04/29/2026
May 1 Cornville Training Announcement.
Please be advised, we may have to cancel our May 1 Training in Cornville.
Why? For several years we have worked with the County to use their parks. We are licensed and insured, but generally have not been required to get special event permits because we don't have a group of people - our training is one on one. The typical process is we notify County Facilities a few weeks in advance (we notified them 3-4 weeks in advance) and so long as there is not a major event, we can discreetly use a quiet corner of the park.
Unfortunately, we were notified at the end of last week that we would need a special event permit. Why the change? Well, earlier in the spring another "Aversion Trainer" (in quotation marks because their group/caged snake training does not work) approached Yavapai County about using their parks. We got a call from facilities reminding us of the process we were to follow if we wanted to use the park (which we had not requested to do at that point).
What appears to have happened is this other trainer strongly implied they were associated with our company (they have pretended to be in the past, as have others who we have had to sue when they started operating under our business name). We are used to this, because we are the best in Rural and Greater Arizona. There are individuals that mimic our schedule in the hope that they will confuse people and gain a client or two. Bottom line, the County is now very strict because of this other "trainers" actions.
No problem, we got our special event application in as quickly as we could and will happily comply with that requirement. Unfortunately, our existing insurance policy is no longer adequate for the county.
We have a $1,000,000/$2,000,000 policy, which they want doubled. That is not easy and will take at least 2 weeks, because we do not get our insurance from the "standard market." Why not? Because no standard policy will cover us exposing you and your dog to live rattlesnakes. Many other "trainers" lie to get insurance from the standard market by saying they're a "dog trainer," but they don't tell their insurer they use Rattlesnakes for training. If something happens, they are not paying. Our insurer will.
To be clear, we absolutely support the County's position on this and we agree despite the inconvenience - they are protecting themselves and their taxpayers. We tried to follow the process, but it changed. We don't blame them for that at all.
Bottom line, we no longer have a location to train this Friday in Cornville. If you have a field or piece of land in/around Cornville you would let us use for the day, we can provide free dog training for your dogs and will also pay a generous fee for the use of your land. Land owners are waived from liability in our participation agreement and we will absolutely provide proof of insurance. Please reach out if you can help. 928-651-9494.
We deeply apologize for the inconvenience.
