Our comprehensive behavioral dog training program specializes in resolving complex issues including leash reactivity, separation anxiety, resource guarding, and fear-based aggression through proven positive reinforcement techniques. We offer personalized one-on-one sessions at your home or our facility that are designed to address your dog's specific behavioral challenges. Our certified trainers work exclusively with reward-based methods, building your dog's confidence while teaching alternative behaviors that replace reactive responses. Rather than relying on intimidation or punishment, we focus on understanding the root causes of behavioral issues and developing customized training plans that create lasting positive changes. Through consistent, science-based approaches, we help dogs overcome their fears and develop healthier coping mechanisms for a more balanced, happy life.
We Can Ease Your Dog's Panic
Included in the Program
- Dog Diagnostic: We can conduct a Dog Diagnostic where we observe the behavior, ask you questions, and analyze your home environment. If you live within our travel boundaries, your trainer will come to your home to analyze factors that may be impacting your dog's behaviors. If you live too far away, you can come to our Training Center, we can use Zoom or similar tool to get a sense of your dog's home situation, or you can create a video that we review together.
- Training Sessions: We will have regular meetings to discuss your dog's behaviors and our recommended strategies. In our sessions, we will be working with your dog on situations and strategies that are geared towards resolving the behavioral challenges.
- Home Exercises: We will give you home exercises to work on, so your dog can learn through repetition.
- TrainTrack™: you will have access to TrainTrack, our proprietary online system for accessing your homework exercises, videos, handouts, and a documentation of our recommendations. You can access TrainTrack from any device including your mobile phone.
- Logging Tools: We will give you tools for logging your progress at home. This can be very helpful for spotting trends or identifying factors that are impacting your dog's behaviors.
- Video Analysis: Throughout the program, you can upload videos to us of your dog exhibiting the behaviors, and your trainer can analyze them in order to give you feedback.
- Post-Training Checkins: You can have multiple checkins over Zoom, a phone call, or meeting at our facility for up to a year after the program ends, to ask questions and confirm that you are on the right path.
Positive Reinforcement Only
We only use positive reinforcement to achieve results. This means we desensitize your dog through rewards and praise, in order to create repeatable behaviors such as self-control and self-soothing. Our methods are based on science, are used worldwide, and can work wonders. We do not use shock collars, prong collars, choke chains, yelling, and other negative methods, which can typically make the situation much worse. Think about it: if you were afraid of snakes, do you want someone to help you get over your fear, or just yell at you to not be afraid anymore?
Location
The location is customizable, depending on your dog and situation.
We can work at our training facility, at your home (if you live within our travel boundaries), or a combination of both. Our training facility is located at 1046 W Fulton Market, Chicago, IL. This is in the West Loop, around the corner from our pet resort.
Working in our training facility has many advantages. For example, we have equipment such as cones and different walking harnesses, multiple private lesson rooms, different treats, other dogs and people who could be involved in a session, and more.
Customer Reviews
Yelp has listed Tucker Pup's as one of the top 100 local businesses in the country in 2025. We are the only pet business who made the list from Chicago, and the only pet resort / training business who made the list nationally.
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Featured Trainer
Jamie Walker, CPDT-KA, CCDT
Dog Trainer
We worked with Jamie Walker on Behavioral Modification training for our 1YO rescue dog, Goose. Over the course of the 6 weeks, both we and our dog learned sooo much. Goose had a lot of separation anxiety and unpredictable reactivity to random dogs or people. After a year of trying to solve the issues ourselves with really slow progress, we decided to invest in training. Jamie was super knowledgeable and hands-on, giving us so many tips, tricks, and training practices to help with all of his issues. Goose had so many milestones with his separation anxiety, doing well at daycare with other dogs, and overall FAR less reactive and more confident. We also are equipped with more tools to manage. Highly recommend and our dog absolutely loved her.
- Deja and Matthew Howard
TrainTrack™ Online Portal
Re-Watch Training Exercises on Your Device
The trainer will show you the exercises in person, then you can access TrainTrack to see the homework and other helpful information. Many exercises include videos, and all of them include instructions. It also includes handouts and a documentation of what you covered. This is incredibly helpful because there is a lot of information to take in, and it can be hard to remember everything that was demonstrated and discussed.
In addition, you can log your progress on TrainTrack as you are working on your home exercises. This can be invaluable for ensuring that you spend enough time, in various settings, for your dog to learn the methods thoroughly.
For private lessons, you can even upload videos to your trainer, and they can watch them in between sessions to help provide advice.
TrainTrack works on any Internet-connected device, so you can use it on your mobile phone, even when you're on a walk or working outdoors.
TrainTrack is used for all of our training services, including private lessons and classes.
To access TrainTrack, you must log in to our website. On your Customer Center, you will see the link to TrainTrack towards the top of the page.
Pricing and Payment
Individual lessons for behavioral modification range from $175 to $200, depending on the trainer. If we need to come to your home, there is a $10 additional fee per lesson, plus any parking fees that may be incurred.
- You can try a lesson before moving on with the entire program.
- You can pay over time.
- You could pay with PayPay Credit, enabling you to pay the balance in six months with zero interest, then monthly payments after that if necessary. You can easily apply through our website and gain acceptance from PayPal in a matter of seconds.
We can receive payment by credit card, cash, or check.
