Behavioral Programs
Tucker Pup's offers comprehensive training programs to help your dog overcome behavioral challenges such as:
These behaviors are typically due to a panic disorder caused by fear, stress, or low confidence. Most often, the dog is trying to communicate that he is very unhappy, but the owners aren't aware, and keep putting him in negative situations. This can cause the dog to lash out, such as by gnashing teeth, biting, barking, or crying. This can lead to a frustrating life together, and can cause some people to ultimately surrender their dog to a shelter or rescue. We want to help you avoid this outcome!
Resolving these issues can also unlock your dog's ability to learn manners and listening skills, such as loose-leash walking. It is very difficult to perform these skills when panicked. By relaxing your dog's mind, an entire new world of possibilities can be opened to you.
By going through our Behavioral Modification program, your dog will have the best chance at overcoming these challenges, and living your best life together.
Tucker Pup's offers comprehensive training programs to help your dog overcome behavioral challenges such as:
- Leash reactivity to humans or dogs
- Separation anxiety
- Resource guarding
- Fear aggression
- Nuisance barking
- Elevator anxiety
- Noise phobias
- Barrier aggression / reactivity
- Any other challenge related to fears, anxieties, reactivity, or low confidence
These behaviors are typically due to a panic disorder caused by fear, stress, or low confidence. Most often, the dog is trying to communicate that he is very unhappy, but the owners aren't aware, and keep putting him in negative situations. This can cause the dog to lash out, such as by gnashing teeth, biting, barking, or crying. This can lead to a frustrating life together, and can cause some people to ultimately surrender their dog to a shelter or rescue. We want to help you avoid this outcome!
Resolving these issues can also unlock your dog's ability to learn manners and listening skills, such as loose-leash walking. It is very difficult to perform these skills when panicked. By relaxing your dog's mind, an entire new world of possibilities can be opened to you.
By going through our Behavioral Modification program, your dog will have the best chance at overcoming these challenges, and living your best life together.
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Deliverables
- Dog Diagnostic: We can conduct a Dog Diagnostic where we observe the behavior, ask you questions, and analyze your home environment. If you live within our travel boundaries, your trainer will come to your home to analyze factors that may be impacting your dog's behaviors. If you live too far away, you can come to our Training Center, we can use Zoom or similar tool to get a sense of your dog's home situation, or you can create a video that we review together.
- Training Plan: We will submit a written training plan to you, so there is a roadmap for our time together.
- Training Sessions: We will have regular meetings to discuss your dog's behaviors and our recommended strategies. In our sessions, we will be working with your dog on situations and strategies that are geared towards resolving the behavioral challenges.
- Dog Daycare Option: On certain days, it may be possible to have your dog participate in dog daycare, depending on his personality and the issues you are trying to resolve.
- Home Exercises: We will give you home exercises to work on, so your dog can learn through repetition.
- Written Content: We will be giving you lots of written materials that support the work we are doing, and that give you a helpful guide for making progress at home.
- Tracking Tools: We will give you tools for tracking your progress at home. This can be very helpful for spotting trends or identifying factors that are impacting your dog's behaviors.
- Video Analysis: Throughout the program, you can upload videos to us of your dog exhibiting the behaviors, and your trainer will analyze them in order to give you feedback.
- Written Assessment: We will have you complete a written assessment about your dog, helping us uncover certain factors that may be impacting behavior.
Location
We can work at our training facility, at your home (if you live within our travel boundaries), or a combination of both. Our training facility is located at 1046 W Fulton Market, Chicago, IL. This is in the West Loop, around the corner from our pet resort.
Positive Reinforcement
Our Behavioral Specialist
Marnie Harris, KPA-CPT
Behavioral Specialist
Our behavioral program is overseen by Marnie Harris, KPA-CPT. Marnie or one of our highly experienced trainers will be assigned to your case. Assignment depends on the topic, severity, and your desired training location.
Marnie has been training dogs for over 20 years, and has focused on difficult behavioral challenges.
Marnie owned a dog training, boarding, daycare and grooming facility in Colorado for 11 years. She provided one-on-one behavioral therapy for dogs who were reactive, emotional, or aggressive. She also taught group classes, private lessons, online training, workshops, seminars, agility, nose work, and therapy dog certifications.
Marnie has also helped operated several rescues, with a primary focus on dog behavior. This includes serving as the Executive Director of Chicago Canine Rescue, as well as the Canine Manager of Animal Rescue League of Berks County in Pennsylvania.
In addition, she has been a consultant for numerous rescues and shelters across the country, helping resolve their most challenging cases, plus training their staff and volunteers.
Marnie has also rehabilitated dogs in her home that couldn't be adopted out and would have otherwise been euthanized.
Marnie has been training dogs for over 20 years, and has focused on difficult behavioral challenges.
Marnie owned a dog training, boarding, daycare and grooming facility in Colorado for 11 years. She provided one-on-one behavioral therapy for dogs who were reactive, emotional, or aggressive. She also taught group classes, private lessons, online training, workshops, seminars, agility, nose work, and therapy dog certifications.
Marnie has also helped operated several rescues, with a primary focus on dog behavior. This includes serving as the Executive Director of Chicago Canine Rescue, as well as the Canine Manager of Animal Rescue League of Berks County in Pennsylvania.
In addition, she has been a consultant for numerous rescues and shelters across the country, helping resolve their most challenging cases, plus training their staff and volunteers.
Marnie has also rehabilitated dogs in her home that couldn't be adopted out and would have otherwise been euthanized.
Pricing and Payment
Individual lessons for behavioral modification range from $175 to $200, depending on the trainer. If we need to come to your home, there is a $10 additional fee per lesson, plus any parking fees that may be incurred.
Payment Options
- You can try a lesson before moving on with the entire program
- You can pay all at once
- We could invoice you as you go
- You could pay with PayPay Credit, enabling you to pay the balance in six months with zero interest, then monthly payments after that if necessary. You can easily apply through our website and gain acceptance from PayPal in a matter of seconds.
We can receive payment by credit card, cash, or check.
