Services

Just The Dog

The Sharp solution for busy you and your pooch!
 
Just The Dog is a focused and concentrated training program designed for busy owners. We come to you. Customized for you and your dog, training takes place in your own home, yard and neighborhood. You can be at work, running errands, or even out playing! Using a goal-based plan your dog will receive concentrated one-on-one training with a certified professional dog trainer. You simply learn to maintain and reinforce the training we've accomplished with your dog. 

Most dogs improve rapidly when they are the only focus of attention [just like most people.]  The advantage to at-home private sessions is that a skilled trainer can teach in several hours what it might take months for you and your dog to learn in a group class. No waiting for others to take their turn, no worries about that aggressive dog dominating the class. And your dog will learn the behaviors in his or her own environment, where they are needed most. Just The Dog is ideally suited for teaching home manners such as Basic Cues (e.g. sit, down, stay), Recall, Polite Greetings, Loose Leash Walking, Doorway Manners, Dog-Dog Reactivity and more.

Just The Dog is an excellent option for busy professionals and families looking for an effective and efficient training solution for their four-legged  family member.

How does Just The Dog training work?

During an initial consultation, you and your trainer will discuss your dog’s behavior and your expectations, then determine goals for improving this relationship. You’ll receive a customized program to achieve these goals, based on the specifics of your situation and the existing behaviors of your dog. We then schedule the sessions that we will need.

Your trainer will come to your home three times a week, meeting with you at the end of the week to transfer the skills taught. Depending on the plan, training could take one week or more. You are welcome to be home during Just The Dog training.

How Do I Get Started?
Contact us! Let us know what you need.

Then we schedule an Initial Consultation with Sharp Dogs. This hour and a half consult is $125 and takes place with you, your dog and the trainer, usually at your home.

During the consult, we talk about your dog’s current behaviors and skills,
your goals for your dog’s behavior, and we create a training plan for turning these goals into realities.

Initial Consultation:  $125
1.5 hours of in-home consultation with you, your family and your dog.

Subsequent Private Training and Coaching:  $80/hour

Want to be more actively involved in your dog’s training? We have a plan for that too!  You & Your Dog

You & Your Dog

When you want to learn along with your dog

You & Your Dog differs from Just The Dog in that you and your dog are
coached and trained together. You learn with your dog and can quickly build on the relationship between handler (you!) and your dog. You & Your Dog training may teach the same basic skills as in Just The Dog but targets specific issues that you are having with your dog, in the environment where they most occur!

How does You & Your Dog training work?

Most private training sessions take place in the home, but they can also be at the vet’s office, or out on a walk – depending on what you and your pet need. One of the many advantages of the You & Your Dog program is the ability to focus on the dynamic between you, or other family members, and your dog’s behavior. This is a great way to get individual attention on specific situations and will give you the skills that you all need to be successful. Like all Sharp Dog training programs, after the Initial Consultation, you receive a custom training plan developed just for you and your family.

How Do I Get Started?

Contact us! Let us know what you need.

Then we schedule an Initial Consultation with Sharp Dogs. This hour and a half consult is $125 and takes place with you, your dog and the trainer, usually at your home.

During the consult, we talk about your dog’s current behaviors and skills,
your goals for your dog’s behavior, and we create a training plan for turning these goals into realities.

Initial Consultation:  $125
1.5 hours of in-home consultation with you, your family and your dog.

Subsequent Private Training and Coaching:  $80/hour