Dog Training
Puppy Training
Give your puppy the best start with foundational obedience and behavior training. This program focuses on building good habits, clear communication, and a strong bond between you and your dog.
Training Includes:
Basic Obedience: General loose leash walking, controlled leash walking (walk at your pace, stay on one side, no pulling or crossing, no reacting to other dogs, animals, or people).
Basic Commands: Heel/Auto Sit, Sit/Stay, Stand/Stay, Down/Stay, Place, Wait, Leave It, Doorway Enter/Exit, Emergency Stop, and House breaking.
Behavior Modification: Addressing unwanted behaviors such as biting, chewing, excessive barking, jumping on people, digging, counter/table surfing, stealing food, impulse control, and car anxiety.
Basic Family Pet Training
“Better Manners, Happier Home”
This program focuses on establishing strong obedience skills and good manners for your family dog, helping build a positive relationship between you and your pet. Training is customized to fit your dog’s personality and your household environment.
Training Includes:
Basic Obedience: General loose leash walking, controlled leash walking—teaching your dog to walk at your pace, stay on one side, avoid crossing in front of you, and remain calm without pulling or reacting to other dogs, animals, or people.
Basic Commands: Heel/Auto Sit, Sit/Stay, Down/Stay, Place, Come, Wait, Leave It, Doorway Enter/Exit, Emergency Stop, and Housebreaking.
Behavior Modification: Addressing unwanted behaviors such as biting, chewing, excessive barking, jumping on people, digging, counter/table surfing, stealing food, impulse control, and car anxiety.
Eco’ Training – “Refresher Course”
Designed for dogs who have previously completed training, this short refresher course helps reinforce learned commands, rebuild consistency, and fine-tune obedience skills. It’s perfect for dogs who need a quick confidence boost or a reminder of proper manners.
Training Includes:
Review and reinforcement of Basic Obedience commands
Correction of minor behavioral issues or lapses in consistency
Focus and engagement exercises to refresh attention and responsiveness
Canine Good Citizen (CGC) Certificate
“My Best Friend”
The Canine Good Citizen (CGC) program helps dogs develop the confidence and manners needed to be well-behaved companions in public and at home. This course prepares dogs to pass the official CGC Test by reinforcing reliability, focus, and calm behavior in real-world settings.
Training Includes:
Advanced Obedience in Moderately Distracting Environments: Training takes place in dog-friendly stores, pedestrian areas, and other moderately busy environments.
Dogs learn to: Respond immediately to their name and commands. Stay in designated areas. Enter and exit public buildings calmly. Walk politely through crowds. Ride escalators and elevators confidently. Additional socialization and obedience exercises are included to meet CGC certification standards.
Behavioral Services
Gabrielle specializes in addressing behavioral challenges such as general anxiety, separation anxiety, and aggression. She often collaborates closely with your veterinarian to create a comprehensive, well-rounded behavior plan that supports your dog’s overall well-being and maximizes progress.
During the consultation session, Gabrielle will review your dog’s history, daily routine, medical background, and specific behavioral concerns to gain a complete understanding of their environment and experiences. You will receive a personalized, science-based behavior modification plan that includes:
Practical training strategies
Management techniques
Enrichment recommendations tailored to your household
Gabrielle prioritizes owner education, ensuring you feel confident implementing the plan and strengthening communication with your dog. Her goal is to create lasting, positive change and help you build a calmer, safer, and more harmonious relationship with your canine companion.
Separation Anxiety Program
* The separation anxiety program is all virtual after the initial session but involves daily collaboration with Gabrielle.
This fully virtual separation anxiety program is designed to help dogs overcome panic and distress when left home alone. The program follows the evidence-based CSAT (Certified Separation Anxiety Trainer) methodology developed by Malena DeMartini, the industry leader in separation anxiety treatment.
Program Overview
Separation anxiety is not a behavior problem rooted in disobedience — it is a psychological disorder causing panic and involuntary physical responses. This program uses a structured, humane, and scientifically grounded approach to systematically teach dogs that being alone is safe.
Getting Started
Because separation anxiety occurs in the home environment, training is conducted entirely virtually outside of the initial consultation. This allows real-time coaching in the exact context where the dog experiences distress.
We start with our initial consultation to allow access to the dogs history and behavioral patterns around alone time. We then review of video footage showing alone-time behavior to conduct a timed behavior assessment and get clarity on behavior patterns and thresholds. From there we can identify the starting point needed to apply an individualized, step-by-step desensitization protocol which will gradually expose your dog to alone time at your dogs own pace which will prevent reoccurring anxiety and stress during the training process.
The Training Plan
With the help of Gabrielle you will apply structured alone-time sessions in your home which will be designed daily and specifically for your dog. We ensure the most efficient recovery time by carefully tracking data and being strategic about session planning as well as frequently reassessing to follow the progression as efficiently as your dog can tolerate.
With this program Gabrielle will provide weekly virtual check-ins, video review and feedback, along with daily plan updates and endless emotional support for owners going through this process.
With consistency and proper management, most dogs learn to remain relaxed and confident during alone time. Progress timelines vary depending on severity, consistency, and individual temperament.