Canine Training Services

Training is conducted once per week in the client’s home or neighborhood at a fixed time slot reserved for the client. Each session includes new skills taught and a step-by-step home practice plan emailed afterward. Duration varies per dog and owner goals; no fixed program length. Clients may cancel at any time with 72 hours’ notice.

Pricing Summary

Each training session is $135 for one hour, paid weekly directly to the trainer. No upfront package payments required. No extra charge for multiple dogs. Cancellation requires 72 hours’ notice; failure to cancel results in a $135 fee charged to the client’s card.

Policies

Clients must provide 72 hours’ notice to cancel a session. Failure to do so results in a $135 cancellation fee charged to the client’s VISA or debit card, unless waived for emergencies or illness at Elliott’s discretion. Sessions cannot be rescheduled within the same week due to fixed time slots. Training may be canceled by the trainer only due to emergency or illness, with same 72-hour notice given to clients.

Canine Training Services is a home-based dog training business founded by Elliott Briggs, a former clinical psychologist and applied behavior analysis practitioner who adapted his expertise to dog training. Elliott offers personalized, in-home training sessions focused on basic obedience, service dog training, and canine rehabilitation for dogs with fearfulness, aggression, reactivity, or trauma. His approach is rooted in behavior science, ensuring methods are tailored to each dog’s unique needs. He emphasizes affordability, with no extra charge for multiple dogs, and provides clients with step-by-step home practice plans after each session to maximize progress. Elliott’s background in human psychology gives him a unique understanding of both canine and owner behavior, helping build stronger human-dog relationships.

He works with dogs of all ages and sizes, including those with severe behavioral challenges, and prioritizes confidentiality, especially for clients seeking service dog support for mental or physical health conditions. Training is conducted weekly in the client’s home or neighborhood, with no requirement to prepay for packages, allowing flexibility based on progress and needs.

Accomplishments

Elliott Briggs is an award-winning dog trainer with a background in clinical psychology and applied behavior analysis, previously working with mentally ill children. He adapted these evidence-based behavior science techniques to dog training, which is highlighted as a unique advantage in his approach.

How to Get Started!

Prospective clients must contact Elliott via email (contact.ctsot@gmail.com) or phone (206-941-3432) with their phone number, address, and a detailed description of their dog’s behavior issues. This information helps streamline the initial assessment and scheduling process.