This is practical training for owners who want a dog they can confidently live with. We build clear communication at home, then add distance, duration, and distractions gradually so the skills can travel into real life.
Who this is for
Family dogs that need dependable everyday manners
Owners preparing for dog-appropriate public settings
Dogs that know cues at home but lose them around distractions
What's included
Reliable everyday cues
Loose-leash walking and settling
Neutrality around people and dogs
Owner homework and handler transfer
What you get
An evaluation-led training plan
Daily visibility and owner homework during Board & Train
Hands-on transfer coaching so the work holds up with you
Frequently asked questions
Is this the same as service-dog public access?
No. This program builds excellent real-world manners for pet dogs. Service-dog work has additional disability-related task and public-access requirements, which we evaluate separately.
What does "public access" mean in this program?
Dog-appropriate public spaces: patios, pet-friendly stores, busy sidewalks, a friend's house. It means your dog can be somewhere with you without being a problem. It does not mean legal access rights, which apply only to a trained service dog working with a handler who has a disability.
My dog listens at home and ignores me outside. Why?
Because a cue learned in a quiet living room has not been tested against distance, duration, or distraction yet. Dogs do not generalize on their own. We build the behavior at home first, then add those three variables gradually so it survives the front door.
Is this taught as lessons or Board & Train?
Either, and the evaluation decides. Board & Train gives us concentrated responsibility for the training phase; lessons put you in the driver's seat with coaching and homework. Which one fits depends on your dog, your goal, and how much daily practice you can realistically run.
What do I have to do between sessions?
Homework, and it matters more than most people expect. You get an evaluation-led plan, owner homework, and hands-on transfer coaching. The coaching exists so the work holds up in your hands, not only ours.
Assessment-led foundations for disability-mitigating work, including psychiatric service dogs
Temperament screening, public-access foundations, handler skills, and task-building support built around what the handler actually needs day to day — mobility, medical alert, or psychiatric service dog work like PTSD and anxiety tasking.
Temperament and suitability assessment
Public-access foundation skills
Handler coaching and task foundations
Psychiatric service dog tasking (interruption, grounding, deep-pressure work)
Honest checkpoints with no certification guarantees
Five tiers, from a calm deterrent to a high-travel executive protection companion
Five tiers of protection training, from presence-based deterrence up to executive protection for a principal who travels. We evaluate every dog, yours or one we source, before agreeing to train it.
Five defined tiers, deterrent through executive protection
Every dog is temperament- and health-screened before we accept it
I'm personally involved in evaluation and selection at Tier 2 and above
All-inclusive sourcing available if you don't already have a candidate dog
A decoy and maintenance trainer lined up for every graduate
Knowledge guide6 to 12 weeks of training, depending on tier
Your dog lives and trains with us — consistency, leadership, and off-leash reliability built through daily structured work, then transferred back to you.
Off-leash reliability and public-access manners
Daily structured training and consistency
Handler transfer sessions before pickup
Ongoing support after your dog comes home
Knowledge guide2–7 weeks, depending on the evaluated plan
Assessment-led lessons for reactivity, fear, anxiety, and aggression
Assessment-led private lessons for dogs working through reactivity, fear, anxiety, or aggression, with boarding considered only for appropriate non-aggression cases.
Starts with a behavior assessment call
Customized lesson plan for reactivity, fear, anxiety, or aggression
Counter-conditioning and desensitization work
Close coordination with you throughout
Knowledge guideVaries by case; private lessons begin after assessment
