Private Lessons

Personalized Training for Owners and Dogs

Private Lessons enable specialized, one-on-one instruction of handlers and dogs to enable maximum understanding and retention of the course material. Full courses are available from Puppy Prime to Open Obedience and beyond as well as one-off lessons for group class attendees who require additional instruction. Private Lessons may also be a good choice for owners or dogs with special needs that would not be well-served in the group class setting.

Course Structure

All AMPS dog training courses are available as Private Lesson Arrangements. In the Private Lesson Arrangement, the instructor and student agree to meet at a recurring time, day, and location for training. Each week, the instructor will evaluate the student and student-dog with a Readiness Test to verify that the team is ready to move on. If the team passes the Readiness Test, the instructor will proceed to teach the next week’s material. On each of the 6 days between meetings, the student is to personally train the student-dog on all of the exercises instructed during the meeting and located on that week’s Handout Sheet.

At the conclusion of each course is the Graduation Exercise. Upon completing the Graduation Exercise, the graduate will be presented with a signed Certificate of Completion acknowledging the team’s achievement. Each course graduated entitles the team to enroll in higher-level AMPS dog training courses!

Course Offerings

Companion DogBeginner NovicePuppy Prime
EligibilityAll breeds, 6 mo+All breeds, 4-8 moAll breeds, 10-14 weeks
Weeks1064
Price$825.00$499.00$375.00
AMPS Companion Dog Graduate
AMPS Beginner Novice Graduate

Policies

  • Payment is due in-full by the start of Lesson 1
  • Coaching Sessions are available at a rate of $60.00/45 minutes
  • If the student or student-dog fails a Readiness Test, they will be given remedial instruction to be billed as a Coaching Session
  • Reschedule requests must be submitted at least 24-hours before class-time
  • No-shows or failures to notify the instructor of a reschedule request at least 24-hours before class-time will result in a 1-Lesson reduction of the Private Lesson Arrangement
  • Lessons canceled or postponed by the instructor for any reason will not result in a reduction of the Private Lesson Arrangement
  • Hour long private lessons are available a la carte for $120.00

Free Consultation, Evaluation, and Demonstration

Interested in watching our work in action? Call now for a FREE ($79 value) in-person evaluation and demonstration to see if AMPS dog training courses are right for you.