The Behavioural Assessment is not a standard intake session. It is a structured two-hour working session. The foundation on which all training decisions are made.
Most training fails because it starts with assumptions. The assessment exists to remove them.
What happens during the assessment
What you receive
The session runs for two hours in a real environment. It covers your dog's background, developmental history, health, and lifestyle. It looks at current skills, how your dog responds to you, and how you handle your dog. It identifies what's driving the behaviour you're seeing and what the gaps are in communication and management.
Nothing is judged. Everything is observed and interpreted clearly so that the training direction that follows is appropriate for the dog and owner in front of me and not a generic program applied regardless of what's actually happening.
A written Behavioural Assessment Report delivered within the week. The report covers:
Background and developmental history
Health and lifestyle
Current skills
Trainer observations with specific threshold and behaviour data
Behavioural interpretation
Training direction and initial priorities
Refined owner goals
A Stage 1 homework document with precise mechanical instructions is also delivered separately within the week. This is not a generic handout. It is written specifically for your dog based on what was observed during the session.