The Persuaded Pooch

I highly recommend working with Sarah! My dog (Blair), my partner, and myself worked with Sarah for six sessions. Blair has been attacked twice by other dogs and had developed fear reactivity towards other dogs. Over our six sessions, I watched Blair have breakthroughs. Before training, she was hyper-fixated on other dogs and very reactive. It was impossible to reel her back in at that point. However, due to the techniques Sarah taught us, we learned how to build up her confidence and comfort around other dogs. It is still an ongoing process, but she now has coping skills we can use when she is in too deep and she will come back to her senses. Overall, Sarah was very prompt, professional, and knowledgeable of her field. Her work with dogs is focused on positive reinforcement and building up a bank of positive interactions - you can trust her with your pup's wellbeing! She was a pleasure to work with and truly cares about the physical and mental health of her clients. After 6 training sessions, we feel confident that we have the tools to continue and make progress with Blair's training. If any other issues arise, I know who to call!

We cannot recommend working with The Persuaded Pooch enough! Over the last 2 months, we have worked with Nicole and our puppy and I can honestly say after the conclusion of our final training session, we are in a 180 place from where we began. Nicole provided us with the training and tools necessary to understand our puppy on a more refined level as to why he was doing, what he was doing, when he was doing it, etc. We now have confidence and the tools to best support our puppy and his environment. Throughout our training, Nicole answered every question, concern, and offered fantastic advice. Concerns we saw at first have now been transitioned into our puppy excitedly participating in the games that are our new tools. At our consult meeting, I asked Nicole “is this manageable”, basically are we going to be able to work through this? Nicole delivered beyond what we could have expected on her response of yes, this absolutely manageable and we will work through this. I look forward to sharing our success stories with Nicole and The Persuaded Pooch, as we could not happier or more pleased with our experience!

Nicole was amazing! I had a very reactive dog and she showed me how to regain control and train myself! Working with her helped me build the confidence I needed to really understand my dog's cues- this has been a complete game changer for us. She has lots of flexible hours available and was willing to come to my home and/or meet in park locations, depending on my dog's learning needs. Highly recommend!