MindfulPups

Right when I was feeling overwhelmed with my new rescue puppy two weeks in, my 1:1 session with Dina was amazing. Within just 1.5 hours, she instilled the essential basics: structure, routine, training exercises, and the crucial importance of enforced nap time. Even after having a dog for 13 years (who recently passed), I'd completely forgotten what puppyhood entails. I look forward to the continued work with Mindful pups!

We did a 90 minute 1:1 session with Dina, which has already helped us so much!!! We had been handling any challenges or questions reactively as they came up, and Dina helped us move from defense to offense. She helped both me and my pup feel much more confident in how we can best play and learn together. She also provided a ton of super detailed notes afterwards on how we can keep our dog on track as she starts going on walks and exploring more of the world. Can't recommend Mindful Pups and Dina enough!!!!!

Dina, Jazmine and the Mindful Pups crew have been an absolute gamechanger with our new puppy. Life changer from the first training session (we needed the training more than our puppy). They worked magic helping us create positive associations with the crate - within a DAY the puppy now likes to go in the crate and immediately sleeps. Provided immeasurable guidance on what our puppy really needs and how we can give it to her. Every time the pup works with them is marked improvement in adjustment to city living. We will be working with them for a while to come. 11/10 would recommend.

We initially hired Mindful Pups for a private training session at home and ended up enrolling our pup for a 2 week puppy intensive program a few weeks later. This turned out to be the best decision! What we thought was typical excitability and high energy coming from two working breeds, they identified as anxiety. They immediately started working on building her confidence and encouraging calm behaviors. Even before the end of the first week, our pup was calmer outside with less leash pulling and fewer incidents with other dogs. The two things that I was most proud to see her accomplish was (1) her first climb up and down an A frame (she disliked unstable and uneven surfaces) and (2) her playing SOO gently with a smaller breed (we had only seen her play rambunctiously with larger dogs up until that point). They also provided helpful instruction to continue the training at home. Will be setting up more sessions and add 1 on 1 training for myself as the handler too!