Walks are between a half of an hour and an hour, though more time can be added for those especially high-energy breeds! Walks include:

• leash manners

• focus-on-me tasks

• sniffing and searching enrichment

• active games, depending on ability/size/energy

Treats are provided during walks — if your dog has allergies, please include details when you book. Unless otherwise stated, a martingale collar is provided and used for walks, as it allows for the easiest and safest control of the dog. I do not use prong collars, choke collars, or e-collars.

Pricing starts at $40 per structured walk, or $210 for a six-walk package.

My training looks a bit different! I come to your home to observe some common habits of your animal roommate, and base my training plan on your schedule and ability. If this is your first dog or cat, no worries! I take instruction slow and explain each step. You must be present for at least the first two sessions to ensure your commitment and understanding.

Training can include dogs and cats at the moment, though if you have another animal I am happy to adjust this course for your critter and their different behavioral habits. For puppies, I offer a beginner “manners” course —

Beginner Manners

• Teach your little one to greet guests, sit and wait, and take treats gently.

• You will learn how to lure and maneuver your pup without force.

• If you have children, they should be present. Your pup will learn to treat your children like little kings and queens.

• No more jumping, counter-surfing, or eating off the floor — we will practice impulse control.

• Pricing starts at $50 per session, which are 30–40 minutes.

  • P.S. this includes “puppies” that are grown — new rescues looking for some beginner direction are encouraged to start here!

Happy Hounds!

• My Happy Hounds course is between five and six sessions, and goes through the best ways to ensure your non-human roommate has their most enriching life.

• Session one will focus on the behavioral issues your pet is having in the home and how we can remedy those.

• Happy Hounds includes brain games, snuffle mats, low-cost enrichment games, and new ways to connect with your animal.

• Pricing starts at $70 per hour long session, or can be paid upfront as a six session package for $350.

Beginner Obedience (Dogs)

• Just what it says! Your pup will learn sit, down, stay, come, and leave it! These foundational commands will allow you to live peacefully with your canine roommate, and worry less about what trouble they may get into.

• Have something more specific in mind? A behavior you’d like to change? Let me know!

• The first session will focus on a basic sit, which will transition to a down. We will touch on these commands throughout the rest of the sessions to keep them “fresh”.

• Sessions 2 and 3 will work on “stay” and “come”. If you have a fenced-in yard, great! If not, a long-line will be used.

• Sessions 4 and 5 will focus only on impulse control! “Leave it” is a highly useful command that may just save your dog from eating chocolate or a grape dropped on the ground.

• Session 6 is a bit different than how other trainers may handle beginner obedience — we will train with what we’ve already learned in different environments. Maybe that means busy streets, maybe that means the woods, on a trail, or on the beach!

  • Dogs are highly environmental learners, meaning even if they know their sits in your home, they might not out in the world. We need to transfer that information in different environments, with different levels of distraction.

• Pricing starts at $80 for session 1, and can buy session by session if you’d like. The whole package of 6 sessions is $425.

Best Roommate

• Best Roommate training is more species specific — do you have a dog that doesn’t get along with your other pets? Two cats that hate each other? Even better, are you getting a new animal soon and want to introduce them properly to their housemates?

• New Cat! Introduce your new kitty to your current kitty with care and patience to ensure the best future relationship.

• New Dog! Introduce your current dog to the puppy or rescue entering your home! These will take place outside, then move inside, depending on the anxiety levels of each dog.

• New… what is that? Introduce your current cat or dog to whatever critter they’re having trouble understanding. Prey drive can be a huge issue in a home, so if you have a hamster, guinea pig, rabbit, lizard or small, quick-moving animal, dogs especially can become aggressive.

Have a problem you don’t know how to fix? Just want to know why your animal does something? Want a simple training plan to complete yourself? Call me in for a consult! If you’re comfortable, I will come to your home to learn about your questions and provide answers. Consults are also required before training sessions.

Consults are listed as 60 minutes on the booking site, but are by no means required to last the hour.

As I do not currently have the facilities for boarding, I offer housesitting in your own home. Whatever critters you may have — cats, dogs, birds, lizards, snakes, spiders, ponies or goats, your kid’s hamster or guinea pig — I am happy to take care of your non-human family members as if they were my own! I have experience with dogs, cats, and birds primarily, but I also have experience with fish (I have my own 10 gallon and 2 gallon freshwater tanks), chickens and other outdoor-birds, and even pigs. There is no critter I’m not willing and even excited to meet and care for!

I am also a houseplant enthusiast, so if you’re a collector like me, you no longer have to worry about well-meaning relatives killing off your beloved plants!

Pricing

1 Dog: $75 overnight stay

2 Dogs: $85 overnight stay

Midday check-in (1 hr): $20

Morning/evening check-ins (no overnight stay): $25 for each stop, $50 for both morning and evening check-ins

Cats: $50 overnight stay, $15 midday check-in (1/2–1 hour).

Birds: $35 overnight stay, $55 for 2 hours of flock time (I give your bird company in the middle of the day).

Other critters: depending on size and difficulty of care, prices range from $25–$100 each overnight stay. Please reach out for more info.

Just adopted a rescue dog from the South? Maybe you’re a rescue organization that ships these dogs up here? Are you probably constantly baffled by their strange behavior? Then I’m glad you’ve found me! Southern rescue dogs are part of my most recent research focus. I have noticed patterns with every one of these dogs I’ve met, so have begun categorizing, organizing, and developing a list of criteria that fit what I’ve started calling “North American Pariah” dogs (or NAPs for short). If you are looking for help living with the sweet little beastie you’ve brought into your home, then I am the person you want to talk to!

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