Katherine welcomes and appreciates phone calls. In fact, she begins every consultation with a phone call to get further details to help her fully understand your pet(s) and your family's situation before providing a final quote. She will gather information about other pets in the home, behavioral issues of the "problem pet" as well as interactions among all of the pets, children, family lifestyle, recent family household changes (i.e. new pet, new baby) or changes to routine, etc. Please be sure to include your phone number when you contact Animal Psychology Center.
- Dog Socialization – Preparing your dog for dog parks or doggy daycare.
- Working with Pets and Children; Pets and New Baby – Help with integrating kids and pets; deciding on children’s roles in pet care and training. Intervention where pets are reacting negatively to a new baby in the household.
- Bridging Multi-Pet Households – Creating harmony in households with multiple pets.
Selecting the right animal (dogs) from the outset is very important. Whether you are purchasing an animal or adopting from a shelter, I can help you find a healthy animal that is a good fit for your temperament, lifestyle, home environment, family, and special needs.
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Rates - (Initial Consultation Free!)
*Initial Consultation FREE - 15 minute phone conversation (behavior issues, service dog, therapy dog, training - provide price range after the consultation)
- Home Visit Package (for Behavior Issues)
- Range $450 - $850
- Dog with Behavioral Issues
- Whole Family with all Pets present
- Evaluation of Canine Behavior
- Game Plan – Adjust by number, ages and abilities of family members
- Attend to Multiple and/or Difficult Issues - Behavioral Canine Training
- Homework
- Coaching via phone call or Skype
- Follow-up (4 weeks)
- Puppy/Young Dog Package (Training)
- $250
- 1 Session at your home; 1 Session at park
- Basic Obedience
- Manners
- Evaluation
- Leadership
- Communication (Owner/Dog)
- Boundaries
- Social Skills
- Groups Class (Training)
- Through Career Learning Center of the Black Hills - $95
(Community Education Classes) - Canine Good Citizen Program
- Name of Class: Does Your Fido Need Fixing?
- 3 Saturdays, 3 hours each at Wilson Park in Rapid City or Wall Community Center
- Basic & Advanced Social Skills
- Working within a Group/Leadership Skills
- You are given the opportunity to test for a Canine Good Citizen Title!
See the Group Classes page for Current Schedules and Locations.
Rates - Service & Therapy Dog Training
- Budget Training Package
- $650 - $2500
- Katherine will coach you to train your own service dog. Katherine will do the evaluations and design the training programs. You do the repetition and teaching with your dog.
- Cost depends upon current level of obedience and basic social skills.
- Full Service Training Package
- $8,000 - $15,000
- Fully Trained and ready to go Service Dog
- Hybrid Package
- $3000 - $8000
- You do what you can do, and Katherine will provide training when needed.
For more info Contact Us!
My passion is to train and rehabilitate dogs with behavioral issues. Some even call me a "dog whisperer" thanks to my ability to work through particularly tough behavior problems and help with aggressive dogs, even when other trainers have failed and owners have nearly given up.
Through my early love for animals, I developed it into a lifetime career and commitment. Backed with 20 years of animal training experience, I take pride in making life better for people and pets through my animal psychology services.