Not obedience drills. Travel-useful readiness.

Travel Ready is for dog parents who want more than “sit” and “stay.” You want to know whether your dog can handle the car, a new room, a new surface, a caretaker, a gate, another dog, and the moment your plan changes.

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The offer

Ten sessions. One real outing. A dog-parent pair that travels better.

A 10-session, one-on-one program in Pune for dogs and parents preparing for safer, lower-stress travel.

We keep the actual training plan private and tailored. The public promise is the outcome: a dog-parent pair with better travel readiness, better recovery, and better judgement on the road.

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Simba enjoying the car window during a mountain road trip — Car joy is not the same as car readiness. We train for the difference.

What we build

Dog readiness for real travel situations
Parent confidence and decision-making
Arrival, settling, recovery, and realistic planning
Proofing outside the comfort of home

Format

10 one-on-one sessions
Dog plus parent
5 to 6 weeks
Pune, in person
Rs 18,000
Trial Run included

Optional first step

Travel Readiness Assessment
90 minutes. Rs 2,500. Fully redeemable against Travel Ready if you enrol within 14 days.

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Buying tension

If your dog is not ready, travel becomes negotiation.

You postpone.

Because you are not sure what the car, stay, staff, strays, stairs, sounds, or sleep will do to your dog.

You leave them behind.

Then the trip is lighter on logistics but heavier on guilt and anxiety.

You go anyway.

And spend the trip managing, apologising, guessing, and recovering.

The Trial Run

Not a holiday. Not a test to pass. A supervised reality check.

Session 10 is included and earned when the dog-parent pair is ready. It is where we see what holds outside the training bubble and what still needs support.

This is not published as a step-by-step method online because your dog’s plan is not a template.

Strong fit

You want to travel but are unsure what your dog can handle.
Car, new places, walks, staff, dogs, or settling feel unreliable.
You are willing to participate actively as the parent.

Not the right fit

You want quick obedience without parent participation.
You need boarding, group socialisation, or guarantees.
You want every dog to travel the same way.

Who runs it

Mugdha Yelkar

Certified force-free dog trainer, K9 Companions India, Pune. I travel with Simba and Arrow, and my background in rural programme work and heritage/property contexts gives DFI its unusual field lens.

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