The Focus and connection Foundation

Includes: 3 Private In-Home Sessions-one session per week, your Treat Pouch Welcome Bundle, helpful handouts for canine education, step-by-step homework instruction, and ongoing Q&A support between sessions.

*Best For: Dog parents who need help creating daily focus and engagement, as well as learning to understand canine communication and body language.

What you will learn:

🐾Voluntary Attention and Focus: Helps with building your dog’s ability to focus on you around distractions and happily check in with you.

🐾 Hand Targeting ("Touch"): Create a gentle "communication magnet" to easily guide your dog's movements into spaces and help with building a reliable recall, loose leash walking, redirection from real-world triggers, and serve as a foundation for introducing fun tricks!

🐾 Chin Rest: Teach your dog to calmly rest their head in your hand on cue to help with grooming and medical exams. This familiar behavior also gives your dog a feeling of predictability and safety in unfamiliar environments, while serving as a reliable skill for redirection and engagement.

🐾These core skills help you navigate everyday situations and prepare you for future training of skills. You’ll learn how to keep your dog focused and engaged as they learn new behaviors, prepare them for cooperative care during grooming and veterinary visits, and redirect their attention back to you when they become distracted.

⚠️Important Success Factors:

• Daily Commitment: Success requires 5 to 7 minutes of daily practice between our sessions to lock in these new skills. I will be available via messenger to answer questions that may arise during your independent practice times, but you are responsible for committing to this learning process with your dog.

• Behavioral Needs: Severe reactivity, anxiety, or aggression may require additional specialized sessions beyond this foundational package,

• Individual Pace: All dogs, especially puppies and adolescent dogs, may progress at different rates based on their age and attention spans.

Program Investment: $395 (Save $70 compared to individual lessons.)

• Deposit: $50 non-refundable deposit due online to secure your preferred date and time.

• Remaining Balance Due At First Lesson:

  • $345 via card tap, cash, check or Venmo.

  🐾 Price includes in-home training within 20 miles of Gilmanton Ironworks, NH.