One-on-one training for every kind of dog.

Puppy training builds the foundation. We start early, gently, and in your home, where your puppy actually lives.

The puppy weeks go fast, and the choices you make now stick. Instead of contradicting videos and quick fixes, you get one clear plan: housetraining, calm handling, and the social foundation that prevents fear and reactivity later.

Reactivity training helps a dog who bites, barks, lunges, or freezes learn to stay calm around the things that set them off.

If you've started driving to empty lots at 6am, you're not alone, and it's fixable. We work at your dog's pace, below the threshold where they panic, using my behavior-consultant training (CBCC-KA) to change how they feel, not just how they look. No corrections, no flooding.

Basic manners covers the daily-life skills that make living with a dog easy and the front door calm.

These are the cues you'll use a hundred times a week: a solid sit and stay, a polite greeting, and a loose leash that doesn't wreck your shoulder. We build them in the rooms and on the streets where you'll actually need them.

Advanced training builds a recall and manners that hold up in the real world: the park, the vet, the trail.

Once the basics are solid, we proof them against distraction and distance so they work when it counts. This is where "he knows it at home" becomes "he does it anywhere."

Scent work gives a busy brain a job: a confidence-building game that any dog can win.

Using their nose is deeply satisfying for dogs and burns more energy than a long walk. It's especially good for shy, anxious, or high-drive dogs: it builds confidence, focus, and a calmer household, and it's genuinely fun for you both.

I'm an approved AKC Evaluator, so your dog can prepare for the Canine Good Citizen test and take it with the same trainer. No scheduling a stranger.

The AKC Canine Good Citizen program certifies well-mannered dogs across ten real-world skills. Because I both prepare and evaluate, your dog tests in a familiar routine with a familiar person. Less stress, better results. It's a rare setup in the Upstate. I also offer AKC S.T.A.R. Puppy and all levels of Trick Dog title evaluations.