Effective, caring, knows what she's talking about... We tried in-home training for the first time, as our schedules are in flux and difficult to commit to the traditional structured group lessons for our newly adopted 1 year old rescue. Wow!!! we are so thrilled with the instruction, service, personal care, and knowledge Beth shared with us!!! Such a pleasure to have her in our home!!! And we learned so much. I was also very grateful for the excellent, detailed, written training summary which Beth provided after each visit. I know there was a lot of thought and effort put into customizing the training and providing information tailored to our needs and that of our dog Chica. We want to be responsible pet owners and have dogs that are happy and a joy to be around. We are well on our way to that end, and so thankful to Beth for getting us on the right path. read more

A friend of mine suggested Beth as a trainer to us, and we're so glad she did! She's patient, incredibly thorough, and you can tell she has a strong passion and love for dogs. She provided us with notes after each session to help keep us on track. I would absolutely recommend Cold Noses Dog Training, it was informative and fun, and I feel even closer to my dog. We got advice from proper nutrition, enrichment and exercise--and feel much more confident in taking care of our dog. Beth really cares about 360 care of your pup, to keep them safe and happy. read more

Beth was incredibly thorough, and made sure she knew exactly what we wanted out of the training. During a training session we would discuss the previous week's training and practice, how it went, and what issues might have come up. We would address those, and then move on to learning something new, followed by practice. One thing we found incredibly useful was that Beth takes detailed notes during the session and then writes them up and sends them to you. It's so helpful to have thorough instructions, in her own words, to refer to during the week. Oh, and our dog also now worships the ground she walks on, so I think that's a good 'yelp' review from him, too. read more

I contacted Beth for her help in getting a good training foundation in place with our new Lab puppy. She sat with us during our first session carefully discussing our goals for Chase and after only three sessions, Beth was able to help us instill great basics on which to build. Her methods are quiet, patient and very loving to which Chase responded enthusiastically. She also coached us in the techniques to continue to build on what she so beautifully started. She answered every question thoroughly and thoughtfully and sent us notes following each session to recap what we had done and gave us "homework" to practice in preparation for our next session. We would not hesitate to give Beth the highest recommendation. read more

I am so glad I found Beth to help with my chihuahuas! One is a stubborn 8 year old and the second is a puppy with a tiny attention span. Beth has been encouraging and supportive and she has made me feel more confident in working with my dogs on my own. I love the detailed notes from our training sessions with simple and clear directions as well as personalizing training methods for each dog as they have different personalities. She is also very responsive to questions I had outside of training, both through text and email. Tristan, Sebastian and I are very grateful for Beth's help and support! read more

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Beth is a superb dog trainer and just the loveliest person. She gave us the most wonderful detailed notes and even some gifts for our pups. We looked forward to seeing her each week and our dogs adored her. The training sessions were positive, always fun (we had a lot of laughs together!), and Beth went above and beyond to make sure we felt confident with the training techniques. Perhaps best of all, Beth was so kind as to provide me with encouragement and emotional support when I worried about the dynamic between our dogs. It really meant the world. We miss her already, so go ahead and do yourselves and your pup an enormous favor--get in touch with Beth! read more

Beth is just wonderful. She had an incredible way of connecting with both of our dogs and they immediately began absorbing what she was training. She focuses on repetition, not only for dogs but for owners as well, to make sure that everyone has a clear understanding of the training protocol. Going forward, we are very confident that we can build upon all of the tools that Beth gave us including healthy treat suggestions & as well as the proper harness for their leashes. We couldn't be more grateful that we found her before moving out of state! read more

Beth is wonderful! She's generous with her time and was patient and encouraging. We learned a lot: From thoughts about diet and nutrition to enrichment activities to the actual training techniques themselves. Beth is thorough in her approach but also flexible and was willing to go with the flow of what we needed. We also loved that she loved our sweet boy :-) Overall, a kind and knowledgeable trainer and we feel lucky to have gotten to work with her. read more

We are so grateful to have found Beth!! She's an absolute gem!! Our shy 1yo Shepherd-mix rescue dog immediately warmed to Beth and was very receptive to Beth's training techniques that focus on positivity and treats. Beth's presence is calming and supportive; she not only encouraged our dog with positive feedback during training, but us as well! And let's face it, we humans also need that kind of feedback, too! During training time, Beth models what to do, how to give commands, and how to treat, then has us practice right after and offers helpful feedback. So helpful in getting the technique right! AND she then emails you detailed notes that night with everything you just worked on! Amazing. These notes are extremely helpful in referencing the details of the training techniques. We regularly reference them. With Beth's guidance (and our training efforts) we saw positive results in a short period of time, which also made us feel happy, too! We felt less stress, more happiness, and were connecting with our pup in a really positive way. Beth is also an excellent communicator; prompt, professional, and kind! We were always surprised how quickly she responded via text or email. Beth has a big heart and wants you to succeed in training your dog, she's passionate about the work she does and you can clearly see that when working with her. She brings loads of experience, joy, compassion, and humor to her work. We all (adults and kids) enjoyed our time working with her and would absolutely recommend her dog training services! read more

Plenty of work ahead of us but we are grateful for Beth! We recently adopted a second rescue dog after falling in love with his cute grin and handsome posture--yeah yeah, I point this out because he is adorable but also because the speed of the decision to bring him home left us scrambling to figure out his behavior in the following weeks (his name is Bricks btw!). It was clear from the beginning that he was uncomfortable around men and that his upbringing was likely difficult. His former humans abandoned him after they had a baby and dear lord I will get emotional if I keep talking about his backstory. Long story short: I contacted Beth to help us deal with certain elements of his behavior that were really concerning--specifically his tendency to lunge at people and dogs when he is on a leash and his sporadic tendency to bark at men. Beth made a really stressful and pivotal moment in our lives seem manageable. She was patient and studied in her interactions with Bricks and I really appreciated the way that she adapted her recommendations based on HIM and not a rigid methodology. A good dog trainer is really in the business of training the owners and I can honestly say that the lessons and tricks Beth gave us have made us better parents. It's so much fun to watch our sweet boy get better each day and to know that we are supporting his development. Without Beth and Cold Noses we would have never gotten to this point. Can't recommend their services highly enough! read more

From the initial consultation where she spent an hour with us on the phone just to learn more about Sophie, to the in-person training sessions, and all the texts and emails in between, Beth & Cold Noses Dog Training is the BEST. Beth is not only a pure professional but she truly cares about dogs and it exudes in her guidance, her style of training and the support she'll give both dog parents and pups. I recommend her to anyone who is serious about dog training and wants someone that will go the extra mile. We're at the 4 month mark with our baby Sophie and I'm sure we'll be reaching back out to Beth when she goes into adolescence :) read more

Beth is the sweetest. Her approach to training is positive and you can see how much she cares about the dog instantly. My puppy, Otso, is very shy, but she was able to help me understand how to help him. He started to overcome his fears and be a happy puppy with her help. I can't recommend her enough. Thank you Beth! read more

Beth was fantastic to work with. She taught me important lessons that my dog will benefit from forever. Thank you Beth! It was a pleasure!

I contacted Beth in helping with behavior issues with my 3 month old lab. He used to bark a lot, bite quite a bit (not the teething bites), lunge and a few other issues. Beth was able to guide us on how to train him through positive reinforcement. She also helped address the barking situation. Things are much better now and taking care of our puppy seems to be much easier than what it was and to be honest even enjoyable! :) She was always on time and scheduling was also a breeze! Beth puts in a lot of effort into what she does and she is extremely compassionate too! read more

Beth is absolutely amazing. Her insights calmed both us and our highly-strung puppy. Neither of us have had a dog in 20+ years, forget having a puppy. I particularly loved her instructions on enrichment and how to give our little Wyatt a wonderful life. Beth is just the best. You won't regret choosing her!! read more

Booked through August and no option for a waiting list or future follow up. No referral provided or anything.

Our family has never owned a dog before. The amount of YouTube videos on we watched and blog posts we read on dog training was no comparison to the three short sessions we had with Beth. Beth knew what questions to ask from the get-go to get to the heart of the issues we, as new dog owners, were having with our beloved 7-month old poochon. Throughout all three sessions, Beth was highly attuned to our needs, as well as our puppy's. She was quickly adaptable and flexible with our preferences and physical limitations, she was knowledgeable about what our puppy could have been feeling and why, and she was just SO sweet, gentle, and kind in her training methods and communication. We're grateful for Beth for the learning experience and especially because we saw pretty quick results in our little one's behaviors. Would highly recommend! read more

Beth is a wonderful dog (and human) trainer! She taught us some simple techniques that have really improved our Dutchess's behavior. I was impressed by how much we worked on in just 3 sessions. We covered barking (quiet), fear of the dark, manners when going up and down stairs (heel), jumping (off), recall (come) and leave it. We learned quickly that the most important part of training a dog is having the right tools in your toolkit so you are positively reinforcing good behavior not bad. We have had our treat bags handy since we worked with Beth! Recommended for anyone frustrated by their fur friends behavior and unsure how to improve it. read more

Beth was an absolute pleasure to work with. Our puppy knew a lot of the training basics already, but Beth was able to provide nuanced guidance to help take our training to the next level. The main reason we hired Beth was to help us with resource guarding. Beth gave us the tools we need and the reassurance to get through this. Unfortunately, it's a problem that will be slow to fix and required consistency and patience on our end. We feel confident moving forward with Beth's guidance as we work through this. read more

Had a wonder experience with Beth! Our puppy had separation issues and some aggressive behaviors as well as needing the usual puppy training. Beth knew just what to do. All positive training methods. Beth is very knowledgeable and a kind, and a talented teacher, and our puppy loved her too! Seems miraculous what we accomplished in a short period of time! read more

Beth is a wonderful trainer who I would highly recommend! We are a family of 4 with a black lab who was almost out of control. He would lunge at other dogs on a leash, he would run outside of the house when a door opened and always jump up on guests. Being 80 lbs, he was almost becoming a liability for us. She came to our house and gave us a personalized training plan that included diet, enrichment activities and solid techniques to help our Bodhi. He is becoming a much better dog thanks to our comprehensive plan to get him on the right track. read more

Beth is outstanding! We had 4 sessions with her to help learn skills on how to train our newly adopted rescue dog, Harvey. Her love of dogs is evident and she knows her stuff! She even allowed our daughters to participate in the training sessions so the family could all learn together. During our sessions, her demonstrations and instructions were extremely helpful. After every session, we received detailed notes about what we discussed which we frequently use as a resource to make sure we are doing everything right. We learned so much about dog enrichment, training techniques, and nutrition. After our sessions, we feel much more confident on how to keep Harvey happy, healthy, and better behaved. Beth is kind, thoughtful, and funny. We thoroughly enjoyed working with her. We, especially Harvey, miss her already! We cannot recommend her enough. read more

The best dog trainer ever!! Five stars rating isn't enough to mention how great Beth is. My dog, Shiba inu, is usually not friendly to strangers.But she loves Beth so much. Under Beth's guidance, my dog has a great progress! She learns how to stay longer and wait for our command. The best part for us is that Beth would come to our home to see the real situation. Then she can give us immediate instruction to train our dog. If your dog has barking issue,believe me,Beth is the savior to save your life. read more

Beth is wonderful. I had her come in because I needed some extra help w my dog, Luna. I've moved around so much that Luna seems to still not get a few techniques down. Beth was super patient w/ Luna & I. She was also super positive and helped a lot of my anxiety go down. She's awesome & I recommend her highly! Thank you so much Beth! read more

Beth is a great trainer and I had so much fun in our lessons. It was so exciting to see how fast my dog, Kyloh, learned using her techniques. She customized the lessons according to my priorities and would email me a summary of the training techniques we worked on after each lesson, which was very helpful to refer to as-needed later. I loved that she was flexible and really willing to think about what would work best for my dog, rather than using a one-size-fits-all approach. I highly recommend her and am very glad to have found her! I will also definitely be reaching out to her about dogsitting in the future since I know how trustworthy she is and how much she cares about my dog. read more

The best dog training service! We learned a lot about how to make our dog behave correctly. She provided us a very detailed note after every class so we can keep working on improving our dog's behavior. read more

highly recommend Beth and I will tell you that it is worth every penny!! We did three sessions of behavior modification with Beth. My dog presented very very bad behavior problems -- jumping on people, couple incidents of biting, barking at strangers, aggressiveness towards other dogs and humans, all you can think of the bad behaviors! I was super stressed out whenever the guests come over because he was so unpredictable and I had no idea when he would bite. The first class when Beth came over, my dog actually tried 3 times jumping on Beth and bite her, chasing after her legs. (we had the muzzle on) we definitely saw a lot of improvement for the second times she came over and then my dog was slowly becoming a lot less anxious and in mid way of second class he was able to train with her without the muzzle and he did not attack! by the third class he even allows her to rub his belly. Beth is so amazing and the techniques she has taught really works!!! The owner has to take into their actions to in-cooperate her techniques and you will definitely see your dogs improved! I was skeptical at first but then now I am so glad I chose Beth and my dog is now a much happier dog. On other note, Beth is really putting efforts into her clients and teaching. She has the best training treats, suggesting the good quality and healthy food for our dogs, write detailed and steps by steps training notes, and even gifted my a present (photos of my dog) after the training class. read more

Beth was absolutely brilliant while training with our 4 month pup. She was patient and meticulous in understanding the specificity of our pup and behavior needs. The results were instantaneous minutes after the training was over. Through these sessions, me and my wife were the more trained ones haha. We realized so much we were missing -important clues to address our pup's behavior. Thank you Beth for your invaluable training. Highly recommended. read more

Beth is a stellar trainer. She gave us all the tips, tricks and tools we needed to get our smart, but very energetic, pup on the right track. We so appreciate her taking us on and it was great to work with her one-on-one. She is fully vaccinated which helped us feel more safe and our dog absolutely loved her. She was patient, funny and kind! We highly recommend Cold Noses Dog Training! read more

I feel very lucky to have found such a great trainer as Beth! My puppy has a lot of energy and I was getting pretty hopeless that I'd be able to get her under control but Beth came to our rescue! Right away she was able to identify several behaviors that needed to be addressed and broke down the training into a series of simple but effective exercises for me to be able to regain control of my sweet but extremely excitable pup. On top of that, Beth was incredibly kind and supportive throughout - telling me what I was already doing well and encouraging me to be patient and diligent with the training we still needed to work on. I already see a huge difference in the way my dog responds to me and I'm so grateful to Beth for getting us to where we are now. read more

Beth met us at our favorite park and her lessons helped us understand the dog motivators for food and praise, and how to get a little dog to understand commands from tall humans. She has a natural ability to get dogs to pay attention and follow instructions, and a strong understanding of how to teach humans how to behave in a way their companion dogs can understand. You might think you're asking her to help teach your dog, but she's really teaching you. read more

Years ago, we adopted a dog who was extremely reactive. We saw many trainers, and unfortunately, due to his wiring, there was little that we were able to do to help him. Our eight year old daughter has been extremely skeptical of trainers due to our past (through no fault of theirs). Flash forward to this year: we reached out to Beth when looking for a trainer for our 3 month old Bernadoodle. We realized that he was going to be much larger than we were originally expecting, and wanted to start on his training and manners asap. The first day Beth was here for a session with us, she included our kiddo in the sessions. Our daughter was so thrilled to see Beth working gently with our pup, her patience, and quick results. Beth shares trainings that are simple, manageable to practice even at short intervals, and you can tell that she LOVES dogs so much. We have been so lucky to have Beth's guidance, and will definitely keep in touch with her as our needs change! read more

Beth is a miracle worker! Our Old English Sheepdog puppy, Lily, was more than a handful - she is smart, and has way too much energy, and she was a very mouthy puppy. Worst of all, she had serious bouts of aggressive behavior on her leash - lunging and biting when she got tired or bored. In three sessions at our home, Beth cured our puppy of most of her bad habits and taught us how to deal with her better. She taught us how to handle the leash issue, and Lily's bad behavior stopped almost immediately. Beth's gentle, positive techniques work wonders. Each session builds on the last, and she send meticulous notes afterwards. Highly recommend that you make this investment in your dog! read more

Beth is the real deal! We reached out to Beth for some specific puppy behaviors we wanted to work on with our 7 month springerdoodle puppy, and Beth was able to provide structure for us to work on everything in just 3 sessions! We've seen so much improvement with our pup due to the techniques Beth provided. We really appreciated the clear training tactics, and her quick communication if we ever had questions outside of a session. She was wonderful to work with, and we would highly recommend to anyone looking for some training! read more

Beth is great! She is very knowledgeable and her methods are very effective and positive. Beth was sure to involve the entire family including our young daughter in the training lessons. The training lessons were tailored to exactly what our family needed and she was sure to follow up and answer any questions or concerns we had. Beth also provided some valuable tips and tricks that we didn't even know we needed and has greatly improved our relationship with our puppy. Our puppy loved Beth and progressed very quickly using her training techniques and continues to do so. Even though our puppy is only 3 months old, she is so well trained that we have received numerous complements from other dog owners who are astonished at how young she is with her level of training. I would highly recommend Cold Noses Dog Training to anyone! read more

Beth is nothing short of wonderful. I'd describe her as sort of the Mary Poppins of dogs. She responded immediately to me when I reached out to do a phone consultation and met us for three sessions, during which she shared a huge amount of knowledge, but also brought an irrepressible force of kind, calm, relaxed energy into the picture. She has an excellent sense of humor and obvious love of dogs - both pup and I were immediately smitten and able to be relaxed about the whole process. She sends wonderful, very thorough and detailed notes so you don't have to worry about taking any while she works with your dog and shows you by example how to train between sessions. She also provides wisdom regarding daily needs (exercise, enrichment activities) that dogs need to be calm enough to follow directions. She uses no aversive techniques and only positive reinforcement. We will keep her in our contact list for future consultations and have recommended her to multiple friends already. We'd experienced some other trainers before and Beth blows them out of the water. Pretty magical, can't go wrong with Beth. read more

We can't say enough good things about Beth and Cold Noses Dog Training. As first time dog owners, our family of 4 has our hands full with a new puppy. Beth is so wonderful with our dog and our two littlest dog trainers. I highly recommend her for anyone looking for a great dog trainer! She is very organized, supportive and communicative. Thanks Beth, for helping our family adjust to dog life! read more

Beth was absolutely wonderful! We had previously done a puppy class with our stubborn rescue pup (who is not at all food-motivated) with little success, and were very concerned that at almost a year she had limited name recall and questionable leash manners. In just one session, Beth completely transformed our dog! She is now coming when she is called and making great progress towards her leash manners. Beth is encouraging, thorough, and insightful, and just an absolutely joy to work with. Our pup loves her. We are so grateful to Beth, and would recommend her highly! read more

Beth was amazing with our Golden Retriever puppy! She is like a dog whisperer and our crazy hyper puppy looked like a perfect dog by the end of our session. Wow! Her love for dogs is very apparent and she helps give you clear, easy to follow training tips. She is a pro! read more

Beth is amazing! Not only does she make training progress with your pup in a short period of time, she also is a trustworthy pet sitter. We had Beth stay in our home and watch our puppy while we were away once and we haven't looked anywhere else since - including two weeklong vacations in a month! She brings us great peace of mind while we are away and when we come back we can see how much joy she brings to our puppy too. She truly cares about dogs and it shows read more