Training
Training that actually sticks.
Every program at K9 Cadets begins with the same compulsory step: an Assessment Day.
Step One — Compulsory
Assessment Day
Your dog will need to attend an assessment day or assessment consult prior to booking any of the following services. After your dog's assessment we can make a plan on how to best move forward for you, your family and your dog.
Programs
Pick the pace that fits your dog.
Day Training / Board & Train
Day training is a day's training dedicated to your dog. Drop off in the morning, pick up in the afternoon.
Board and Train is for dogs who need to stay overnight with us at K9 Cadets for a set period for specific training needs. Customised for each dog after an Assessment Day.
Cost varies depending on the level of behavioural issues and the training required. Typically a day rate of $90 / $150 / $220 applies.
Consultations
We don't believe behavioural issues can be fairly resolved in a single session. Consults are private sessions with Kim or one of our senior trainers — on site at K9 Cadets or off site at your home, local dog park or neighbourhood.
Our initial consult is a 2-hour package which comes with training notes, three months' access to our online foundations course, and a K9 Cadets training leash. Travel off site costs $50 (included in the off-site initial consult).
Follow-up consults are booked and paid by the hour (one-hour minimum). Your trainer will recommend the time frame for your next session. $150/hr with Kim · $125/hr with a senior trainer.
Bootcamp
Board and Train — three to four weeks.
Three to four-week intensive, specialised training course including follow-up owner training. Designed to deal with serious, extremely difficult and time-consuming behavioural cases. The programme focuses on working your dog through all of its behavioural issues and also covers full obedience (foundation work) — sit, down, stay, wait, come and calm lead walking.
Your dog is dropped off each Monday morning and picked up Friday afternoon to go home on the weekends. This allows a one-on-one training session with you and your family each Friday afternoon, meaning you can work on some basic training at home over the weekend. Dogs with issues that don't suit at-home weekends can board at K9 Cadets Saturday and Sunday at a behavioural homestay rate of $90.
At the end of bootcamp we do a three to four-hour transfer training session on Saturday where you learn all your dog's new commands and how to continue using them. From here we continue working with you and your dog, following up with three 1.5-hour one-on-one training sessions at weekly spacings within the following month. These are held at locations that suit you and your dog (within a 50km return radius from K9 Cadets).
It is preferable that all family members who help care for your dog attend as many sessions with trainers as possible. Please enquire if you would like a more in-depth bootcamp detail sheet.