Behavior Tails is a team of behavior professionals devoted to improving the relationships between dogs and their pet parents.

De-tails about Us

Our team is committed to excellence.

• Excellence in our body of knowledge, our skills, and excellence in the results we create for our clients.

We are committed to staying on top of the newest information in the science of behavior change (both human and canine). We do this by being members of professional organizations offering credentials, a commitment to a code of ethics, as well as a pledge to meet continuing education requirements.

• To become a CPDT-KA, our trainers must prove a minimum of 300 hours’ experience in dog training within the last 3 years, provide a signed attestation statement from a CCPDT certificant or a veterinarian, agree to a Standards of Practice & Code of Ethics, commit to LIMA (Least Intrusive, Minimally Aversive) Effective Behavior Intervention model of training. Click here to learn more about what LIMA means.

• To become a CBCC-KA, our trainers must prove minimum of 300 hours’ experience in canine behavior consulting (on fear, phobias, compulsive behaviors, anxiety, and aggression) within the previous 3 years, provide a signed attestation statement from a CCPDT certificant or a veterinarian, agree to a Standards of Practice & Code of Ethics, commit to LIMA (Least Intrusive, Minimally Aversive) Effective Behavior Intervention model of training. Click here to learn more about what LIMA means.

• We complete a minimum of 36 hours of continuing education each recertification cycle for each of our credentials. This means traveling to various events, conference, seminars, workshops and professional events to learn from the best in the industry.

We are committed to doing what’s best for your individual dog.

• This means understanding the basic needs for each dog, the physical & mental needs.

• We understand the study of dogs as a species, the unique attributes of each breed as well as how dogs can be different than others of the same breed.

• We work closely with your veterinarian to ensure your dog is healthy and ready for training.

We are committed to understanding what harmonious living with your dog looks like in your home and helping you to achieve this goal.

• We understand that each home and each person’s needs are unique, just as their dog is unique. We are here to take all this into consideration and create training and behavior plans to restore harmony to your home.

• we can train anything but want to make sure you have a dog you enjoy and build a relationship between you and your dog

We are committed to using only safe and humane methods that don’t require fear, force or correction based training.