One to One Obedience Training
This is a bespoke training session with Gaynor Probert who is an experienced, qualified dog trainer and behaviourist. She will work on the aspects of dog training that you are finding difficult and find the solutions.
What's Right For You?
At a glance
- Session
- One hour
- Where
- At A1K9, or at your home.
- How soon
- Usually within about a week
- Good to know
- One session is normally enough. Two dogs from the same home can share it at no extra charge.
Classes are not always the right environment for some people, nor do they suit all dogs, and there are lots of different reasons why. For instance you work shifts or have other commitments. Maybe you have time constraints that prevent you from coming to a class every week.
Not everyone has the skills to get their dog to the standard that they wish to achieve and they want help to progress to a higher level of competence. You may want to work on a specific aspect of training that you are finding difficult.
Perhaps you do not like to train your dog with other people around as it makes you feel self-conscious.
Sometimes classes are just not suitable for your dog's temperament.
Perhaps just as some people have a personal trainer to help them get fit, you would like a personal trainer to help you get the very best from your dog.
1 to 1 training is often the best way to improve your dog training skills.
Sessions last one hour, at A1K9 or in your own home, and one session is usually all it takes: Gaynor works with you and your dog, and you'll normally know enough afterwards to carry on yourselves or move on to a group course. A 1 to 1 is also a good way to have your dog properly assessed if you're not sure which course to start on; Gaynor can recommend the right one once she's seen you both together.
What to expect when you have a 1 to 1 obedience training session with Gaynor Probert.
When you first meet Gaynor, she will have a chat about what your main objective is, and what you hope to achieve in the session.
Gaynor will then work with your dog to assess your dog and evaluate which is the best way to incentivise your pet to reach your objective, and then she will teach you how to use this to achieve your goals.
Gaynor will give you hands-on, pragmatic help and show you how to get your dog to do the obedience you require. You will then practice the new techniques and skills that you have been taught, so that you are able to practice them at home.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q1: Do I need a group course, a one to one, or a behaviour consultation?
Group courses are for everyday obedience and manners: lead walking, recall, sit and down, stays, taught step by step over six weeks. A one to one is a bespoke session on whatever you are finding difficult: it suits owners who can't commit to a weekly class, want to get further than a class will take them, or whose dog's temperament doesn't suit a class, and it can also be used just to assess your dog and recommend the right course. A behaviour consultation is for a problem rather than a training gap: aggression towards dogs or people, or anything about your dog's behaviour that worries you day to day. If you are not sure which, tell Gaynor a little about your dog when you get in touch and she will say where to start.
Q2: We have two dogs (or littermates). Can they both come, does each need a handler, and is there a discount?
Two dogs from the same home can both come, but it isn't recommended: they tend to watch each other rather than you, so neither learns as well. Each dog needs its own handler, and Gaynor's advice is to put them on separate courses rather than bring them into the same one; if they're different ages, one option is for each partner to take one dog to a different course, swapping over. There's no discount for a second dog: it's the same price per dog.
Ask about One to One
Tell Gaynor what you are working on and she will reply with all the information you need.
How booking works
- Step 1
Send the form with your dog’s details, or ring Gaynor if it is easier.
- Step 2
Gaynor will reply to your email giving you all the information you need.
- Step 3
Phone Gaynor on 07798 500390 to have a chat about the problem you are having with your dog, and make an appointment if it is needed.