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A common error is to address a presenting behavior without treating the underlying cause. Eliminating a dog’s aggressive behavior like growling, lunging or shallow bites will not resolve his aggression – it will only suppress the obvious signals. The dog will still experience the same emotions but loses his ability to communicate through warning signals. This is can be the case when a dog “bites out of the blue” – he was previously punished for growling.

 

Behavior modification investigates why your dog reacts the way he does, as well as what triggers his response. When we know what is triggering your dog to react and why, we can intervene and address the underlying cause.

 

It all starts with an evaluation with Anna Fetter, CMAC-CT or Connie Moss, IAABC-ADT. Evaluations are $250 at your home (if you live in or around Winchester we can do this in person, otherwise we can work through Zoom). 

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Behavior training and reactivity training in particular take an incredible amount of focus. It can be taxing for dogs which could work against the conditioning we use for training, therefore, training sessions are done in 30 minutes increments. These 30 minute sessions are $78 each. How many sessions needed to complete training will depend on the behavioral issue and the dog. It can be a little as two months of weekly sessions or 6 months. This also allows you to pay as you go instead of a large financial outlay at the start without knowing how the training will progress.