Direct Comparison

Coaching Track

Cost

Total cost (Intro Lesson Included): $xxx

Service Area:

The Coaching Track is available for my entire service area

Time commitment

• Time to implement Enrichment Plan (this varies based on dog, but I work hard to keep the time required to what you're mostly already doing with your dog. For example, if you take your dog on a half hour walk most days and play for 10-15 minutes, I try to keep the plan within 45 minutes if possible)

• Six 1-hour Weekly Meetings

• Four to six 10-20 minute independent training sessions each week

• One 1-hour follow-up meeting within 6 weeks of the end of the program

Training effectiveness/timeline considerations

Generally the Coaching Track has a fantastic track record of producing lasting results because you are working and learning with your dog. This means there is no need to take the time to "transfer" any learning from working with me to you.

The slight downside is the initial training may take a bit longer as both you and your dog are learning. Generally this discrepancy is remedied by the end of six weeks.

Troubleshooting

The coaching track allows you to learn more how to troubleshoot future training yourself more easily as you have done most of the training

Every dog?

Nearly every dog does well with the Coaching Track as you are their human and working with them. The training doesn't depend on your dog working well with me/without you

Pro Daytrain Track

Cost

Total cost (Intro Lesson Included): $xxx

Service Area:

The Pro Daytrain Track is only available for my middle and inner service area

Time commitment

• Time to implement Enrichment Plan (this varies based on dog, but I work hard to keep the time required to what you're mostly already doing with your dog. For example, if you take your dog on a half hour walk most days and play for 10-15 minutes, I try to keep the plan within 45 minutes if possible)

• Six 1-hour Weekly Meetings

• One 10-15 minute independent training sessions each week

• One 1-hour follow-up meeting within 6 weeks of the end of the program

Training effectiveness/timeline considerations

The Pro Daytrain track generally starts creating noticeable change in your dog quite quickly because I have worked with many dogs and can quickly experiment to see what will work best for your specific dog.

However, because you are not directly training your dog for the vast majority of the time, it can create an issue where the dog becomes less reactive when with me, but not so when with you. I have worked to remedy this with the weekly meetings and requiring the single independent training session during the week.

Troubleshooting

The Daytrain track does make future troubleshooting on your own a bit more difficult as you weren't directly training your dog every step. However, I will be including my weekly training plan with tutorials so even if you do not have direct experience, you will still have the information available

Every dog?

The Pro Daytrain option isn't a good fit for every dog. Some dogs will not do well working directly with me at all, or will need considerable time to warm up to a new person before they feel safe enough to learn. Some dogs also become very territorial when their owners are not around and it then isn't safe for me to enter your home without you there.

Typically if your dog does well with new people and will take food from them, they'll do well with daytraining. If your dog is more wary, I can generally tell if the Pro Daytrain track would be a good fit during the Intro lesson, based on how they act when I meet them and enter your home.