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Private Lessons

At Michigan Dog Training in Plymouth, Michigan, we combine private one-on-one dog training lessons, a professional e-collar communication system, and structured group-class reinforcement to help you and your dog build real-world skills. We work with all breeds and the training programs are individually tailored.

MDT Foundation Training Program

The MDT Foundation Training Program is designed for dog owners who want a calmer, better-mannered, more responsive dog at home and in public.

This private dog training program is ideal for dogs who need help with everyday obedience, leash walking, jumping, listening around distractions, recall, impulse control, and polite manners. It is a great fit for friendly but out-of-control dogs, high-energy dogs, easily distracted dogs, and dogs that need a stronger foundation before advancing into off-leash training or more challenging environments.

The goal of the MDT Foundation Training Program is to improve communication, create clearer expectations, and help your dog become easier to manage, more enjoyable to live with, and more reliable around everyday distractions.

This Program Can Help With:
  • On leash basic to intermediate obedience
  • Leash pulling
  • Jumping on people
  • Not listening
  • Overexcitement
  • Go to a predetermined “place” and stay there
  • Recall and attention
  • Door manners
  • Impulse control
  • Polite behavior around people and dogs
  • Building confidence and communication

 

The MDT Foundation Training Program is best for dogs who need better manners, improved obedience, and more reliable behavior, but do not require an advanced behavior modification program.

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For dogs needing behavior modification, improved control, and/or more reliable obedience around real-world distractions, we recommend the MDT Advanced Behavior Transformation & Obedience Program.

MDT Advanced Behavior Transformation & Obedience Program

For short, we often refer to this as our Advanced Behavior Program.

It is for dogs needing behavior modification, improved control, and/or more reliable obedience around real-world distractions,  This program helps owners improve difficult behavior, strengthen obedience, build better control, and create clearer communication around real-world distractions.

At Michigan Dog Training in Plymouth, Michigan, we specialize in working with dogs who struggle with reactivity, aggression concerns, overexcitement, poor impulse control, anxiety-related behavior, and unreliable listening.

This program is also a strong fit for owners who want more advanced obedience and off leash control of their dog to enjoy off leash walks and hikes together.

This Program Can Help With:

  • Dog reactivity
  • Leash lunging and barking
  • Car and truck chasers
  • Aggression concerns
  • Anxiety-related behavior
  • Poor impulse control
  • Jumping and overexcitement
  • Ignoring commands
  • Off leash recall
  • Advanced obedience
  • Listening around distractions
  • Building calmer, more controlled behavior

 

Who This Program Is Best For

This program is ideal for dogs who need a higher level of training, behavior modification, or obedience than our Foundation Training Program provides. It is a good fit for dogs who are difficult to manage on leash, reactive toward dogs or people, have a bite history, overly excitable, pushy, stubborn, anxious, or inconsistent with commands.

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MDT was recommended to us for training from a family member, as we were looking for more obedience from our dog while interacting with our 1-year old daughter. We were heartbroken but close to considering rehoming our pup, and with this training we have regained the confidence we needed to feel comfortable having her around our daughter. We completed private lessons, and I cannot speak highly enough of the owner, Michael. He is very kind and his expertise is evident throughout every session. We highly recommend MDT and Michael Burkey.
Ashley Coulter