Dog Training Services
Day Training
Day Training with Behav-N-Dogs is the perfect complement to your weekly one-on-one coaching sessions and an ideal solution for busy owners who want faster, more consistent progress.
While you’re at work or away, your dog receives focused, one-hour training sessions delivered right in your home and real-world environments where skills matter most. Training targets pre-arranged behaviors and skills chosen by you, ensuring every session supports your goals and your dog’s success.
Sessions may also include enriching walks and positive social outings to pet-friendly locations such as Petco, Big R, and Lowe’s, allowing your dog to practice skills, build confidence, and gain valuable real-world experience under professional guidance.
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$97.50 per one-hour Day Training session
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$88 per session when purchasing 12+ sessions
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$83 per session when purchasing 24+ sessions
Serving Pueblo County and surrounding areas
Individual Coaching Sessions
Our Individual Coaching Sessions are perfect for owners who are ready to actively build skills and confidence while training their dog using engaging, evidence-based methods. Through fun, interactive games, owners learn how to teach cues their dog is excited to follow, strengthening communication and deepening the human-dog bond. These sessions also serve as a supportive introduction to Behav-N-Dogs’ unique, science-backed training approach—setting both you and your dog up for long-term success.
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$120 - $298 per hour-long lesson
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Currently serving the Pueblo County and surrounding areas.
Puppy Training
For puppies as young as 8 weeks of age
Behav-N-Dogs offers a fun, rewarding, and evidence-based puppy training program designed for puppies as young as 8 weeks through 4 months of age. This thoughtfully structured program sets your puppy up for lifelong success by building strong foundations in learning, confidence, and communication.
Our proven curriculum focuses on essential skills that help your puppy grow into a happy, confident, and well-mannered companion, including
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Appropriate Chewing: Guiding your puppy on what to chew and what to avoid.
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Confidence Building Games: Helping to bring out the confidence in your puppy early on.
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Early Problem Correction: Addressing potential behavioral issues before they become bad habits.
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Potty Training: Establishing consistent and reliable potty habits.
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Collar, Harness & Leash Acceptance: Comfortably acclimating your puppy to walking equipment.
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Grooming Acceptance: Positive introduction to brushing teeth, nail trims, full-body brushing, ear cleaning, and bathing.
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Proper Socialization: Positive exposure to various people and friendly, vaccinated dogs.
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Basic Obedience: Mastering "sit" and "sit-stay," "down" and "down-stay," and reliable "come when called."
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Loose Leash Walking: Teaching your puppy to walk politely on a leash.
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Boundary Training: Establishing clear house and yard boundaries.
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Owner requested specifics
This comprehensive program offers 30-minute weekly sessions in your home and pet-friendly locations, ensuring training happens in the environments that matter most. Owners are guided every step of the way and receive weekly homework to confidently practice skills between sessions—creating consistency, clarity, and long-term success.
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12-week course cost: $660 per puppy (equivalent to $55 per session when paid upfront).
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6-week course cost: $384 per puppy (equivalent to $64 per session when paid upfront).
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Per Session cost: $68 when paid per session.
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Currently serving the Pueblo County and surrounding areas.
Basic Manners
For dogs 5 months of age and older
For dogs 5 months of age and older, this engaging, evidence-based course is designed to empower both you and your dog to succeed.
Led by Behav-N-Dogs’ expert trainer, Rachael Haddan, this program gives owners the knowledge, skills, and confidence to train their dog effectively using humane, science-backed methods. You’ll learn how and why training works—so you can create lasting results beyond the classroom.
This course includes 45-minute weekly sessions, where you’ll build clear communication, strengthen your partnership with your dog, and develop practical skills you can use in everyday life. Sessions focus on the following:
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Sit & Down Stays: With mild distractions.
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Coming When Called: Off-leash with mild distractions in fenced areas.
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Loose Leash Walking: With mild distractions.
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Ignoring Distractions: Learning to ignore other dogs and people during walks unless released to greet.
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Sitting for Petting.
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Yard and House Boundaries: Learning not to bolt when doors or gates are open, exiting only on cue.
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Socialization: With people and other dogs.
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Owner requested specifics
Between sessions, owners practice simple, effective exercises that support their dog’s success and build confidence week by week. Clear, step-by-step homework is provided by email.
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12-week course cost: $1,020 per dog (equivalent to $85 per session when paid upfront).
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6-week course cost: 528 per dog (equivalent to $88 per session when paid upfront).
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Per Session Cost: $98 when paid per session.
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Currently serving the Pueblo County and surrounding areas.
Advanced Skills
Behav-N-Dogs proudly offers this advanced, evidence-based course for owners who are ready to take their dog’s training to the next level.
Designed for dedicated teams, this program builds on foundational skills to develop more complex behaviors, stronger communication, and real-world reliability.
To enroll, owners must have successfully completed the Behav-N-Dogs Basic Manners Course or have participated in at least six individual coaching sessions, ensuring each dog enters the program prepared for advanced learning.
This comprehensive program features one-hour weekly lessons and focuses on developing advanced skills that enhance your dog’s confidence, responsiveness, and everyday success, including:
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Reliable Recall: Coming when called with increased distance and distractions.
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Polite Leash Walking: Maintaining a loose leash on your left side, ignoring other dogs and people during walks unless released to greet.
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Sitting for Petting: Consistently sitting politely when greeting others.
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Boundary Training: Establishing strong yard and house boundaries, teaching your dog not to bolt when doors or gates are open, and exiting only on your cue.
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Extended Stays: Mastering extended sit and down stays.
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"Leave It" on Cue: Consistently leaving desired items alone when instructed.
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Side-by-Side Activities: Running politely at your side while you ride a bike, skateboard, run, hike, snowboard, ski, or engage in similar activities.
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Trick Training: Learning three to five fun tricks such as shake paw, roll over, high five, beg, bow, crawl, or walk backwards.
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Owner requested specifics
Owners are provided with weekly, easy-to-follow homework to practice between lessons, helping reinforce skills, build confidence, and ensure steady progress.
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12-week course cost: $1,320 per dog (equivalent to $110 per session when paid upfront).
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6-week course cost: $702 per dog (equivalent to $117 per session when paid upfront).
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Per Session Cost: $120 when paid per session.
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Currently serving the Pueblo County and surrounding areas.