Private Lessons & Behavior Consulting
Learn to understand your dog’s behavior and better communicate with them.
You’ll receive coaching on exercises and techniques that reinforce desired behavior and stop unwanted behavior. All private training sessions include follow-up notes with homework, video examples, and written guides for training.
What Can We Work On?
Challenging behavior issues
Leash reactivity, fear, aggression, separation anxiety, resource guarding
Manners and basic obedience
Polite greetings, loose leash walking, focus, coming when called, drop it/leave it, go to place, settle, and more
Advanced life skills
Off leash reliability, impulse control during prey drive, and other high level distraction training
Puppy training
Socialization, exposure, confidence building, housebreaking, crate training
Cooperative care
Husbandry procedures such as nail trims, brushing, eye drops, and preparation for vet visits, professional grooming
Extracurricular
Tricks, body awareness, agility, canine fitness, nosework, competition obedience, structured toy play, bitework foundation skills
In-Home Lessons
New clients must start with at least one virtual or in-office session before moving to in-home training.
Base Rate
1 hour lesson $120
90 minute lesson $150
Travel
20 - 40 minute travel $30
40 - 75 minute travel $50
75+ min travel $70
Southwest Chicago neighborhoods off of i-55 & the west/southwest suburbs are the ideal locations for in-home lessons. Rush hour should be avoided. Travel rates are determined by average traffic based on time of day and are estimated via Google Maps. Lessons can also be held at a public location such as a park or pet-friendly store.
Package Rates
4 lesson pack $440
8 lesson pack $800
4 lessons plus travel $540
8 lessons plus travel $960
Packages expire 2 months after purchase.
Semi-private pricing: Do you and your friend or neighbor have similar training goals? There is no additional fee for splitting your training time amongst multiple people.
In-Office (Justice, IL)
and Virtual
Rates
30 minute lesson $40
1 hour lesson $80
90 minute lesson $110
Sliding scale pricing: If you are struggling financially but need behavioral help with your dog, sliding scale pricing is available for sessions done in-office and virtually. Take 20-80% off of the full price of service based on your need. Just say that you want to pay a sliding scale price, no proof of income required.
Cori is an amazing dog trainer, so knowledgeable, sweet and calm. Which is exactly what my puppy Zuko AND I needed. They helped me take my terrified rescue puppy, who would have borderline nervous breakdowns when on leash, who would lunge at dogs out of fear, who had no ability to regulate his emotions and would spiral into a hot anxious mess (and I had no idea how to correct or fix the behavior) to a very confident dog who I feel confident taking almost anywhere. His listening, anxiety and obedience have improved greatly. He listens to commands on and off leash. Stays in a heel, recalls consistently, will sit/down on command and stay in those commands. Doesn’t tug on the leash anymore. All of this in about 6 months, when I thought I was doomed to put my dog on anti-anxiety meds to help.
They helped me as a dog dad realize what mistakes I was making and gave me the tools to put myself and my dog in a position to succeed. Also, helped me realize not everything will be perfect, and it takes practice and commitment to help improve my dog’s behavior. There’s always room for my dog and me to work on things and that’s why I keep working with Cori to improve with my dog and my ability to care for him. Cori has been such a critical part in helping me with my dogs anxiety issues and improve his behavior.
