Tranquil Dog Training
Jacksonville, NC · Serving Camp Lejeune & Wilmington
Your dog doesn't need more commands.
Your life needs a plan built around the one you actually have.
We stopped teaching a generic list of obedience skills years ago.
Every dog that comes through Tranquil is trained around the specific life waiting for them at home, not a routine that looks good in a demo video.
Hear it directly from our founder before you reach out.
Three ways to start, wherever you're at
Not everyone is ready to hire a trainer, and not everyone needs to. Here's how families work with us, no matter where they're starting from.
FREE
Train Your Dog Yourself
A free course covering real obedience training you can run at home, built for anyone who can't take on the cost of a program right now, wants to lead the training themselves, or has been let down by a trainer before.
It's in production now.
We're not for everyone, and we'd rather tell you that now.
Most obedience training fails for one reason. It was never built around the actual family holding the leash, and very little human coaching is involved. A dog gets taught to sit, stay, and heel in a training room, and none of it survives contact with a real house, a real schedule, or a real life. The owner is left with a dog that performs for a stranger and ignores everyone at home.
We build the opposite. Before we teach a single command, we find out what your life with this dog is supposed to look like. Then everything we do points toward that, and only that.
This also means we're becoming more selective about who we work with. Real change takes real effort from you, not just from us, and this isn't a fit for someone who wants a quick fix or isn't ready to do the work at home.
If that's you right now, that's fine. We'd rather say so upfront than take your money and hand you a dog that goes right back to the same habits in a month.
17
Years training dogs and coaching the people on the other end of the leash
01
Program, built two ways, so it fits your dog whether you're doing the work or we are
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Generic command lists. Every plan starts with your actual routine, not ours
A trained beach dog does nothing for a family that never leaves their yard.
These are three real situations we run into constantly. They're the reason a copy-paste command list keeps failing families who did everything a trainer told them to do.
The beach family that never goes to the beach
Teaching a dog to swim and stay calm around waves is wasted effort if this family's actual life is backyard fetch and neighborhood walks. We ask what you'll really do with this dog before we decide what to train.
The new baby, and a dog trained for none of it
A dog that's never been prepared for a crying infant, a stroller, or a house full of new smells and rules is set up to struggle the moment the baby comes home. That prep has to happen on purpose, ahead of time.
The active couple who don't want a couch potato
Some programs train every dog toward calm and settled, full stop. A young couple who hikes, travels, and wants a dog that can keep up needs a completely different plan, not a dog trained to lie still all day.
Ground Zero
One program, one standard, built two ways. Every dog starts here, whether you want to do the work yourself with us guiding you, or you want us to do it for you and hand back a dog who's ready.
PATH ONE
PRIVATE LESSONS
Six sessions with you and your dog, in your home and out in the world your dog actually has to behave in.
The first four are scheduled weekly so we can build momentum fast, then the last two move to every other week as things settle in.
You're in the room for every part of it, learning to read your dog and handle situations yourself, so the training doesn't disappear the day the sessions end.
Best for owners who want to be hands-on through the whole process.
PATH TWO
Board and Train
Six weeks living and training in a real home environment with two trainers, not a kennel, with private lessons during training, followed by private lessons with you once your dog comes home so the transition actually holds.
This is the path for owners who don't have the time or ability to run the daily reps themselves right now, but still want a dog trained around their specific life, not a generic one.
Best for owners who need the heavy lifting done for them.
BOTH PATHS INCLUDE
Support and Loyalty
Unlimited follow-up support after your program ends, additional lessons whenever you need them, and discounted refresher boarding down the road.
Once you're in the Tranquil family, that doesn't end when your program does.
We're with you, as long as you need.
This isn't dog training. It's a lifestyle you build with your dog, on purpose.
Every program includes time spent just talking through what's actually going on at home. Not because we're playing therapist, but because we can't build the right plan without understanding the family living it.
17+ Years
Soon to hit 18 years of hands-on training experience.
Military & First Responders
Discounts available to our honorable and deserving Military and First Responders.
USMC
Our Head trainer is a Marine Corps Veteran.
RESCUE FRIENDLY
Rescue dog discounts to newly adopted dogs with proof of adoption contract within 45 days of adoption.
VETERINARIAN
Recommended by local veterinarians.
Multi Dog Discounts
Multi-dog discounts available for families enrolling two or more dogs at the same time.
