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|Personal Training | Expert Puppy Socialization | Private Lessons | Maintenance |Group Classes|
Our day-training "personal trainer" program is perfect for the busy professional or family who would prefer expert training over instruction, producing a well-trained dog quickly and without interrupting your busy schedule. Expert Personal Training starts with an evaluation meeting in which we discuss your training goals for your dog, which I can then use to determine the number of weeks needed to achieve those goals. I will demonstrate some of the methods I will use and recommend management techniques that you can implement at home for immediate relief and improvement. I will then work with your dog one-on-one for three to four sessions a week. After each meeting with your dog I leave you a report explaining your dog's progress, and I will meet with you weekly to show you your dog's progress and teach you how to maintain it. I only take a few clients at a time so that I devote my time and considerable experience, knowledge and skills to you.
This is ideal for rowdy adolescent dogs who desperately need more exercise but have no leash manners, for young puppies who need prompt instruction during their formative weeks, for dogs with behavior issues that make it difficult to work with them in public, and for anyone who wants exceptional professional training. It took me years to gain the skills that I can apply to training your dog – and then all you need to learn is how to maintain the training once your dog already knows his part. This is like board-and-train without sending your dog away. You get expert training and a well-behaved dog, and your dog will enjoy it, too!
"Expert Personal Trainer" appointments are $160 per session; discount packages
are available. Do you want a well-behaved, dependable, confident, happy
dog? Why live with bad manners any longer?
Due to very high demand, Private Lessons and Expert Personal
Training are often booked 2-3 weeks in advance. Now accepting new clients
in May 2013.
Register
for the "Personal Trainer" initial evaluation.
Puppies have a critical socialization period which starts around 8 weeks and ends at about 16 weeks. During this "window of opportunity" it's important to introduce your puppy to a variety of people, animals, sounds, smells, sights, and situations - in a way that will leave a lasting, positive impression. If your busy schedule makes focusing on your young puppy's needs difficult, or you're just not sure you know what to cover, let me do it for you! This is a special one-week version of the "Personal Trainer" program which includes an evaluation sessions, four socialization "culture walk" and training sessions, and one transfer session (six one-hour sessions in total). Special introductory offer price is $720.
Due to very high demand, Expert Personal Training are often
booked 2-3 weeks in advance. Now accepting new clients in May 2013.
Register
for the "Personal Trainer" initial evaluation.
Private Lessons are great for any person or family who wants one-on-one attention when learning how to train your own dog. This is ideal for people who want to learn how to modify their dog's behavior but for whom a group class is not the most appropriate, and for behavior modification issues which involve the owner. With Private Lessons, I teach you how to train your dog; in contrast in Personal Training I train your dog for you and then show you how to maintain what I've done.
Private lesson appointments are available on weekdays during the daytime. Private lessons are $145/hr and are started as an initial discount package of four one-hour private lessons (for basic training) or six one-hour private lessons (for aggression, other serious issues, and multiple issues), scheduled approximately two weeks apart, available for 15% off the hourly rate. For young puppies, or dogs new to your household, we also offer the special "Puppy Package" of two one-hour meetings for $261.
Due to very high demand, Private Lessons and Expert Personal
Training are often booked 2-3 weeks in advance. Now
accepting new clients in May 2013.
Register
for Private Lessons.
Dog training is never really done – like physical fitness, if you don’t keep up the practice, the behavior can deteriorate. Sometimes just a quick reminder is all it takes. I can help keep up your dog’s progress with regular Personal Trainer sessions. Maybe your dog’s garden of behaviors needs a little occasional weeding? Like a regular oil change, maintenance training can keep your dog’s behavior running smoothly! This is a "personal trainer" style service in which you, the owner, do not need to be present. Let me come i nand "upgrade" your dog's skills while you work, play, parent, or attend school! This service is for current or past clients of Stacy’s Wag’N’Train only.
Package 1 – One one-hour appointment every two weeks, for 6 months (12 sessions). $1000 for six months (you save $200) or $200/month
Package 2 – One one-hour appointment every month, for 6 months (6 sessions). $500 for six months (you save $100) or $100/month
We offer a very limited number of group classes: Currently ONLY the "Real World" class for current or past clients. "Obedience school" teaches your dog to focus in the face of distractions. All group classes are limited to six dogs or fewer. All of our classes feature clicker training, the state-of-the-art method that maximizes your dog's learning. In training class we usually use food treats as rewards; other types of rewards are encouraged as well. Dogs are encouraged to wear regular collars, body harnesses, "Gentle Leaders" or other head halters, and front-clip no-pull harnesses. Choke chains and pinch collars are not allowed. Group classes are perfect for learning basic obedience in a social setting - but behavior problems, including"leash reactivity" or on-leash aggression, might be best addressed in Expert Personal Training or Private Lessons.
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