New house, who dis?
Do you feel a little lost in translation with your new rescue dog?
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Are they:
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Peeing inside the house
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Mildly possessed in the evening and turn into a bitey jerk
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Dragging you around like an anchor on your walk
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Obsessed with garbage or critters like squirrels and rabbits
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Not interested in coming when you call
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Scared of people or dogs or cars or other parts of urban life
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Let us take you from lost in space to adventures on this earth with your new dog.
We get it - you envisioned including your new dog in your life's adventures. You pictured playing fetch with them, going for walks in your neighbourhood, and introducing them to your friends and family. You pictured having a new best friend for life.
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Instead, it feels like you're now roommates with an alien. You know they're experiencing a kind of culture clash but you don't speak the same language so it's hard to explain to them what's happening. You're feeling a little frustrated, exhausted, and confused about how to help your dog adapt to their new home.
We can help bridge the gap between your dog's former life and their new one with you.
Imagine feeling in sync with your dog - like you understand each other.
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They reliably go potty outside instead of on your carpet.
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When they're feeling possessed, they do some zoomies or ferociously shake a toy, and then go take a nap.
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You can go for a walk without getting dragged after every squirrel, rabbit, dog, or person.
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Your dog knows their name and responds to it!
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Your dog no longer acts like they're exploring a hostile new planet every time you go outside.
Ready to feel like you've been best friends forever?
Program Details
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Welcome to the Welcome Home Program.
Feel like you’ve been best friends forever by following a plan customized to your specific rescue dog.
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Step 1: Mission Control
Step 2: Private Lessons
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Once your private lesson journey is complete, you have the option to continue your training with an In Orbit package or our Rainbow Group Field Trips.
Step 1: Mission Control
This is a 45 min Zoom call where we will cover your dog's current behaviour, turn your hopes and dreams for your dog into concrete goals that we can tackle together, prioritize those goals to maximize your training success, talk about how you learn best, and get you started with 2-3 exercises to help our first lesson go more smoothly.
Step 2: Private Lessons
These are 45 min lessons in your home or neighbourhood. Your trainer will show you the exercises, walk you through practicing them, and practice being a guest in your home.
If your dog has big feelings about other dogs, our special decoy dog Larry the stuffed lab will make an appearance (don't worry - he's very well behaved).
Ready to help your rescue dog feel at home?
Welcome Home Private Training Packages
New Welcome Home Client Package
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This package includes 1 Mission Control Consult and 4 Private Lessons to teach your dog core skills and teach you when to adjust or abort maneuvers. We'll cover how to help meet your dog's needs in their new environment and address 2-3 issues such as potty training, leash pulling, and greeting others.
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More complex cases (barking and lunging at dogs/people/critters, cowering or running away from dogs/people/objects) will likely also require an In Orbit package (or several) to maximize success. We will discuss the length of training during your Mission Control.
Did You Adopt From Sit With Me?
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Use the code RESCUE25 to get a discount on your Welcome Home package!
Did You Know? Breed Means a Lot, Even if Your Dog Isn't From a Breeder
Whether your new rescue is a World Dog (ex: potcake, street dog) or a Natural Dog (ex: northern rescue, husky mix) or a Bull Dog (ex: pitbull) or a Guardian (ex: pyrenees) - their genetic history determines a lot of their impulses and their behaviour.
If your dog is a World Dog, they may be independent and a skilled scavenger. These dogs have primarily been selected for not being a nuisance and being clever enough to navigate an urban environment on their own. If they were rescued as an adult, they may never have been on leash and be used to roaming a whole neighbourhood on their own. You might find that leash walks are a bit of a mess, potty training is a foreign concept, and your dog might be friendly without wanting to please everyone around them.
If your dog is a Natural Dog, they may be independent and clever about what is actually worth their time. These dogs often have significant prey drive for smaller critters and struggle with confinement (destructive or vocal or escape artists). Some of them are wary of strangers. You might find that recall is non-existent, they pull on leash even if there’s nothing around, they don’t like being restrained, and they are very interested in chasing critters.
If your dog is a Bull Dog, they may go from 0 to 60 very quickly and to be a powerful athlete. These dogs usually adore their people and have very big feelings on all sides of the spectrum - when they’re happy they’re very happy, when they’re upset they’re very upset. Some of them have a strong desire to protect their people from other people or animals. You might find that they are stronger than expected for their compact size, they react “out of nowhere”, they struggle with being left alone, and they may feel unpredictable because they are sometimes super friendly and other times not.
If your dog is a Guardian, they may be extremely tolerant of their family and deeply suspicious of those they don’t know. These dogs have been selected to notice threats and act directly to discourage them without checking in with a human first. However, when they’re not in interception mode they can be extremely chill and patient. You might find that recall is a struggle, they wander off like they have their own agenda, and they do a lot of alert barking when they notice something new or strange.
At Moonbeam, we take your dog’s breed into account when building your training plan. We help you understand why your dog is acting the way they’re acting and how to help them fulfill their strong genetic instincts so that they experience less frustration with the modern world. North American society has changed a LOT in a very short time and many of these dogs’ genetics have not - it’s up to us to help them meet their needs in an acceptable way. And for World Dogs, it’s up to us to help them navigate this new world we’ve brought them into.
Not sure Welcome Home is the right fit for you?
Start with just the Mission Control Consult (125$ CAD + tax). We'll talk about your dog, discuss your goals, and figure out if we're a good fit for training together.
We'll also discuss the possible number of lessons in order to achieve your desired outcome.
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If you adopted from Sit With Me Rescue, you can use the code RESCUE25 for your Mission Control Consult.