Who is This For?
Details:
4 Sessions / 90 minutes each / In-Home (Primary) with Public Session Option (Session 5)
Service Track:
Adolescent
Difficulty:
Medium
Age Range:
12-24 Months
Package Cost:
$700
Energy Level:
Medium
Target Goal:
To re-establish emotional clarity, boundary fluency, and non-verbal leadership using structured rituals that rewire the adolescent dog’s assumptions about power, access, and control—shifting from resistance to respectful followership.
Meant For:
Adolescent dogs showing pushiness, selective hearing, or testing boundaries
Dogs who ignore commands, manipulate affection, or escalate under light pressure
Dogs who aren’t overtly aggressive but display passive dominance or shutdown when corrected
Owners unsure how to enforce rules without conflict
Owners struggling with mixed obedience (the dog “knows it” but doesn’t follow through)
Handlers overwhelmed by power dynamics, emotional regression, or entitlement issues
First-time dog owners misreading bratty behaviour as “stubbornness”
Expected Behaviour Shifts:
Reduction in selective hearing and passive defiance
Increased clarity in dog’s response to space, affection, and rules
Improved handler confidence in setting boundaries
Stronger dog-handler connection through mutual respect
Reduced resistance to correction or redirection
Service Description
Somewhere between cute puppy and maturing adult, your dog hit a wall—and took your leadership down with it. One day they listen. The next, they blow you off, ignore corrections, and test every line in the sand. This isn’t defiance. It’s confusion.
The Adolescent Respect Rebuild is designed to rebuild the emotional contract between dog and handler. Over 4 precision-tuned sessions, we install rituals that clarify space, access, affection, and leadership—without yelling, leash pops, or obedience gimmicks.
We start by resetting the emotional tone of the relationship. Then we build the rituals that your dog can follow—when they’re overstimulated, panicked, entitled, or just testing.
Respect isn’t trained—it’s transferred. And this service shows you how to earn it back without the power struggle. You’ll finish this program with a dog who chooses calm, follows your lead, and yields to structure—not force.
Neuroscience Insight
Adolescent dogs often struggle with impulse suppression due to prefrontal cortex underdevelopment. When the handler becomes inconsistent or overly emotional, the dog shifts into a Working Brain power-vacuum, trying to self-regulate through control-seeking behaviours.
This program restores emotional clarity by engaging the mirror neuron system, establishing non-verbal rituals that guide the brain back to regulation—without relying on corrections or commands.
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