Services for Dog Owners

When you schedule in-home training lessons, Your Dog's Personal Trainer will come to your home, at your convenience. Together we will establish your goals for your dog and which behaviors are your highest priorities.Your Dog's Personal Trainer will craft a training plan to fit your needs

In-home Training Lessons may consist of household manners such as

• waiting at doorways
• relaxing in a crate
• being calm around a feline housemate
• coming when called
• walking on a loose leash
• resting on a mat while the family eats dinner
• or any behaviors you would like to train to replace the unwanted behaviors. Kids and dogs both learn best when we show them what TO do - far better than focusing on what NOT to do!

Dogs learn best in small, short chunks of time. And that's better for us too! You can weave 2- or 3-minute training sessions in between other things you do around your home. Once you start grabbing small opportunities to train, your dog will learn quickly. When your dog learns quickly, you'll find yourself wanting to train new things - fun tricks, household helper tasks, fun things to video for friends and family. It's always such a joy to see when people realize how incredibly smart their dog is!

As so often happens, you may start with a problem, work on its solution and discover a whole new way of relating to the family dog! The time you set aside for your training lesson with Your Dog's Personal Trainer will be an hour of enjoyment with your dog with nothing else getting in the way. Not only will you love this time, you dog will be *thrilled*! The result? A well-behaved family member that you can take with you almost anywhere - who wouldn't love that!

In-home training takes place at your home, usually once a week, and each session is about an hour. If we decide to work together, I'll ask you to fill out an information form to help gather pertinent information I can use to prepare for our first session.

Our first visit will be an assessment and training visit and may last as long as two hours. At this first visit, I will get a chance to meet you, the dog, and get a feel for the issues you are dealing with. We’ll start some training that very first session. I will then be able to give you an estimate on the number of sessions we’ll need to accomplish your training goals. I’ll set up a training plan based on your priorities and goals and then we’ll generally meet once each week as we work toward your goals. The number of sessions will depend on

1. your goals
2. where the dog is now in relation to those goals
3. how much time you have to work on the training plan between lessons.

The Assessment and Training Lesson is billed at $100 for a two-hour maximum assessment and lesson. In-home Training Lessons are billed at $75/hour. If you choose to purchase your lessons in a package, paying in full before the first lesson, your cost will be less.

In-home Training Lessons can also be structured such that Your Dog's Personal Trainer comes to train your dog while you are away at work. We would then meet every 3rd lesson for you to learn how to have your dog do what I have taught him.

Following each lesson, Your Dog's Personal Trainer provides notes as to the work we accomplished, video clips of your work with your dog (when available), video clip examples of what you will work on next (when available). Email and phone support are available post-lesson too.

Assessment and Training Lesson - $100

• DOWNLOAD the Behavior History Form to your computer, save it, fill it out, save it and email as an attachment to Helix Fairweather. Be as detailed and specific as you can. Describe specific behaviors rather than interpretations. .docx format .rtf format

• SCHEDULE (2) consecutive one-hour appointments.

• PAY WITH CREDIT CARD $100 for the Assessment and Training lesson.
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PAYMENT INFORMATION for In-Home Training Lessons will be sent to you by email once you have chosen your preferred lesson package.