Non-Human Animal Specific Services

Private Consultations & Training Sessions

Private consultations and training sessions are the primary focus of Mantra Pet. These sessions can take place anywhere digitally while we respect Covid’s safe distancing. Sessions are typically scheduled to be a half hour at a time.

Behavior and training sessions are a prime choice for those looking for assistance with basic manners and trouble-shooting and behavioral aid for greater issues canines, felines, small animals, birds, and more! Some examples (but not limited to) would be canine behavioral problems (such as social anxiety and equality issues, house training issues, being impolite with guests, food and resource guarding, phobias and reactivity, "aggression" and "alpha" behavior, separation anxiety, etc.), feline behavioral problems (such as social anxiety and equality issues, litter-box and inappropriate urination issues, inappropriate scratching, fearfulness, trouble at the vet, acclimating “ferals”, acclimation to multiple animal households, etc.), managing hyperactivity, and more.

"Catification" Consulting & Design

New baby coming into the home? Multicat troubles? Dog just won't let kitty be? Just want your feline pal to be happier? Catification is good for every cat, and not as daunting as it seems

Catification projects are actually a lot of fun, and should not only match your aesthetic, but at Mantra we believe it should further liven up your home! Working with companies directly like hauspanther.com, Ty will talk design, set up, and help you order what you need.

Walk & Train Sessions

Walk and train sessions are another integral part of Mantra Pet. These sessions take place out of the home (walking in the local neighborhood or park), and to work on specific outdoor social skills.

Caretakers have the choice of whether they would like us to focus on general manners (sit, down, wait, leave it, loose leash walking, etc.), leash reactivity* and calm dog protocol, and CGC and/or therapy prep work.

Sessions are available as individual walks only to allow each relation to get the maximum amount of benefit from each training session. This allows the dogs to have less distraction and a better chance to succeed. The caretaker(s) will also be required to have 1-2 private consults a month in conjunction with walk & train sessions to help ensure that the relation’s training remain consistent with both owners and trainer).

As a dog "graduates" from walk and trains, we will also work with your own personal dog-walker to make for a smooth transition! Rare cases in which a dog can not graduate/transfer to another walker (severe phobic and special needs dogs, etc) will be handled on a case by case basis. 

* Walk and train sessions are available for leash reactive dogs on a case-by-case basis and may require prior behavior consults and/or additional training equipment to ensure the safety of the dog, trainer, and public.

Enrichment Sessions

The primary purpose of enrichment sessions is to provide relations with anxiety or special needs with additional attention. These sessions take place in the home and are available for any relation but are especially useful for shy relations. These sessions are often 5-30 minutes.

During enrichment sessions, the helper will either engage in relaxed play (with relations that allow it) or will display calming signals to help the relation feel at ease. This can help anxious or “feral” relations acclimate to new guests in the home and is useful for relations that are initially too shy to be taken outside.

Services Notes

There are a variety of ways that we hope to help you. Here are a few descriptions of the services that we currently offer, and our services extend far beyond what is listed here.

Scheduling for all services is limited to 10 sessions per week in total, so we ask that you fill out a Relation Application and/or contact us in advance to reserve a slot!

We accept payment via square, credit card, or cash (in person). If you have a skill to barter that we are in need of, please feel free to offer. To learn more, continue to our Pricing page.

Dismantling Oppression of Non-Human Animals since 1999

Like many of our projects and goals, Le Rouge Sublet has had to go by many names and guises to be able to infiltrate as many of the realms of the “animal/pet industry” to uncover the depths of corruption, abuse, lies, and deaths that everyday humans in “America” are taught to ignore in their more prestigious “rescue”, “rehabilitation”, “care”, and “protection” companies (both profit and nonprofit).

Le Rouge Sublet seeks to empower humans in understanding and "speaking" to their companion and working animals. By doing so we repair broken bonds, rebuild bridges, and prepare the animals we share our lives with to be confident, happy, and tolerant in everyday life. This is the microcosm, the macrocosmic mirror is that these lessons in anti-opressive communication will allow humans to regain respect for one another, and dismantle the oppression of bigotry that plagues our species.

From animals recovering from severe phobias or the emotional damage of long term medical issues, to prep work for therapy/support/service animals looking to spread some joy and support into the world, to that new bundle of life you're just bringing into your home to just be your pal (from infant to adult animals), or just needing help in picking the right one for you.

Our hope is to bring this ability to homes and owners who can not afford it and to shelters in need by combining the generosity of animals lovers, and to work towards the goal that for every paying client, another animal with affordable behavioral needs will be helped via free classes, consults, seminars, apprenticeship opportunities for new trainers, free behavior consulting for select daycares and veterinary services, and more.

Previous AnD Ongoing Projects

  • Private Human and Nonhuman Care and Training Study (1994-2002)

  • Shop Industry Study (2002-2006): Studying trafficking and opression in the “Pet Store” industry up through assistant management of numerous stores for “Petland Discounts”

  • “Care” Industry Study Continuation (2006-2012, + Mantra Pet Project 2015-2022)

  • Nonprofit Studies Continuation (2011-2016): Powhatan Territory, warden (“Animal Care Tech” and “Behavioral Evaluator and Trainer”) “Richmond SPCA”, creator of the Feline Behavior Department

  • The “Mantra Pet” Project (2015-ongoing): A multi-geographic study focused on Private Relations sessions and “animal industry” Assessments of large and small scale companies through a contract-only lens, in both some of the more affluent communities in Powhatan Territory (“Richmond, Virginia” and surrounding areas) and Lenape Territory (“New York”, “New Jersey”), as well as an ongoing outreach project in Monacan Territory (“Lynchburg, Virginia” and surrounding areas)

  • Comparative Data Overlays (2002-ongoing)

Helping The Helpers In The Community

In addition to our private relations, Le Rouge Sublet also happily offers to volunteer our services to any local or nearby shelters and animal rescue organizations in need of assistance that complies with our anti-oppressive goals, study regulations, and analysis and publication of data.

With Tyber Martin-Mitchell-Moniak Murphy being post CPDT-KA, Pre IAABC, and CGC certified, we can offer a valuable service for shelters who might not otherwise get the help they need training hard to manage shelter pets. Ty specializes in working with reactive, fearful, and high anxiety dogs -and- cats and has years worth of experience working in shelters, as well as privately.

If you are working at a shelter or rescue in need, we can provide:

  • Behavior and training assistance for dogs, cats, birds, and other shelter/foster animals.

  • Free classes for the public to help keep newly adopted shelter animals in their homes, classes or lectures about animal behavior and handling for staff/volunteers/the public, and other educational opportunities.

  • Dog walks or enrichment for cats and other animals.

  • Photography of shelter pets and/or events to help boost shelter animal visibility, as available from Ian Murphy.

We can provide all of these services for shelters and animal rescues for no or low cost.

If you are working for another pet-centric business or are otherwise interested in our services in a commercial sense, please feel free to contact us and negotiate a quote.

If you are a working for a shelter, rescue, or other business, you can contact Tyber/agentskyhouse at lerougesublet@pm.me to discuss how we can help you with any behavior and training needs, or you can contact Ian/BB at encryptedritual@gmail.com / encrypted-ritual.com for any photography related questions.

 

Press Releases for Le Rouge Sublet

2015: ABC Channel 8 Richmond for Ty's work with cats at the Richmond SPCA

agentSKYHOUSE and encryptedritual remain sheltering in violent, unsafe spaces. To empower us, our mission to create safe community spaces, our life work, and our move to a safe space please book a session, give on https://cash.app/$agentskyhouse , or any options available on https://linktr.ee/agentskyhouse , and wela’lin, thank you!