Obedience training, Behavior training, or BOTH?
So, many trainers in the area, if not most, offer obedience training. Your basic skills. Sit, down, come, heel, etc. Of course I do teach all of those things. But many of my students, who have come from working with other trainers, have those skills, yet still have trouble with their dogs behavior.
They have often not learned how to use those skills, and others they have not yet attained, to improve communication to address other issues they may be experiencing. Whether it be general control issues, or things like fear, reactivity, or anxiety.
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That's where behavior training comes in. I help you put everything together, and fill in the blanks.
Other Services Provided
Relaxation Response (R&R)
A bodywork exercise specifically designed to help the body and the mind.
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Relaxation Response is a bodywork exercise that can be offered as a service, like having your dog groomed, that I do for you. Or can be a private class, or workshop, where you can learn to provide this experience to your dog, yourself.
R&R is most easily compared to you getting a massage. But that really isn't what we are doing.
It is designed to affect the vagus nerve, and also release endorphins that help create calmness. Ultimately, it also builds trust and respect, and becomes a tool to more easily create calmness in a variety of environments.
I have found that many dogs' reactive and hyperactive behavior, and even anxiety, is caused or worsened by tightness in the muscles that creates chronic pain. This chronic discomfort significantly increases overall physical and environmental sensitivity.
By using this bodywork technique, that alone, can very often make significant improvements in behavior, as well as overall comfort, and reduced stress, that can often be observed in as few as one or 2 sessions.
Ultimately, it can make a big improvement in trust and respect in even an already good owner/dog relationship if the owner learns how to apply it. Even dogs that owners have mentioned they feel as if they have had trouble bonding with, or dogs that are impatient, or intolerant with physical affection, can become touch-a-holics! Eventually loving and even asking for (and demanding) physical affection, as well as asking you to help them by using this technique.
Consider making an appointment to see if this exercise can be a beneficial addition to your dog' s experience. You WILL be glad you did! And so will your dog!
