North Star Canines

Virginia has helped us so much with training our 11 week old puppy. She has provided support, guidance, and recommendations for how we can help our new pup truly be a part of our family. She has a calm manner, which our sensitive puppy really responded to. Her email recaps at the end of each session are invaluable. The ability to do a quick Zoom session is also a really nice affordable feature of working with her. We’re looking forward to using her again in the future!

We enjoyed working with Virginia from North Star Canines. Our sessions were always informative and we loved the email follow up from each session. You always seem to "get it" during the session but many times forget some of the details. So the follow up summaries are essential. Virginia was always responsive by email when I had questions or concerns after the sessions or my puppy's behavior in between sessions. Our puppy loved working with Virginia and was always sad when she left. We would highly recommend Virginia Dare from North Star Canines for your dog training needs!

Virginia is simply the best! We initially contacted Virginia to help sort out some of our pups behavioral issues - we rescued Archie about a year ago and while he is the sweetest and smartest boy, he had a tendency to bark frequently and was quite fearful and timid of things.. even of some of the members of our household. However, after just one session with Virginia we noticed huge improvements in Archie's behavior and overall attitude.... and after multiple sessions we were literally blown away! Not only has Archie's behavior and obedience improved, but our relationship with him has improved as well - and we owe it all to Virginia! Virginia is professional, timely, kind and knowledgable - she takes the time to understand your family dynamic and your pup and tailors the entire training program to fit those certain needs. Our sessions were always productive and successful - we were stunned at how quickly Archie's behavior was improving! Also, she follows each training session with a detailed and personalized summary of the lesson, often including attachments and videos so that everything is made clear and easy to follow. She is such a pleasure to work with and we are so excited to continue working with her. I cannot recommend her enough!!!!

We had an amazing experience with Virginia ! We bought home two ( yes we are crazy ) 8 week old Sheepadoodles and knew we would need help. We zoomed with Virginia even before the dogs came so we have the house set up and ready to go and that was super helpful. Once the pups were here we did our training sessions outside and masked. She was so professional and timely and knowing she was coming every week to help with all the issues that arose was amazing. The puppies are 5 months old now and happy to report that they are doing amazing. Highly recommend North Star Canines!