Dog Behavior In-Home Consultations

Do you have a concern about your dog' behavior? Dog' Best Friend Training offers dog behavior consultations for issues that typically cannot be addressed in a dog training class. Our consultants have extensive knowledge and hands-on experience with dog training and dog behavior problems. Dog' Best Friend Training was founded by Patricia McConnell Ph.D., known worldwide as a leading expert on animal behavior. We combine advanced training in ethology and psychology to develop humane and effective treatment plans for problem dogs.

Any issue can be addressed in an appointment, but more common problems include:

  • aggression (toward family members, visitors or unfamiliar people, other dogs or animals)
  • resource guarding
  • anxiety (separation or generalized)
  • sound phobias (thunderstorm, etc.)
  • barking
  • destructiveness
  • fear/shyness
  • housetraining
  • hyperactivity

Our goal is to find positive, humane solutions for you and your dog. In a consultation, we will help you identify your dog' behavior problems and give you solutions to manage and modify the behaviors. The initial session includes questions about when the problem started, when it occurs now and what you've done so far to try to change it. After the interview we'll work directly with your pet and then discuss diagnosis, prognosis and what a treatment plan would entail. We will get you started on the treatment plan during the session. For some problems, one session is all that' needed. For more serious issues, at least one or two follow up appointments or enrollment in one of our dog behavior classes are critical to your success.

We see appointments at Four Paws Swim and Fitness on the west side of Madison, Happy Dogz Daycare, Middleton, Wisconsin Academy for Graduate Service Dogs on the near east side of Madison, or in your home. Initial appointments for serious behavioral problems usually last about 1.5 hours. Our fee is $95.00 an hour. For house calls, we charge an additional trip charge for our travel time to your home.

For more information or to book an appointment, please call our office at (608) 277-1339 or send an email to Aimee Moore.