Walking with a Friend, LLC

All In-Home Training is Temporarily Cancelled

Virtual Private Training is Now Available 

Please ask for more information using our Contact Form

Behavior Modification

Leash manners, excessive barking, jumping up on guests

Living with Kids and Dogs

Family Pet Dog Training

Puppy Socialization

Always Fear-Free, Force-Free, Pain-Free

We Build Relationships and Trust 

by Using Positive, Reinforcement & Bond Based Teaching Methods 

Rewards include 

Praise, Toys, Food, Life Rewards and anything else that your dog likes 

We Offer Private in Home Training Programs 

including:

American Kennel Club (AKC) Canine Good Citizen (CGC) Training and Evaluation

&

AKC CGC Public Access and Urban Access Training and Evaluation for Family Pet dogs as well as 

Assistance and Service Dogs in training

Private Training -Prerequisite - Evaluation and Introductions - 90 Minute Orientation and Manners Foundation Training $135

GOAL Oriented Programs available from $320.00 to $1395.00

All Private Programs are Custom Designed for your Desired Outcomes. 

Classes are scheduled as needed & at your convenience and are based on your learning pace and availability.

 Puppy Socialization Private Program - 8 Weeks to 16 Weeks Old  - 

7 Week Program in home basic manners & about the neighborhood socialization -7-90 minute sessions $695.00

Includes Orientation

 Puppy Foundation and Adolescent Socialization Private Training Programs - 10 - 90 minute sessions (2 per week) 

This program is designed to give your puppy (8-16 weeks) or adolescent dog (5-6 months to 12 months) 

a solid skills foundation and set the stage for a lifetime of confidence and cooperation in your home, 

around the neighborhood and beyond- $1395.00 Includes Orientation 

The Puppy and Adolescent Socialization course has been added for  pet parents who recognize the importance of early learning and sensitive periods in a puppy's life but do not have time for all of the demands of puppy learning time.

By the end of this program your puppy will have a head start and understanding of polite manners and how to perform behaviors that pay off for your dog and you, including:

Watch (Focus, Attention), Touch (Nose Target)  Sit, Stay, Wait, Come, Leave it, Trade, Take and Drop it, Place (Go to Place, Bed and Crate) Loose Leash Walking, Long Line Walking, Go Sniff, Find it(Search) and Polite Greetings.

We can work together as a team or I will socialize your puppy by taking him out and about in the world. I will introduce him to your vet's office, shopping centers, trains, buses, trucks and motorcycles as well as children, seniors, firemen, police officers and the ice cream man. I will give him a strong foundation to help prepare him for a lifetime of confidence and teach him good manners and maybe how to play fetch. 

I will work with you and your family members as well as the dog walker(if needed).  

 We will work together to solve behavior problems before they start and understand what may be going on already.

I'll teach you how to continue growing  your puppy's bonded secure attachment and his trust you and the world in which he lives. 

We will work together to maintain his healthy curiosity and the amazement and joy you share with him.