About Us & Our Services
Ethical Dog Training that Gets Results
Achieve success with minimal frustration using well-researched training methods. Following the principals of famed animal trainer, Karen Pryor, we will help you develop a peaceful lifestyle, achieve the training you desire, and build a loving, trusting relationship with your dog.
Family Pets & Working Service Animals
We help those wanting to train both animals for companion/pet homes, as well as those wanting to train Service, Therapy, Facility, and Emotional Support Animals. Owner, Dianne Keck, KPA-CTP, has extensive experience working with Neurodivergent people. We train dogs for Autism and ADHD, Mobility Service Dogs, Psych Service Dogs, and Medical Alert Service Dogs.
We are a Neurodiversity affirming business and take a positive, validating approach with people, as well as dogs. Your private medical information will always be confidential.
Tutoring for K-12 Students
We specialize in working with children and teens, whether it's a supplement to their curriculum or because they want to pursue this career. Families with children with learning differences are encouraged to reach out to see if this would be a good fit. Our philosophy with both dogs and people is to meet them where they are at and create an environment of safety and trust in which they can learn.
Resources for Breeders & Rescues
We offer evaluation services for Breeders and Rescues wanting to have puppies or dogs evaluated for ideal placement into homes.
We use our own blend of evaluative methods depending on the client need and purpose of the dog.
We have taken the BAB Evaluation Training and can help Breeders wanting to follow that specific protocol, but it is not required. Please use the contact form to discuss your specific needs.
FluentPet Online Course: Co-Taught with Alexis Devine, CPDT-KA, FDM, of @WhatAboutBunny!
Join our online course for those at the beginning stages of introducing buttons to their pets (dogs or cats)! I am co-teaching with Alexis Devine, CPDT-KA, FDM, who has taught her dog, Bunny, who is featured on the TikTok and Instagram account @WhatAboutBunny!
REGISTER HERE and use the code TEACHQ1
This course is taught on a rolling basis and features both recorded video content and LIVE coaching sessions for GOLD spots. Sessions will be recorded if you can't make them all.
Soundboards + Button Communication (AIC)
We are official, Affiliate Guides for FluentPet Dog Communication Boards, helping others to use buttons to communicate with their pets. If you would like to order FluentPet Buttons, CLICK HERE. You can also use the code Scarlett for 12% off Orders of $50+. If you have questions about getting started with Buttons you can message us anytime. My dog, Scarlett, uses 70 FluentPet Buttons.
Scarlett and Spirit are also participants in the ongoing studies at the University of California San Diego Comparative Cognition Lab. We are grateful for the opportunity to contribute to scientific research.
My approach to Soundboards is to layer it with the dog's natural body language and a large repertoire of behavioral skills. It should be a form of enrichment to improve welfare outcomes and is not a replacement for canine body language.
AKC CGC Evaluator
Certified training partner, Karen Pryor Academy
CERTIFIED SERVICE DOG COACH
FEAR FREE CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL
Supporting member of the iaabc
Service details
Private In-Person Lessons
Private lessons take place in your home if you are local to the Phoenix metro area of Arizona. Depending on our training goals, we may meet at a public place such as a hardware store or a public park to work on skills in a public setting. Lessons will focus on teaching you how to work with your dog.
Private lessons will teach skills that are relevant to your goals. That can range anywhere from new puppy training, to addressing a specific in-home behavior, to working on more concerning behavioral issues, such as fear of strangers. Dianne will also make recommendations for additional skills that will help you and your dog be successful during the consultation. You will be given exercises to work on so that you know exactly what to do at the conclusion of the lesson and have a solid plan of action in place.
Virtual Private Lessons
Virtual lessons do all of the same things that in-person private lessons accomplish. Lessons feature a significant amount of live coaching so that you are getting expert, in-the-moment advice on how to train your dog. The only difference is that, when necessary, instead of demonstrating with your dog, Dianne will demonstrate with a dog at her house. Virtual lessons have proven to be successful for many people wanting to work with their family pet, or to train facility, therapy, and service dogs.
Dianne currently trains numerous Service Dog Teams across the country via exclusively virtual training with great success!
Service, Therapy, Facility, and Emotional Support Dogs
In addition to family pets, Dianne works with families wanting to acquire and train working dogs. Dianne also works with those who already have a working dog, but want to refine aspects of their training.
Dianne works with families to procure an ideal puppy and to train the dog as it becomes a working dog.
Tutoring for K-12
Students are learning concepts from behavior analysis, ethology, biology, and more! In these sessions, the focus is on the collaborative learning between the student and the animal. We often work with dogs, but students may choose to work with cats, horses, pigs, or other animals. Students may borrow an animal for the lessons, as well. The purpose is for Students to gain hands-on experience to understand the science of behavior and how it would apply to a variety of careers or higher education paths working with animals. In addition, it can strengthen the bond between the child and the animal and have the benefit of teaching the animal new skills, as well! There are many academic disciplines that contribute a wealth of scientific research to the broader zoological and animal training industry. Students have the opportunity to go on to pursue those fields of study when appropriate.