Paws N’ Progress

Building Better Bonds one paw at a time.

Philosophy

I believe that finding the best solutions to help you and your dogs is crucial. Each dog is unique and has their own learning style and needs, and my objective is to help you in teaching them in the most effective way possible. My approach is based on positive reinforcement and scientific principles. Regardless of whether your dog exhibits behavior issues like jumping, barking, guarding, fear, anxiety, or reactivity, I will work with you to enable your dog to become the best version of themselves. My approach emphasizes building a relationship between you and your dog, which entails bridging communication gaps and building better bonds one paw at a time.

Standard training works to teach your dog new skills or build on those existing skills. It includes things like cue, trick, leash , and initial puppy training. Helping to build the dog up to be their best.

Behavior Modification works to change existing behaviors and to work out any unwanted behavior. This includes things like chewing, guarding, anxiety help, and reactivity work. This service will also heavily focus on Confidence building for your dogs.

Training Types

Training Services

  • Evaluations

    This service offers an in-person evaluation for your dog to determine their best training needs. This is to gather important information and learn more about you and your dog without taking up time from one of our other sessions. It is strongly recommended or required for certain behavior modification training. The evaluation can take anywhere between 45 minutes and 1 hour 15 minutes. The service includes a phone call discussion ahead of time, and a plan of action will be formed moving forward. The cost is $80 per session.

  • Standard Training

    This service offers basic to advanced manners and obedience training, puppy services, basic to moderate social skill building and loose leash handling training, and learning more about your dog and their body language. The service includes a discussion ahead of time to determine the type of training desired, which can take place over the phone or via email. Homework will be sent after every session to provide information discussed during the session for future reference. The cost is $100 per session.

  • Behavior Modification:

    This service focuses on addressing unwanted behaviors in your dog and building positive ones instead. It covers basic to moderate fear, anxiety, reactivity, advanced social skills, and any other unwanted behaviors that need to be worked on. The service also helps you learn more about your dog and their body language. Every session includes homework being sent after, as well as a discussion before the sessions. An evaluation ahead of time may be recommended or required. The cost is $120 per session.

  • Doggie Power Hour

    The Doggie Power Hour is a dedicated session for your dog and the trainer. You can decide in advance what skills you would like the trainer to work on with your pup, such as walk skills and playtime. Before the session, there will be a discussion about the skills to work on, and either a discussion or email after the session to talk about what was done during the session and the skills that were worked on. This service is sold in hour-long sessions, but those sessions can be broken into half-hour blocks. The cost is $80 for a full hour.

About Caleb

I was born and raised in Denver and have been around dogs my entire life. Professionally, I've worked with pups for about a decade, and I used to own dogs myself until recently. I believe in using a positive approach when training dogs, and improving the lives of both dogs and their owners is a huge passion of mine. My goal is to enhance relationships, build better bonds, improve communication, and understanding between dogs and their owners, ultimately resulting in the best possible life for both. Growing up around many dogs and then jumping right into working with them professionally has cultivated a deep passion for these animals within me. I've encountered and dealt with a diverse range of dog personalities and behaviors, but I'm particularly drawn to pups that exhibit fear and anxiety.

  • Caleb is an amazing trainer! Our dog had some bizarre aggressive behaviors that came about as she's gotten older. He was able to win her trust within minutes of meeting her. He helped with some basic commands, like lay down, that he accomplished in 10 minutes, we've been trying for 8 years! He gave us so many tools and protocols to use for various circumstances as well as the written instructions for us to refer to and have for the long term. He was very attentive, great at listening to our issues, as well as making his own observations that helped us understand what was going on in our dog's mind. Caleb made himself very accessible for any questions or concerns beyond the designated training sessions. I highly recommend working with him to help achieve whatever goals you have with your dog! Thank you!

    Dana, and Josh

  • We worked with Caleb to train our 1 year old Cane Corso. She struggled with anxiety around new people and walking on leash. We could immediately tell that Caleb understood dogs and was accustomed to working with them. She warmed up to him fast and trusted him (and so did we). He worked with our dog on her comfort level and knew when to push her in training and when to go slow. He provided great coaching to us so that we could work with our dog in between sessions with him. He was flexible in scheduling with us and working with our schedule. We would 100% work with him again and recommend him to others. He's knowledgeable in training approaches and keeps current in new techniques. Having his encouragement and homework as we went through the process gave us confidence in the process.

    Jonathan and Sarah

  • Caleb has such a great connection with our dog Kodi! He has worked with her on walking nicely on leash and playing well with others among other behaviors. We love his focus on positive reinforcement training. Highly recommend!

    Laney

  • I am pleased to recommend Caleb Lowdermilk for canine training. I employed Caleb to train my two female dogs, Bailey and Willow. The girls just loved Caleb! He displayed a calm, patient demeanor with my dogs and me. Along with explaining the training, performing the training alongside us, he also provided documents for me to refer to. At any time if I had a question, Caleb was available to answer my questions. If I had an issue with how my dogs were reacting when I was out with them on my own, I could call, email or text Caleb to make sure I understood the exercise correctly and he would offer a resolution on how to handle the issue better. At each session, we discussed what we would accomplish that day. Caleb would perform the commands with the girls. Then he would monitor me as I worked with them. Upon his departure, Caleb would give me lessons to practice until our next session.

    Tonia