About Mind Your Manners Dog Training of the Lakeshore

About Mind Your Manners

Mind Your Manners Dog Training of the Lakeshore is run by Beth McEwen, who writes that her goal is to

"facilitate a healthy relationship between your dog and your family." Contact is

mindyourmannersdogs@gmail.com and 269.838.7794.

Services and published prices

The services page prices every format:

– **Private lessons**, "Individualized training sessions in your home, built around your individual

needs and schedule." Packages: "7 Visits – $900", "5 Visits – $650", "3 Visits – $400", "Single

Lesson – $150", with the note that a "Mileage premium may apply for locations over 20 miles from me."

– **Puppy or dog evaluation (temperament test)**, "$150 + travel" – to "Evaluate a potential dog for

your family, whether from a shelter, rescue, or breeder."

– **Consultation**, a "One-on-one session in your home", "60 minutes – $150". A separate

"Aggression consultation (dog has bite history)" runs "90 minutes – $200".

– **Board and train**, customized packages that "include a debriefing session to teach the owner what

was worked on and how to continue the training in their own home". Cost "begins at $2,500, depending

on the requested skills to train. Minimum stay of 3 weeks, with additional days available for

$100/day".

Background

McEwen grew up around animals – "My dad is a retired veterinarian, and my mother was a zookeeper" – and

worked in the veterinary field before apprenticing under local trainer Kimm McDowell and showing

Beagles and Labradors. She began training for Paws With a Cause, "a national nonprofit that trains

assistance dogs for people with disabilities, in 2002", and writes that during that time she "worked

with well over 800 individual dogs". Many of those clients "couldn't physically hold a leash, or give a

treat effectively", some communicated through sign language, and some "were unable to use their hands,

and only had their voice to control their dog." She also "developed course curriculum for CATCH

Trainer's Academy in New York."

Approach

Her stated method rests on three beliefs formed over ten years of assistance-dog work: "1) Every dog is

different. 2) Every client is different. 3) Every situation is different."

Booking

The contact page carries a standing notice: "Due to heavy volume, I will be in touch in 5-7 days. I am

currently scheduling 3 to 4 weeks out."