My Sidekick Dog Training

Ash is a life saver!! We recently rescued a wonderful pit-mix who is super sweet but had some aggression issues. Ash educated us about how aggression is fear-based and how the best ways to help our pup is to learn to understand his body language so we can best meet his needs and regulate his nervous system. And I must say the results are stellar. It's a long process to help our pup overcome his past experiences, but very worth it. I feel so much more secure and confident with all the knowledge that I learned during our training sessions and my pup's behavior is noticeably better. He continues to improve day after day as I continue to practice what I learned from Ash. If you are at all on the fence about training, please give her a try! I wish more people knew about her. Thanks to Ash, my sweet dog is happy, safe and much less anxious and I feel very well equipped to understand his needs and take care of him!

Working with Ash was such a huge support for my pit mix, family, and I! I had never seen behaviors in my dog shift until I started working with them. I came to Ash with some pretty serious resource guarding behaviors in my dog. It happened to be at a time when I was trying to introduce my dog to a new dog and a new home. I was very nervous since my dog had bit another dog in the past, and was showing increasingly worse signs of aggression around food and resources. Ash's training techniques really worked. Through consistent positive reinforcement and counter-conditioning style training, after only a month and a half, my dog's behavior shifted. He went from getting very anxious around another dog and his food, to remaining mostly calm. And by the time we were done working with Ash, the dog I was very nervous to introduce my dog to, became my dog's new best friend. I literally let them sleep in the home together unaccompanied with absolutely no incident. It was such a noticeable shift, and totally changed me and my dog's experience. It also made me more hopeful about working on other behaviors with my dog. Ash is fun to work with, my dog fell in love with them, and they have been a huge source of support for all of us during this transition.

Working with Ash has been a game changer for me and my partner after adopting our dog, Reuben! Once we brought him home, Reuben started exhibiting a number of fear-based aggressive behaviors that we were not aware of when we adopted him. Ash helped us immediately identify what triggered his behavior and how we could start to train those behaviors out with positive reinforcement, along with general tips on how to help him destress and settle down. Even after we finished our training sessions, Ash has continued to go above and beyond, helping us find the best resources for our particular dog (such as a fear-free groomer) and continuing to give advice when needed. We've seen such a huge difference in Reuben since training with Ash and are excited to see him continue to improve and trust us!

We learned so much from working with Ash, from the first consultation to the final email full of information and further training suggestions. Ash’s knowledge of dogs is so apparent and she gave us insights into our own reactive pup that have helped us immensely. Pickle is a work in progress but after weeks of training with Ash we feel we have the tools and insight to keep our training journey going and to understand her better than we ever have before. Ash was very thorough, helping us examine all aspects of Pickle’s daily experience to help us give her the best possible training outcome. She also helped us find a Vet that was better suited to Pickle’s disposition and would discuss behavioral medication with us. I’m so grateful to have met Ash, for the progress we’ve made and for her dedication to these sweet rescue animals.

We rescued a “Detroit Special” who had been abused. Nellie was very loving with us but had so much anxiety around other people. We were afraid that Nellie’s anxiety would turn into aggression. With Ash’s insight, knowledge & patience we have watched Nellie shed her anxiety. Ash’s expertise is extraordinary. She doesn’t just “train” your dog. Ash worked with us as a family and we couldn’t be more grateful!