Kristina's Critters

Kristina is amazing. I want to say magical, but truly on her game at all times. It wasn’t magic it was skill and experience. She is so aware and attentive. From a guidance and educational perspective she can really teach technique and guide expectations as the dog owner. We have had five dogs and our Bailey, new to us Dec. 2023 was a very, very challenging experience. We were almost to the point of failure that we wouldn’t be able to help her and I found Kristina. She saved Bailey and us as a family. I cannot recommend her more highly than anything I have ever reviewed. A great person and very good at what she does!!! Use her and you will never regret it!!!!

Kristina offers the perfect blend of practical advice, research-based knowledge, and empathy. Our first Zoom with Kristina offered more valuable information than all of our other training experiences combined (and we had LOTS of previous trainers!). Our dog has anxiety and OCD resulting in aggressive behavior towards other dogs, strangers, and even members of our household. Kristina gave us interventions to implement immediately that helped us get our dog stable, tailored her program to our needs, and gave us training exercises to help turn our dog’s behavior around and keep others safe. We had a long journey to “normalcy”,with many setbacks and lots of trial and error with medication and food adjustments. Everytime we went to the dark place of considering euthanasia, Kristina’s positivity brought us back. My dog is not the perfect dog, and we continue using training and mitigation strategies to keep her in a stable place, but Kristina saved my dog’s life. Needless to say, I recommend Kristina’s services with my whole heart!

We can not recommend Kristina enough! Our vet recommended we reach out to her for help with our anxious dog who required full sedation for vet exams and blood draws. Kristina helped me train our dog in preparation for vet visits, while advocating for the right pre-vet medications. She was there to coach me during a recent vet appointment, and with her help, we accomplished what I had thought impossible! My dog rested her head in my lap, while the vet tech drew her blood. It went so smoothly that I didn’t even realize the blood had been drawn! Gone are the days of stressful vet visits, for both me and my nervous pup. And we could not have done it without Kristina’s help!