Behavior Modification

Credentialed, skilled, and compassionate support for lasting change of unwanted behavior.

With experience, certifications, and a science-based approach, I help dogs overcome concerns such as fear, aggression, or anxiety - Using force-free methods that prioritize your dog’s emotional wellbeing. Together we address the WHY behind the behavior - not just the behavior itself.

Support for aggressive, reactive, fearful, anxious, or overstimulated dogs.

Behavior modification changes unwanted behavior through management, training alternative responses, and shifting your dog’s emotional state.

Each plan is customized to your dog’s needs.  

What to Expect:

Click here to go to the Contact Page to contact me and schedule an Initial Consultation.

Once scheduled, you’ll receive a link to confirm your appointment, complete intake forms, and pay a deposit. During our approximately 90 minute session (virtual or in-person) we’ll review your dog’s history, discuss your goals, and create a customized training, management, and enrichment plan.

You’ll get a written training plan, notes, helpful handouts, along with homework to support your dog’s progress. You’ll also have two weeks of email support after the session (or until your next appointment, if scheduled).

Follow up sessions are recommended and focus on reviewing progress, troubleshooting, and building new skills, and can be held virtually or in-person.

A German Shepherd dog with its mouth open, showing sharp teeth and snarling.

Who is Behavior Modification for?

Cases I’ve successfully worked with include dogs experiencing:

  • leash reactivity and fence reactivity

  • separation anxiety

  • fearful behavior

  • house training issues

  • aggression towards visitors

  • aggression towards human family members

  • intra-household aggression (fighting between dogs in the home)

  • resource guarding from people or other dogs

  • compulsive behaviors (such as reacting to the TV or chasing shadows and light spots)