| THE PET TEACHER In-YOUR-Home Dog Training 248-232-3655 |
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| REMEMBER ... 8 out of 10 dogs end up in a shelter due to behavior issues, primarily from the lack of proper training or the mis-use of training techniques. If you can afford the dog you must also afford the training! Keep your dog from becoming another sad shelter statistic! Start working with a professional trainer knowledgeable in the proper use of positive reinforcement methodology. Start the week you bring your dog to your home. |
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| Your relationship with your dog is unique and special - your dog training should be just as exceptional. |
| PHONE HOURS Monday-Friday 10am-7pm Friday, Saturday 10am-2pm Sunday Closed Leave a message please I'll call back asap! IN-HOME HOURS Based on current availability Monday - Saturday |
| TESTIMONIAL The depth of your knowledge and commitment to your clients is simply amazing. You speak with such passion, empathy, and common sense. I respect your opinion more than any other animal professional I have ever known. Beth M. West Bloomfield |
| TRAIN & PLAY Do more for your dog than just a mid-day walk or play break! The Pet Teacher will come to your home and combine a customized training session followed by play time! Your dog gets the best of both worlds! You want your dog to be schooled with the right positive reinforcement techniques, yet you don’t always have time to commit to training sessions. The Pet Teacher’s Train & Play session are your answer! I’ll come to your home, spend 40 minutes teaching and practicing with your dog, then follow it with a 20 minute play break for a 60 minute total session. The initial sessions must be purchased in groups of 5 sessions @ $45 each (check), $35 each (cash). The first session will be used to meet you and your dog, find out what your dog knows and your goals, sign the contract, get the keys, and allow me to spend some time alone with your dog while you are home so I can design a training plan and your dog can feel comfortable with me. The last session will be used to meet again with you to show you what we’ve worked on. Going forward, then, the sessions can be purchased in minimum groups of 4 - three sessions for practice, and one session to meet with you to show you how to practice with your dog. I can create a customized plan reflective of your goals. Maybe you want your dog to learn some tricks, or walk better on leash, or come when called, stay at the door. The possibilities are endless! Some issues that are not appropriate for Train & Play sessions:
NOTE: Train & Play has helped some dogs with mild separation anxiety because it stimulates thinking which may help your dog to focus on something other than his/her fears. At our first session, here’s what we need to accomplish:
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| ADULT & PUPPY LOOSE LEASH WALKING - Two 1-hour sessions, $90 (check), $80 (cash) SESSION ONE - Walking on leash 1 - foundational steps to loose leash walking NOTE: If we have done the initial Gentle Leader session, we will include the final fitting and start using the Gentle Leader at this session. I do not and will not use choke chains, prong or shock collars. SESSION TWO - Walking On Leash 2 - practice on your street with loose leash walking, including ‘leave it’. NOTE: If you have not yet practiced 'leave it' inside your home, it will be necessary to do that first - either as a separate session or by yourself. USING THE GENTLE LEADER - One 1-hour session, $35 (check), $25 (cash) - Fitting and acclimating the Gentle Leader NOTE: If you would like, I’ll be happy to purchase the Gentle Leader for you. The fee is $30 (check or cash) including the cost of the collar. This session must be combined with the Loose Leash Walking package. The Gentle Leader can also be used for barking, nipping, jumping, fear aggression and other issues. Ask me for details. DOG MEETS GUEST - Three 1-hour sessions, $135 (check), $120 (cash) SESSION ONE - Doorway greeting spot 1 - teach your dog to go to a designated spot by the front door and lay down - Question/Answer - 10 minutes SESSION TWO - Doorway Greeting Spot 2 - Now that your dog has learned to lay down, we’ll work on the dog holding the behavior while you open the door and invite your guests in - Question/Answer - 10 minutes SESSION THREE - Doorway Greeting Spot 3 - Now that you dog will stay in the ‘greeting spot’, add the doorbell to teach the dog to automatically head to the spot when the doorbell rings. - Question/Answer - 10 minutes ADULT 4 - CGC Preparation - Pre-requisite Adult 1, 2, 3 courses, Two 1-hour sessions, $90 (check), $80 (cash) The 10 test items are: 1. Accepting a friendly stranger 2. Sitting politely for petting - Allows any person (in addition to owner) to pet them, whether sitting, standing, or laying down 3. Appearance and grooming - Allows the owner to handle in any position, brush, exam ears, feet, tail, bum 4. Out for a walk - Walks with owner on leash without pulling in a straight line 5. Walking through a crowd - Walks with owner on leash past other people without pulling, lunging 6. Sit and Down on cue/staying in place - Sit and/or down on cue and holds the position until released 7. Come when called - Comes directly to the owner when requested from a 5’ distance 8. Reaction to another dog - Remains calm when another dog is walked by the dog - no jumping, no lunging, no barking 9. Reaction to distractions - Remains calm (not fearful, not shy) when distractions are presented - dropping a chair, etc. 10. Supervised separation - Remains calm on leash with someone other than the owner while the owner walks away and returns When you’ve completed/practiced my Adult 1, 2 and 3 courses you should have mastered these test items: 4, 6, 7, 9 and 10. If you need help with 2 and 3, we can schedule practice for those. Therefore, we will use this course for items 1, 5 and 8. SESSION ONE - Walking through a crowd - we will meet in pet store to gauge response to other dogs, to practice eye contact exercises, and to walk among people SESSION TWO - Walking through a crowd, sit while you speak with a friendly stranger |
| ADULT - For dogs 6 months & older ADULT 1 - Four 1-hour sessions, $180 (check), $160 (cash) SESSION ONE - Dog Sense - this document teaches you the basics of how your dog thinks and learns, the foundation of positive reinforcement training, the proper use of food rewards, recap sheets of each exercise for your reference. It will be emailed to you after the completion of session one. - Name/Eye Contact #1 - 10 minutes - Sit - 15 minutes - Come when called - 20 minutes - Question/Answer - 10 minutes SESSION TWO - Doggy Zen (Impulse control) - 10 minutes - Sit for Greeting - 20 minutes - Lay down - 20 minutes - Question/Answer - 10 minutes SESSION THREE - Wait at the door - 10 minutes - Leave it - 30 minutes - Eye Contact #2 - 10 minutes - Question/Answer - 10 minutes SESSION FOUR - Drop It - 10 minutes - Sit/Stay - 40 minutes - Question/Answer - 10 minutes ADULT 2 - Introducing distractions to the above behaviors; Pre-Requsite completion of Adult 1, Three 1-hour sessions, $135 (check), $120 (cash) SESSION ONE - Eye Contact inside with distractions - Sit/Stay inside with distractions - Question/Answer - 10 minutes SESSION TWO - Come When Called inside with distractions - Eye Contact outdoors with distractions - Question/Answer - 10 minutes SESSION THREE - Come When Called outdoors with controlled distractions - Question/Answer - 10 minutes ADULT 3 - Introducing distance to the above behaviors; Pre-Requsite completion of Adult 1 & 2, Two 1-hour sessions, $90 (check), $80 (cash) SESSION ONE - Sit/Stay outdoors in your yard (practice done on long line if your yard is not fenced) - Question/Answer - 10 minutes SESSION TWO - Come When Called outdoors in your yard (practice done on a long line if your yard is not fenced) - Question/Answer - 10 minutes |
| PUPPY - For puppies 6 weeks to 6 months PUPPY BEGINNINGS - Two 1-hour sessions, $90 (check), $80 (cash) SESSION ONE - Introducing the crate - 10 minutes - Acclimating the collar and leash - 10 minutes - Potty training plan - 15 minutes - Handling exercises - 10 minutes - Leadership - 15 minutes SESSION TWO - Nutrition - 15 minutes - Play and exercise plan; proper toys - 15 minutes - Preventing puppy nipping - 15 minutes - Preventing resource guarding - 15 minutes PUPPY 1 - Four 1-hour sessions, $180 (check), $160 (cash) SESSION ONE - Dog Sense - this document teaches you the basics of how your dog thinks and learns, the foundation of positive reinforcement training, the proper use of food rewards, recap sheets of each exercise for your reference. It will be emailed to you after the completion of session one. - Introduction of positive reinforcement training - 5 minutes - Name/Eye Contact - 10 minutes - Sit - 15 minutes - Come when called - 20 minutes - Question/Answer - 10 minutes SESSION TWO - Doggy Zen (Impulse control) - 10 minutes - Sit for Greeting - 20 minutes - Lay down - 20 minutes - Question/Answer - 10 minutes SESSION THREE - Wait at the door - 20 minutes - Leave it - 30 minutes - Question/Answer - 10 minutes SESSION FOUR - Drop It - 10 minutes - Sit/Stay - 40 minutes - Question/Answer - 10 minutes PUPPY WALKING - Two 1-hour sessions, $90 (check), $80 (cash) SESSION ONE - Walking on leash 1 - foundational steps to loose leash walking SESSION TWO - Walking On Leash 2 - practice on your street with loose leash walking PUPPY MEETS GUEST - Three 1-hour sessions, $135 (check), $120 (cash) SESSION ONE - Doorway greeting spot 1 - teach your dog to go to a spot by the front door and lay down SESSION TWO - Doorway Greeting Spot 2 - Now that your dog has learned to lay down, we’ll work on the dog holding the behavior while you open the door and invite your guests in SESSION THREE - Doorway Greeting Spot 3 - Now that you dog will stay in the ‘greeting spot’, add the doorbell to teach the dog to automatically head to the spot when the doorbell rings. |
| CLICKER TRAINING 101 - One 1-hour session, $45 (check), $40 (cash) If you would like to work with Clicker Training for any of the puppy and/or adult courses, please add this session prior to our starting the package course. It will be added to the first session of the package. |
| PACKAGE POLICIES PLEASE NOTE: In order to maintain these low fees, the same policies as a group class apply: These Package classes are a standardized curriculum and cannot be altered, the same as astandardized group class curriculum. A standardized curriculum allows me to stay within the one hour allotted class time. Customizing requires more one-on-one time, which will cause these particular package sessions to go longer. If you need something other than this standardized curriculum, consider the Customized Session appointment for personalized training. In order to accommodate other students, it is necessary for me to hold to the one hour session. When you call to enroll, we will schedule the four session dates which will occur once/week at the same time and day. Just like a group class, these dates/times cannot be changed or re-scheduled without forfeiture. The only exception to this is illness. With the Swine Flu fears, please call me to re-schedule if you or any of your family members are ill - and I will do the same for you. We will then re-schedule the remaining sessions which must complete in 60 days no refunds for sessions not re-scheduled. Please be aware that if I show up and someone in your home is ill, it will be necessary for me to leave and you will forfeit the session. If your dog is ill, please call me to re-schedule no later than four hours ahead of our session time, or the session will be forfeited. In a traditional group class, there is no refund for a dog's illness or spay/neuter surgery and you forfeit the class - or are welcome to attend the class without your dog. I'm happy to be more flexible than that group policy if your dog is ill, but there is no refund on remaining classes. Please schedule spay/neuter surgery after we've completed our sessions because there is usually a two-week window where we cannot work after the surgery. Please schedule sessions to complete before your dog goes into heat. Female dogs in heat often have a difficult time focusing on learning and you will get more out of your session if your dog is not in heat. There is no re-schedule for dogs in heat, just as in a traditional group class. Sessions are one hour each including a 10 minute Q&A period that can be used either at the beginning or the end of the session, with 50 minutes of instruction/practice on that session's lesson plan. Sessions are designed to work with the same handler (one only) each week. Other family members may attend and also participate as long as we stay within the one hour. If you would like to go longer on a particular exercise, we will go longer at that session, picking up the curriculum where we left off at the next session, then add an additional session to accommodate what is remaining. There is no changing the curriculum exercises to a different session in other words, no moving exercises or I won't be able to maintain the group fee rate. All packages must be paid in full at the first session no exceptions please. I accept checks or cash paying with cash will result in an additional savings (see the package descriptions). There are no refunds after the first session. All standardized handouts are contained in the Dog Sense document, which will be emailed to you after completion of session one. Customized recaps of our session may be purchased for an additional fee of $25/session. This offer is good for any area that I can service, and the first 10 miles (20 miles round trip) is included as part of the total fee. Areas beyond 10 miles from 48320 will be charged a small mileage fee of $.38/mile round trip. The mileage fee for the total number of sessions is due with the class fee at the first session. Please provide for our sessions: - a 6' leather or nylon leash - a leather or nylon flat collar - SOFT training treats (no hard cookies or dog dry food, please) - a 40' long line for Adult 2 and Adult 3 |
| The Pet Teacher Training Promise We guarantee to our clients that if the handler we work with follows our training instructions along with our practice requirements, and the issue with your dog persists, we will provide assistance for up to three months from start of training at no-charge on those exercises we have practiced. Assistance may be provided in-home or via phone and/or email support, as determined most appropriate by The Pet Teacher instructor. |
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