The advantages of our private training as opposed to the
class/group training available elsewhere:
We customize our training for each owner/handler and dog. We do
not generalize it for the masses. Because of this, we can take your dog much
farther than any other training class can.
By training privately, we give you and your dog all of our time
and do not have to spread out the contact time amongst 10 other people and
dogs. Again, we can take you farther along in the training process because of
this facet.
Also, by training individually, your dog has a fair and positive
chance at learning within a distraction-free environment. How can you expect a
dog to learn and to focus on you and the command/task at hand if there are 5-10
other puppies or dogs in the same room while you are trying to train?
Distractions are crucial and necessary once the pup or dog has learned and
begun to understand the various commands. But to have all of these pups/dogs
playing, fighting, barking, etc. going on at the crucial beginning stages of
training only leads to failure and a negative learning environment and
experience. One must then come down hard on the dog or else let the dog be wild
and do a half-baked training session. In addition, you have the various people
chit-chatting away and disrupting the class. That is not very desirable.
Working privately, you and your dog are not put on hold while the
other people and dogs catch up to you. Also - when people miss classes, it
goofs up the whole scenario and either sets the class back while they must be
brought up to speed or else they get private training for their missing a class
while you get the mass education. We believe that is unfair!
We Do Not Use Food! With our training the dog works for 'praise'.
There is that rare dog with brain damage or severe behavioral problems where we
may try this particular element, but it is only one possible alternative within
a myriad of stimuli that we may use. I sincerely believe that the dog should
work for you for the love and praise, and the respect, and the relationship
that you bring to one another, as well as the love of work; and not whether or
not you have food. There are many cases where the dog is so picky that each
time the owner must satisfy the dog's needs and palate with a variety of treats
that fits the dog's mood and whims. The dog has trained the human. There are
also many dogs that will not do anything if food is not present and the dog has
not passed inspection on the particular food substance, and to me that is
totally ridiculous. My dogs work for me wherever I go because of this positive
relationship. I do not have to carry a bunch of food around rotting in my
pocket just so I can get the dog to work for me.
We train outside - in the fresh air, on the grass; and not in a
small confined over-crowded room with slippery floors where the dogs and
puppies cannot even walk on! Also - think of a bunch of dogs barking in a small
room echoing all over - what a headache! I find that when training individually,
barking never seems to be a problem, other than doing protection work where the
dog is doing a watch/pass auf or a hold-and-bark!
It is a fact that we get more done with your dog in 5 sessions
than what other trainers do in 10 and even 15 sessions. What we do in the 10
session package, is really quite advanced and remarkable! We have a very high
standard and concept of what an obedient dog is and what basic training should
consist of. (Note: We make this statement with no hype and ego involved. This
information was gathered from numerous clients who have gone to other trainers
and paid a wide range of money, only to be very unhappy with the training
method, the minimal results, and out of frustration and commitment/dedication
to train their dog, have come to us for help and to start over again the right
way - to get the job done!)
You may try to save money by going somewhere else; however, as the
above statement shows, you end up not having a well-trained dog and settling
for that; or you end up spending more money and come to us to get the job done.
Ultimately it will cost you more than if you were to do it right the first
time! We are pleased to be able to state that we have a 99% success rate and a
98% customer/client satisfaction rate.
It may cost you a bit more training with K-9 TRAINING; but our
methods work. We will help you to train your dog efficiently, thoroughly, and
as cost-effectively as possible. In the long run - we're less expensive!
Remember - you get what you pay for!
If you breakdown the cost of our training over the period of the
dog's life, it is a very basic investment that lasts for the life of your dog.
Think of all the money you spend in a year for veterinary bills, food,
flea-tick-heartworm medication, and all of the little extras. We are very
reasonable in relation to these larger expenses.
We give you customized training which deals with a myriad of
training methodologies to aid in the training and resolution of behavior
problems; not the 'generic' one-dimensional 'our way/one way' corporate method.
We work for the 'total' dog.
This is my business, and honesty and integrity are crucial to my
philosophy. In other situations, people work for the bigger and colder
'corporate machine'. With K-9 TRAINING you get 'Quality' training versus 'mass
training'.
We care about you, your family, and your dog.
Our success speaks for itself. In one respect, our 'stamp' is on both, you and
your dog. In addition, many of our clients have become friends because of our
caring, intensity, and passion for training.
