Rehab Your Rescue Behavior Services

History
Beth Berkobien, the owner and behavior consultant of Rehab Your Rescue Behavior Services, has been training dogs and doing behavioral work for 20 years. She grew up on a quarter horse farm in Wisconsin, showing quarter horses in various events. She originally wanted to be a vet, but decided to get a masters degree in Animal Behavior and an MBA. She began behavior work in 2006, specializing in the reactive dog. She lives in Downtown Dallas with her husband, Richard, and 5 pups that all came with issues. She also supports the following rescues:

• Take Me Home Pet Rescue
• Cody’s Friends Rescue
• Lonestar Aussie Rescue
• Our English Setter Rescue
• The National Bull Terrier Rescue.

Training Philosophy
Beth believes in an approach that includes the pet parent in every step of the process. She believes that she is more of a people coach than a dog trainer. She uses only science-based methods that truly get results. She specializes in the rescue dog, because they often come to new families holding trauma and PTSD that is often misunderstood.

Services
Rehab Your Rescue Behavior Services offers a variety of services, including:

• Virtual Stay and Train Consult: This is a consult to discuss the stay and train program. A free meet and greet with your dog will be included. The cost of this consult will be deducted from the cost of the stay and train. (No refunds)
• Virtual Behavior Consult: This is a thorough virtual consult. We will go through your dogs history, behavior issues & set goals. If you elect to start a training program with us, you will get a detailed written plan. Virtual consults are very effective, because
• Separation Anxiety Assessment: If you are unsure whether or not your dog has Separation related behaviors, this is the assessment for you. If we decide to move onto a Separation Anxiety package, this amount will be deducted from the cost of the monthly package. (No r
• Separation Anxiety Monthly program: This is a monthly package. The first month, there will be an initial assessment, then 30 minute weekly zooms. Each month we will reassess where you dog is at and how they are progressing. (No refunds)
• Perfect Pooch Package: Start your pooch off the right paw with a training package that sets your pooch up for success: (total cost of program is $600) House training Mouthing Cues (sit, down, stay, recall) Loose leash walking Enrichment games 3 total hrs of w
• Stay and Train: This program is for dogs that need a jump start on their training. Your dog will live in Beth’s home with her 5 prosocial dogs and will get 3 training sessions per day. There will also be carefully supervised enrichment and social/play time.
• Dog and Baby Prep Program: This program is for dogs that are expecting a new baby. We will:
  • Set up growl zones - teaching your dog tethering and place behaviors
  • Desensitize to baby crying
  • Expose your dog to strollers, crib and other baby equipment
  • Working through any behavior issues that may already exist, such as resource guarding, human aggression or fear reactivity

Certifications
Beth Berkobien is a Certified Separation Anxiety Trainer (CSAT), Fear Free Certified, and a member of the International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants (IAABC).

Specializations
Rehab Your Rescue Behavior Services specializes in the following areas:

• Separation Anxiety
• Reactivity
• Fear and Anxiety
• Aggression
• Resource Guarding
• Puppy Training
• Basic Obedience

Training Methods
Rehab Your Rescue Behavior Services uses positive reinforcement methods only. They do not use any aversive methods, such as shock collars or choke chains.

Customer Reviews
Catherine Clark Walsh: Beth at Rehab Your Rescue Behavior Services is wonderful. We had a foster pup who had fear based aggression with my daughter. Beth came to our house to work with the foster pup and us. She gave us easy to implement, effective ideas to help the foster understand that my daughter was safe. Then while she was at our home, she also identified a long standing issue with one of our dogs. Our dog does not trust new people in our home, but she took to Beth immediately and Beth gave us ideas to help our dog work through her protectiveness. We couldn't recommend Beth with more confidence, thank you Beth for your help!
Lori Ayers Schweers: Beth is incredibly helpful! She helped us with our English Setter rescue as he was lurching and barking at other dogs on our walks. He is not always a perfect gentleman, but most of the time, he is responsive to us and so much better at not reacting to other dogs on walks. She immediately connected with Gibson and showed us so many great tips to get his attention that we would have never figured out. Definitely recommend!!
Elizabeth Zuerker: I won’t train with anyone else. Beth truly knows her stuff, and is so patient and kind. Both my dogs love her, and love all the treats they get while training :). She always has research and examples to share after each session and she’s real with you about progress and makes sure you are real with your expectations. I’m very appreciative because she always makes sure I am doing the best for my dogs, or using the right kind of training to ensure they are happy and mentally and physically healthy.
Katie Knowlton: I started working with Beth at Rehab Your Rescue at the beginning of October 2020, a week after fostering and falling in love with a rescue. Suffice to say at the time I formally adopted him, I didn’t know the full details of his fear aggression and had never either rescued a dog before or had any experience of dogs with behavioral issues.
At the start of my journey there were two things I was sure of; I wasn’t going to give up on him and I absolutely was not going to condone training using anything other than force free.
It became apparent very quickly that my rescue had what to me was severe reactivity & aggression to strangers in the house. Beth came for an initial consultation and met us so she could assess him and we agreed a training plan which we regularly reviewed and made changes as appropriate. Beth was also able to connect me to a Behavioral Vet Specialist when the time was right for us and the two of them have worked hand in hand, which has really felt like the coordinated care you’d experience yourself as a patient.
I knew it wasn’t going to be a quick fix, we’ve stalled at times & taken steps back, but Beth’s support & faith in us never wavered. We set realistic goals and we’ve hit some big milestones, with more to come.
Do yourself a favor, the world and his wife will have suggestions of how you can train your dog and things you can try, leave it to the professionals!
Becky Brehl: My beloved dog was struggling with separation anxiety, which changed the way the whole house lived. We had worked with another trainer but had plateaued. We couldn’t go out for dinner together without finding a babysitter for our dog.
Beth helped us to find what was going wrong in our training to move ahead. Our dog has been able to be alone more than ever before. It’s really improved the quality of life for all of us. Even though we’ve “graduated,” I still want to text Beth about every success!
Beth has always been very honest with us. She was up front about what she expected and what we could expect. Once we called her, expecting it to be the beginning of a new training program, and she told us we didn’t need a new training program, we just needed to return our dog to his better routine.
Beth was also able to help us with some other problems we’ve had, even from the other side of the country. Having her on our team made the hard work seem possible. I wholeheartedly recommend her.
Mary Claire Carrick: Beth and her team have an unmatched genuine care for each dog and family she encounters. I have never met someone who wanted to see our dog grow and learn just as much as we did! She immediately saw what our pup could learn and become rather than the challenges he faced- this was so refreshing for us. Beth was incredibly responsive to any question I had - which allowed us to feel confident and set up for success in our training. Beth is the definition of an advocate, ally, encourager, professional, and educator. I would recommend Beth 10/10 times and will forever refer to her with our training and behavior questions.

Media Appearances
RYR has been featured on:
School for The Dogs, Episode 214: “We’re just snowflakes who don’t use bonkers”
Pooch Parenting Podcast with Michelle Stern
Julie Naismith - It happens to trainers too
Doglogical - Making sense of separation anxiety