About Tipsy Tails Training

Relationship-based training in Fairbanks

Tipsy Tails Training & Adventures is a Fairbanks dog training business based in the Chena Hot Springs Hills, run by Tricia Nelsen. She calls "relationship-based balanced dog training and structure" the key to creating the best connection with a dog, and builds an individualized plan around each owner's goals, whether that is problem behaviors or simply building skills. She started after struggling to find individualized training in Fairbanks for one of her own dogs and teaching that dog herself.

Programs and prices

Private sessions are $125 and set out a training game plan plus the skills needed for behavior change. Daily Training brings the trainer to the owner for an hour each weekday over 2-4 weeks, at $500/week for one dog or $750 for two. Day Train is $250/day of one-on-one work while the owner is at work, with a handover at pickup. Board + Train is $1000/week: two-week programs cover on-leash training, and three- to four-week programs cover off-leash training and include an e-collar. Group classes, such as a four-week outdoor class at $300 for up to six people, cover leash work, place work, play, working around other dogs and dog introductions, with an optional pack walk after each session.

Extras for training clients

Day camp (from $60/day), structured boarding ($75/night) and pack hikes and walks are available to dogs that have trained with Tipsy Tails or been approved after a consult.