Paws Afoot

We started training our 12 week old goldendoodle Maggie with the puppy package with Lise last week. We are having a great time training with her and are learning a lot! This week we moved to virtual lessons due to the Stay at Home order, and that went very well too! Lise is patient, listens to and answers all of our questions, and was able to show us Maggie's training for this week virtually so that we didn't even need to leave our house! I highly recommend her for training. We aim to make Maggie my service dog when she is older.

RUN, don't walk to Paws Afoot for ANY training needs. Lise's style is truly amazing. She is gentle and calm, and my dog quickly learned to listen to her. Lise has an innate ability to not only communicate with dogs, but with their human counterparts. She explained things that I was struggling with in multiple ways until she found the way that "spoke" to me. She was never condescending, and she constantly reassured me that not only was I doing a great job, but my dog was as well. I've had several epiphanies in working with her that not only changed how I interacted with my dog, but also how I interact with the world (although that wasn't her goal - it just has been truly helpful to me as a human citizen.) She gives you tons of information at each meeting, and then follows up with written instructions so that you're very confident to continue the work when she's gone. After just a few sessions, my puppy is incredibly well mannered, and I am a MUCH more relaxed owner. The results of our work with her have surpassed my expectations by miles. THANK YOU, LISE!

Lise is a fabulous trainer....of both the people and the puppy! She is warm, friendly, always on time for our lessons and provided positive reinforcement as my husband, puppy and I learned from her. We hired Lise for private lessons in our home since the class schedule didn't fit our calendars. We are so glad we did! That one-on-one training in our space was so helpful for us. And, our pup learned quickly (as did we) with her instructions. I especially appreciated that she always gave us written instructions after each lesson so that we could remember what to do as we practice. We'd recommend her without hesitation!