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Every Client Family Is Unique — Let’s Build the Perfect Plan Together

Meet your trainer at Shaman's Way  for a FREE Transformation Evaluation — learn about our programs, pricing, and how we can help transform your relationship with your dog. Click on the link to get signed up today!

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Training Services 1-1 Tailored to You & Your Dog

Basic Manners & Leash Skills Package

Respectful Routines: Manners
& Leash Confidence

6 Sessions

This package is ideal for dogs who need to learn household rules and leash walking skills. We’ll cover core commands, loose leash walking, polite greetings, and everyday manners to create a calm, respectful companion at home and in your neighborhood.

Total Recall: On and Off Leash Freedom Training

Total Recall: On & Off-Leash Freedom

10 Sessions

From Puppy 101 to Off-Leash Freedom — this 10-week program builds obedience that lasts. Strengthen recall, improve leash manners, and test your dog’s skills in real-world settings as we increase Distance, Duration, and Distraction for true reliability.

Behavior Reset 

Expert support for dogs showing fear, reactivity, aggression, or other behavior challenges.

8 Sessions

This package is designed for dogs struggling with behavior concerns that impact daily life but are manageable with consistent guidance. Together, we’ll build emotional stability, improve coping skills, and replace problematic behaviors with more appropriate choices—creating calm, clear communication between you and your dog.

Therapy Team Prep

The Total package for you and your best friend to learn to help others and be a team together!

12 Sessions

One-on-One Coaching is a personalized training experience designed to guide you and your pup from foundational skills to becoming a confident, reliable therapy dog team. This package focuses on building strong communication between handler and dog while developing real-world readiness through confidence-building, desensitization, and intentional exposure to a variety of environments. You’ll receive hands-on coaching tailored to your goals, including preparation for CGC, CGCA, and CGCU evaluations, along with therapy-specific skills that ensure your dog can navigate meaningful interactions with calmness and clarity. As part of the experience, sessions include guided work in an elderly residential home, giving your team the opportunity to practice and refine skills in an authentic therapy setting.

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NEW!   Immersive Day School 

What’s Included 5 Day Immersion Program

​5 Days      Wednesday → Sunday
Daily Drop off and Pick Up
  • Multiple daily training sessions

  • Supervised socialization with trainer dogs

  • Structured play and enrichment

  • Rest and decompression time

  • Safe crating when not supervised

  • Daily Pawgress updates (notes, photos, videos, tips)

Client Support:

  • 1 demo lesson hand-off on Sunday

  • Coaching for home integration

  • Additional private sessions at a discounted rate

Focus Areas:

  • Basic obedience

  • Leash skills

  • Household manners

  • Socialization & confidence

🐾 10 Day Immersive Program: Foundations + Reliability Immersion (10-Day Program)

5 Days → 2 Days Home → 5 Days      Wednesday → Sunday
Daily Drop off and Pick up
  • 10 training days

  • Supervised socialization with trainer dogs

  • Structured play and enrichment

  • Rest and decompression time

  • Safe crating when not supervised

  • Daily Pawgress updates (notes, photos, videos, trainer-tips)

Client Support:

  • 2 demo hand-off lessons on the Sunday before going home

  • Additional private lessons at a discounted rate

Focus Areas:

  • Beginner and Advanced obedience

  • Reliability in real environments

  • Distraction, distance, duration 

  • Bonus! Field Trips

Private Service Dog Curriculum Flow

Stage 1

Foundations
10 sessions
(All Service dogs must complete Stage 1 and pass Canine Good Citizen to continue to the chosen Track)
● Age: 8 weeks – 6 months
● Focus & engagement
● Neutrality to people, dogs, and distractions
● Public access behaviors
● Basic obedience (sit, down, stay, heel, place)
● Settling in public and at home
● Crate and car travel readiness
● Canine Good Citizen preparation

Track A: PTSD Service Dog Curriculum

Stage 2: Intermediate & Task Introduction
8 sessions
● Alert to anxiety or dissociation (e.g., interrupt leg bouncing, hand-wringing)
● Deep Pressure Therapy (DPT) on the lap, chest, or back
● Find Exit / Guide to Safety
● Wake from nightmares
● Circle/block (preventing crowding)
● Grounding behaviors (nose bump, lick on cue)
● Interrupting flashbacks or panic loops
● Pass Canine Good Citizen Urban and Community serves as a Public Test

Track A: PTSD Service Dog Curriculum

Stage 3: Public Access + Real-World Tasking
8 sessions
● Task performance in real-world settings (malls, waiting rooms, etc.)
● Behavior around loud noises, sudden movement
● Managing the handler's panic or freeze response in public
● Handler-specific task cue chains (e.g., DPT + circle + walk to exit)
● Locations of Practice include restaurants, airports, medical offices, retail, public
transportation, schools/universities, outdoor areas, and other specified locations

Train Together! 4 participants minimum for all Classes:

Enjoy Special Group Rates for Multiple Families, Friends, and/or Co-Workers.

Puppy Pathways

● Fun Puppy 101
● Age: 8 weeks-16weeks 
● Duration: 6 weekly sessions (60 minutes each)
● Focus: Socialization, Desensitization, Leash walking, Foundation Cues
● Class Size: 4-6
Includes:
● Desensitization
● Confidence games
● Basic Commands
● Puppy Behaviors
● Engagement building
● Tricks for some fun!

🐕 Foundations in Motion (Obedience 101)

● Age: 6+ months (or puppies who’ve graduated Puppy Pathways)
● Duration: 6 weekly sessions (60 minutes each)
● Focus: Leash walking, sit/down/stay, recall, impulse control
Class Size: 4-6
● Military, Educators, and EMS Discounts are Available
Includes:
● Real-world practice sessions
● Homework support between classes

Freedom & Focus (Advanced Training)

● Age: 6+ months (or puppies who’ve graduated STAR)
● Duration: 6 weekly sessions (60 minutes each)
● Focus: Leash walking, sit/down/stay, recall, impulse control
Class Size: 4-6
● Military, Educators, and EMS Discounts are Available
Includes:
● Confidence games
● Adding Distraction Distance and Duration to everything!
● On to Off-Leash Reliability
● Agility and Nosework Basics for fun!

Therapy Dog Team Readiness Together!

● Age: 6+ months (or puppies who’ve graduated Foundations in Motion)
● Duration: 12 sessions
Focus: Basic Obedience and On-the-Job Therapy Team Readiness
  • Group instruction focused on CGC, CGCA, and CGCU readiness
Includes:
● Foster social neutrality, calm greetings, and handler focus
  • Supervised field trips in real-world settings
● Adding Distraction Distance and Duration to everything!
● Guidance for working with multiple abilities in client connection
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