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How much would you charge by the hour for someone who is training a teacup yorkie? I have many methods and have started a little bit of training already but now i have to get paid for it, I dont want to charge like 30 dollars but i dont want to be cheap, i have no clue what private training lessons are... help me??

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i would charge $25 an hour

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• First, what is your experience and credentials? How many dogs have you trained? How many courses in dog training have you taken? Do you have any professional credentials? Are you a member of any organization such as the Association of Pet Dog Trainers?
  
  If you don't have any of the above, then you have very little to base your business on. I would start out with pretty low prices. Get a couple dozen clients and then you can base your business on experience, since you've trained a number of dogs.
  
  I think you should start at $10-$15 an hour. After you get more clients, more experience and more professional recognition, you can justify charging more. Right now people don't know anything about you, how you train dogs or what results they'll get. I think the only people who will hire you would be friends and people who want a bargain.


• If you have no real training diploma or degree I wouldn't pay much. Actually I wouldn't pay at all. But, if you have a school or have a lot of experience you should call other schools and see how much they charge.


• If you're a novice trainer and don't have much experience or training yourself then you should charge about $15 an hour.


• Generally a 6-8 week basic obedience group class runs around $90-100 (at least in my area they do). Each class is usually about an hour long, so divide that by 6 or 8 and you come up with approximately $11.25-16.70 per hour for a group class with an (at least somewhat) experienced instructor. My trainer charges $50 for a one hour private training session at her facility which I think is reasonable given her credentials and her experience (with a bachelor's in Animal Science, Certified Pet Dog Trainer, and Accredited Dog Training/Pet Behaviour Specialist of the Pet Behaviour Institute of the United Kingdom plus twelve years of experience professionally training dogs of all temperaments from the idiological family lab to aggressive akitas she is probably the most qualified dog trainer in my state if not the midwest) but if you're going to charge that kind of money you had better have the kind of credentials she does.
  
  Your best bet would be to call around to the local training places in your area and ask them what they charge for private training lessons. The breed or size of the dog really doesn't enter into figuring out how much to charge since what you are charging for isn't really dealing with the dog, but rather teaching the owner how to communicate with and control their dog.