Mission Impossible K9, LLC

Elisha changed our lives and gave us the gift of learning how to build a meaningful, healthy relationship with our dog. We did a foundations bootcamp with Elisha and loved it so much that we flew Marzi back out for a board & train at 8 months old. I’m honestly not convinced Elisha isn’t magic. We struggled so much with crate training, I genuinely thought I’d never be able to leave the dog at home alone. But within DAYS, Elisha sent us a video of Marzi happily going into and staying in her crate. After a few weeks, Elisha gave us back a happier, confident, and motivated dog with excellent life skills. Most importantly, Elisha taught us how to better understand our dog’s behavior and emotions, as well as how to structure our day-to-day routine. Spending focused quality time with Marzi is now the best part of my day. It’s been over a year since our board & train, and we could not be more thrilled with our sweet, spunky girl. Marzi earned her Canine Good Citizen certificate easily thanks to the work Elisha did with her, and we plan to pursue more titles! Elisha has also been so generous and thorough in answering all of our follow-up questions. She is honest but kind—and above all, always focused on the wellbeing of your dog. She loves and understands these animals on a soul-deep level, and her passion shines through in every interaction with both handler and dog. I cannot recommend her highly enough! You’re in the best of hands.

I took my (now late) older lab mix, Hobbs, to training with Elisha in 2021. She quickly taught Hobbs how to be a calm and obedient dog with great recall. She took great care to ensure that I was trained too so that I could reinforce his training and work on it at home. I have been so impressed that his training lasted all these years. It served him well as he aged. The calm training helped preserve his arthritic joints as he no longer uncontrollably bounced off the walls. Elisha has my highest recommendation. She is fair, honest, and tells it like it is. She has integrity, and she does not rip people off like other trainers do. She knows how to read dogs' body language very well, and she shapes her training to suit the dog. In my opinion, her training methods help the owner have a better relationship with their dog and help the dog to have a better quality of life. My biggest takeaway has been embarking on the journey of learning to pay attention to my dog's body language and learning how to interpret what it means or could mean. Elisha helped build my foundation for better understanding Hobbs. I now understand that being overstimulated is not the same thing as being super happy. I now understand how to recognize if he was responding to a stimulus by fawning or if he was trying to tell me he genuinely likes the stimulus. It was super helpful in recognizing his needs like when he was in pain (and where), if he was itchy and couldn't scratch with his arthritic joints, if he needed more exercise or more rest, etc. There are subtle cues but if I don't pay attention and try to learn, I will never know what they are or their meaning. Her training helped Hobbs heal from injuries by teaching him how to be calm and behave in a controlled manner (using his energy during dedicated exercise time as opposed to racing up and down the stairs at 2 am which could reinjure him). Her training helped me monitor his healing as well. Elisha truly has the dogs' best interest at heart. She is an excellent resource for questions and anyone wanting to learn. I would take any dog to her. Her services are a worth every penny especially considering how effective they are and how willing she is to work with owners to achieve their goals.

Elisha took my wild (literally, stray dog from Qatar) girl who had been passed among several families and was an anxious mess by the time I got her, shut down, confused, and snappy. The training she got with Elisha changed everything and she’s been a superstar ever since, totally house trained, walking perfectly to heel (well, when she left Elisha, ahem), and the biggest cuddle buddy ever (I have kept up with the cuddles). We had such a good experience, when I later got a puppy I sent her to stay with Aunt Elisha too, and the foundation she put on her as a baby has made everyone comment on what a happy, well trained dog I have. She passed Zoom room obedience on the first class…two years later! I've watched her perform miracles with dogs that bite, suffer from severe separation anxiety, or fear of being crated, all of which turn into calm happy members of society after a board and train. Whether like me you're looking for help with basic pet training, or if you have a 'problem' dog on your hands, Elisha is a real-life Dr. Doolittle (even if your 'dog' is actually a wolf).

Before training with Elisha, my dog Linus’s separation anxiety was so bad that I could not leave my house. Even running to the grocery store right down the street filled me with dread because I didn’t know what destruction or vet bills I would come home to. I could not board him or take him to vets or groomers who used crates without him freaking out and injuring himself. He could never be off leash. If I ever let him loose, he would have taken off and been gone forever. Now, I can leave the house and have a life without worrying about him. I can do things like work in my office with the door shut while he chills in his bed in the living room and crate him while we have company. He is great off leash, loves to play tug, and almost 5 years on, still follows all his commands great as well. Linus’s training did so much for my anxiety. I can’t tell you how grateful I was and am for the opportunity to work through his issues (which also helped me work through mine) and learn by watching and doing

Highly recommend Elisha/Mission Impossible K9 training!!! We were in a terrible situation with stress and conflict in our pack at home and dealing with escalating fighting and aggression with our 2 females (Scout - 5 y/o Husky/GSD/Malamute and Ruby - 1.5 y/o Husky). We were heartbroken at the idea of rehoming one of our pups and are so grateful to have found Elisha! Our girls have been home for around 1.5 months now and are doing so much better. It has taken A LOT of work on my part to maintain strong boundaries, consistency, and structure at home and our pack of 4 huskies has greatly benefited from these changes. Elisha has provided direction and guidance every step of the way and everyone is much less stressed and so happy 😀 Scout has struggled with Isolation anxiety since she was a puppy. We had resigned to the reality that the next decade of our life would involve coordinating a human babysitter for her anytime we wanted to go out without the dogs. We were told by previous trainers and vet behaviorist that she had separation anxiety and could not be crate trained. She was on Gabapentin and Sertraline for her anxiety and behavioral issues for 3 years. Elisha encouraged us to ween her off her meds before training to see her baseline and I am so grateful that she helped support us in this direction, because Scout has really become her happy, relaxed, and grounded self off of medication. We have since learned that Scout is a master escape artist and has more frustration struggles than anxiety, but SHE IS NOW CRATE TRAINED 😀😀😀 My husband and I have very much been enjoying date nights and going out “childless” without a dog sitter for the first time in 5 years 🤣 We adopted Ruby right before Hurricane Helene hit WNC and her first 6 months with our pack have been quite stressful and tumultuous. Elisha has helped her to learn appropriate boundaries and she is now able to moderate her play behaviors and read other dog’s body language so much better. Elisha did a great job at teaching recall and basic obedience as well! She puts a lot of work into teaching the humans and supporting dogs (and their humans) after returning home!