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Build your scared or anxious dog's confidence faster with personalized support & expert resources at your fingertips.
IS CONFIDENCE BUILDERS CLUB FOR YOU?
Do you have a dog who is afraid of the outside world? Or maybe even afraid of family members? Terrified of loud noises, or of being touched?
Do you want to build your dog's confidence and improve their quality of life? Help them live in our human world more happily?
Then Confidence Builders Club is for you.
Learn how to help your dog feel safer, and teach them skills they can use to cope more confidently with the people, places, and situations they encounter on a day-to-day basis.
JOIN THE COMMUNITY
I think I learned more from this than any other live training courses that I have taken! You learn a step-by-step method to modify your dog’s behavior!
Zoe's Mom
I was hesitant to try online dog training, but I was very satisfied with this course. The material was stimulating. It provided a systematic approach to look at my dog’s (and my own) behavior. I feel that it pushed our training forward. Kelly and her team offered great additional support as well. - Joey’s Mom
Kelly Lee
TRAINER/OWNER
Hi, I'm Kelly. I've been training dogs and their people professionally for over 15 years. Working with and supporting parents of fearful dogs is definitely my passion.
Trying to help my little guy Pancake, who was essentially a wild animal when I took him in as a foster, showed me how little good information there is on working with dogs who are profoundly fearful. That experience inspired me to create Confidence Builders Club.
My formal education includes a B.S. in Zoology, a PhD in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, and a masters degree in Applied Behavior Analysis. I earned my Certificate in Training and Counseling (CTC) from the Academy for Dog Trainers. I also worked in sheltering and rescue for about 7 years prior to focusing on Dogkind full time.Â
I'm looking forward to meeting you and your dog!
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I enjoy being a part of the (membership). Not only do you get individualized attention/advice from a great dog trainer, but I love how there are weekly lives to address the "right now" issues of their members. I feel like the Q&A answers are so in-depth and helpful. For me, as a person, I love learning about the science and why things are done a certain way. The enrichment workshop last weekend was such a treat as I was hoping for demos and workshops. I look forward to what’s coming in the near future.
Frida’s Dad
Kelly's thoughtful, kind, respectful and creative approach to training has literally saved my dog’s life.
She now wags her tail & happily follows me outside to potty. I have learned so much from the training sessions, videos and individual feedback.
Skye's mom
Kelly is a great teacher & trainer. She really takes the time to get to know each dog...
and their owner so she can help them through their individual issues, as well as teaching about fearful issues in general. She has such a great amount of knowledge and happily shares it with everyone. Not only in this class, but also in all the free blogs that she has available. I can't recommend her enough!
Winnie's mom
Buttercup is opening up more each day and I am excited for what the future holds with her!
Kelly was patient and very helpful when Buttercup went backwards in her confidence. Kelly didn't show any frustration with us and everyone in the group is very friendly, kind, and helpful!
-Buttercup's mom
Q: Can online training really work for fearful dogs?Â
A: Yes! In fact, online training is often preferable for dogs who don’t do well around strangers or in a group class setting. We’ve been training remotely for several years, and exclusively online for two years now, with excellent results.Â
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Q: Will I be able to talk to a trainer when I have a question?Â
A: Yes! I am in the student community 5 days per week, and we can also chat during our weekly Zoom calls.
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Q: Do I need to be really technology savvy to participate?Â
A: No. If you can navigate a website and use Zoom, you can participate in the membership. If you’d like to share videos with us for review, you can simply take video on your phone and upload it to Facebook, Youtube, or a Dropbox link we’ll provide. If you get stuck, I'm here to help!
This and the reactive dog course has been the most beneficial thing I've done as I've worked with Tucker over the last two years. He's made more progress with your instruction in a couple of months than he did with a year and half of private training. And, I feel so much more positive about taking him out and understanding what to do.
Tucker’s Mom
