Hi Sarah,

I don't think it's unreasonable to ask to be paid, even if you're learning. I did many jobs as a kid, mowing lawns, painting houses, babysitting, etc and was a professionial in none of them. I learned as I went, but the job did get done, so I got paid for them.

If you feel akward about asking to be paid while learning, then make it part of the deal, that you get paid if you're successful in training Gnocchi.

I was a lil' confused about how you're going to train though. You're going to cram it all in one 2 hour session, with 1 hour devoted to training? If so I think you'll be able to get the concepts across, but to expect a strong recall with just one session, is a lil' unrealistic I think.

Just my opinion, but I think shorter sessions over more days would be more effective. A recall needs to be built over time with adding increasing levels of distraction after each success. The other thing to consider is you're training a Dachshund, not a Retriever, so it could take longer.

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