Behavior Modification Training
Feeling lost trying to live with a dog gone wild?
Dog Behaviorists use proven peer-reviewed methods of Applied Behavior Analysis with other science-based modalities to implement management, counter-conditioning, and alternative/opposing behavior methods to help your dog build positive socially significant outcomes.
You will see progress working using our customized behavior protocol that follows the Pet Professional Accreditation Board Guidelines:
- We prioritize your dog’s feelings of stress and safety in their environment and relationships with empathy and respect. We often work in tandem with veterinary behaviorists and law enforcement.
- We address the root causes (functions) and stimulus triggers of behavior so your dog can better cope.
- We cannot diagnose or treat physical or mental illness. We do not prescribe medications.
- Our ethical responsibility for medical areas is to refer the client to Board Certified Veterinarian Behaviorists who are authorized to diagnose and prescribe through their license and educational qualifications.
- We work with veterinary behaviorists to implement your dog’s behavior intervention plan with you.
Functional Behavior Assessment
We first implement an Assessment and Behavior Plan tailored for your dog to help you find the missing pieces that can resolve the root causes of challenging behavior tot well bring out your dog’s value and embelish your quality of life.
The assessment is a legal document used in animal control, law enforcement cases, court issued abatements, and veterinarian references.
The one-time assessment also provided a detailed Behavior Intervention Plan (BIP). The session is approximately 90 minutes. Cost is $250.
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BMOD (Behavior Modification) Covers Compulsive, Distressed, and Hyperactive Behaviors
- Distressed-Defensive behaviors (Insecurity or fear-escape based motivational state resulting in passive defensive reactions such as freeze, flight, defensive air-biting, etc.).
- Appetitive issues (i.e., Coprophagy, Pica, etc.) and behaviors resulting from gut health, physiological, and medical conditions (These issues are addressed in collaboration with a veterinary behaviorist).
- Compulsive/Hyperactive behaviors (i.e., Jumping on people, herding, circling, darting, excessive alert/demand/barking, chewing, etc.).
- Novel item reactivity (on and off leash).
- Attachment or Emotional Distress (i.e., shy, overattachment, anxious vocalizing, pawing, etc.).
- Training is held at your location, over 4-weeks, one hour each week.
- The cost is $780.00 (any additional sessions are discounted $195.00 per session).
RAAM(Reactive Affective Aggression* Modification) Covers Fear-Based, Threat Oriented, and Maladaptive Behaviors
- Defensive Offensive behaviors (*Affective aggression is evident in active reactions of fear and anger elicited attacks, initiating threat to do harm or specific effort to bite.)
- Resource Guarding (i.e., food, toys, people) toward other animals or humans (i.e., growling, lunging, nipping/biting, offensive movement toward others, etc.).
- Household animal aggression (e.g., multi-animal households).
- Dog-Human/Dog-Dog aggression (i.e., deliberate offensive aggressive maladaptive behavior or ritualized aggression imposing social order dominance hierarchy).
- Fear-based behavior (i.e., nipping/biting, freezing/shutting down, panic hiding, uncontrolled shaking, etc.).
- Diagnosed Separation Anxiety.
- Training is held at your location, over 4 weeks, one hour each week.
- The cost is $840.00 (any additional sessions are discounted $185 per session).
