Specialist programme · Rehabilitation

The slowest build on the menu

For rescue dogs, fear, resource guarding and trauma histories.

$950Start rehabilitation
A dog lying flat in the grass under dark foliage, chin down, eyes up and steady
Sound familiar?

A dog whose past is still in the room.

  • He came from a shelter, and you do not know his history.
  • He guards food, toys or places.
  • Fear decides what your days look like.
A young dog sitting outdoors, watching its owner and waiting

What makes it different.

  1. A two-hour assessment firstA dog with a history needs the history reconstructed before anything is asked of it.
  2. Home first, then the worldThe house has to be safe before the street is worth attempting. Most of the first month is indoors.
  3. Twelve to sixteen weeks, deliberatelyThis is the one programme where going faster costs you the result.

Start rehabilitation.

With Alisa in the room, on the Costa del Sol. Not available online.

Rehabilitation

$950

8 sessions · 12 to 16 weeks

The programme for a dog whose history has to be rebuilt, not trained over.

  • An extended two-hour assessment and a behaviour history
  • Home and external environment work
  • Priority messaging throughout
  • Volume 01 and Volume 02 of the Locus CODE
  • Two free 30 minute check-ins, at three and six months
Start this programme

Private work starts with a single private session, $90, so Alisa has read your dog before a programme begins. Book a session.

Questions
My dog came from a shelter with no history. Can you still help?

Yes. Reconstructing what we can from behaviour is part of the extended assessment, and the plan does not depend on knowing everything.

Is Rehabilitation right if my dog has bitten?

Usually yes, and tell Alisa before you book. A bite history is part of what the extended assessment reads first, because it changes both the plan and the pace.

Is resource guarding fixable?

It is manageable, reliably, and often much better than owners expect. Anyone promising a cure is selling you something.

Can we work online?

Not this one. Home and external environment work is most of the package, so it needs Alisa in the room.

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