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Board & Train
At Reeds K9 Training we offer a fully immersive, one of a kind Board & Train Program to help your dog become their best self. Our expertise in canine behavior and over 20 years of experience in the feild of training allows us to understand the dogs we work with to create your Ultimate Family Dog.
Puppy Obedience is designed for puppies from 14 weeks to 12 months. This program is designed for a devloping puppy to support them as they grow and mature. We focus on socilazation, boundaries, expectations, and confidence while supporting them through crucial "fear stages" to build happy, confident dogs. All board and trains include a mid-board and train check-in that is offerd in-person, through zoom or over the phone along with a go home transition session(booked at time of drop off). At time of pick up a 2 week and 4 week-post board and train follow up session will be scheduled and are required for our "certified results" and any future sessions. Here is a breakdown of training
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Week 1: Settle in, motivations, verbal cue introduction, relationship building, reinforcement marker. -Focus on kennel training, sit, name recognition, offered recall markers
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Week 2: Slip leash introduction, socialization introduction, and eye contact with marker reward. -Focus on recall, off/down, drop it, barking and barrier respect (trouble behaviors are also addressed at this stage).
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Week 3: Increase confidence, capture desired offered behaviors/choices, increase socialization. -Focus on hand signals with verbal basic commands, re-enforcing name recognition, positioning & proper correction during play
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Week 4: Solidify cue/reinforcement, fade lures, adjust reinforcement for go home transition. -Focus on handler focus, manage/prevent undesirable behaviors, refine basic commands.
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Lifetime FREE Pack Socials/Hikes
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Lifetime FREE Training Support
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Personalized Training Handbook
Dogs 12 months and younger (may vary due to breed) - Not for dogs that have aggression or behavioral issues.
*Ecollar training is no offered in our puppy b&t
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Puppy Obedience|$3000|4 weeks
Adult obedience board & train is designed for dogs over 12 months who have hit maturity. Our program is designed to help our clients dogs build stronger relationships, understand boundaries, and build good obedience. All board and trains include a mid-board and train check-in that is offerd in-person, through zoom or over the phone along with a go home transition session(booked at time of drop off). At time of pick up a 2 week and 4 week-post board and train follow up session will be scheduled and are required for our "certified results" and any future sessions.
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Week 1: Settle in, motivations, verbal cue introduction, relationship building, reinforcement marker. -Focus on sit,eye contact, leave it, leash pressure & name recognition.
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Week 2: Slip leash introduction, socialization introduction, verbal cues paired with leash fade lure and hand commands -Focus on basic obedience including; stay, come, off/down, relaxed place/touch, amd barrier respect.
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Week 3: Moderate environmental introduction, remove management, generalize reinforcement markers, capture desired offered behaviors/choices for previously difficult situations, increase challenges. -Focus on refining basic commands, re-enforcing name recognition, come, and positioning (trouble behaviors are also addressed at this stage).
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Week 4: present increasingly advanced scenarios, solidify cue/reinforcement strategies, strategically adjust reinforcement for go home transition. -Focus on loose leash walk, long stay, and refining barrier respect.
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Lifetime FREE Pack Socials/Hikes
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Lifetime FREE Training Support
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Personaized Training Handbook
Dogs 12 month and older (may vary by breed) - Not for dogs that have aggression or behavioral issues.
*Ecollar training is available on a case by case bases and is limited on as AS NEEDED bases
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Adult Obedience|$3,200|4 weeks
Intro To Sport|$5,200|6 Weeks
Similar to our Basic Obedience Board & Train, Intro to Sport is a comprehensive training program designed to have you and your dog ready to take on any of life's many adventures. Covering basic obedience with a more focused and fast pace way of communicating with your dog efficiently at home or on the agility course. This program gives you all the foundational tools you need to learn how teach your dog just about anything. All board and trains include a mid-board and train check-in that is offerd in-person, through zoom or over the phone along with a go home transition session(booked at time of drop off). At time of pick up a 2 week and 4 week-post board and train follow up session will be scheduled and are required for our "certified results" and any future sessions.
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Week 1: Settle in, motivations, verbal cue introduction, relationship building, reinforcement marker. -Focus on sit,eye contact, leave it, leash pressure & name recognition.
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Week 2: Slip leash introduction, socialization introduction, verbal cues paired with leash fade lure and hand commands -Focus on basic obedience including; stay, come, off/down, relaxed place/touch, and barrier respect.
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Week 3: Positive handling, generalize reinforcement markers, capture desired offered behaviors/choices. -Focus on refining basic commands, re-enforcing name recognition, come, and positioning.
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Week 4: Intro to obstacles, directional commands, boundaries, lure/shaping skills. - Focus on body movement and awareness and positive association with new tools, and sending.
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Weeks 5: Increase obstacle challenges, flexibility, directional. -Focus on jumps, weaving, tunnel and other obstacles, using body movements to increase awareness & practice moving all 4 quadrants.
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Week 6: Fade lures, improve transitions and solidify. – Focus on improving movement through obstacles, refine directional commands, increase drive and confidence.
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Behavior & Aggression| $5,900|6 weeks
As a specialist in dog behavior we can help with issues such as resource guarding, seperation anxiety, dog aggression, reactivity and more. Working with dogs who exhibit these behaviors VERY different then working with a dog who just needs help with basic commands. It requires intense training that involves teaching your dog new behaviors while getting rid of the old, unwanted ones. Each dog is different in their outcome as each dog needs their own amount of time to learn and has different limitations and abilities. At a minimum, our goal is to teach your dog how to properly exist around other dogs and people in real world environments. Each dog has a different training journey, it is our duty to give you an honest assessment during and after your dog completes our board and train program. All board and trains include a mid-board and train check-in that is offerd in-person, through zoom or over the phone along with a go home transition session(booked at time of drop off). At time of pick up a 2 week and 4 week-post board and train follow up session will be scheduled and are required for our "certified results" and any future sessions.
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Week 1: Settle in, motivations, slip leash introduction, and evaluation. -Focus on helping the dog to feel safe, evaluating behaviors and body language ,and finding valuable motivators.
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Week 2: Verbal cue introduction, capture desired behavior, build reinforcement history and boundaries, introduce mental stimulation. -Focus on sit, stay, come, place/touch, and barrier respect. Set baseline physical & mental stimulation.
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Week 3: Positive handling, muzzle introduction, generalize reinforcement markers, introduction of correction -Focus on boundaries and expectations, positive association of correction and introduction to basket muzzle.
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Week 4: Increase environment stimuli, build reinforcement history, increase external mental/physical stimulation, set trigger points. – Focus on behavior source, triggers, relationship building, and threshold.
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Weeks 5: Introduce obstacle challenges, increase mental/physical stimulation, increase environmental stimuli. - Focus on place commands, long stays, reinforcing positive behavior, advanced barrier respect.
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Week 6: Fade lures, solidify cues, go home transitions, and solidify. –Focus on refining directional commands, increase drive and confidence.
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Lifetime FREE Training Support
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Lifetime FREE Pack Socials
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E-Collar Education (as needed)
*For dogs that are 6 months and older
Beyond Training
No reputable dog professional can or should "guarantee" results; dogs are living creatures. We do though "certify" our results - we will support you and your dog for their lifetime relating to the skills or behaviors worked on and achieved in board and train.
In training, we consider all aspects of you and your dog's lives when evaluating concerns and developing training plans. Our training includes not only clear instruction for effective behavior change and development; we also incorporate meaningful enrichment, appropriate exercise, and stress management in every training plan for optimization.
We strategically use food and toys to reinforce behavior*. Our training breaks behaviors down to a level your dog can efficiently learn and grow from. Reeds K9 Training programs are tailored to each client's specific desires in training methods and goals. We are passionate about continuing our education in the most up to date, progressive practices in the training and husbandry fields. We are excited to help you and your dog excel!
*Our approach to behavior concerns follows the flow of:
1. Medical/Wellness
2. Lifestyle/Enrichment
3. Management
4. Positive Reinforcement
5. Negative Punishment
6. Negative Reinforcement
7. Positive Punishment
8.Reevaluate behavior concerns and goals; possibly advise a consultation with a behavior veterinarian
Some to most dogs' training plans will not go beyond this point. Reeds K9 Training may consider aversive tools (prong or electronic training collar) ONLY for specific training situations. We consider the dogs' overall risk, realistic goals, cognitive ability, and potential for psychological fallout before making any recommendations to move to other training methods beyond this point. We are also happy to never include the following methods in training and simply work with the previous 6 steps. We never implore a client to use aversive training though we may explain that with a client's goals and timeline, the options may be to either reduce expectations/increase timeline or incorporate aversive training for some behaviors (with limits).
We understand that dogs and clients live in the real world with real world behavior complications. While all behaviors can be taught with treats and toys and a client's training plan can include exclusively positive reinforcement methods, our over arching mission is to successfully achieve clients' goals with their dogs with the responsible use of any training method used. After thorough conversation with a client, if it is determined that the use of a prong or electronic training collar would aid a client in their particular situation, we will include such tools in the training plan with owner consent.