HOW TO TRAIN A DOG?
You have a dog. You guys can have a business relationship based on biscuits (but just if your pocket is full) or you can have a fair relationship, in which the dog wants to follow you because of trust and respect.
What will you choose?
If you chose the second option, congrats, you are in the right place and your dog will be happy. Also you.
We will not use any stupid methods that make no sense, but your dog fat. We will use a normal, natural way of training a dog, which means learning to communicate with each other. Yep, dog training is also human training.
WHY?
Raising a dog is much easier than it seems. You just need to understand a few basic principles of how the dog world works and get it under your skin over time AND have a little patience with a dog, for whom it is much more difficult, to do the same.
How easy is it for you to understand a different culture and learn a foreign language, such as Chinese? Now imagine that we want dogs to do all this almost automatically and ideally right away. We can never ask an animal to do that. To be able to communicate with a dog, we first need to understand what his life is based on, what his priorities are and how he "talks". Than we can explain him whatever we want him to do.
Only communication in a language that both sides understands is the right one.
How?
Everything takes place in the form of personal sessions. I offer individual and group sessions.
Individual sessions can be regular or one-off. I recommend coming at least once every 2 weeks.
At the first lesson, I will get to know you both (= dog & his leadership) and see how you are currently working together. We'll talk about what's coming up, what needs to be fixed, and talk about how we'll continue to work on it so that it makes sense for everyone.
The session lasts 90 minutes.
Group sessions are in addition to individual sessions. I will give more detailed info at the individual session.
However, because I travel and want to spread awareness about proper communication with dogs, I also offer lessons that I call "EXPERIENCES" - one-off small group sessions for those with whom I cannot see more than once, most often for people who are only visiting Prague for a weekend or if I am visiting another city. Check “Experiences” section for more.
wHERE?
Unless otherwise arranged, individual and group lessons take place mostly in Prague - Letná park. However, now I also have trainings in other parks in Prague, it all depends on the number of patients in a given location, so just ask me.
I also organize sessions in some other cities and countries, but more about that in "EXPERIENCES" section.
HOW MUCH?
One session is 1500 CZK and lasts 90 minutes.
How often you go is up to you. I recommend coming ideally once every 14 days and in between to my smaller group lessons to check and where we will fine tune everything we have discussed.
At the first lesson I will introduce you to the dog and see how you currently work together. We'll talk about what's coming up, what needs to be fixed, and talk about how we'll continue to work on it so that it makes sense for everyone.
The price for additional group session is 300 CZK and lasts 60 minutes.
Other types of meetings, e.g. sessions somewhere else, are priced individually according to the length of the lesson, distance, etc.
LET’S START!
Send me a message! We'll arrange a first meeting to talk about what and how. Then we will see each other on a regular basis (ideally once a week), so that the seed of understanding between you and your dog is planted as soon as possible and a solid relationship full of mutual understanding and satisfaction can be build as soon as possible.
FAQs
WHEN WILL I SEE RESULTS?
The answer will be different for each patient. It can take a long time to educate an older, poorly socialized dog, for which the owner has difficulty finding time and the dog most of the time follows its own rules. It may take less time to train a dog whose owner consistently follows my recommendations and uses group training to consolidate newly learned behavior even in the presence of running dogs. Training a puppy that goes through different stages will also look a little different. However, in order to see the changes as soon as possible, I recommend going to a lesson once a week and also to a group lesson once we have set the basics. If this is not possible for time/financial/any other reasons, then at least once every two weeks + some group in between. However, it always depends on the problem you come with and we will make an agreement accordingly. However, in general, the more intensively and consistently you start training your dog, the sooner you will see results. By the way, consistency will be a word that you will hear from me many more times and will play the most important role in training a dog. :)
WHAT TO BRING FOR THE FIRST SESSION?
A dog. And ideally on a well tightened collar. You can tell if the collar is tight by putting two fingers between your dog's neck and the collar, no more. Everything else will be discussed in class, no worries.
What language are the sessions in?
Sessions are available in English or Czech.