What is the Ecademy?
The Ecademy program had humble beginnings in 2002 when a few professional trainers asked Robin to teach them what she knew about using a remote collar. Through years of refinement, it grew into an immersive, hands-on learning experience that breaks down integration of remote training collars into a pet training program into three skills necessary for success:
Explaining, Training, and Coaching
The Ecademy program is taught in both an in-person format and new, in 2024, a virtual program! The in-person option is a 40 hour, hands-on experience taught over 5 days. The virtual option covers the same material from the comfort of your home, over a six week period. The virtual option is a combination of pre-recorded lectures and video combined with 6 weeks of weekly coaching calls.
BOTH courses are taught by Robin. Both involve lecture, Robin demonstrating techniques plus, your hands on participation working with dogs. Virtual participants have the option to share videos of their work with Robin to receive personalized feedback.
FAQs
Pricing ranges from $1895.00 up to a VIP coaching program of $10,500 that includes a full year of support.
There is a summer session in Iowa each year. Other sessions are hosted by trainers around the US and Canada. Contact Robin for upcoming dates and locations.
Snack and lunches are provided during the 5-day course. Lodging is not included.
Yes, for both the in-person and virtual programs you are expected to do hands-on work with dogs. The training can be done with a personal dog(s) or a client dog(s), but the dog should not have any prior ecollar experience.
You are encouraged play full on by attending each of the live sessions. However, we understand that life happens. Live calls will be recorded and you will be provided access to the replays.
Yes, there are several options available for continued mentorship for both dog training and business coaching.
Testimonials
I attend the retrieve workshop in March 2015 (hosted by Summer Milroy from On The Ball K9 Training). I felt that Robin was an excellent teacher! I am an educator and the teaching techniques that Robin used are the exact techniques I use in the classroom. She gave us a short whole group lesson, then allowed us to practice on our own. The learning was at our own pace and Robin checked in with us to see how we were… Read more “Michelle with Lady”
Hey Robin, You helped me train my big lab Bruno on the shock collar via email and your DVD just right, and featured me on your blog. Just thought I’d let you know his doing great I don’t even use the collar anymore. Anyways just wanted to let you know I have referred your site and material to a bunch of people at the dog park who were at first hostile towards e-collars and after seeing my dog and seeing… Read more “Stefano Dalla Rosa”
Robin — Thank you for challenging me to be the most interesting thing to my dog! Although I came to your fetch workshop expecting to learn a few new tricks, I left with an entire toolkit of skills that are continuing to help me improve my relationship with my dog. It’s incredibly rewarding to see Kona hold her “fetch” because it serves as a little reminder of what we can achieve together with patience, persistence, and perfect… Read more “Amanda Slavin”
Robin is one of the best dog trainers you’ll ever find. Your dog will be both happier and more reliable once you’ve used Robin’s… Read more “Adam Katz”
Robin absolutely opened my eyes on the use of the e collar. Her simplicity to teach and ability to help you achieve your goals are one of the main characteristics I valued from her. She taught me how useful is to have the tool to correct the dog without being invasive. She is so clear on the use of the e collar that she broke every myth I could have, and clear up every question I got from the e… Read more “Maria José Rivera”
I was wanting to work with Robin for some time but thought me being in Australia would have been a problem. After speaking to Robin about what I wanted to learn she set a plan in place for me. I was so happy I was going to get taught the trained retrieve by Robin. Robin set up schedule for the training and then we began talking more on Skype to go over the pre requisites and process of the trained… Read more “James Maturana”