The Dog Talker - Charleston's Leading Aggression & Dog Behavior Expert

Vivi is a treasure! My girlfriend and I went to Vivi, desperate for help with our pets as we moved in together. We had been living separate in our own homes with our respective pets. I have a dog with a history of aggressive behavior and my partner has a friendly dog and two cats. Needless to say, combining our households into a home where all 16 paws could live in harmony was going to take professional guidance. Vivi began working with us before we made the move, making visits to both homes. She continued working with us for several months after we moved into the same house to ease the transition. She was unbelievably flexible and thorough. It was clear from day one and throughout our engagement with Vivi that she was devoted to successfully assisting us. We have relocated to Boston, but Vivi has remained in contact, and has even assisted with additional concerns via zoom. She knows our fur babies as well as we do as the companions, and we will forever be grateful that she came into our lives when she did. If she can help us with the challenging situation we presented her with (and she did!), then there is probably nothing she can't help with when it comes to training dogs! Miracle worker!

I contacted Vivi after researching trainers/companies that focused more on dog behavior than pure training. After an initial consultation, we decided to go with her 8 week program to help us with our terrier who was a total embarrassment when walking him around "his" neighborhood. He barked at cars, hated people walking by, and went especially crazy if another dog walked by in the general vicinity. It was immediately apparent that Vivi has a real passion for her work! She helped us understand why Bogey was being so territorial and laid out a process for us to follow to to calm him down and alleviate the triggers making him go so berserk. Working with Vivi was a real pleasure - she works with both the dog and the owners/parents to address the undesired behavior without judgement, and documents the whole process with both pictures and a written plan so that you can refer back to them as needed. For these reasons, I highly recommend The Dog Talker LLC for dog training and behavior issues.

We reached out to Vivi when scraping bottom of our sanity reserves - this after several frustrating months getting our two puppies (beagle and doodle) acclimated to our home and family. Lovely, beautiful dogs – but they were mischievous, occasionally (and expensively) destructive, and generally difficult to handle. Vivi provided us training tools, recommendations for behavior management, and insights into the needs of each dog according to its pedigree. At this juncture, and after working with Vivi’s tools and methods for a few short months, we’ve made remarkable progress and continue to see appreciable improvement in our dogs’ behavior each week. We couldn’t be happier with Vivi’s kind attentions and patience, and we highly recommend her for your dog training needs!