Anastasia's Paws and Minds Academy

I’ve been really close friends with the owner of Anastasia's Paws and Minds Academy for over 16 years, and even though I’ve never officially used her services, I’ve spent so much time around her that I’ve seen firsthand how amazing she is with animals and how hard she works. We were on an RV road trip together back in 2021, and while we were hiking out in Oklahoma, we found these two sweet, well-behaved stray dogs. Instead of just leaving them, she insisted we wait around until dark to see if an owner would show up. When nobody did, we took them with us in our campers. Even though she was on vacation and couldn't bring them back home to Mass, she spent so much time researching ethical, no-kill shelters along our route and brought them with us for states until she could drop them off safely. She just genuinely cares! Even when we are hanging out for a week or on vacation, she is always responsive to her business. She never lets a customer message sit... she’s incredibly reliable, super quick to respond, and always handles her business professionally no matter what else we are doing. I’ve watched how she takes care of other people's dogs, how she handles her own, and my dog when we visit. She is just an awesome, reliable person who truly loves what she does. If you’re looking for someone you can 100% trust with your pup, you couldn't find anyone better than Ana!!

Always an amazing experience for my two dogs Ozzie and Louie. They are well cared for and look forward to going there and always return calm and relaxed. It is important to have someone I can trust when I am away. Anastasia is caring and passionate about animals and I feel by dogs are in good hands. My dogs also have a good read on people as other places I’ve taken them to they will not want to go in. So if they’re happy. I’m happy.