K9 Shrink LLC

I first met Gail 9 years ago, when seeking help with my Kerry Blue terrier, Grace, who had a rabbit problem. Not only did Gail help me manage the rabbit problem, but she introduced us to competition obedience. Grace is now a Utility Dog, but more important, she's a dog that I know I can anywhere and she'll be friendly and a pleasure to have around. But now I have Tibbot! Tibbot is an 18 month, intact male Kerry, who is very headstrong and very terrier. I walk both dogs every day around the 1.5 mile loop in our neighborhood. Tibbot cannot walk past another dog without lunging and barking and I was having a hard time correcting the behavior. Because of his reactions, I didn't trust my skills to let Tibbot be around other dogs. So I asked Gail to join me on a walk in our neighborhood. I made plans with another neighbor and her dog to walk past us during our outing. As the other dog and handler approached, Gail took Tibbot's leash and sure enough, the undesirable behavior began. It only took Gail a few minutes to get Tibbot's focus redirected to her and get him quiet. We then resumed our walk, but this time it was all three dogs walking together. While Tibbots behavior was still not perfect, Gail continued to give him small corrections. I then took over the leash while Gail instructed me on giving useful corrections. About halfway, we paused to introduced the dogs and let them sniff each other. We started walking again and you could see how the body movement of the dogs began to relax. About then, another neighbor drove by, stopped his car, and commented that he was amazed to see Tibbot actually walk with another dog! It was a great learning experience. I'm so thankful that Gail could come to our house and our neighborhood. It's still a work in progress, for both Tibbot and myself. I know through continued training with Gail, that Tibbot will be a dog that I can take out in the public and not be embarrassed by his reactions. Thanks Gail!

I enrolled my four-month Australian Shepherd puppy in Gail Clark's beginner class. Gail is a fountain of knowledge and information. She has a solution for every problem that the class would throw at her. Although I've had dogs before Gail showed me where some of my training techniques were wrong and how to correct them. My puppy is very high spirited and was easily distracted by other dogs during the learning to heel part of the training. Seeing my struggles, Gail jumped in and took over. The change in my pup's behavior was immediate, stunning and dramatic. Suddenly, she was totally attentive and instead of looking at other dogs she only had eyes for Gail. Gail is a true "dog whisperer!" I am now signed up to take private lessons with Gail and am looking forward to even better results!

As a client with Dr. Clark (I train and show with her) it is the basics in her beginning class that I have learned and continue to use to this day. Her method of properly introducing a fearful co-workers dog to a stranger was just used this morning with great success, and was a positive experience for all. Also having my own 3 dogs of differing age, those commands have easily been integrated into our everyday routine, making for an easy dog friendly life style. The best compliment I get is when company comes over and my dogs are well behaved and my husband brags about it.