Expert Dog Behavior Solutions
Transform Your Dog’s Behavior
Is your dog’s anxious or aggressive behavior affecting your happiness and well-being?
Stop stressing about not doing enough and dealing with dog behavior issues. Amanda specializes in teaching dogs natural coping strategies for stress, empowering both you and your dog to find peace.
Discover a simple approach to dog behavior—because you and your dog deserve to be happier!
Meet Amanda Lunsford
Amanda has dedicated her career to transforming the lives of dogs struggling with anxious and aggressive behaviors. Drawing on years of specialized education and hands-on experience, she empowers dog owners with straightforward behavior modification techniques.
Driven by a deep fascination with canine behavior, Amanda is committed to ongoing education. Her passion lies in exploring diverse solutions, crafting creative strategies that deliver lasting benefits for both dogs and their devoted owners.
Alternative Dog Behaviors
Amanda shows dog owners how to train their dogs to relax using their natural instincts. In the video below, watch as Amanda shows the “Stiff to Sniff” technique.
This approach is a must because relying solely on obedience training might not be enough to understand your dog’s anxious or aggressive related behaviors. Amanda shows dogs how to stay calm in tough situations with tricks like “Stiff to Sniff.”
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Transform Your Dog’s Behavior with Amanda’s Proven Approach
Discover Amanda’s successful four-step process, P.I.T.S., that has helped countless dog owners achieve positive results:
- Prevent unnecessary stress and ensure safety, recognizing how chronic stress affects learning for both dogs and humans.
- Interrupt and recognize early signs in dogs’ body language to prevent your dog’s behaviors from escalating.
- Train substitute behaviors to replace maladaptive ones, creating better adaptive responses from your dog.
- Sustain behavior improvements by understanding when to pivot your approaches.
In-Home Behavior Assessment & Sessions
When you work with Amanda, you begin with a comprehensive initial assessment that examines your dog’s history, behavior patterns, and daily routines to eliminate stress factors.
After your discussion, Amanda uses various techniques and collaborates to create customized sessions. These sessions address behaviors before they escalate, promote lasting change and resilience.
Understanding your dog’s behaviors is necessary!
You and your family are the key to modifying and managing your dog’s behavior. Behavior therapy focuses on improving your ability to communicate effectively with your dog; meaning, you need to be able to provide the behavior therapy. – VCA Animal Hospitals
Work with an Advanced Trainer
As of December 2022, there are only 474 CBCC-KAs worldwide. The exam to become a certified behavior consultant includes: applied behavior analysis; consulting skills and best practices; ethology, body language, and observational skills; health, development, and life stages; biology and anatomy; scientific method. – Certification Council For Professional Dog Trainers