About High Peaks Canine

High Peaks Canine is a private dog-training business based in Ithaca and run by a trainer who gives her name on the site as Cheyenne. There is no facility: the business travels, training dogs where the owner lives and in the public places the dog needs to cope with, and keeps board and train dogs in the trainer's own home. The site states a service area of Ithaca, Lansing, Trumansburg, Newfield, Enfield, Varna, and Freeville.

Method

The approach is described as balanced, and the site is direct about the tools: every program listing includes an ECollar Technologies Mini Educator alongside a ten-foot hands-free leash and a written training guide. The stated philosophy is summed up as "Mindset over obedience" – the site argues that a dog's state of mind is the root of most problem behavior, and that addressing it is what makes training hold outside the lesson.

Board and train

Two board and train programs are published, both with prices. The three-week program is $3,600 and is described as being for dogs over six months whose owners want public reliability, on and off leash obedience, and help with the smaller problems – whining, barking, jumping, rushing doors. The four-week program is $4,650 and is described as being for moderate to severe behavioral problems: reactivity, counter surfing, separation anxiety, resource guarding, anxiety, and aggression. Both are run two dogs at a time, in the trainer's home, and both include a go-home lesson of roughly two hours, a follow-up lesson, weekly training reports, and ongoing email support. The site says an in-person consultation is required before either program and that its cost is credited against the total if the program is booked.

Private lessons and daily training

Alongside the residential programs the business sells private lessons, personalized to the individual dog and handler, and a daily training option described as consistent short sessions for owners who cannot run the training themselves.

Service dogs

A service dog program is a stated part of the business rather than an aside. The owner writes that she received her own first service dog at sixteen, that it changed the direction of her life, and that expanding the service dog program – matching the right dog to the right person and supporting the team afterward – is her main goal for the business.

Background

The site states a Bachelor's degree in Animal Science from Cornell University, and that she can administer AKC Canine Good Citizen tests. It gives two different figures for how long she has been training – four years on the home page and eight in the FAQ – so neither is stated here as fact.