
Virtual Training
Why Virtual Training
Virtual one-on-one dog training is an innovative approach to educate your dog and address behavior challenges. This method allows us to see your dog’s daily life without location limits or distractions. With flexible scheduling at affordable rates, we can identify your dog’s learning style, build on their strengths, and create a personalized plan to help them reach their full potential and overcome challenges.
Free Virtual Meet-And-Greet
Finding the right fit is paramount to the success of achieving your goals!
We offer a free no-obligation 15 virtual meet-and-greet to explore our program, meet your dog behaviorist and trainer, and get answers to questions about our approach.
The Curriculum
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Puppy training can start at 8 weeks of age.
It teaches practical and social skills vital for puppies to grow into balanced adults, helping them reach their potential, and live happy, active lives.
Our robust puppy training curriculum includes among others:
Socialization with exposure training
Obedience Cues (release, watch, sit, stay, wait, down, off, drop it, leave-it, come, touch, place, settle, and more.)
Loose leash and heel walking
Home, greeting, and travel manners
Cooperative Care
Enrichment & Elective Activities
Resolves common behaviors (puppy nipping, biting, chewing, barking, jumping, separation tolerance, lack of impulse control, fear, anxiety, and aggression disorders)
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Basic obedience helps dogs to listen to cues or gestures to do actions, and walk nicely on a loose lead.
Basic manners teachers dogs to apply their obedience to be polite in everyday situations, in and outside the home.
Basic Obedience and manners training include among others:
Obedience Cues (release, watch, sit, stay, wait, down, off, drop-it, leave-it, come, touch, place, settle, and more.)
Loose Leash Walking
Heal Walking
Home, Greeting, and Travel Manners
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Behavior modification is a systematic process to help dogs change how they think, feel, and behave towards stimuli that cause them difficulties.
Common behaviors addressed include fear, anxiety, and aggression based disorders, among others:
Intolerance to People and Animals
Leash Reactivity
Separation Intolerance
Resource Guarding
Destructive Home Behaviors (Chewing, Digging, Barking)
Noise Phobias
Physical Handling Intolerance
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Socialization combines with other training programs.
Socialization helps dogs learn how to behave properly with people and other animals. It builds healthy relationships and prevents and can modify behavioral difficulties.
Exposure training is a positive and deliberate gradual training process that helps dogs learn to handle to different sights, sounds, smells, touches, people, and other animals they will encounter in life.
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Cooperative care combines with other training programs. It uses positive reinforcement and voluntary techniques to teach dogs to accept and participate in being physically handled.
These voluntary and accepting behaviors include among others:
Medication Administration (oral, eye and ear drops, injects, thermometer)
Veterinary Care
Wearing body equipment (collars, harnesses, head halters, boots, coats, muzzles)
Grooming (teeth cleaning, nail trimming, hair cut, brushing, blow and towel
Being handling in social encounters
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Transition support facilitates a healthy adjustment for newly adopted dogs into their new home while addressing any preexisting behavior challenges.
This training may include a wide variety of curriculum.
Rates
Initial Consultation
Virtual
90 Minutes
Starting at $175
+ $50 Each additional dog
Our comprehensive one-on-one 90-minute initial consultation is conveniently conducted virtually from anywhere in the world! It includes an in-depth assessment of what your dog training program would entail so that you have a clear path forward in meeting your goals. This consultation is thoughtfully designed to provide you with initial guidance, complete with actionable steps through a personalized starter training plan, enabling you to kickstart effective training right away.
Individual Sessions
Available for purchase after initial consultation.
Virtual
1 Hour
Starting at $115
+ $50 Each additional dog
Our one-on-one 60-minute individual sessions are conveniently conducted virtually with a unique opportunity to give us access to your dog’s lifestyle from anywhere in the world. During these sessions, we systematically implement your dog's personalized program in a practical manner while addressing real-world scenarios. The primary objective of these sessions is to enhance your dog's development and skills, addressing any challenges to achieve their training milestones.
Meet your Behaviorist & Trainer
Meet Carmen
Founder and Certified Dog Behaviorist & Trainer
Private Sessions & Group Dog Training Classes Instructor, AKC Family Dog Program Evaluator, Judge, and Instructor
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Bachelor of Arts (with double majors)
University of California, Berkeley
Certified Dog Trainer, ABCDT
Animal Behavior College, Honors Distinction
Certified Animal Trainer, FFCP
Fear Free®
Certified Service Dog Trainer, ABCSDT
Animal Behavior College, (In Progress)
Approved Evaluator
American Kennel Club Canine Good Citizen®
Approved Evaluator
American Kennel Club Temperament Test
Approved Judge
American Kennel Club Fetch
Approved Instructor
American Kennel Club FIT DOG
Graduate, Fear Free Shelters™
Fear Free®
Certificate, Aggression in Dogs
Master Course, Michael Shikashio CDBC
Authorized Mentor Trainer
Animal Behavior College
Certified Pet CPR & First Aid
American Red Cross
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Pet Expert News Guest
KCRW Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Santa Monica Mirror
YO! Venice
Brentwood News
Century City/Westwood News
Westside Today
Palisades News
Watch, Read, Listen: Interviews
News Features
Spectrum News 1 Socal Everyday Heroes,
The Argonaut
Pet Sitter’s World
Guest Columnist
Pet of the Week, Column, Santa Monica Daily Press
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American Kennel Club®
Association of Professional Dog Trainers
International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants
Pet Sitters Associates, LLC
Professional United Pet Sitters, LLC
Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce
Buy Local Santa Monica
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CAMP (Community Animal Medicine Project)
501(c)(3) Nonprofit Organization
501(c)(3) Nonprofit Organization
501(c)(3) Nonprofit Animal Rescue Organization
501(c)(3) Nonprofit Organization
501(c)(3) Nonprofit Organization
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Santa Monica Animal Shelter (5,000+ Volunteer Hours)
EZ Heart & Soul Rescue & Sanctuary
Santa Monica Animal Shelter Foundation, Chairman of the Board, 2020-2021