Furry Tail Training: For Dogs and Cats

We adopted a 12 week old Aussie who from what we were told didn’t come from a great situation. We have an adult dog at home and very shortly after she had been home with us, I noticed anytime our adult dog got near her crate or toys, she started growling/barking at him. After reading up on this, I realized she was exhibiting resource guarding behavior and the more I read, the more I realized how not great this was and that we needed to do something sooner than later. We contacted Holly and started a 9 week in home training course. I say this with full confidence that we chose the best trainer to help our pup (and us). Through Holly’s expertise, she helped us understand the feelings our pup was likely experiencing and she connected so well with her-she knew exactly how to approach our nervous little girl to make her comfortable (so much so that I can say Holly is our pup’s favorite person outside of our family unit!). She guided us on how to change the environment to avoid situations where our pup felt the need to guard and also introduced exercises to help change her reactions. Even though Holly was honest from the beginning about what results to expect from our pup given that she’s exhibiting these behaviors so young (which is appreciated given that I don’t want to be fed false hope), I’ve watched our adult dog walk into our pup’s crate twice this past week and her have no reaction at all towards him-such a huge win for her! We also started some basic obedience and everything Holly taught, our pup caught on to very quickly. Holly not only helped us with the original reason that we contacted her, but was always responsive regarding anything else that came up throughout the 9 weeks, even in between training sessions-which I so appreciated. You can tell she cares deeply for the pets she is working with. She is extremely punctual also. Our home feels entirely different after completing the training course with Holly. I no longer have to worry about what might happen between our two dogs-they are doing amazing together!

I hired Holly for a nine week series of in-home training to work with my dog Loki on his reactivity. She focuses on fear free training techniques with positive reinforcement. Holly is extremely knowledgeable about dog behavior and body language - she was great diagnosing some of my dogs issues that I wasn't even aware of. She has a very calm demeanor and my fearful dog was so excited to see her every week for "school". As with any trainer, most of the work was teaching me how to work with my dog productively and giving me all the resources I need for success. She gave weekly homework with step by step instructions, is always available for calls and questions and provides tons of materials to back up her lessons. Our dog needed more one on one attention than most dogs do - but knowing her expertise I would recommend her group classes to anyone who was looking for basic obedience classes for their pup. Loki gives two paws up!