FirstBarkVivi helped our Charlie with his fear of the toaster oven noise. She gave me the tools to continue his training and help keep his fears and anxiety in check. Millie and Charlie love seeing her at the door like she is the fairy godmother with treats. Thank you so much.
The Dog Talker - Charleston's Leading Aggression & Dog Behavior Expert
Summerville, South Carolina
About The Dog Talker - Charleston's Leading Aggression & Dog Behavior Expert
The Dog Talker LLC is owned and run by dog behavior expert Vivi Myslik Jorgensen, LFDM-T, KPA CTP. As Charleston's first Licensed Family Dog Mediator® and first Karen Pryor Academy Certified Training Partner, she helps you & your dog navigate life on a WHOLE NEW LEVEL and see REAL change for the long haul. Vivi specializes in Aggression, Fear, and Anxiety - in particular Dog-Dog Aggression in multiple dog households, Resource Guarding, Leash Reactivity, Reactivity to strangers in the home, and more. We offer Behavior Consults, Dog Life Navigation Packages, Puppy Training Packages, and Welfare Packages (Walk & Train). Vivi works from the highly celebrated science model, L.E.G.S.® to get to the CORE of WHY you are seeing behavior issues.
Training & services
Training goals
- Behavior consultation
- Crate training
- Obedience training
- Puppy training
Behavior support
- Aggression training
- Fear and confidence
- Reactivity training
- Resource guarding
- Separation anxiety
How training happens
- Board and train
- Day training
- In-home training
- Online or virtual training
Dog age
- Puppies
Training approach
- Clicker training
- Positive reinforcement
Additional services
- Dog walking
Other listed services
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- Behavior Challenge
- Behavior Consulting
- Behavior Programs
- Behavior Rehabilitation
- Certified Training
- Dog's Aggressive Behavior
- Dogs Bark
- Dogs Bite
- Family Dog Mediation
- Family Dog Mediators
- Leash Reactive
- Nuisance Behaviors
- Pet Dogs
- Problematic Behavior
- Special Training
- Training & Behavior
- Training Plan
- Undesired Behavior
- Walk & Train
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Business-stated qualifications
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- Training team
- KPA CTP
Customer reviews
Google listing4.9
33 Google reviews
Mentioned in reviews
- Training tools 7
- Clicker training 4
- Basic obedience 3
- Behavior issues 3
- Nervous dog training 3
- Understanding dogs 3
All 10 topics
- Board and train 2
- Obedient skills 2
- Positive approach to training 2
- Reactive dog training 2
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Vivi is an amazing trainer. We love her positive approach to training our Labrador Retriever puppy. She was so easy and flexible to work with. We are grateful for all that we have learned. Our much loved pup is a well behaved member of our family! We highly recommend VivPaws Training program. Thank you, Vivi!
We sent our puppy to VivaPaws for a 10 day board and train experience. Our goal was to set a strong foundation of basic obedience that we could continue to build on afterwards. We could not be happier with the results, the program structure, the diligent updates, and overall energy devoted to our puppy. Would strongly recommend VivaPaws!
I would not normally be interested in an on-line dog training Zoom session, but nothing is normal in this covid time. I was amazed by the great results from the Zoom calls with Vivi ( i live in Ireland) After the first week of guidance from Vivi, i was able to put a new harness …Read full reviewClose full review
I would not normally be interested in an on-line dog training Zoom session, but nothing is normal in this covid time. I was amazed by the great results from the Zoom calls with Vivi ( i live in Ireland) After the first week of guidance from Vivi, i was able to put a new harness on my dog , something i struggled to do for 2 years , as he is a nervous and fearful Border Collie. Also our walks are less stressful since he is more manageable on the lead and not pulling me . The clicker training took a little time for my dog and i to get used to, but it quickly became second nature to us . I highly recommend Vivi to help your furry friend - she does not do it because its a job, but because she has a passion to help and work with dogs !
Viva Paws was amazing! We love Vivi! She is a true dog whisperer! Highly recommend!
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