Dog Training

Our team offers professional and fully customizable dog training in your home and virtually.

Happy Dog smiling during leash training

Imagine having a happy relationship with your dog, and living a fulfilling life together with ease.

That’s what we want for you!

If your dog struggles with any of these issues…

  • Reactivity (i.e. barking/whining/lunging at people, dogs, cars, bikes, etc.)

  • Stranger Danger (i.e. normalizing strangers for your anxious or fearful dog, confidence building)

  • Leash pulling & leash skills

  • Jumping

  • Puppy Raising & Foundations (i.e. potty training, confinement training, play biting, jumping, confidence building, socialization, impulse control, obedience training)

  • Integrating into home life

  • Hiking & off leash skills

Then dog training is a great option!

DOG TRAINING
SERVICES & PRICING

Initial Dog Training Consult • $150

1:1 in your home dog training — in person or virtual!

During this time, your trainer will evaluate your dog’s behavior and discuss the goals you would like to work toward with your dog. While we’re having this conversation, they will begin engaging with your dog with treats (depending on their allergies), and assess them with a holistic point of view. It’s important for us to learn more about you and your relationship with your dog during this time to best determine what approach will allow you to work together as a team to reach your goals.

At the end of the consult you will have discussed a plan and expectations moving forward to achieve your goals, some quick fix options as needed, and some guidance to start working with your dog on some foundational obedience that will help you and your dog begin to work toward your goals together.

Depending on your dog and the situation, we will likely encourage follow up sessions to create the best chance for long term success with you and your dog’s happiness together.

Large Happy Dog Sitting with Professional Dog Trainer

Training Retreats

Choose Your Training Retreat Experience:
🐾2-Week Training Retreats – Ideal for tackling behavioral challenges, building positive routines, and creating a strong foundation for lasting success. 
🐾 Mini Training Retreat (3-Day Minimum) – Designed for clients who have completed at least a 3-week training package and want their dog to refresh or advance their skills in a familiar, supportive environment.

We're thrilled to introduce a brand-new program designed to jumpstart your dog's training—Auntie M Training Retreats!

Unlike our other services provided in your home, this immersive Training Retreat program offers your dog the unique opportunity to live and learn in the home of Megan, Auntie M's professional dog trainer.

Your dog will stay in a beautiful cabin surrounded by nature while receiving focused training in a calm, safe, and supportive environment. Located on an expansive farm in Hendersonville, NC, Megan's home offers a peaceful retreat with scenic trails and plenty of space for exploration.

This program is designed to:
  ✅Tackling current behavioral challenges
  ✅Establish routines to prevent future issues
  ✅Build a solid foundation for the ideal relationship you envision with your dog

2-Week Training Retreats

  • $2400 for first 2 weeks per dog (2-week minimum)

  • $1000 per additional week per dog

Training Retreat Daily

  • $200/day per dog (3-day minimum)

  • Available only for Auntie M training clients who have completed a 3-week package.

Save time and frustration by giving your dog a training jump-start—enroll in the Auntie M Train and Stay program today!

This is for you if your dog is…

  • Age: 6 months and older

  • Potty trained: able to be left unattended indoors without accidents; if you're questioning, they are not potty trained.

  • Crate trained: comfortable being crated up to 4 hours without destructive behavior or self-harm; we may ask for a short video demonstrating this.

What's included:

  • Immersive training experience including daily socialization

  • Tailored training plan that jumpstarts solving problems you're currently facing with your dog, and getting ahead of behavioral issues that will become more serious over time

  • Daily updates and video check-ins via Instagram (let us know if you don't have IG)

  • 1hr midway session for 2-week and longer stays to transfer skills on to you

  • 1hr go-home session for all training retreats to transfer skills on to you

  • Instructional videos for behavior-specific training, as needed throughout program

  • A package of 3 in-home 1:1 sessions to ensure the skills learned are transferred to you

What's not included:

  • Gear and equipment (may require purchase based on consultation)

  • Food, food bowls, medications, or supplements

  • Any other expenses that may arise for regular care for your dog (veterinary expenses, supply restock, etc).

Behaviors we can work on include, but are not limited to:

  • Impulse control (eating things they shouldn't, prey drive is causing problems)

  • Dogs showing early signs of separation anxiety

  • Velcro dogs building independent confidence

  • Difficulty Settling (constant pacing, inability to relax in home or settle in crate)

  • Leash Skills (reactivity, pulling, lunging, stubbornness)

  • Resource Guarding (food or toy possessiveness)

  • Fear-based reactivity (cowering, avoidance, growling when approached)

  • Responsiveness to commands

  • Excessive barking/vocalization

  • Recall & Off Leash Skills

Dog Training Sessions + Packages

  • $150 FOR A SINGLE SESSION

  • 6 SESSIONS FOR $800 (MUST BE USED WITHIN 2MO)

1:1 in person or virtual dog training sessions in the comfort of your own home. Partner with us to reach your training goals!

Your trainer will teach you new commands, demonstrate how to teach it to your dog, and then transfer the leash to you. We will work in partnership with you so you can feel confident to begin implementing new training commands into your dog’s daily life.

At each training session, you will review the previous week with your trainer and then work on a new command from there. Midway through your implementation plan, we will introduce training tools as needed and discussed and agreed upon in your initial consultation. Dispersed throughout training sessions we will also be incorporating socialization play, grooming, crate training, and other helpful training techniques to reach your goals.

*Most training programs are 6-12 weeks.

Dog Trainer teaching dog owner commands

Looking for a more affordable option before starting 1:1 dog training?

Join our next weekly Virtual Dog Training Support Group! For only $30 per 1hr group session gain insight into your dog’s behaviors, gain support through shared experiences, and get your dog training questions answered.

Meet the Auntie M Dog Trainer

Megan Thrasher

Megan considers it her greatest privilege being able to help people live a higher quality of life with their dogs, often achieving goals they didn't know were possible together!

Professional Dog Trainer Megan Thrasher

Here’s what our dog parents have to say about training with us…

  • Anatolian Shepherd working on place training

    "Before working with Megan, I was struggling with Schepps listening to me, pulling on leash, and barking/charging cars...

    Working with Megan was absolutely life changing. Her approach to training is effective, focused on reward based exercises, repetition, and building on each exercise during every lesson. I appreciate her explaining how and why behind what we were doing and her clear direction and encouragement.
    We have made so much progress! Schepps and I have always had a good bond, but I feel like working with Megan we have learned even better ways of communicating and listening to/respecting one another. He feels much less triggered in the presence of cars and turns to look at me when he doesn't know what to do. I really love it and I think Schepps did, too. He would get so excited when Megan would walk in the door. Thanks, y'all! You're the best.

    Dorothy G.

  • rehabbed fearful dog

    "Megan is an extraordinary trainer. She has an amazing canine intuition...

    with an ability to interpret each twitch of the ears, wag of the tail or vocalization, of which my dog has many! Madge progressed beautifully over 7 sessions and is now able to walk beside me as we approach strangers and other dogs without frantic barking or pulling at her leash! Thank you Megan. We are so grateful that you shared your expertise with us. We look forward to a refresher in 3 months.

    Sue T.

  • Dog mom walking her large happy pit bull

    "I reached out for training after recently adopting Sophie and noticed she was having some socialization issues...

    I also wanted to makes sure we were speaking the same language and that we got off to a good start.
    Megan has been wonderful to work with. She has lots of good advice & experience. She met us where we were at and focused on what we wanted to work on. I have noticed improvement with Sophie and Megan has been able to keep leveling the bar up each appointment so I feel like we are getting to be challenged and make progress each week.
    Sophie is doing much better with sit/down/stay. We are also making progress walking by other dogs and have been able to try out new parks and Sophie listens much better.

    Kristin U.

  • Herding dog working on door manners

    "We have Megan helping us train and teach old dogs new tricks...

    She is so knowledgeable about herding dogs which we have 3 plus a new herding puppy. She has helped us with door manners, pulling during walks and we are working on helping our dogs with individual issues as a pack when one dog is separated. She is fantastic!!

    Kathleen G.

We have over 100 5⭐️ Reviews on Google!

Prefer talking with a member of our team on the phone before signing up?

We’d be happy to schedule a 10 minute phone call to answer any questions beyond the information on our website, and to confirm we’re a good fit for each other.