Managing Reactivity
A 6 week course to help implement management, regulate, and build skills for fearful, reactive and over excited dogs and their people running October 11- November 20. Enrollment starts Oct 3 Enrollment ends Oct 17
What’s included:
Guidance and Feedback
Weekly lessons, weekly videos calls with daily feedback on homework from two certified professional dog trainers.
A supportive learning environment
Students will have access to a community hub to share successes, post homework and ask questions where the trainers and other students will engage.
A framework for understanding and reducing your dog’s reactivity
Step by step lessons from a welfare first approach to provide you with practical exercises and real life applications for meaningful change.
Planning for continued success
This course will set you up to successfully manage your dog’s reactivity and provide you a foundational education to build on.
Meet Your Instructors
Sisters, Jac and Jess join forces to combine their knowledge and expertise on managing dogs with big feelings.
Jac Lara CPDT-KA
Jac has been a professional dog trainer for the past 4 years with a background as a professional nanny. Jac often found herself helping to close the communication gap between families and their pets in busy households. Jac’s last dog was a very reactive and she understands the time, energy and commitment it takes to maintain a harmonious life. Jac lives in Portland with her cattle dog mix and 2 cats, offering Private training, Reactivity Reduction walks and Pet Care. She volunteers monthly at a local animal welfare clinic.
Jess Lara CBCC-KA
Jess has been a professional dog trainer for 12 years with a special interest in working breeds in pet homes. Jess lives on acreage in Scappoose with her Malinois, German Shepherd, Border Collie and spouse, Aaron. She is involved in RH/Search & Rescue sport, loves hiking, camping and biking with her dogs. She offers local services such as Day Camp, Boarding, Remedial Socialization Program, Monthly Training Program, Group Classes and Hiking Off Leash Program. Jess volunteers at Columbia County Animal Control.
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Jess has the rare ability to teach people just as well as she teaches dogs. I’m consistently impressed by her depth of knowledge and the compassion and curiosity she brings to her work. One thing that really sets her apart is her ability to clearly see the team in front of her, problem-solve, and communicate a path forward. I always left our sessions with a better understanding of my dog (and myself), more confidence in my own skills, and a concrete plan of action. And, of course, the training worked. My big guy is no longer reactive, and I credit Jess for a lot of that success!
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Jac answered all of my questions and was very easy to talk to. She has a wealth of knowledge and I am very grateful we are training together.
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We got our first rescue as a family and about 6 months in the reactivity on leash and resource guarding started getting worse. I was so thankful to have found Jess and we immediately started hour long private sessions. (Though I feel like we always ran over because I always had a ton of questions and she never minded) She’s so good at reading my dog and was able to work with both of us on small changes we could work on to get to our end goal. Training may never end for me and my dog but we can actually pass other dogs without serious lunging now and we’ve found tons of new ways to keep her engaged and challenged. Also - as an added bonus - she was so patient and good with my 8 year old kiddo who’d come with me to trainings and maybe sometimes wasn’t as helpful. That level of professionalism but also kindness went a long way (for both of us!)
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“Today Sophie went to the Vet for her shots and walked right by a big dog with no reaction!”
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A 6 week course to help implement management, regulate, and build skills for fearful, reactive and over excited dogs and their people running October 11- November 20. Enrollment starts Oct 3 Enrollment ends Oct 17
Frequently Asked Questions
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This course is designed for dogs who bark and lunge at other dogs or people on walks, from inside your car, in your home or in your yard.
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Reactive dogs are not broken! They do not need to be “fixed,” they need support and skills. This course will give you tools and systems to to reduce your dog’s reactivity. This is considered a Level One class. A Level Two class will be available in 2027.
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This course uses modern methods rooted in a welfare first approach using management, counter conditioning, operant conditioning, enrichment, decompression, desensitization, nervous system regulation, and relationship building. This course is open to everyone regardless of previous training methods. This course will not coach you on the use of aversive tools.
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This is a 6 week course with 8 hour long live calls on T 10/20 6:30pm, T 10/27 6:30pm, F 10/30 11am, T 11/3 6:30pm, F 11/6 11am, T 11/10 6:30pm, T 11/17 6:30pm, & F 11/20 11am. Daily homework will require 20-60 minutes of dedicated time.
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Our goal for this course was to make dog training more accessible by keeping the cost low. The value of this course is $2400 with 8 hours of live video calls from 2 professional trainers, daily feedback, lessons and video instruction . If you cannot afford the course at this time please email us to apply for a scholarship. Jess@j9k9training.com
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No! AI was not used in the creation of this course and will not be used to give student feedback. This course is from the brains and hearts of Jac and Jess.