Walks you actually look forward to.
A dog who listens.
Smart Start Lifestyle Coaching
Five private sessions. Your home. Your dog's real problems. This is what it looks like when training actually sticks.
How it works
Most people who reach out have already tried something. A class, a trainer, a YouTube rabbit hole at 11pm. It helped for a week. Then the dog was right back to lunging at every Lab it saw on the block.
The problem isn't that you weren't consistent enough. It's that tips don't build a foundation. They're patches. And patches don't hold on a dog who doesn't have any real structure underneath.
Smart Start is private, in-home coaching — five sessions built around your dog's actual life. Your house. Your schedule. The specific stuff that's making your walks miserable. We build the communication that makes everything else click. Between sessions, you've got full access to Calm & Connected so nothing falls apart between visits. And once the foundation is there, 12 group classes to proof it — dogs, people, distractions, all of it.
Not leash training. Not obedience tricks. A full reset of how your dog moves through the world.
Our commitment to you
By the end of this program, your dog's biggest behavioral problems will look noticeably different. Walks that used to feel like a workout in anxiety management. Guests coming over without you having to run interference. A dog you can actually take places. Do the work between sessions and we'll get you there. That's not a pitch — it's just what happens.
Smart Start Program
$1,000
Payment plans available — ask on your clarity call
Investment
Includes everything below
at no extra cost
The Kindred Dog Guarantee
Our Guarantee: If you attend all 5 sessions, complete the lessons in the online course, and upload a minimum of 3 training videos per week and you don’t see significant improvement in your dog’s top 3 behaviors we will keep working with you at no additional cost for up 60 days until you do. If you’re still not satisfied after we refund your investment in full. The risk sits with us, not you.
Included at no extra cost
Full access to Calm & Connected online course
Everything we cover in sessions lives here too — so you're not scrambling to remember what we said three days later. Watch it on your phone before a walk. Rewatch the part about the leash. Use it however you need. It's yours for the whole program.
$249 value
12 group classes to proof your dog's skills
A dog who behaves perfectly in your living room and loses it the second another dog appears hasn't actually learned anything — they've just performed in a bubble. Group classes are where the training gets real. Other dogs, distractions, actual pressure. We run them. You just show up.
$420 value
Video feedback between each lesson
If something goes sideways on a walk mid-week you don’t have to wait until your next appointment to work on it. Upload a clip, get feedback, keep making progress.
$200 value
$869
Total included value
Yours at no additional cost
Not sure you're ready for the full program?
Fair enough. We offer a single session ($250) — in your home, hands-on, no commitment. Most people who do one come back for the full program pretty quickly, because they see in 90 minutes what's actually possible. But there's no pressure either way. It's just a good way to find out if we're the right fit before you commit to anything bigger.
Start with a 15-minute call.
Not a commitment.
We'll talk through what's going on with your dog, figure out what's actually driving it, and be straight with you about whether Smart Start makes sense. If it's not the right fit, we'll tell you that too.
CHERYL M.“All we can say is thank goodness for Kindred Dog PDX!”
STESHA P.