About Canine Behavior Counseling, LLC

What they offer

Canine Behavior Counseling is a behavior consulting practice in Cumberland founded in 2008 by a Certified Dog Behavior Consultant and Certified CARAT Assessor. It specializes in aggression, reactivity, fear, resource guarding and bite prevention, and focuses on understanding why a behavior occurs.

Services

Bite risk assessments, held in the consultant's office, are for dogs that have growled, lunged, snapped or bitten, and lead to a plan for reducing risk, with follow-up coaching or a fuller package for cases involving animal control, insurance or repeated incidents. CARAT temperament assessments look at sociability, arousal and resilience and can guide socialization priorities for puppies. Private consultations, one-on-one or virtual, cover anxiety, fear, reactivity and dog-to-dog introductions, and the practice says it is taking a limited number of these appointments.

Online learning and method

Online courses cover territorial aggression and bite prevention and a leash-related course, and the consultant also gives seminars and webinars. Her approach is force-free and based on positive reinforcement.