Training Programs & Pricing
Training and behavior work are guided by evidence-based, humane methods focused on learning theory, emotional welfare, and long-term behavior change.
Foundations Program
This program helps you:
- Introduce foundational skills that support learning, engagement, and future behavior change
- Create predictable routines that support emotional regulation and learning (crate time, handling, transitions, walk structure)
- Build engagement and consistency so your dog can successfully meet expectations
You’ll notice progress like:
- Improved ability to settle and recover during daily routines
- A solid starting point to confidently progress into Life Skills or Behavior work
Life Skills Program
This program helps you:
- Take foundational skills and build reliability across locations and contexts
- Improve leash skills and engagement in higher-distraction environments while staying under threshold
- Focus on daily life skills such as crate comfort, cooperative handling, and settling behaviors
You’ll notice progress like:
- Walks that feel smoother and more connected
- Skills holding up on the property and in carefully chosen public spaces
- More confidence navigating everyday environments together
Behavior Program
This program helps you:
- Address behavior challenges at the root by understanding emotional drivers, learning history, and environmental factors
- Follow an individualized behavior plan based on your dog’s emotional thresholds, triggers, and recovery patterns
- Use proactive management strategies to reduce rehearsal and protect long-term progres
You’ll notice progress like:
- Increased ability to recover and offer alternative behaviors after triggers
- A clear understanding of what to do in the moment and what to practice next
Structured Socialization
Most Popular for reactive type behaviorsThis program helps you:
- Build momentum with twice-weekly sessions that reduce trigger rehearsal and support emotional regulation over time
- Practice controlled exposure on private property before gradually transitioning into more complex environments
- Apply clear, written behavior protocols with structured homework and priority weekday support
You’ll notice progress like:
- Lower arousal and increased neutrality around triggers
- Better engagement and recovery in more challenging environments
- Stronger real-life reliability from repetition and structure
Structured Socialization — How It Works
A structured, twice-weekly program that builds skills, confidence, and real-world resilience at your dog’s pace.
Build Skills.
Engagement games, marker cues, and strategies that give you and your dog the tools to succeed.
Safe Exposure.
Controlled exposure on Mellow Hound’s private property lets you & your dog practice around triggers without overwhelm.
Grow Confidence.
Gradually reduce distance and add movement to build neutral responses and calm behavior around triggers.
Take It Into the Real World.
Then we transfer skills into carefully chosen environments so you can navigate daily life with confidence and calm.
What to Expect
- Progress looks different for every dog — reactivity isn’t resolved in a set number of weeks.
- Structured exposure develops resilience and channels reactions into workable, alternative behaviors.
- Handlers build better leash skills, learn to read subtle body language, and manage arousal to prevent reactions before they start.
- With consistent practice, controlled setups evolve into confident, real-world experiences.
Follow-Up Coaching (Add-On)
A post-program option for fine-tuning, questions, or small struggles .
What We Can Work On
Puppies
- House & Crate Training — routines that work for your schedule
- Chewing & Mouthing — appropriate outlets, exercise and enrichment
- Basic Skills — sit/down, leash walking, recall foundations
- Confidence & Socialization — positive exposure to new people/places
Adolescent & Adult Dogs
- Life Skills — leash walking, recall, settling, leave-it & drop-it, stay, crate
- Impulse Work — thresholds, calm behavior around food & toys
- Confidence Building — new environments, toy play, cooperative care
- Behavior Challenges — reactivity, over-arousal, fear and behaviors labeled as aggressive, resource guarding patterns