No More Risky Dog Greetings & Socialization.
Safe socialization doesn’t start with other dogs. It starts with teaching emotional regulation skills & gaining your dog's trust.
I'll show you how to develop the essential skills for true social friendliness with...
My Dog Training has:
a World Wide Reach
Internationally renowned expert in Dog Socialization and Pack Leadership
Mentored Hundreds of Students in our
Social Fluency Framework™ since 2015
Helped thousands of dogs become socially fluent through our Graduates' businesses
Voted Best Dog Trainer in Vermont
Trained hundreds of dogs to overcome stress, fear and anxieties and become socially fluent dogs
"Bristol is learning to greet off leash dogs in a friendly way, control her excitement in new situations, and remain obedient in high distraction environments! Since the training we have received dozens of comments from friends and family about the amazing difference they see in Bristol and how enjoyable she is to be around now. I am so thankful we found Rhonda, she gave us to tools and techniques to live in harmony with Bristol" - Katie
The biggest myth about dog socialization is that dogs become friendly by being exposed to more dogs.
If a dog is overwhelmed, over-aroused, or stressed during socialization, the brain isn’t learning friendliness.
It’s learning survival & practicing reactivity.
This is why your dog's socialization is getting worse.
Foundations of True Friendliness™ shows you how to build down regulation skills first… so when dogs do meet, they meet safely & have the skills to think and respond.
Confused about why your dog struggles with dog greetings?
I was once there too. I believed my dog was aggressive — until I learned how to gain my dogs' trust, read dog body language, play styles, and emotional thresholds. I learned this about my dog...
Letting dogs “work it out” often teaches shutdown, followed by aggression when avoidance fails or unknowingly encourages dogs to be bullies.
We help you understand and classify your dog inside the Foundations of True Friendliness™ online course so you know how to advocate for them and set dogs up for success.
After working with hundreds of dogs struggling with socialization, I’ve seen the same truth again and again...
success always begins by building skills away from other dogs first.
What you're getting inside our
Foundations of True Friendliness™ Course
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Proven Path to teach emotional regulation skills
With Socialization Expert of 15 years, Rhonda
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Extensive Step-by-Step Video Trainings on how to gain your dog's trust back & teach a dog crucial social skills they can then apply to dog socialization.
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Deep understanding of Social Fluency & Friendliness. Learn exactly why your dogs need a certain set of skills and capabilities to have successful greetings.
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100% Satisfaction Guarantee. 30 Day Money Back Guarantee. So what have you got to lose?
What makes this so hard is that most advice tells you to fix dog-to-dog problems by putting dogs together. While interaction does matter, the real work happens long before dogs ever meet.
"The training and transformation of Lindy has been incredible. My stress level is practically zero, where as prior I was crying daily. Lindy is much more comfortable with other dogs and is getting better every day. My relationship with Lindy changed and I’m so in love with my dog. I’m so grateful." - Mindy
Do you really want to spend another year feeling nervous every time another dog appears or your dog starts greeting another dog?
Does this sound like you?
You're avoiding parks, beaches, and social situations because you don’t trust how your dog will react around other dogs. You’re “winging it” hoping your dog will “grow out of it”… but instead, they never do. You may be even resenting your dog a little. Meanwhile, you’re missing out on walks, adventures, and peace of mind. If so, my training is for people exactly you.
Hi, I'm Rhonda
I'm a dog training & business expert with over 15 years experience helping students learn how to socialize their dog again. I’ve logged 10,000+hrs working with dogs and creating happy friendly social dogs!
My journey started in 2008 when I set out to learn dog socialization from the very best. I specialized in dog walking, dog camp, behavior cases, private lessons, socialization school, mutt mixers, and group classes.
My partner and I created Friendly Dog Pack Project™ and our popular Socialization Dog Career Courses, each designed to help dog lovers understand the emotional side of dogs (not just obedience) to train really friendly and social dogs.
My dog, Gabby helped me understand the power of a socially fluent and friendly dog.
My mission is simple: to teach you the deep, intuitive, social skills that most trainers and dog owners never learn so you can help your dog feel safe, calm, and capable in any environment.
My Promise to You
100% Satisfaction Guarantee or Money Back
And if at any point you’re not satisfied with the results of implementing this training, we’ll give you your money back with our 30 day money-back guarantee (no questions asked).
"For fear of being yelled at by the people she barked at or her getting into a fight with another dog, we stopped taking Bella to public places. I now take Bella hiking off leash and to the park on a regular basis–no more hiding for us! Her skills/knowledge far exceeded our expectations. Rhonda has helped us achieve what I honestly didn’t think was possible–I have a social dog again!” - Phoebe
What you learn inside our Proprietary Social Fluency & Friendliness Framework™
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Learn everything you need to know about why your dog is struggling with greetings & socialization.
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A proven path to get your dog socializing with dogs again and having positive greetings.
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A successful dog training method that's been proven to help thousands of dogs through skill building.
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Become a confident trainer and leader
socializing any dog. One they can trust.
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Never feel unsure ever again when it comes to socializing your dog.
Social Fluency & Friendliness Framework™
Step 1
The Social Awareness Stage™
This is where the real magic begins—finally understanding the why behind your dog’s socialization struggles by looking at their emotions. Whether your dog deals with overwhelm, insecurity, frustration, or mixed signals from other dogs, you’ll learn to clearly read what they’re feeling so you can support them with calm confidence instead of guessing or hoping for the best. Your dog will learn to trust you again once you learn how to advocate for them.
Step 2
Regulation Before Interaction™
These regulation trainings for your dog are all about teaching calm control before any greeting happens. You’ll train your dog the essential regulation skills they need- like slowing their momentum, managing frustration, and trusting your guidance so they enter social situations prepared, confident, and capable of making good choices. You'll identify if socializing your dog right now is appropriate for your high drive dog and what to do if not.
Whether you’re just realizing your dog needs help, have been battling reactivity and stressful greetings for months, or feel like you’ve tried everything to fix their social struggles...
this is where you finally learn the skills that create calm, safe interactions with dogs.
But first...
you'll need to get over the myth that you need an in-person dog trainer to get high quality socialization training and service.
You just need a proven method, and a step-by-step plan designed specifically for building emotional and social skills and that’s exactly what we teach you.
"Before Rhonda, one trainer stuck us in the hall, away from all other dogs because Thai would bark the entire class. The second trainer informed me Thai would just never be a dog who could socialize with other dogs. I was crushed to say the least. I went from dreading even seeing another dog to watching my dog play off leash with 10 other dogs. Thai now has a foster sister with zero aggression toward her.” - Mandy
Here are some real world examples of dogs thriving after implementing the Social Fluency & Friendliness Framework™
Emma struggled to socialize her dog from a young age and it was limiting her outdoorsy lifestyle she dreamed of giving to her dog. After implementing the training inside our Social Fluency & Friendliness Framework™ she created a socially fluent & friendly dog who can now make friends!
Jess was working at a dog daycare and couldn't include her dog because he would overwhelm other dogs. He wasn't welcome to join and Jess felt overwhelmed by all the socialization training out there. She worked with other trainers but nothing seemed to really help her dog make friends. The Social Fluency & Friendliness Framework™ helped Jess finally socialize her dog in a way that helped him be successful! He's now Jess's biggest helper- welcoming in new dogs to her dog school because of his amazing social fluency skills.
Discover exactly what's inside:
Foundations of True Friendliness™ Curriculum
Click on the phases to see all the lessons
Phase 1 - The Social Awareness Stage™
This is where the real magic begins- finally understanding the why behind your dog’s socialization struggles by looking at their emotions. Whether your dog deals with overwhelm, insecurity, frustration, or mixed signals from other dogs, you’ll learn to clearly read what they’re feeling so you can support them with calm confidence instead of guessing or hoping for the best.
Lesson 1: Introductions to Foundations
Lesson 2: Body Language
Lesson 3: Social Stress
Lesson 4: Over Stimulation
Lesson 5: Different Play Group Personalities
Lesson 6: Different Play Styles
Lesson 7: Canine Sociability Spectrum
Lesson 8: Instinctual Drives
Lesson 9: Breed and Predatory Sequence
Do Not Rely on Obedience
Millions of dog owners thought strict obedience was the answer to socialization struggles- until they discovered how powerful it is to teach emotional regulation skills before socialization. That’s when their dogs finally became calm, confident, and ready for socialization.
Everything changed when I started teaching regulation
Most dog behavior problems don’t come from a lack of obedience- they come from a lack of emotional regulation skills.
Over 70% of dog aggression is rooted in poor socialization, not whether a dog can sit or stay. And with 15–20% of dogs showing reactivity, it’s clear that real transformation comes from teaching dogs to communicate, read cues, and regulate their emotions.
Commands control a dog in the moment — emotional flexibility & control changes who they are in the moment.
Who Thrives in Foundations of True Friendliness—and Who Shouldn’t Enroll
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Ideal for you if...
✓You struggles with dog-to-dog greetings and you want a clear, step-by-step plan to finally fix it.
✓ You avoid certain dogs, parks, or routes because you don’t fully trust how your dog will respond.
✓ You want to understand your dog’s emotions so you can actually help them instead of guessing.
✓ You’re tired of obedience drills that don’t translate to real-life socialization.
✓ You want your dog to be calm, tolerant, and socially fluent — even around dogs they don’t like.
✓ You want coaching support from one of the leading experts in socialization.
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Not a fit if you
🚫 You want a quick fix that “makes your dog behave” without working on emotions, communication, or skills.
🚫 You believe all dogs should like every dog and want yours to “love everyone” instead of learning tolerance.
🚫 You want dominance training, or methods that shut a dog down emotionally (we don’t do that here).
🚫 You aren’t willing to practice simple lessons — even 15 minutes a day feels like too much.
🚫 You want someone else to do the work for you instead of learning how to guide and understand your own dog.
🚫 You’re looking for a full “board and train” or someone to physically socialize your dog for you.
Here's the Nearly
$2,000 Value You Get Inside the Course!
Online Course
Foundations of True Friendliness
Foundations of True Friendliness Training Videos
$1000 value
Inside the FDPP videos, you’ll get step-by-step guidance on preparing your dog for socialization and building the essential skills they need to succeed.
Social Fluency & Friendliness Framework™
$800 value
The full roadmap to raising a socially fluent, emotionally balanced dog who can greet calmly, interact safely, and move confidently through real-world social situations.
Total Value:
$1,800!
"Audra began socialization training but we began to notice that Audra was getting worse around other dogs. Audra intentionally slipped her collar and chased after two different dogs. Though she didn’t bite either dog, she pushed and “beat up” the other dogs. We realized we needed a switch. Now we recognize her body language and signals to prevent any escalation and she can successfully greet other dogs both on and off leash, even in large groups. Training with Rhonda has changed Audra from a dog that we were perpetually nervous about taking outside into a trusted member of the family.”- Sam
Frequently Asked Questions
1. Is this program for reactive dogs?
Yes—Foundations of True Friendliness works beautifully for reactive, anxious, tense, or overly excited dogs. You’ll learn how to regulate their emotions, lower their threshold, to prepare them to feel safer around other dogs.
2. My dog isn’t aggressive, just awkward around dogs. Will this help?
Absolutely. Dogs who pull, freeze, stare, bark, whine, or send mixed signals are perfect for this program. Social fluency isn't about fixing “bad dogs”—it's about teaching healthy communication.
3. What if my dog already had a fight?
Foundations of True Friendliness helps you rebuild confidence, prevent escalation, and teach safe greeting patterns. Many owners join specifically because they’ve experienced a fight or a close call.
4. How is this different from obedience training?
Obedience teaches commands.
Social fluency teaches:
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Emotional stability
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Self-regulation
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Down regulation
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Threshold awareness
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Body language interpretation
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How to turn on their parasympathetic nervous system
Commands don’t fix social struggles—relaxation skills does.
5. What if my dog lives with another dog and they fight?
The same principles apply. Foundations of True Friendliness helps you regulate emotions, create structure, and rebuild safety between dogs living in the same home.
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