Helping dog guardians in the greater Sacramento, California area achieve peace of mind with compassionate, real-world dog training solutions.
Whether you’re needing help with basic manners or more troublesome behaviors like leash reactivity, we can help.
We understand just how important it is to provide both dog and guardian with the support they need to succeed in their training goals. Our dog training packages focus on giving both you and your dog the tools you need to live your best lives together.
What We Can Help With
Communication & Relationships
Creating a strong bond between a dog and their owner is the key to a happy life together. Whether you have a new dog or want to do some work with your long-time companion, we can teach you how to communicate with your dog and deepen your relationship.
Basic Manners
It’s never too late to learn new skills or create better habits. We can help you work with your dog on improving basic manners or building new behaviors to enhance your home and social lives.
Polite Greetings
We love when our dogs are excited to meet people, but it’s not so fun when they jump all over them. We can help your dog learn how to stay calm when people arrive and how to greet people politely.
Loose Leash Walking
Many people dream of taking walks with their dogs, and it can be disappointing when those walks don’t go quite as planned. Whether your dog is stopping every few feet to sniff or pulling your arm off, we can teach you and your dog the necessary skills to enjoy your walks again.
Resource Guarding
While guarding one’s valuables is a completely natural behavior, it can often create conflicts in our households. We can help teach you how to manage your dog’s resources and show them that sharing can be a good thing.
Leash Reactivity
Trying to walk with a dog that is barking and lunging at other dogs, people, or other things can be extremely challenging and downright scary. We can help teach you and your dog real-life skills to manage these situations with confidence and create calmer feelings in your dog.
...and much more!
We know every situation is different. If you don’t see the specific issue you’re dealing with, please reach out! We’d love to see if we can help.
How We Can Help
The first step is an initial consultation ($150) to learn about you and your dog. During this 90-minute meeting, we’ll discuss your lifestyle and goals for your dog, as well as training options that will best fit your day-to-day life.
Training Options
Private Coaching
We will teach you how to train your dog. Private coaching is the ideal option for the dog parent who has the time and wants to do all of the training.
How coaching works: After the initial consultation, we’ll schedule regular sessions to achieve your training goals. We’ll tailor the coaching sessions to your goals and lifestyle. During each session, we’ll teach you the skills necessary to train and maintain necessary behaviors, as well as tools for addressing behavioral challenges.
Day Training
Let us do the work! Day training is the ideal solution for the dedicated dog parent who knows how important training is, but just doesn’t have the time.
How day training works: We’ll work with your dog on a regular, pre-determined schedule in your home and other environments you anticipate bringing your dog to. We’ll tailor your dog’s training to your goals and lifestyle. We’ll also schedule several transfer sessions with you to show you what we’ve worked on and how to maintain the behaviors.
Rates: $120/session (discounts offered for 5+ sessions)
Pre-Set Training Packages
The Zen Dog | Private Coaching
Getting your dog to follow your cues in a variety of situations is an acquired skill for both dog and guardian. Do you have a new dog, or are you experiencing some behavioral challenges with an old friend? If you’re interested in doing most of the training yourself, but want a little guidance and support on the best approach, this package is for you! We’ll meet for 5 regular coaching sessions and work on basic basic foundation skills, and we’ll also tackle any challenges you are having. Then we’ll schedule 2 follow up sessions to make sure everything is going smoothly!
5 coaching sessions + 2 follow up sessions: $805
The Zen Dog | Day Training
Whether you’re working on basic skills or managing behavioral challenges, training your dog often takes more time than you have available. Are you feeling like some extra training is needed, but you’re too busy to make it happen? If you are ready to make progress on your training goals, but not sure you can fit it in, we can do most of the training for you! We’ll work with your dog 3 times per week for 3 weeks on basic foundation skills and any behavioral challenges you’ve identified. We’ll also schedule a session with you at the end of each week to show you what we’ve been working on, and 2 follow up sessions to keep you and dog on track over time!
9 training sessions + 3 transfer sessions + 2 follow up sessions: $1,470
The Breezy Walker | Leash Skills
Is your dog’s behavior wonderful everywhere except for on your walks? We know just how stressful it can be getting pulled constantly or stopping every few feet. That’s why we’ve designed a program specifically to address your dog’s leash manners so you can have easy-breezy walks! We’ll work one-on-one with your dog 3 times a week for 3 weeks. We’ll also schedule a session with you at the end of each week to show you what we’ve been working on, and 1 follow up session to keep you and dog on track over time!
9 training sessions + 3 transfer sessions + 1 follow up session: $1,365
Individual Packages available as well!
We know every situation is different and may require a custom package.
Package Add-ons
Add-ons allow clients with existing packages to tailor the learning experience to exactly what their lifestyle and dog need. Whether your dog needs extra mental stimulation, or just extra training, we’ll help you tailor the training experience to meet your needs.
The Playful Dog – Training Games
Training games provide mental stimulation and fun for your dog, while also teaching important new skills. We will come to your home for a 45-minute session and play a variety of games with your dog in between regular training sessions to help reinforce the behaviors we are teaching and give them something to do while you are busy.
The Adventurous Dog – Training Walks
Walks provide mental stimulation and physical exercise for your dog, not to mention getting them some fresh air! We will take your dog out for a 45-minute walk in between regular training sessions to work on leash skills, as well as working with distractions in the environment, like other dogs, people, squirrels, and much more!
Add-on Training Pricing: $75/session
Ready to get started?
Initial consultations can be in-person or virtually through zoom.