Jung crossing the street with a chocolate lab.

I provide guidance and training on:

  • Calm behaviors - not jumping when greeting people, and incessant barking

  • Polite walking - no more zig zagging or pulling!

  • Stress-free, safe travel - preparation for flying, long car trips, etc.

  • Resource guarding

  • Barking and lunging (“reactivity”)

  • Cooperative care - fear free visits to the vet and groomers, comfort with being handled

  • Basic skills: sit, down, stay, wait, go to place, recall

  • Pre-adoption advice - how to best prepare for a new furry family member and set them up for success in your home

  • Puppies, Adolescents, and Senior Dogs - it’s never too early or too late to train better behavior!

  • and much more!

🐶How it works

1. Discovery Call

Ready to move forward? Starting with a free 15-minute discovery call, we’ll briefly review your needs so I may know how I can be of service.

Golden retriever puppy holding a blue ice cream cone toy against a light blue background.

2. Initial Consultation and Training

We’ll begin with a deep-dive consultation, in which we discuss your training goals for your pup, and I share my analysis and insights into the reasons driving the undesirable behaviors that your dog rehearses. I’ll also review management and training options to provide you immediate relief and more confidence.

From here, we will discuss a plan of action curated to fit your needs. We’ll decide whether it makes more sense for me to coach you in training your pup, have me train your dog for you, or a combination of both.

3. Pup-tastic!

Following your pup’s customized training plan, you’ll begin to enjoy the benefits of a more well-mannered pup! Experience a more joyful relationship with your fur ball as you learn to work as a team and your pup behaves and follows your cues more attentively.

Training Services🐾

  • Initial Consultation - $179

    This is our first step in working together. Meet with me for a 75-minute remote, online session.

    After booking, I send a questionnaire to learn more about the specific behaviors you’d like to work on with your dog. I analyze and prepare initial training recommendations including practical tips and immediate actions to help manage the behavior of concern. If there is time and it is appropriate for your situation, I also demo preliminary training that you can do on your own and advise on further training options.

    The online format allows us to do a deeper dive without the distraction of my meeting your dog in your home. I send a comprehensive follow up email within 48 hours that includes notes from our session and additional resources.

  • Pup-Parent Coaching

    Want to be hands-on with the training? Receive 1 on 1 training with me, in-person or remote.

    After our behavioral consultation, you’ll learn my methods on how to train your dog.

    Ideal for dog parents who have time to do the majority of the training themselves and enjoy learning and working with their dog. We can do this remotely or in-person with on-going online support for the duration of our work together.

    The in-person coaching is only available for clients based in the Walnut Creek area.

  • Direct Dog Training

    Don’t have time to train your dog? I train your dog in-person for you.

    After our behavioral consultation, I will train your dog for you!

    Ideal for dog parents who don’t have time to do the training themselves or want more immediate results. I train your dog privately on the specific behavior we’ve discussed at your home or other appropriate location.

    This option is only available for clients based in the Walnut Creek area.

What is “pawsitive training”?

I train with methods that are positive, force-free, and evidence-based because this is the safest, most humane, and effective way to change behavior in the long-term. In dog training lingo, we call it R+ training, or positive reinforcement. This means I will neither suggest nor use punishment or aversive methods when working with you and your pup. If you’ve worked with other trainers who were not R+, that’s completely understandable. We often seek help when we are in crisis, and may not have had the resources to thoroughly explore available options.

I think of R+ training as Relationship Positive training. When we work with dogs in a manner that reinforces them in a pleasant way for the behavior we do want, we build a history of “pawsitive” events. We become the source of fun and goodness, reinforcing our relationship between us and our pups. With R+ methods, we change the behavior and experience from undesirable to pup-tastic!

As someone who has practiced meditation for many years, R+ training aligns with my values of doing no harm. I approach my work from a place of non-judgement and empathy to understand your circumstances, and to support you and your pup in creating a harmonious, gratifying, and joyful life together.

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What my clients say🐾