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Ethical, effective, and personalized puppy training built for real life.

The Purposeful Puppy

The Purposeful Puppy is a developmental training program designed to raise calm, confident, reliable dogs — not just puppies that “know commands.”

This program focuses on emotional regulation, engagement, and real-world skills through a structured, force-free, trainer-led curriculum. Rather than rushing obedience, we build the foundations that allow behaviors to hold up in daily life, public environments, and adolescence.

Each tier represents a different developmental stage. Placement is based on the puppy’s current skills and emotional readiness — not age alone.

This is not a class. This is a guided developmental pathway for families who want to do things right the first time.

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Choose the Tier That Fits Your Puppy Best

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Tier 1 - Foundational Puppy $1500

Build calm behavior, emotional regulation, and learning readiness before adding pressure or complexity.

This tier focuses on helping puppies learn how to exist calmly in the home and engage with their people before formal obedience or real-world demands.

    • New puppy owners

    • Puppies who struggle to settle

    • Over-arousal, demand behaviors, or crate/gate challenges

    • Owners feeling overwhelmed or unsure where to stt

    • Calm default behaviors

    • Ability to settle independently

    • Voluntary engagement with handler

    • Comfort with crate and confinement

    • Early recall, stationing, and leash foundations

    • 6 trainer-led, drop-off sessions

    • Private, low-distraction environments

    • Clear homework focused on calm routines and foundations

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Tier 2 - Empowered Puppy $2000

Turn strong foundations into usable skills with duration, clarity, and controlled distraction.

This tier builds reliability by carefully introducing environmental challenges while maintaining calm behavior and engagement.

    • Puppies who have basic foundations but struggle outside the home

    • Leash pulling or distraction issues

    • Frustration around people, dogs, or movement

    • Owners ready for structured skill-building

    • Stationing with duration

    • Loose leash walking in controlled environments

    • Disengagement from distractions

    • Improved frustration tolerance

    • Early real-world reliability

    • 8 trainer-led, drop-off sessions

    • Indoor → private outdoor → quiet public environments

    • Homework focused on structured walks and controlled exposure

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Tier 3 - Purposeful Puppy $2500

Carry the dog through adolescence and build trustable behavior in real life.

This tier is about reliability, neutrality, and emotional recovery — not perfection or flashy obedience.

    • Puppies entering adolescence

    • Dogs that are “good but inconsistent”

    • Families wanting real-world confidence and calm

    • Dogs who struggle with excitement or public environments

    • Emotional regulation in busy environments

    • Neutrality around people and dogs

    • Reliable leash behavior in daily life

    • Public settling and calm transitions

    • Faster recovery after excitement or stress

  • Program Structure:

    • 8 trainer-led, drop-off sessions

    • Semi-busy → busy → novel public environments

    • Homework focused on maintenance and real-life integration

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Meet Your Trainer: Jay

I created On Purpose Dog Training to help new puppy parents feel confident, supported, and equipped. I specialize in helping dogs and their people thrive using positive reinforcement, clear communication, and simple systems that work in real life.

You’ll never be judged or overwhelmed here. Just real results—with a trainer who actually cares.

Let’s Raise a Purposeful Puppy—Together

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