Who is This For?
Details:
4 Sessions / 75 minutes each / In-Home + Controlled Sound/Handling Stations (Optional Add-On: Vet/Groomer transition coaching or cooperative care primer)
Service Track:
Puppy
Difficulty:
Medium
Age Range:
3-5 Months
Package Cost:
$600
Energy Level:
All Energy Levels
Target Goal:
To increase a puppy’s tactile and auditory resilience through structured, co-regulated exposure—retraining the nervous system to associate human handling and environmental novelty with safety instead of stress.
Meant For:
Sensitive, touch-reactive, sound-avoidant, or grooming-averse puppies
Dogs showing flinching, freezing, or overexcitement during handling
Breeds with known sensitivity (e.g. herding, sighthounds, guardians)
Owners preparing dogs for grooming, vetting, or kids
Anyone noticing early signs of physical or sound-triggered discomfort
Expected Behaviour Shifts:
Increased confidence during handling
Reduced startle response to touch and noise
Improved grooming and vet behaviour
Higher tolerance to novelty and close contact
Service Description
If your puppy flinches at the brush, panics at sounds, or freezes during nail trims—it’s not stubbornness. It’s a sensory misfire. Sensory Smart Pup rewires that response.
This 4-session program targets tactile, auditory, and spatial sensitivity before it becomes fear, aggression, or shutdown later in life. We use low-stakes exposure games, co-regulated handling, sound desensitization, and environmental touch drills to turn panic into peace.
Whether your dog overreacts to grooming, hates being held, or simply can’t relax during contact, we reframe touch from threat to trust.
You’ll leave with rituals for bath time, brushing, crate transitions, and more—plus a dog who doesn’t just tolerate being touched… they actually feel safe. No pressure. No panic. Just pattern, pace, and predictability.
Neuroscience Insight
The tactile sensory system is directly linked to the limbic brain and autonomic nervous system. By introducing gentle, predictable sensory input during early neuroplasticity windows, we can increase myelination in tolerance pathways, reduce cortisol spikes, and wire co-regulation as the default response to contact.
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