Compared honestly
What $150 buys: a private session vs a day of day training
Two things on our price list cost about the same for an hour or a day, and they produce different results. A private session is $150 for one hour of coaching, with a written weekly plan to take home. Day training is $650 for a Monday to Friday week, near $130 a day, and the trainer works the dog while you are at work. Here is what each produces, and which to buy first.
Last reviewed August 26, 2026
Hour versus day
The private hour trains you; the day trains your dog.
A private session is coaching. For one hour the trainer watches how you hold the leash, when you mark, when you pay, and where the timing slips. You leave with a written weekly plan: what to practise, for how long, in which rooms and on which streets. The dog learns something in that hour, but the durable product is a handler who now knows what to do on Tuesday night when nobody is watching. That is what $150 buys.
A day of day training is repetitions. The dog is dropped off between 8 and 10 am, works one-on-one with the trainer through the day, and goes home between 5 and 7 pm with more skill than it arrived with. Multiply by five and the week ends with a one-hour go-home lesson so the new behaviour transfers to you. It is sold by the week at $650, so the $130 day is a way of seeing the value, not a product on its own.
- Private hour coaches the handler
- Day training drills the dog
- Weekly go-home lesson transfers skills
- Day training sold by the week
Which to buy first
Match the purchase to where the problem lives.
Jumping on guests, counter surfing, barking at the door, a puppy that bites hands: buy the private session first. Those problems live in the household's habits, and the fix is a plan the family follows every day. Pulling on the leash, a young dog that cannot settle in public, a recall that only works indoors: buy day training first, because the dog needs many clean repetitions from someone with good timing before your own practice can stick. Then the go-home lesson hands it over.
Some problems should not start with either. Growling, lunging, snapping, or panic when left alone are assessment cases, and the honest route is a full assessment, usually followed by the Behaviour Rehab board and train, not a series of $150 hours that circle the issue. And if the private hour solves it, we will say so and stop selling. The cheapest good outcome is the goal, and a handler who no longer needs us is a result we are happy to produce.
The programs
The options, side by side.
Every format we offer is priced publicly; the comparison above is how we would choose for our own dogs.
W · One-hour session
Private Training
One-on-one coaching with you on the other end of the leash.
Includes a written weekly plan to work from
SW · Weekdays, drop-off 8–10 am · pick-up 5–7 pm
Day Training
Professional training all day, your couch at night.
Includes weekly one-hour go-home lesson, daily structure
Asked and answered
The questions people ask us.
How much is one dog training session?
One private training session at Northline K9 is $150 plus GST for one hour, and it includes a written weekly plan to work from until the next one. It is coaching for the owner as much as training for the dog.
What does a private dog training session cost in Calgary at Northline?
$150 plus GST per one-hour session, run on your own streets so the plan matches where the problems actually happen. Each session comes with its own written weekly plan, so the work continues between visits.
What is the dog training per session price compared with day training?
A private hour is $150. Day training is $650 for a Monday to Friday week, so each day of it costs roughly $130, but it is bought by the week and includes a one-hour go-home lesson. The private hour coaches you; the day trains the dog.
Which comes first, a private session or day training?
Book the private session first when the trouble is at home: jumping, door barking, puppy biting, house rules. Book day training first when the dog needs repetitions on leash skills or public settling that you cannot deliver on a work schedule. Aggression or anxiety needs an assessment before either.
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