At Ease Training

Best experience EVER! Maddie helped me resolve my dog’s reactivity to people knocking on the door and guests entering my apartment. My 8yr old, 11 lb, chihuahua used to go wild every time someone knocked on the door or entered the house. It was a chaos filled situation of dog barking, me yelling “no”, and guests trying to avoid the seemingly violent ankle biter. Now, when someone knocks on the door, Joonbug can be told to “get in bed” where she’ll give out a few barks (she is a dog after all) and then watch the people come in the house without any more barking or without getting out of bed until she’s released! The biggest thing Maddie helped me with was understanding my dog and her specific communication signals I was missing. I now understand my dog’s needs and wants and am better at communicating with her. Maddie helped me understand that I was sending my dog mixed messages and that’s why she wasn’t listening to me. Maddie has a wonderful way of teaching you without making you feel silly. Our training sessions left me feeling empowered and capable. Also, a major bonus of our training sessions is that my relationship with Joonbug is the best it has ever been. We are so in sync now and she seems so much happier and playful. This was worth every penny. Ps. Maddie also helped me with Joon’s reactivity to other dogs, her off leash recall, “off” and “on” commands, and a myriad of other little things that have improved my life with Joon. Thank you so much Maddie! I’ll be back for more training soon!

Our dog Pique doesn’t know how to interact with other dogs. His reaction to this stress is to lash out aggressively when they get too close. We started meeting Maddie and her wonder dog Everett at parks and playgrounds. At first it was just seeing each other from a distance. Later we would walk together and the dogs would exist in parallel, but not interact. After several months and much patience Pique and Everett can be in the same house together. They can’t play together, but Pique is able to be so much more relaxed and able to coexist with another dog. Maddie knows dogs, is professional, and a pleasure to work with. I would highly recommend her.

I never leave reviews but Maddie has helped us so much. She has helped my family tremendously with our very young and very large dog who was a handful until we started working with her. This is not your typical follow the steps kind of training. This is completely tailored to your situation. Maddie is a very thoughtful trainer. She has the ability to read the situation from both sides (dog and owner) and bridge the communication gap. I didn’t think that we would see changes so quickly but we have. Maddie is amazing! If you are frustrated like we were you should call her.