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Frustrated owner? Behavioral issues? Want to learn to speak dog? With 25+ years of experience, we don't charge if we can't help. In home holistic dog training.
History
Established in 2000.
I started training dogs as a hobby, but it became a business when a gentleman with a human aggressive, 130lbs king Shepherd called to ask if I could help. He and his family were going away for six weeks, and the dog wasn’t safe with neighbors, in-laws, pet sitters, or even other trainers. I’d been working with horses, and I figured they could kill you on accident, whereas a dog had to work at it! So I took the job with the caveat that I was going to get rid of the human aggression at least towards me. The owner agreed, and Diesel was my first major success with severe human aggression.
When I learned that no local dog trainers would take on human aggressive dogs, I decided I would. I apprenticed under other trainers, learning every style I could possibly get my hands on, using what worked and discarding what didn’t. I also spent hours studying dog language, a task that became much easier when scientists started doing the same thing! And so my business was born.
Meet the Business Owner: Jenna M.
Jenna has always understood animals better than people. (Although she’s pretty good these days with people, too.) By 16 she was training horses, by 17 she was re-training problem dogs as a hobby, and by 20 she was getting paid for it.
She learned dog training the old-fashioned way: hands-on, apprenticing under other dog trainers, using what worked for her and discarding what didn’t.
Now she’s spent over half her life training dogs, and she wouldn’t have it any other way.
She currently lives in Oregon with her husband, their dog, bunny, cat, and horse, a formerly wild Mustang who is loving the pampered life.
Jenna doesn’t believe in words like “hopeless” or “untrainable.” She’s had too many cases where people were told exactly that and yet, together, she and the owner worked miracles.
She and her husband moved to Oregon last year, and she’s excited to be opening up dog language workshops and retreats, and helping a whole bunch of new people.