Training, meditation, & doula services
No Fee Behavior Consultation (30 minutes)
The first step for any of our dog training services is a free 30-minute consultation to meet you and your dog and hear your questions about your dog's training, behavior, or well-being.
Let's Talk! Thank you for learning more about living in harmony with your dog! Whether you are considering training for your dog, have questions about a behavior your dog does (that maybe you wish they wouldn't), or are curious about how you and your dog can live together with less stress, fewer limitations, and more peace and calm, we are honored for the opportunity to hear about your life together and offer compassionate, practical recommendations.
We'll ask you a few questions to ensure we understand your situation and the goals or challenges you may be experiencing. We will answer any questions you have about our teaching philosophy and methods. At the end of our conversation, we will offer our honest assessment of how we can help and suggest an action plan of integrated solutions to begin moving toward your goals. If we are not the best fit for your training needs with your dog, we will refer you to another trainer who can better guide you along your journey together.
You will leave our conversation more optimistic, with a different view of your dog and actionable next steps toward more happiness and fun together!
Book your free consultation appointment today!
KABT STUDENT Office Hours (60 minutes)
Q&A Between Lessons
*KABT Office Hours are for current KABT Students enrolled in dog training or animal reiki classes.
One added benefit of studying with KABT is personal assistance from your trainer between learning lessons. Whether you have a quick quandary needing 15 minutes to talk it through with your trainer or an hour of troubleshooting a learning challenge, current KABT students are encouraged to book an appointment for Office Hours between each learning lesson. Office hours are designed to help answer questions, discuss any unique challenges you or your dog may be experiencing with training exercises, and receive additional feedback and tips for moving through learning blocks and toward your goals!
Shoden Puppies Primer, Degree 1: Seven (7) 50-60 minute lessons
Early Puppy Learning Package, Private Lessons
Seven lessons, 50-60 minutes each
In-person or Virtual, $360 + tax
Appropriate for puppies under 16 Weeks old,
and older puppies with no formal learning history.
*Before booking your first Early Puppy Learning Package appointment, please book a FREE Initial Consult.
Learn fun ways to connect with your puppy as you discover how to speak each other's language and understand each other's needs and expectations.
To proactively support your puppy and foster a solid bond of friendship, we prioritize listening to the needs you and your dog have as you go about daily life and activities. Next, we design a learning plan expertly tailored for you, your dog, and your lifestyle. You and your puppy will learn common foundational skills and concepts for overall well-being, including:
- a calm mind and body
- paying attention/focus
- beneficial environmental and social experiences
- introducing and making a crate a favorite space your puppy can enjoy quiet time or private time
- elimination, house training, and house soiling
- common juvenile behaviors such as puppy biting, jumping up, and digging
- accepting touch and body handling
- stationary skills (sit, lie down, wait, etc.)
- beginner leash walking, and more!
Your Learning Package Includes:
- Seven (7) private, 50-60 minute learning sessions, in-person or virtually, consisting of one orientation lesson and six skills-focused lessons
- Post-lesson topics and skills review following each learning lesson
- A step-by-step guide for practicing skills learned during each lesson
- Once weekly student office hours via Zoom, voice call, or in-person
- Once monthly animal-guided meditations
- Helpful illustrative infographics, videos, and more!
This learning package may include lessons at home and fun field trips away from home when appropriate and safe for your puppy.
During purchase, follow the prompts to schedule your first lesson. Because all human-dog companions are unique, the remaining learning lessons are scheduled directly with your trainer to best accommodate your schedule and your puppy's progress. Learning lessons are commonly spaced every other week apart over three to four months. Because consistency is paramount to reaching your learning goals, lessons must be used within six months from the date of the first package lesson.
Okuden Juniors Studies, Degree 2: Seven (7) 50-60 minute lessons
Junior Puppy Learning Package, Private Lessons
Seven lessons, 50-60 minutes each
In-person or Virtual, $360 + tax
For Puppies 4 months - 1-year-old
with some familiarity of foundational skills under their collar
*Before booking your first Junior Puppy Learning Package appointment, please book a FREE Initial Consult.
Does this sound familiar? With lots of time, energy, and fun in your Learning Chest with your puppy, you may be confused about why they no longer seem to remember many of the skills or tricks you're sure they once knew, and they may even be testing their boundaries. Sometimes your puppy may not even seem to remember their name!
Or perhaps you're questioning your judgment in welcoming your beloved but not-quite-so-easy-to-live-with young dog into your life.
There is some truth to the saying, "It's a stage," and in this case, it is adolescence. This is a normal developmental stage, although it can be challenging to remember when your once polite leash walker seems oblivious to your presence at the other end of the leash or is quietly perfecting their digging and excavation skills. Indeed, this can slow our learning progress and test our patience when we focus on the challenges rather than how we get from where we are to where we wish to be, so we are committed to helping you make that shift with practical, effective methods.
We will get to know you and your dog to discover what behaviors you want help with, what skills you and your dog have already learned, or which may benefit from a bit of polishing. This level of learning lessons focuses on fun skills for games, skills that allow you to enjoy adventures away from home, and crucial safety skills that can be lifesaving, whether at home or away. We will introduce you to tools to help you flow through this stage of development with calm, confidence, and compassion, not to mention your dog will impress everyone you meet with how pleasant they are to be around!
Learning lessons are based on the individual needs you and your dog share. However, this level of learning lessons commonly includes:
- Creating a shared language for communication that is clear, not confusing
- Foundational behavior skills (learning or proofing)
- Lifestyle skills that also offer your dog options to satisfy their individual needs and purpose
- Physical, cognitive, and emotional development and enrichment
- Comfort with social interactions based on your dog's personality and choice, and the skills needed to easily navigate those environments together
- how to settle calmly and contentedly
- Fun games or tricks your dog enjoys and more!
The Okuden Juniors Studies - Degree 2, Junior Puppy Learning Package Includes:
- Seven (7) private, 50-60 minute learning sessions, in-person or virtually, consisting of one orientation lesson and six skills-focused lessons
- Post-lesson topics and skills review following each learning lesson
- A step-by-step guide for practicing skills learned during each lesson
- Once weekly student office hours via Zoom, voice call, or in-person
- Once monthly animal-guided meditations
- Helpful illustrative infographics, videos, and more!
This learning package may include lessons at home and fun field trips away from home when appropriate and safe for your dog.
During purchase, follow the prompts to schedule your first lesson. Because all human-dog companions are unique, the remaining learning lessons are scheduled directly with your trainer to best accommodate your schedule and your puppy's progress. Learning lessons are commonly spaced every other week apart over three to four months. Because consistency is paramount to reaching your learning goals, lessons must be used within six months from the date of the first package lesson.
Okuden Adult Studies, Degree 3: Seven (7) 50-60 minute lessons
Adult Learning Package, Private Lessons
Seven lessons, 50-60 minutes each
In-person or Virtual, $360 + tax
For Dogs 1 year and older, all learning levels
*Before booking your first Adult Learning Package appointment, please book a FREE Initial Consult.
A few days, weeks, or months have passed since welcoming a new adult companion to your family, and your new family member may have a bag or two they could use some help unpacking. Sometimes, useful habits or life experiences dogs accumulate in former environments are not the most helpful in their new homes. If you need guidance in helping your new adult dog unpack and move beyond those experiences or habits, we've got practical skills for you. Or if your new family member seems to completely lack the skills needed to live unobtrusively in a human world, we've got practical skills to help you with that, too.
We will teach you and your dog valuable missing skills, rework unhelpful acquired behaviors, and fine-tune existing helpful skills. We will also teach you and your dog to transform contextually inappropriate behaviors, reconstructing them into acceptable alternatives that are satisfying for everyone. Providing compassionate, expert guidance to help you settle in together, gain confidence and trust in one another, and learn helpful behaviors for cohabiting with peace and harmony are what our Okuden Adult Studies package is all about!
This learning package focuses on your goals for your dog and your dog's current collection of adaptive behaviors. Learning lessons will vary slightly based on your and your adult dog's individual needs, and commonly address the following areas:
- Creating a shared language for communication that is clear, not confusing
- Foundational behavior skills (learning and proofing)
- Lifestyle skills that offer your dog alternatives to currently out-of-context behaviors and satisfy the same individual needs and purpose
- Learning or proofing home manners and lifestyle skills agreeable to all
- Physical, cognitive, and emotional development and enrichment through choice-based exploration
- Comfort with social interactions based on your dog's personality and desire, and the skills needed to navigate those environments together easily
- Learning how to settle calmly and contentedly
- Learning fun games or tricks your adult dog enjoys and more!
The Okuden Adult Studies - Degree 3, Adult Learning Package Includes:
- Seven (7) private, 50-60 minute learning sessions, in-person or virtually, consisting of one orientation lesson and six skills-focused lessons
- Post-lesson topics and skills review following each learning lesson
- A step-by-step guide for practicing skills learned during each lesson
- Once weekly student office hours via Zoom, voice call, or in-person
- Once monthly animal-guided meditations
- Helpful illustrative infographics, videos, and more!
This learning package may include lessons at home and fun field trips away from home when appropriate and safe for your dog.
During purchase, follow the prompts to schedule your first lesson. Because all human-dog companions are unique, the remaining learning lessons are scheduled directly with your trainer to best accommodate your schedule and your puppy's progress. Learning lessons are commonly spaced every other week apart over three to four months. Because consistency is paramount to reaching your learning goals, lessons must be used within six months from the date of the first package lesson.
Shinpiden Seniors Wisdom and Well-Being, Degree 4: Seven (7) 50-60 minute lessons
Seniors Learning Package, Private Lessons
Seven lessons, 50-60 minutes each
In-person or Virtual, $360 + tax
For Dogs 7 years old and older
*Before booking your first Seniors Wisdom and Well-Being Learning Package appointment, please book a FREE Initial Consult.
Seniors are cherished family members, and along with a bit of "frosting" on their fur, they can experience physical states and feelings that are unique to their aging physical body, changing mental status, and sometimes, confusing or unexpected emotional shifts. We understand how confusing and challenging these shifts can be for you and your dog, and we will provide compassionate guidance to help address those often-familiar quirks and needs of older dogs, as well as what may be uncharted territory if challenged with a veterinary diagnosis presenting unique behavioral, cognitive, emotional, or physical challenges.
Although your senior dog may not be as quick of thought or agile of the body as they once were, they still enjoy cognitive and physical challenges specifically suited for their abilities. They may also have developed age-related or illness-induced challenges supporting normal mobility, including elimination and personal hygiene. We will teach you compassionate practices that offer physical and mental stimulation, fun challenges your active senior dog will enjoy while helping you be present to maximize comfort and quality of life for your senior elder dog, and practical strategies to help you navigate your dog's new stage of life.
The focus of this learning package is to supply expert guidance for adapting favorite activities and introducing well-suited activities to stimulate your senior dog's mind, emotions, and body, cultivating a renewed sense of fulfillment and peace for you and your dog. Lifestyle and environmental tweaks are explored for safety, enjoyment, and supporting agency and autonomy for your senior dog.
The Shinpiden Seniors Wisdom and Well-Being - Degree 4 Package Includes:
- Seven (7) private, 50-60 minute learning sessions, in-person or virtually, consisting of one orientation lesson and six skills-focused lessons
- Age and mobility-appropriate experiential activities and learning to support physical vigor, mental clarity, and emotional evenness
- Post-lesson topics and skills review following each learning lesson
- A step-by-step guide for practicing skills learned during each lesson
- Learn innovative approaches to recognizing and meeting your senior dog's shifting needs.
- Once weekly student office hours via Zoom, voice call, or in-person
- Once monthly animal-guided meditations
- Helpful illustrative infographics, videos, and more!
This learning package may include lessons at home and fun field trips away from home when appropriate and safe for your dog.
During purchase, follow the prompts to schedule your first lesson. Because all human-dog companions are unique, the remaining learning lessons are scheduled directly with your trainer to best accommodate your schedule and your puppy's progress. Learning lessons are commonly spaced every other week apart over three to four months. Because consistency is paramount to reaching your learning goals, lessons must be used within six months from the date of the first package lesson.
Behavior Reshaping
Behavior Reshaping
Private Lessons, In-person
$75.00 per 1-hour lesson
We know that life can be "ruff!" Sometimes our dogs can develop coping strategies that may be well-suited for meeting their immediate needs and purposes but may be contextually inappropriate or downright dangerous behaviors.
After a free consultation to learn about the challenges you and your dog experience, we will offer practical strategies that help you understand why your dog is behaving the way they are and transform those contextually inappropriate responses into safe coping mechanisms and behaviors you and your dog can use to bring physical, emotional, and energetic calm.
Behavior Reshaping Includes:
- Individually scheduled 1-hour learning sessions
- Post-session topics and skills review following each learning session
- A step-by-step plan to follow for each learning session to guide you and your dog as you practice growing skills
- Once weekly office hours via Zoom, voice call, or field trips
- Once monthly animal-guided meditations
- Helpful illustrative infographics, videos, and more!
Clients may purchase and schedule Behavior Reshaping learning sessions individually. Depending on the need, sessions are typically spaced 2 to 4 weeks apart.
*Before booking your first appointment, please book a FREE Initial Consult.
Animal Reiki for All Species
Animal Reiki for All Species
Private
In-person, near-virtual, or distant sessions
$35.00 (30-minutes)
Your animals can enjoy a 30-minute choice-based, hands-free Animal Reiki appointment providing supportive relaxation and stress reduction techniques to help alleviate behavior challenges, support healing, and increase overall well-being for animals of all species.
Because the Let Animals Lead®️ method is a hands-free, meditative method of animal reiki, it is perfect for dogs, cats, exotics, birds, horses, and all kinds of farm animals. Because this method of animal reiki does not depend on touch, “beaming” energy toward an animal, or “putting energy into” animals to be effective, practitioners can offer healing on all energetic and awareness levels and in any setting, even unique locations such as your barn, your paddock or field, zoos, veterinary and surgical offices, and other non-traditional settings.
Among many other benefits of this meditative, calming method, animal reiki can help reduce pain - a common factor associated with many health issues and some behavior challenges. Reiki also supports faster decompression and bonding with a new family after arriving in a new home, supports healing for injuries or illness, increases stillness and comfort post-surgery, and assists animals in transitioning to their next state of being more peacefully. Owners and caregivers also experience health and wellness benefits from this unique animal reiki approach, simply by being present during your companion's animal reiki session.
*If you are interested in a near-virtual or distance reiki session for yourself and your animal, please schedule using this service offering and note in the message to the seller box at checkout that you desire "Distance Reiki. We will create and send you a Zoom link for you and your animal to attend.
Animal Reiki: Animal Reiki + Chair Reiki for Owner
Animal Reiki + Chair Reiki for Owner or Caretaker
Private, In-person
$70.00 (60 minutes)
Enjoy an hour of soothing energy from a 60-minute shared animal reiki appointment with your animal. Share the experience of relaxation and stress relief during a healing meditation with your animal and a chair reiki mini treatment for yourself!
Reiki supports mental, emotional, and physical healing; it increases overall well-being for animals of all species, reduces stress and pain, and promotes self-healing on all levels. The Let Animals Lead®️ method of animal reiki is a hands-free, meditative healing method that honors animals’ agency and wisdom. Trusting their wisdom to guide us, animals have the freedom during meditation to seek touch or not, change their participation throughout the meditation, or even decline to be present. Even when animals choose to participate from a distance, perhaps even out of sight, they can draw upon the overall benefits of relaxing their body, quieting their mind, and settling into a space of complete rest for self-healing that is created during an animal reiki meditation.
You will also enjoy some personal attention with a chair reiki mini treatment. A mini treatment is ideal for slowing down and settling into a calm, grounded, centering energy in a shorter amount of time and a variety of settings. A few benefits of reiki are decreased stress, decreased breathing and heart rates, and an increased sense of being emotionally grounded, mentally centered, and physically at ease, no matter the circumstances around you.
Companion Animal End of Life Doula Support
*Doula services are free of charge.
A Companion Animal End-of-Life Doula is a non-medical person trained to provide emotional and educational support for families before, during, and after the loss of a beloved companion. Companion animal death doulas employ compassionate care techniques which complement the medical care of your animal's medical team's care plan and monitoring.
Companion animal doulas specializing in end-of-life care support families through the complicated and often confusing processes of anticipatory loss, commonly experienced medical journeys a caretaker and their animal may need help navigating, and coping techniques for common symptoms your animal may experience. We offer support and practical educational information for planning and preparing for your companion's transition by helping you explore your options to best spend your time together well. We help you tap into personal wisdom and bond with your companion to consider what's feasible and not feasible for Bucket List experiences, encouraging and helping you capture memories as legacy projects. Guiding according to your personal beliefs, we also assist in creating a meaningful ceremony or ritual to honor the deep, unique bond you share with your best friend.
Companion animal end-of-life doulas provide a calm, steady presence, offering support in ways unique to you and your animal.
Most importantly, we are here to listen to you without judgment, providing space where you can completely release your worries, concerns, anger, fear, and other emotions that may bubble to the surface during such times of heightened stress.
We are here to support families processing the journey toward loss, families grieving a loss, and families who need help honoring and showing reverence for their beloved companion animal's life, now and in legacy, with compassion.
*Doula services are free of charge and available to anyone, anywhere.