2023 Wrap Up
Thank you all so much for another year of the Bark Commanders!
I also struggle with this time of the year knowing I will have to say goodbye to some of my Bark Commanders who feel ready to fly solo on your dog training adventures. I hope that you all have enjoyed the year’s content and consults. I know I have really enjoyed talking to you and following your progress. Please know even if you are not choosing to return that I am always in your corner and if you need me, reach out. Either by email dawn@thehikerpup.com or message me on IG.
Bark Commanders are always on my list to be able to schedule one on one zoom calls even if you don’t sign back up. You have two options for that, 1 you can join the Regular Academy and then schedule zooms as needed from the scheduler, they are $55 per 30 minutes. Or you if you don’t sign up for either course email me and I can send you a scheduling link and those are $75 per 30 minutes.
Obvilously I want you all to come back since I love working with you all, so please never feel like that’s weird, stay as long as you like 🙂 And PLEASE do not feel bad or be embarrassed if you feel like you didn’t take advantage of the program like you wanted to. Life happens and it is not always easy to stay with it. I will never judge you for that whether you come back again or not!
There are some changes coming! All I hope for the better. But one big change that’s to make my life a lot easier is moving forward the programs will be on an annual subscription or monthly subscription plan, which means moving forward, at the end of next year’s program if you don’t want to rejoin you will have to cancel or your subscription will automatically renew. This is so I no longer have to build new websites each year and since this update is taking SO MUCH work I don’t want to have to do that each year and instead can focus on creating MORE content. The website is going to be SO MUCH EASIER for you to navigate the courses! Each course will have main overviews where you can pick and choose what subject you want to dive into, or you can just start from the beginning and it will keep track of what you have done as each lesson has an option to hit a “completed” button so you know what you’ve already worked on. If you run the courses in order it will just keep bringing you to the next lesson as you finish. I’ve added a MORE exercises, PDFs and resources to the Reactive Dog Class.
Navigation more simplified
I’m working hard to try to make it as easy as possible for folks to quickly find the thing they want to work on! An the website will track what you’ve completed.
Clearer definition for exercises
Each Lesson will have Video demos and/or detailed written instructions. As well as loads of downloadable PDFs and resources!
What’s not changing: Prices. Even though my costs associated with running the website have gone up pretty substantially I am choosing not to pass that along and hope instead that I can get enough folks interested in the Academy to keep myself gainfully employed enough to still make a decent living. We will still have live zoom classes, reactivity support groups and a trainers mentoring group if there is enough interest in that.
If you plan to return for 2024:
All you need to do is either register again by Feb 1st (I will open for early Registration this Friday 26th) or drop me a note telling me you want to sign up again and I will hold your spot until Feb 15th.
If I don’t hear from you by the 1st and don’t see you’ve signed back up I’ll just assume you are not good with goodbyes 😉
If you change your mind before Feb 15th just sign up, with the link and password I will be sending out this Friday and if the spots are not yet full it will just let you register. If they are full email me: dawn@thehikerpup.com and I will make room for you.
If you have any questions feel free to email, message me or post on FB.
If you have enjoyed the experience and you want to help me out:
Please share on your socials about your experience!
The more folks who join up each year the more resources I have to be able to keep making great content to keep offering!
The more folks that join up the more fun the live group zoom classes!
Email or message me a testimonial I can share.
Tag me on IG posts and stories so I can share them (I can only share if your account is public so if you tag me and I don’t share it that’s why, you can still share with your friends 🙂).