Initial Wellness Consultation

The Initial Wellness Consultations provides an in-depth assessment of your dog’s overall health and well-being with the goal to help your companion lead a longer and healthier life by preventing or improving physical imbalances and implementing a tailored wellness and nutrition plan.

Assessment of Body Condition and Gait Issues:

By performing a thorough evaluation of your dog’s body condition and gait, I will identify any issues that may affect their movement and comfort. This assessment will make you aware of potential weak areas that would be more injury prone in the future, and I will show you specific exercises and games that will strengthen those areas and lead to a more balanced and healthy physique.

Nutrition and Caloric Intake:

Good nutrition is key to a dog’s health, and I will analyze your current food choices and discuss your dog’s dietary needs and caloric intake to ensure they are receiving the proper nutrients for optimal health. I can recommend a variety of excellent food choices to help them reach and maintain a healthy weight.

Fitness Program:

Based on the results of our assessment, we can create a realistic and fun fitness program that specifically addresses any physical problems and weak areas of the body. This program will be tailored to the specific needs of the dog at the time of the evaluation and include exercises from core strengthening to hind leg awareness and proprioception improvements and to improve overall health and mobility.

Medical History and Surgery:

If your dog is recovering from surgery or has an obvious orthopedic problem and you want to try and avoid or postpone surgery if, at all possible, we can design an appropriate physio regime in concert with your veterinarian. I am also more than happy to coordinate a post-op exercise routine following the recommendations of your veterinary surgeon.

Program for Senior Dogs with Mobility loss or suffering from mental decline:

For senior dogs with arthritis or other medical conditions affecting mobility, keeping them moving is really important. An individually designed stretching, massage, and strength program can contribute greatly to maintain their mobility and muscle mass and postpone atrophy. The whole family will be happier if you can keep your dog mobile and pain-free as long as possible to increase longevity and quality of life.

At DogRelations NYC, I believe in a holistic approach to dog wellness, and I am committed to providing the best environment for your dog to thrive. The Initial Wellness Consultation is the first step in achieving this goal, and I look forward to working with you and your dog.

Can be done in the guardian’s home or in a studio environment.

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Behavior Training & Modification

Designed to provide maximum support and guidance for first-time dog guardians and/or to address behavior problems such as excessive barking, separation anxiety, resource guarding, adult house soiling or a variety of fear and fear aggression issues.

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I can teach your dog to perform tasks that help mitigate your stressful or anxious moments. Together we determine which behaviors your dog should be trained to recognize and then perform these tasks.

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Puppy Training

The focus for this training is on reinforcing house training, establishing polite manners and building confidence in your puppy while educating guardians in the practical application of positive reinforcement

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Elisabeth came to our home for the standard 90 minute consultation. It was the perfect amount of time. We worked…

Elisabeth came to our home for the standard 90 minute consultation. It was the perfect amount of time. We worked on basic puppy manors and learned the tools needed to teach our little guy many skills. Thanks!

Mark Goldsmith

My experience with Elisabeth of Dog Relations has been consistent and remarkable for 2-1/2 years. It is not my experience.…

My experience with Elisabeth of Dog Relations has been consistent and remarkable for 2-1/2 years. It is not my experience. It is the experience of me, my family and my staff – all of whom were trained by her so that we acted consistently to our new puppy. She was empathetic, compassionate and patient with us as she was with our dog.

We met her when we were frustrated by the pup who was not fresh from a litter and being 8-12 weeks old, but rather more like five months old and was accustomed to running with a “pack” of other dogs, all Tibetan terriers who like independence and are not people-pleasers like golden retrievers.

We had a Tibetan terrier and wanted another one and knew that with enough loving, we would make it work. After one month of trying it on our own and with traditional trainers, we called friends for help who had dogs with behavioral problems and they said that she was the “dog whisperer”. They urged us to be in touch.

She met our dog and we watched her in action. Her results were clearly visible and she gave logical and easy-to-understand instructions to us, getting inside the head of the dog to establish “a relationship”.

Our patience had come to frayed edges by that time, however, and although we saw improvement over the next two weeks, we saw that we were not consistent with her counsel and that a lot of different people were dealing with the same animal and he was playing each one of us and he was winning.

We embarked upon a radical plan which was: we left town for close to three weeks. She moved in to our home. Everyone was in boot training who remained in the residence. The dog was the principal being trained.

When we returned to the United States, our dog listened to us (after we were trained by Elisabeth) and has never stopped listening. Sit. Stay. Up. Down. Patience. Restraint. Polite. Give paw. Walks well. All the things a dog could do and should do. He sits when getting to curbs. Doesn’t bark or bother other dogs on the street. Plays well with others. Is friendly with everyone. Does not steal or beg for food. It was magic.

Elisabeth has continued the reinforcement and the dog is constantly learning more and more problem-solving, having greater stimulation and she has become part of his life and our lives.

It has been a revelation and a blessing.

We recommend her to anyone at any time

Freddie Gershon

Chairman and CEO of Musical Theatre International

MUSICAL THEATRE INTERNATIONAL

Elisabeth gets great results quickly. The lessons are a happy, fun experience for the dog and the rest of the…

Elisabeth gets great results quickly. The lessons are a happy, fun experience for the dog and the rest of the family.

Our dog (Max) is always really delighted to see her and has learned so much in a very short time.

Elisabeth is a fount of information about training and other topics such as diet, health care, grooming and even travel tips.

Jann Wenner

Co-Founder and Publisher of Rolling Stone Magazine and Chairman of Wenner Media

Rolling Stone

Last week my dog’s behavior and my reaction to it prompted me to call a professional trainer. What an amazing…

Last week my dog’s behavior and my reaction to it prompted me to call a professional trainer. What an amazing experience. Elisabeth came to our home and gently guided the three of us through the training process. She was tough and patient through Max’s barking, and showed us how we could be too. The training technique is subtle and I wasn’t sure I’d get it, but one day in and Max is looking to me and his daddy for cues and his anxiety level is way down. Couldn’t have asked for a better experience and outcome. Now it’s up to us to keep up the training, but it’s really a joy.

Andrea Jalickee

As you can see from the picture the feedings are going a lot better now that they are doing sit…

As you can see from the picture the feedings are going a lot better now that they are doing sit and stay before their meals. I can even put them next to each other, no problem………..a million thank you’s. Bella is so much more confident, coming out to greet customers and showing much more affection. We noticed this after 2 days. Amazing!

Karen Callahan

I came to Elisabeth with an older dog that had some behavior issues that were inadvertently reinforced by me and…

I came to Elisabeth with an older dog that had some behavior issues that were inadvertently reinforced by me and somehow defied the skills of various trainers over the years.

Elisabeth is one of those unusual and special people whose personality, temperament, interests and talents all come together in her work in a profound way.

She has an unlimited repertoire of creative techniques to keep my very smart dog engaged and loving to learn instead of searching for situations to react to. The behavior issues become non issues over time.

I’ve learned so much thanks to Elisabeth’s generosity of time and support and willingness to share information. And her positive reinforcement approach is at the forefront of current behaviorist thinking.

Working with Elisabeth and Dog Relations has far exceeded my expectations. I can’t imagine that she won’t be a part of our lives for a very long time.

Joan Altman

Rocky is doing so well! We had an especially nice long walk this morning. He was able to pass many…

Rocky is doing so well! We had an especially nice long walk this morning. He was able to pass many dogs, even big ones, without trouble (he pulled a little, but I told him to sit and wait and he did!). He barks a bit at the door, but calms quickly.

I’m still training him regularly and feeding him the raw diet, and it’s really making a difference. A few neighbors with dogs he’s always barked at before have even remarked on how much better behaved he is!

So, thank you thank you thank you Elisabeth!

Rachel

Elisabeth is amazing. She sees things most vets and trainers don’t see. I’m looking forward to working with her to…

Elisabeth is amazing. She sees things most vets and trainers don’t see. I’m looking forward to working with her to train my 5mo old puppy to be a therapy dog.

Niseema Dayan Diemer

My dogs and I have never personally met Elisabeth, but thanks to the internet we’ve been able to communicate. Elisabeth…

My dogs and I have never personally met Elisabeth, but thanks to the internet we’ve been able to communicate. Elisabeth has given me really good advice with dietary problems I had with my dogs and the results were instant. It was amazing! I also have been reading her great articles on dog training and behavior She helps me be a more responsible guardian. My dogs are very grateful and would love to meet her. I can only imagine what she could do for us in person!!!!

Louise Levesque

Hi Elisabeth, after you left today, I took Chi-chi for a walk. She peacefully walked past at least 5 dogs…

Hi Elisabeth, after you left today, I took Chi-chi for a walk. She peacefully walked past at least 5 dogs on the street!!!! Thank you God and Elisabeth! !!!Will contact you soon for another session. We had a great day today. She’s smiling!!!! Me too. Thanks for helping to make this day possible.

Thanks for everything.

Carol Labarbera