered his anxieties. Per her suggestion, we sought out the help of a Veterinary Behaviorist. The combination of his puppy prozac and Cyd's behavioral modifications has brought Benji back to the joyful dog he as before he started hiding in his fear!"
Addie Johnson, Los Angeles
Dog Training: Reactive to Relaxed
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