Poodles to Pit Bulls Dog Training

I worked with Ettel in 2022 after my happy, robust, cocky pup suddenly turned nervous and prone to fights. Ettel gave me a lot of reassurance and helped me understand the reasons for the changes I was seeing in Ziggy. Most importantly she gave me a lot of guidance and a LOT of homework to do with my dog. I did the homework diligently and we got my dog to a much healthier state of mind. Today he's thriving, I'm thriving, we're thriving together. I can't recommend Ettel enough if you love your dog a whole bunch but you're struggling to understand them. Ettel brings years of experience and professional training with her. I would 100% hands down work with her again in a heartbeat.

We started working with Ettel a few months ago and it has felt like therapy for us and our two dogs. They both have very different needs and Ettel has helped us make so much progress with both of them. One of them really struggles with stranger danger and now we know how to set her up for success and having people over is so much easier than before. Our other guy has some big resource guarding behaviors and just in the short time we have been working on it already feels like something we can actually work through instead of having to manage and worry about it his entire life. Ettel is incredibly professional, kind, and wants to do what is best for everyone in your home. Cannot recommend highly enough!

Ettel is absolutely top-notch. She helped me a while back when I moved back to the city with my dog and experienced some behavioral regressions. I was so scared about what my dog's behavior might mean about giving her a full and happy life, and whether she could be left alone or trusted with other dogs. Working with Ettel was amazing; she put me at ease, she helped me be realistic about what was and wasn't possible, and she truly understood how my love for my dog made her behavioral changes so scary. With time and attention and tons of tailored advice and training, my sweet husky was back to her old self again, and I had become a more patient, skilled, and understanding dog owner. I learned that so much of what had been difficult about my dog's behavior was that I didn't know how to read what she was communicating, but Ettel speaks fluent dog, and she knew exactly what to show me to watch out for. She also helped me learn how to meet my dog on her own terms while also ensuring obedience, calm, and plenty of love and cuddles. Ettel didn't needlessly schedule sessions or suggest I participate in any unnecessary services--she was honest about what was needed and what wasn't, and when my dog "graduated" she was the first to say that we were ready to move on from her expert care and guidance. But a few years later, when my boyfriend moved here with his dog and I knew we'd need to teach them how to adjust together, I knew exactly who to call. Ettel came over for multiple sessions to help me train my dog to get used to another dog in our apartment, to help me look out for signs of stress and triggers, and she always, always, always helped me stay positive about our progress. Ettel knows not only what's right for a dog, but what's right for the dog's owner. Sometimes I felt like she was more of a "couples therapist" for me and my dog! Everything she did only helped me grow, and helped my sweet dog gain confidence and joy in our lives together. I can't recommend her highly enough.

Ettel has helped us come so far with our rescue doodle Cosmo! Cosmo’s fear reactivity really started coming out when she turned 1, along with other issues like not wanting to leave the house, and being a bad walker when we did leave. Ettel walked us through how to document what we were seeing and how to bring it to our vet to ask about medication. We worked on Cosmo’s reactivity as well as walking, along with tons of other things like being able to be in a different room than Cosmo without her stressing out; enrichment games to play to keep her busy and happy and tire her out; and letting us groom her. Cosmo is doing so well now and we have Ettel to thank! We can go on walks without her pulling and she will be nice to strangers that we want to introduce her to. We also learned how to set boundaries and not let anyone just run up and touch her. I also feel like Ettel is my and Cosmo’s therapist, giving me space to talk about how Cosmo’s issues were affecting us as well as being gentle and realistic with her recommendations so that we could actually implement them in our lives. It was really hard initially to accept that my sweet rescue puppy was growing up to show these problems, so I really needed someone to talk to about it and empathize. Thank you Ettel!!