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We Are Here To Build Positive Human-Dog Relationships
Our mission is to help dog parents embrace dogness while learning how to communicate with their furry (sometimes stinky, sometimes slobbery) best friend!!
Using the latest science-based positive training techniques, I can teach you how to communicate with your dog so you can become their teacher, instilling valuable life skills in fun and easy-to-implement sessions that will benefit you both.
What You Get
What We Specialize In
• One-on-one coaching from a Certified Professional Dog Trainer
• Personalized, actionable behavior modification training plans
• Supplemental resources to support your education in various formats to suit your personal learning style.
• Ongoing support between sessions.
• A trainer who cares as much about you as they do your dog.
• Private coaching sessions held in our indoor training facility, ‘Studio Dog,’ plus field trips in and around Wailuku.
Also, offering virtual sessions. In-home sessions are available on a case-by-case basis.
Fearful & Reactive Behaviors
• Anxious around people, pets, or places
• Cowering
• Scared
• Skittish or flighty
• Barking at certain things (or everything)
• Growling
• Lunging
• Over-reactive (barking/lunging/trying to escape) behaviors on leash around people or animals
Nuisance Behaviors
• Not Listening
• Jumping on and or mouthing people
• Barking out the window or at the door
• Pulling on leash
• Chewing furniture
• Unable to settle- bouncing off the walls!
• Having accidents in the home
• Counter surfing
• Digging
Basic Initial Consultation Package
$200
*1 Session
Choose this package if you’re testing the waters and are unsure you're ready for the full training process.
*75-minute initial consultation
*Actionable, personalized training plan
*Additional resources
*Follow-ups available for purchase separately
Note: Most people need 3-6+ sessions to meet their goals.
Non-package sessions are $125 per hour.
Standard Initial Consultation Package
$500
*4 Sessions in 2 Months
Choose this package if your dog has 1 or 2 primary issues to work through.
*75-minute initial consultation
*Actionable, personalized training plans
*Additional resources
*3 follow-up sessions
*Supplemental check-in support via email, text, and zoom
Note: For best results aim to complete all sessions within 60 days of your initial consultation.
You may need additional sessions beyond your package.
$125/hour for follow-up sessions beyond your package
Advanced Initial Consultation Package
$750
*6 sessions in 3 months
Choose this package if your dog has multiple different behavior issues
*75-minute initial consultation
*Actionable, personalized training plans
*Additional resources
*5 follow-up sessions
*Supplemental check-in support via email, text, and zoom
Note: For best results aim to complete all sessions within 90 days of your initial consultation.
You may need additional sessions beyond your package
$125/hour for follow-up sessions beyond your package
Lahaina Behavior Support
The largest disaster we have seen has devastated our Island and people, and the ongoing needs are still emerging. To help, Dog's Choice is currently offering free Initial Virtual Consultations to Lahaina residents affected by the recent fires and who have dogs and kind-hearted community members who have taken in displaced dogs.
During this 45-minute Zoom consultation, I can assist you in resolving any issues your dog may be experiencing due to the fires. Following the consultation, I will send you a recording of the session along with any relevant resources that can help you and your dog(s). If it appears your dog is suffering from Separation Anxiety, I can connect you with a CSAT (Certified Separation Anxiety Trainer) who can offer a free consultation tailored explicitly to those specific needs.
We care deeply about our community and are committed to ongoing support for Maui's people and pets. Dog's Choice proudly supports the Maui Humane Society in its efforts to meet the needs of dogs in their care. We work with guardians who need extra support to avoid relinquishing their dogs, as well as supporting fosters who are kind enough to open their homes to dogs in need.
If you want to support MHS's life-saving efforts, please visit their website https://www.mauihumanesociety.org/ to learn more about getting involved.
Obedience vs Manners. Cues vs Commands?
What’s the difference and why does it matter?
“Command” and “Cue” are often used interchangeably within dog training.
However, words are powerful and carry emotional weight. And while they can share definitions, the emotions we attach to them are unique to each word.
The definition of command is “an authoritative order.” The definition of a cue is “a thing said or done that serves as a signal.”
The same is true of obedience, defined as “compliance with an order, request, or law or submission to another’s authority.”
So, in essence, command and obedience are something directed to our dogs and imply that there will be a less desirable consequence if they do not follow “orders.” Whilst a cue is a signal or request to do something – which gives our dogs a choice to earn a reinforcer if they perform the requested cue.
Why does it matter if our dogs have a choice? Well most importantly, it builds trust. A dog that trusts you will actually do a lot more for you, consenting and without stress. Learn why choice matters.
As a progressive reinforcement trainer, I believe in the power of trust and connection. Giving my students (dog and human) the freedom to offer behaviors without fear of reprimand. This builds confidence and motivation which strengthens learning and retention of newly developed behaviors.
