Hourly Lessons
$95 – $145/hour
If you choose to pay hourly per lesson, my rate is $95 – $145/hour depending on issue and location. More serious issues may cost more per hour and will depend partly on location as well as the seriousness of the issue. After the first hour during any one visit, my price is reduced by $25.00 per hour for each sunsequent hour, as long as we meet within any 10 day period, including phone appointments (which I do only after I’ve met with you and your dog for at least an hour). In other words, if you’re paying $125.00 for the first hour, your second hour and third hour during that same visit will cost $100.00. Visits rarely last over three hours, and more frequently run 1 – 2 hours. After our first meeting, visits will be billed at the rate which is reduced by $25.00. The first hour costs more because I spend time doing behavioral evaluation and assessment and, based on that, implementing a curriculum and goals which are customized for you and your dog.
Issues such as aggression requiring behavior modification must be paid in full at the first lesson for three lessons (three hours) in advance. During the first meeting, I evaluate your dog and your situation within the first hour. Subsequent time is spent giving you strategies as appropriate for that period in time for starting to manage and working toward resolving your dog’s issues. The initial visit may last up to three hours. If the initial visit lasts only two hours, the payment for the third hour will go towards a subsequent visit or follow-up questions by phone or e-mail up to one hour. For more about aggression please see ‘Aggression in Dogs’ on my menu choices and contact me to discuss my rates and the possibility of success in resolving your dog’s issue(s). If you know your dog has an aggression issue, you must fill out the contact form on the Aggression in Dogs page first before contacting me, and in order that I may be able to contact you already armed with valuable and important information. Please provide a home or cell number in addition to a work number along with the best times to reach you at each. Please answer all the questions in the contact form.
Please CLICK HERE to complete “Dog Training Contact Form”.
Ask me about senior discounts and specials (also see the menu options to view discounts).