Build a more reliable working partnership
Chill Out Dog Training helps owners build the obedience, calm behavior and real-world reliability needed for service-dog work. Our private sessions focus on public-access preparation, everyday foundations and selected assistance tasks, with you involved in the training.
Whether you are starting with a puppy or improving an adult dog’s skills, we work from your dog’s current abilities and the job you need them to do.
Our focus is training. We do not provide service-dog certification or specialized medical-alert scent training.
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First Session: $375 / 90 minutes. Follow-Up: $275 / 90 minutes. Returning households that have completed a First Session book Follow-Ups, including for a new dog.
Public-access skills for everyday situations
The goal is practical: walk past another dog without pulling toward it, settle quietly beside you, and stay responsive when the environment gets busy. We help you address the behavior that gets in the way, with practice suited to your dog’s readiness.
Training can focus on:
- Walking and responding: leash manners, reliable cues and staying connected with you around distractions.
- Settling and neutrality: calm behavior around people, dogs, food, movement and unfamiliar surroundings.
- Real-world practice: applying those skills in appropriate settings relevant to shopping, dining, waiting and travel.
Public manners are one part of service-dog preparation. A service dog also needs trained work or tasks directly related to a person’s disability.
Train with your dog, with guidance you can use
You will be the person handling your dog in daily life. Private training gives you hands-on practice with your trainer’s feedback, so you understand what to do, how to recognize progress and what to keep practicing between sessions.
We choose the setup around your dog’s readiness and the behavior you are working on. Practice takes place in appropriate, permitted settings, with the challenge adjusted as your dog progresses.
Our work is private and owner-involved; we do not offer board-and-train. Read about our training method.
Start with the dog in front of you
For puppies, build the foundations first. House training, settling, leash skills, confidence and everyday manners give you useful work to begin now. A future service-dog goal does not mean rushing a young puppy into advanced public-access work.
For adult dogs, focus on the skills that need work. That may mean improving calmness around distractions, strengthening reliable responses or practicing a particular task. We assess the individual dog rather than assuming every prospect needs the same program.
Not every dog will be suited to service work. Training can build useful skills, but we cannot promise service-dog suitability or a fixed completion timeline.
Assistance tasks: let’s be specific
Tell us the action you need your dog to perform. Depending on the goal and the dog, we may help teach cued behaviors such as retrieving an item, interrupting a distress behavior or providing trained deep-pressure contact.
We consider each task individually. Specialized medical-alert scent work, such as blood-sugar, seizure or cardiac alert imprinting, is outside our specialty. We will be clear when a goal calls for a different specialist.
What sessions cost and where to begin
First Session: $375 for 90 minutes. For a household new to CODT, this includes discussion of your goals, behavioral assessment, hands-on training and owner coaching. We begin useful work and explain what to practice next.
Follow-Up Session: $275 for 90 minutes. Continue with the next skills or challenges that would benefit from coaching. Your dog’s progress and the work you need them to perform guide the plan.
Your household completes the First Session once. If you have already completed it with CODT, book a Follow-Up even for a new dog or after a long gap. Current rates apply.
These are individual session prices, not a quote for a completed service-dog program. See current services and pricing.
Common questions
Do you certify service dogs?
No. The ADA does not require service-dog certification or a professional training program. Disability-related task training and public-behavior requirements still apply. Our role is to help with the training within our scope.
Is an emotional-support dog the same as a service dog?
Under the ADA, comfort from a dog’s presence alone does not make it a service animal. A psychiatric service dog performs trained disability-related work or tasks. Read the DOJ service-animal guidance.
Can a service dog in training go everywhere?
The federal ADA does not grant public-access rights to dogs still in training. State and local laws may provide different protections. We use lawful, appropriate training settings. See the DOJ FAQs.
Can you help prepare for air travel?
We can work on calm behavior and responsiveness relevant to travel environments. We do not guarantee airline acceptance. Air travel has separate rules and documentation requirements; check the U.S. Department of Transportation guidance and your airline’s current requirements.
Do I need to talk with someone before booking?
You can book paid training directly. A prior call or text exchange is not required. Questions about fit are welcome by text at 720-594-3697 or website chat. For email or phone assistance, use our contact page.
Take the next useful step
Start with the skills your dog needs now, with private coaching built around your goals.