Help your dog handle situations appropriately.
Who It’s For
- Dog owners whose dogs show fear, anxiety, or aggression around other dogs or people
- People struggling to take their dog to public places due to reactive behavior
- Owners of recently rescued or adopted dogs with uncertain social skills
- Anyone looking for professional help to safely manage and reduce reactivity
- Those wanting to build their dog’s confidence in a controlled, positive way
What We Cover
- Identifying triggers that cause reactive behavior such as fear, frustration, or overexcitement
- Teaching you management techniques to keep your dog safe and calm during reactive episodes
- Developing strategies to reduce barking, lunging, and other reactive responses
- Building your dog’s confidence and coping skills through controlled, gradual exposure
- Creating a step-by-step behavior modification plan tailored to your dog’s specific triggers and needs
- Providing ongoing support to help you practice and generalize new skills in everyday life
The Reactivity Package is designed to give you the tools to help your dog cope with anxiety and reactive behavior in stressful situations.
The main job of an owner of a reactive dog is to make them feel safe. Training and behavior modification can’t happen unless the brain and body are quiet enough to learn.The second job of an owner of a reactive dog is safety. The dog must be safe, people and dogs on streets must be safe, people in your home must be safe. Safety includes management, avoiding triggers, and emergency escape plans.
The term “reactivity” can be misleading. Reactive dogs often overreact in certain situations, showing behaviors like barking, lunging, fleeing, hiding, repetitive actions, or even self-harm. If your dog is harming or attempting to harm themselves, it’s critical to consult a licensed veterinarian immediately.
Only once safety is assured can we begin behavior modification to reduce reactivity. This process includes building new skills, teaching coping mechanisms, and changing negative associations.
With the Reactivity Package, you will learn how to manage your dog’s behavior and environment to keep everyone safe. You will discover how to gradually teach your dog alternative skills for handling fear and anxiety. You will also learn to establish predictable routines that help your dog feel secure and reduce reactive responses.
If you are interested in the Reactivity Package, please schedule a free phone consultation to discuss your dog’s specific needs and your family’s goals. Please note that we do not accept cases involving Separation Anxiety. This condition often requires specialized treatment from a Separation Anxiety expert, as well as a coordinated team including veterinarians and caregivers. A trusted referral for Separation Anxiety support is provided at the bottom of this page.
What’s Included
We start with the $125 Introduction Session, which is a 90 minute session to assess your dog, their needs, and try to dissect triggers. If you choose to continue with the package, this session is followed by eight 1/2 hour sessions where we will work with your dog with specific triggers with controlled setups. We will teach some alternative skills so you can gain some control in uncertain situations. These sessions should be scheduled weekly. This package expires 3 months after purchase.
Price: $515 for 5.5 over 9 sessions.
Separation Anxiety
We do not take Separation Anxiety cases since we feel this requires a specialist in changing that specific behavior. Here is an organization of Separation Anxiety trainers who can help you: https://malenademartini.com/for-owners/how-we-help/