Simple Steps to a Well-Behaved Dog at any age

Your Dog’s Journey to a Harmonious Home

Life with your dog should feel warm, easy and full of joy… not like you’re constantly bracing yourself for what happens next. Has your sweet puppy become a furry agent of chaos overnight? Welcome to adolescence, where the right training makes all the difference.

Whether you’re dealing with over-excitement, poor impulse control, distraction struggles or everyday manners, my programmes are designed to create what most owners actually want: a polite, happy household pet. Not competition-style heelwork with your dog glued to your leg, but real-life manners, including a dog who can walk nicely on a loose lead, make sensible choices, and enjoy the world without dragging you into it (or careering into the road to greet another dog across the way).

No judgment, no gimmicks. Just kind, effective training that works.
Choose the path that suits your lifestyle.

The Essentials Programme

Essentials is ideal if you’ve got one or two behaviours you want to improve and you’re motivated to practise between sessions. I’ll give you a clear training roadmap, teach you the skills and timing that make training work, and support you as you build calm, reliable manners in everyday life.

Essentials Programme (Adolescent Foundations)

Real-life training made straightforward

If there’s one or two behaviours you’d love to change for your dog, the Essentials Programme gives you the structure, coaching and step-by-step plan to make it happen, without overwhelm.

Designed especially for adolescent dogs (6–24 months), when training can suddenly feel like it’s unravelled overnight (hello, selective hearing and vanishing impulse control). I’ll show you exactly what to do and why it works, then guide you through real-life practice so you feel confident continuing training independently between sessions and long after the programme ends.

✅ Essentials at a Glance

A structured foundations programme for adolescent dogs.

  • 🎯 Focus: 1 priority behaviour goal (sometimes 2 if progress is strong)
  • ⏱️ 6 private appointments:
    • 1 x Assessment (no training)
    • 4 x Training sessions (1 hour each)
    • 1 x Follow-up (consolidation + next steps)
  • 📝 Training plan + follow-up notes
  • 📲 WhatsApp/email support (within scope)
  • 📍 Home visits or agreed locations
  • 💷 £525

🎯 What we work on

We’ll choose one priority behaviour (sometimes two), such as:

  • Loose lead walking
  • Recall foundations / emergency recall
  • Calm settling
  • Impulse control / jumping up
  • Door manners / boundaries
  • Focus around distractions / neutrality

💡 What’s included

  • Assessment to identify what’s happening and create your training plan (no training in this session)
  • Four practical training sessions with clear homework steps
  • Follow-up session to consolidate progress, troubleshoot, and plan next steps
  • Written training plan + follow-up notes
  • Support between sessions (within scope)

🌿 Perfect for:

Owners who want a clear plan and have the confidence to train independently. You’ll leave each session knowing exactly what to practise and how to practise it, so progress continues between sessions, and after the programme ends, not just during them.

✅ Want to work on more than one to two behaviours?

If you’d like to work on multiple training goals, you can either:

  • extend Essentials with extra sessions (priced separately), or
  • choose Jumpstart, designed for broader progress across several behaviours.

Investment

£525

The Jumpstart Programme

Jumpstart is for owners of adolescent dogs who’ve started freelancing as chaos consultants and who want more hands-on support than a lighter programme provides. With early trainer-led sessions, structured coaching, and practical management to prevent rehearsal of unwanted behaviours, we build momentum fast. The result is a calmer, more cooperative dog with real-life manners that hold up at home and out on walks.

🚀 Jumpstart Programme
Structured, hands-on coaching for fast, lasting progress

Jumpstart is the medium-level programme for owners who want real change, faster, with more support and structure than a lighter programme offers.

Like all my programmes, it is well-suited to adolescent dogs. That stage where your once-lovely puppy may suddenly appear to have developed selective hearing, poor impulse control, and a strong desire to greet the entire world at speed. It’s normal… and it’s exactly where the right plan makes everything easier.

Jumpstart includes eight 1:1 sessions, designed to create momentum and turn training into lasting habits. After your initial assessment, I take the lead in the early sessions, working directly with your dog so you can see what’s possible when skills are installed clearly and calmly. You’ll then take a more active role as I coach you step-by-step through the next stages, until the new behaviours hold up in everyday life.

✅ Jumpstart is for you if…

  • You want to work on multiple goals (typically up to 3–4 key behaviour areas)
  • You want more structure, momentum and coaching than a lighter programme provides
  • You’re motivated to practise between sessions, but you don’t want to figure it all out alone
  • You want a polite, happy household pet with real-life manners

🎯 What we can work on

Your programme is tailored to your dog, but Jumpstart typically covers foundations such as:

  • Loose lead walking (including around distractions)
  • Recall foundations (and what to do when it matters most)
  • Calm settling
  • Engagement and focus around distractions
  • Impulse control and polite greetings
  • Appropriate social behaviour and neutrality

At your assessment we’ll agree on your priorities, choose the right training route, and keep the plan focused.

🧠 How the programme works (10 sessions)

Session 1: Assessment (60 mins)

No training in this first session. We map what’s happening, identify why, and create a clear plan.

A key part of Jumpstart (from the start and throughout) is management: practical changes to your dog’s environment and routine that prevent unwanted behaviours from being rehearsed. This might include things like using a baby gate to stop door-rushing, adjusting walk set-ups, or changing the way certain situations are handled at home.

This matters because if a dog is still practising the old behaviour every day, the new training has to compete with that rehearsal, and change takes much longer to gain traction. Management doesn’t replace training, but it makes training work faster.

Sessions 2–4: Trainer-led sessions (60 mins each)

I take the lead while you observe. This gives your dog a clear learning picture and gives you confidence because you can see how quickly progress happens when training is set up correctly.

To build momentum early, Sessions 2, 3 and 4 are scheduled close together (all three sessions within a 5 day period). This is a core feature of the programme and clients need to be able to commit to it.

Sessions 5–8: Shared coaching sessions (60 mins each)

You take a more active role while I coach, refine your timing, and troubleshoot real-life challenges. This is where the new habits become yours, and where we make sure results hold up outside the training bubble.

💡 What’s included

  • 8 private sessions (1 hour each)
  • Personalised written training plan after your assessment
  • Follow-up notes after each lesson
  • Occasional video demos where helpful
  • WhatsApp/email support between sessions (within scope)
  • Flexible scheduling at home or an agreed location
  • Fully force-free, rewards-based training

🌟 Expected progress

With consistent practice between sessions, many teams make excellent progress across 2–3 behaviour goals (and sometimes more). Your dog’s learning style, their history, and your practice time all matter, and I’ll be honest and clear about what will make the biggest difference for your dog.

Jumpstart works best for owners who can practise consistently between sessions and follow the agreed management plan.

No judgment, no gimmicks. Just kind, effective training that works.

Investment: £825

The Ultimate Programme

Ultimate is my signature, invitation-only programme for owners who want a complete reset, fast. It’s an immersive, trainer-led intensive designed to prevent unwanted behaviours being rehearsed while installing fixed behavioural foundations with clarity and momentum. The result is a calm, cooperative dog with reliable real-life manners, and a confident owner with the skills to keep progress strong long after the intensive ends.

Only two Ultimate programmes are available per month.

Ultimate Dog Programme

Transform your dog’s behaviour — and your connection — for good.

This is the most comprehensive training experience; the flagship, invitation-level programme.

Overview

This programme delivers focused, consistent training over a short period to interrupt the rehearsal of unwanted behaviours and establish clear, reliable foundations.

Training takes place over an intensive period, followed by structured follow-up support. The structure prioritises momentum, clarity, and consolidation.

This is not a menu of behaviours.
It is a fixed, evidence-checked foundation reset. All training gear is provided with the purchase of the programme.

Structure

  • Assessment lasting 60-90 minutes (in person) followed by a written goals document to be agreed by owner and trainer, prior to the work commencing
  • 12 × 1:1 training sessions with Cary working directly with the dog
    • Owner present and observing
    • Sessions are up to 90 minutes, allowing for appropriate breaks and rest periods for the dog throughout the session
  • Up to 3 follow-up meetings involving Cary, the dog, and the owner
    • Used for consolidation, refinement, and real-world application
    • Usable within 6 months of the intensive phase

Sessions are narrated so learning transfers clearly to the owner as well as the dog.

  • All the training equipment used is provided, and is yours to keep at the end of the training period

What This Programme Is

  • An immersive reset for adolescent or adult dogs
  • High trainer involvement with minimal downtime between sessions
  • Clear behavioural foundations installed without distraction
  • Structured, contained, and deliberately non-expansive
  • The dog is not given time to rehearse unwanted behaviours between sessions. This may mean that the dog is not taken for walks during the training phase.
  • Progress builds day on day.

Core Behaviour Foundations (Fixed)*

These foundations are non-negotiable and form the backbone of the programme:

  • Loose-lead walking, so that you can take your dog anywhere on a lead and be able to count on the fact that she or he will keep the lead loose while walking
  • Recall, so that you can call your dog to you reliably whether they are on the sofa in the lounge or out in the middle of a field
  • Calm handling and engagement, so that your dog can focus on you and work when needed to
  • Settling and impulse control, so that you can take your dog anywhere and be able to count on the fact that he or she can rest comfortably near you and be quiet
  • Appropriate social behaviour and neutrality, so that you can rely on your dog’s good manners, whether you are greeting guests at home or have taken your dog to another venue or when you open the car door and your dog waits to jump down

These align with Kennel Club Good (Canine) Citizen Scheme core behaviours to prevent scope creep and maintain clarity.

*If your dog can already reliably perform some of these behaviours in response to cues from you, then we will focus on the other behaviours that are less reliable.

Consolidation & Follow-Up

Follow-up meetings focus on:

  • Owner skill transfer
  • Real-world application
  • Troubleshooting and next-step planning

These sessions support sustainability without reopening or expanding the core programme.

Who This Programme Is For

  • Owners who can commit fully for a short, intensive period
  • Dogs who benefit from consistency and momentum
  • Clients who want clarity, not endless tweaks
  • Those seeking a premium, trainer-led reset rather than weekly maintenance

Who This Programme Is Not For

  • Puppies under the age of 6-7 months
  • Dogs requiring spaced reactivity work
  • Owners unable to commit to the intensive phase

Assessment & Invitation

This programme is intentionally limited
Ultimate is designed as a premium programme with very close trainer support, a structured step-by-step plan, and follow-through between and after sessions. To protect results (and your experience), I only take on a limited number of Ultimate clients at one time.

If the programme is currently full, I can usually schedule your initial assessment within a week of you getting in touch. The assessment carries a fee, which is redeemable against the total cost of Ultimate if we agree the programme is the right fit and decide to move forward. We’ll use your assessment to map out your plan and agree the most suitable programme start date together.

Your assessment is both a planning session and a screening process, so if Ultimate isn’t the right fit for you and your dog, we’ll look at the most suitable alternative programme instead.

Price: £2,250

A tip from Caroline
“Training behaviours doesn’t have to be time consuming; you can do it in about three 1-minute sessions per day”