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Want to raise a well-adjusted dog?
Need puppy advice?
Sign up for the only PUPPY OWNER COACHING support program in town.
No, this isn’t dog training. It’s 1:1 support for you.
Benefit from a monthly coaching session with Chantal Follet, CPDT-KA, and written month-by-month guidance personalized for YOU on how to raise your pup to be the dog you want, including behavior, housetraining, socialization, and much more.
Benefit from our two decades of working in-home with puppies and their owners.
We serve these Alexandria zip codes:
22301, 22302, 22303, 22304, 22305, 22306, 22307, 22308, 22309, 22311, 22314.
The Good News?
- In Alexandria, we’re welcoming pets home in greater numbers than ever before,
- Puppies are coming home to owners who have time and willingness to support their puppy’s needs,
- We want to raise well-adjusted healthy dogs by choosing to be educated dog owners,
- We have the best support systems around us in Alexandria: choice of dog parks, outdoor adventures, excellent veterinarians, dog trainers, groomers, and (you know it) dog walkers and sitters.
We’re saying, “I’m ready to be the best dog owner I can be!”
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The Bad News?
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- We have great intentions, but our puppies are stumping us,
- Owners are unsure what’s really best in the early months: behaviors? house rules? how do I stop this biting? how much exercise? when to obedience train exactly? how about housetraining, zoomies, crazies, and mischief?
- Puppies without enough structure show behavior needs we don’t know how to handle and we’re struggling,
- Puppies are lacking confidence — and need more socialization — to strangers, sounds, leash walks, other dogs, and normal Alexandria life,
- The older a puppy gets, it’s exponentially harder to make up for lost time to lay the foundations for a calm, well-adjusted dog.
We’re saying, “I’m not sure what to do! Help?”
The Solution: PUPS Parent Coaching!
PUPS = “Puppy Understanding & Parent Support” developed by Alexandria Pet Care
We’re Here to Coach and Educate Puppy Owners!
OUR MISSION
To teach you to maximize your pup’s developmental stages and individual needs, so you can lead them to grow into well-adjusted and happy adult dogs.
How’s that exactly? We teach you:
- The stages a pup goes through
- How to meet their developmental needs with structure and schedules
- Activities recommended just for your dog’s unique personality and your specific goals
- Positive and proven ways to raise a more confident and relaxed adult dog
- How to reduce your frustration, stumped feelings, and the difficulty of the hard months of puppy raising
- Resources to find solutions you want, and to get the general education all puppy owners need
- Tips to raise the dog YOU WANT, who fits in your life and your household, by starting with your specific puppy’s personality, traits, needs, and issues.
OUR 3-PART PUPS COACHING SYSTEM
We help you raise the puppy you have, to grow up to be the dog you want.
PUPS Subscription: Choose Monthly or Annual
A monthly subscription is invoiced repeating every month from the month you start until your pup is 13 months old.
Pup 16 weeks or younger? Save with a pre-paid annual subscription: $495 for clients, or $1,575 for non-clients.
Dog Walking Clients
- (Pup younger than 16 weeks? Annual pre-pay is $495: a 10-20% discount)
- ✅ Monthly in-person coaching session
- ✅ Online resources for monthly puppy development
- ✅ Enrichment activity added to your daily or monthly schedule of visits
Non Clients
- (Pup younger than 16 weeks? Annual pre-pay is $1,100, a 10-20% discount)
- ✅ Monthly in-person coaching session
- ✅ Online resources for monthly puppy development
- ❌ No visits from our team for puppy visits or dog walks