Services
Private In-Home Dog Training
Private in-home training with True Balance K9 is designed to help you better understand your dog, establish clear communication, and build a foundation for lasting success. Through personalized, hands-on instruction, you'll learn how to set consistent expectations, reinforce desirable behaviors, and confidently address challenges in everyday life.
Every dog and owner is unique, which is why we develop customized training programs tailored to your individual needs and goals. Our approach combines clear communication, positive reinforcement, structure, and accountability to create a balanced learning environment where both you and your dog can succeed.
Throughout your training, you'll develop the knowledge, skills, and confidence to:
Establish Clear Communication: Teach new behaviors, set expectations, and help your dog understand what is being asked of them.
Build Better Habits: Address unwanted behaviors, improve obedience, and establish structure and consistency in everyday routines.
Strengthen Your Relationship: Develop trust, cooperation, and mutual understanding through consistent, meaningful interactions.
Maintain Long-Term Success: Apply the skills you've learned beyond our lessons, using practical exercises, personalized resources, and ongoing support to continue making progress.
Our goal isn't simply to train your dog—it's to give you the tools and understanding to confidently guide them throughout their life.
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Bringing home a new puppy is exciting, but it also comes with challenges. From housebreaking and chewing to nipping, jumping, and establishing a consistent routine, there's a lot for both you and your puppy to learn.
Our Puppy Training Program is designed for puppies under 7 months old and focuses on building a strong foundation of good habits, clear communication, and appropriate behavior.
We'll work on establishing routines, preventing unwanted behaviors, introducing basic obedience, loose leash walking, and recall, while building engagement and a positive relationship with your puppy. The goal is to give you the knowledge and tools to raise a confident, well-mannered dog.
What You and Your Puppy Will Learn:
Personal Space & Boundaries
Teaching your dog to respect your space and respond appropriately to spatial pressure and body language.
Door Manners
Preventing door dashing and teaching your dog to remain calm and controlled at thresholds.
Food Handling & Mealtime Etiquette
Establishing polite behavior around food, preventing begging, and building impulse control during meals.
Loose Leash Walking
Training your dog to walk calmly and attentively by your side without pulling on the leash.
Introduction to Recall
Build a reliable come command. Show your dog how any why coming when you call is valuable
Appropriate Play/Engagement
Play is an essential part of a dogs life but there is a right and wrong way to play. Learn what makes your dog tick and how to provide it for them without dealing with mouthiness, or pushy behavior.
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Our Basic Obedience Training Program is designed to improve your dog's everyday manners, establish clear communication, and build consistent, reliable behavior. Whether you're struggling with leash pulling, jumping, or a lack of responsiveness, or simply looking to strengthen your dog's existing skills, this program provides the structure and guidance needed for success.
Over the course of the package, we'll focus on essential obedience commands, loose leash walking, impulse control, and establishing clear boundaries and expectations.
The goal is to help you develop greater confidence and control while building a more cooperative relationship with your dog. All training in this program is conducted on leash.
What You and Your Dog Will Learn:
Sit
Down
Place
Stay
Heel (loose leash walking)
Come (short-distance recall)
Leave It
Drop It
Clear Communication & Boundaries
By the end of this program, you’ll have a calmer, more responsive dog—and the tools to keep progressing on your own.
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Our Advanced Obedience & Socialization Package is designed to build on your dog's existing skills and develop reliable behavior in real-world environments. Whether you're visiting a local park, walking through a busy town, or enjoying a dog-friendly establishment, this program focuses on helping your dog remain calm, responsive, and well-mannered around everyday distractions.
Over the course of the package, we'll strengthen obedience, improve impulse control, and work on appropriate socialization through controlled exposure to people, dogs, and unfamiliar environments.
The goal is to give you the confidence and control to comfortably include your dog in more of your daily activities while maintaining clear communication and consistent expectations.
What You and Your Dog Will Learn:Sit
Down
Place
Stay
Heel (loose leash walking)
Come (short-distance recall)
Leave It
Drop It
Clear Communication & Boundaries
This package is perfect for dog owners who want to:
Strengthen and solidify key obedience commands
Create structure and consistency at home and in public
Build their dog’s confidence in new environments
Learn how to calmly and confidently handle real-world distractions
Let me give you the tools to build a dog you can be proud to take anywhere—and a relationship built on trust, respect, and clear communication.
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Our Behavioral Modification Program is designed for dogs struggling with more complex behavioral challenges, including reactivity, anxiety, fear, aggression, and resource guarding. This program goes beyond basic obedience to address the underlying causes of unwanted behaviors while establishing clear communication, structure, and consistent expectations.
We'll develop a customized training plan focused on building confidence, managing behavioral triggers, improving impulse control, and strengthening obedience. Depending on your dog's needs and progress, training may also include advanced skills such as off-leash reliability and recall.
The goal is to help you better understand and manage your dog's behavior, develop greater confidence in challenging situations, and build a safer, more balanced relationship through practical training and continued guidance.
What You and Your Dog Will Work Through:
Sit
Down
Place
Stay
Heel (Loose Leash & Structured Walking)
Come (Reliable Recall, Including Long-Distance)
Leave It
Drop It
Confidence Building
Impulse Control
Handling Skills
Threshold Manners
Conditioning to Triggers
Counter-Conditioning for Reactivity
Desensitization Protocols
E-Collar Conditioning
This program goes beyond basic obedience. It’s about helping you and your dog feel safer, act more confidently, and make better choices—while giving you the tools to handle situations with calm, clear leadership.
In-Home Training Packages
Not sure which package is right for you?
Trainer Led Walking Services
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Perfect for busy owners looking to maintain their dog's manners and provide quality exercise during the day.
Each walk focuses on reinforcing good behavior while meeting your dog's physical and mental needs.
During the walk we may work on:
Loose leash walking
Engagement with the handler
Sit and wait at curbs and crossings
Calm behavior around people and dogs
Impulse control
Reinforcing previously learned commands
Building confidence in new and familiar environments
Includes a brief progress update after each visit.
$45+tax
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Ideal for dogs that benefit from additional exercise while teaching or reinforcing crucial training, manners and communication
The extra time allows for more structured training opportunities, exposure to distractions, and mental enrichment while still providing plenty of physical activity.
Sessions may include:
Structured loose leash walking
Engagement exercises
Calm exposure to everyday environments
Impulse control and focus around distractions
Reinforcement of obedience commands
Confidence-building exercises
Includes a brief progress update after each visit.
$60+tax -
Adventure Walks are designed for dogs that thrive on exploration, enrichment, and experiencing new environments.
Rather than staying in the neighborhood, your dog will accompany me to a local park, nature preserve, trail, or other dog-friendly location where they can enjoy new sights, sounds, smells, and experiences while continuing to practice calm, appropriate behavior.
These outings provide an excellent combination of physical exercise, mental stimulation, and controlled exposure to the world around them.
Adventure Walks include:
Visits to local parks and nature trails
Structured hiking adventures
Exposure to new environments
Loose leash walking practice
Confidence building
Neutrality around people, dogs, and wildlife
Opportunities to safely explore and decompress
Reinforcement of training throughout the outing
Each adventure concludes with a summary of how your dog performed and anything noteworthy from the outing.
$85+tax
*How it works*
*How it works*
Free Phone Consultation
We start with a quick phone call to learn about your dog, your goals, and what you're hoping to achieve. This helps determine if we're a good fit and gives you a chance to ask any questions before moving forward.
In Home Evaluation
Next, I come to your home to meet your dog in their environment. We’ll assess behavior, discuss goals in more detail, and I’ll recommend the most appropriate training package based on your needs. After the visit, you'll receive a detailed written evaluation and training plan summary to guide our next steps.
Training Starts!
Once you’re ready, we’ll schedule your lessons and get started. Everything is tailored to you and your dog—with a clear plan, ongoing support, and practical tools to help you succeed.
After the package
Training is not a one-time event—it's an ongoing process. As life changes and dogs move through different stages of development, occasional refreshers can help keep skills sharp, maintain good habits, and prevent small issues from becoming bigger problems.
That's where our Graduate Socialization Sessions and Tune-Up Lessons come in. These services are designed exclusively for dogs that have completed a training package with True Balance K9, providing continued guidance, reinforcement, and real-world practice to help your dog stay on track.
Let us help you maintain the progress you've worked so hard to achieve and continue building a well-mannered, confident companion.
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Exclusive to graduates of a True Balance K9 training package
During a one-hour Graduate Socialization Session, I will take your dog to a public environment and continue reinforcing the obedience, manners, and communication skills we have already established. These outings provide valuable exposure to everyday distractions while helping your dog maintain and strengthen their training in real-world situations.
Locations may include public parks, downtown areas, walking trails, dog-friendly stores, outdoor shopping centers, and other appropriate environments based on your dog's training goals and experience level.
Graduate Socialization Sessions are ideal for dogs who:
Need continued exposure and socialization
Benefit from confidence-building experiences
Are working through reactivity or environmental challenges
Need help maintaining obedience skills around distractions
Enjoy structured mental stimulation and enrichment
Simply need an opportunity to get out and practice their training in the real world
Each outing is tailored to your dog's individual needs and focuses on creating productive, positive experiences while continuing the progress made during their training program. Whether the goal is improving neutrality around distractions, reinforcing loose leash walking, building confidence, or simply keeping skills sharp, Graduate Socialization Sessions provide a fun and practical way to maintain your dog's training long after the package is complete.
$125+tax per sessionPackage pricing available
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Exclusive to graduates of a True Balance K9 training package
Tune-Up Lessons are one-on-one sessions designed to revisit and reinforce the training your dog has already completed. Whether you're noticing some obedience skills starting to slip, facing new challenges, or simply want to continue progressing your dog's training, these sessions provide personalized guidance and support tailored to your current needs.
Tune-Up Lessons can be used to:
Refresh obedience commands and household manners
Improve loose leash walking and engagement
Reinforce place, stay, recall, and impulse control
Address minor behavioral concerns before they escalate
Troubleshoot new challenges that have developed since training
Strengthen communication and consistency between you and your dog
Continue advancing your dog's skills and reliability
Each session is customized to your dog, your goals, and your current situation. Whether you need a refresher on training fundamentals, guidance through a new challenge, or simply want to maintain the progress you've worked hard to achieve, Tune-Up Lessons provide continued support to help keep your dog on the right track.
These sessions are intended for maintenance, reinforcement, and continued development following the completion of a True Balance K9 training package.
$125+tax per session
Package pricing available
Virtual Training
Just have a few questions and don’t need a full training package?
A one-on-one, 1-hour virtual private lesson might be exactly what you need.
Whether you're looking for guidance on a specific issue or just need some expert advice, the hour is yours to use however you'd like. Let's focus on what matters most to you and your dog.
$50