Hi! I’m Cathy

Dog trainer, behavior nerd, and firm believer that your dog is a person, too.

Since you are on this page, you’re probably wondering if you really need a dog trainer.

Have you just gotten a puppy and wondering what you’ve gotten yourself into? Or maybe your dog is unruly and hard to manage. More likely, he’s a real sweetheart 90% of the time and would be perfect if it wasn’t for just that one thing that makes you crazy.

And you don’t know if training will help or if he will just “grow out of it.”

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Your Dog Doesn’t Need More “Sits”

No one ever surrendered a dog because he wouldn’t “sit.”

But every day, dogs lose their homes because they jump on the kids and dart out the front door. Shelters are overflowing with dogs who chew shoes, soil the carpet, or simply can’t chill.

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Good behavior isn’t about how many commands your dog knows.

It’s about whether or not those commands translate into good behavior in real life. If you focus solely on commands, it manages the behavior, in the short term but doesn’t solve the underlying problems.

To live with humans, it’s much more important your dog knows how to behave than it is to have fancy heeling.

To figure out why your dog is struggling, we need to look at the world from his end of the leash.

Most “bad” behaviors are simply a dog’s way of trying to cope with anxiety, boredom, or confusion in a world he doesn’t quite understand.

It’s amazing how quickly dogs respond once we address what’s really driving the behavior. Fearful dogs become more confident, pushy dogs discover that cooperation gets them what they want faster than bulldozing through life.