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Where do I start other than to say that we are so grateful to Nancy for her help with our 15 yo old pit bull mix, Mini. Mini was experiencing confusion and cognitive decline but was otherwise healthy, eating and drinking with age appropriate mobility. However she rather suddenly became fearful of us, would cower in our presence, and try to bite us when we attempted to leash her or pet her. We didn’t know what triggered this or what to do and were growing increasingly concerned living with an unpredictable dog demonstrating dangerous behaviors. Nancy did the most thorough assessment with us that involved a complete history of Mini’s time with our family, her previous home, and explored behavioral and environmental influences over her life to date. She connected the dots between previous traumatic experiences that Mini encountered in her life with what may be triggering the current behaviors that we were seeking to understand. She offered ideas and solutions to managing Mini’s behaviors. However the biggest thing we walked away with was the realization that we needed to change our expectations of what our aged dog was capable of at this stage of her life. Just as humans experience cognitive and behavior changes as we age, that in turn affect quality of life and ability to continue to function at the same level that one did earlier in life, we now understood that this is true for dogs as well. Bottom line, we needed to adjust our expectations and interactions with our dog; if Mini is fearful of being leashed, don’t leash her. When Mini tries to bite us when we attempt to pet her, then we shouldn’t attempt to pet her. As strange as these actions seem, in following through with Nancy’s recommendations, the result after almost 2 months is we have a dog that will now be in the room with us, asks to go outside and sun herself on the deck, wags her tail when we come home and occasionally even seeks out a brief stroke on the head. We had to change our behavior and in doing so we can now successfully co-exist with our old dog in a way that allows her to relax and not be fearful of us. Sure, we miss the days of long walks around the neighborhood and cuddles on the couch but we understand that this is what our dog is capable of offering us at this stage in her life and that we need to adapt for her sanity. We are so impressed with Nancy’s assessment, expertise and guidance and recommend her highly!

My mini Schnauzer had become very nippy and was trying to bite the groomer. It turned out that there was a medical issue which causes joint pain and probably contributed to the problem. I was, however, concerned that a habit had begun. I spoke by phone with Ms. Williams, she offered some suggestions which I followed, and which resulted in an uneventful grooming a week or so later. There was no cost and my dog, myself and especially the groomer are very happy. This lady definitely knows her stuff!

Nancy Williams is the most-talented animal behaviorist that I know. I've been a veterinarian for almost 43 years. I've known Nancy Williams since the time of her career change--21 years ago--from a talented veterinary technician within the National Institutes of Health to professional dog (and cat) trainer. I recently reached out to Nancy for some help with the most difficult case of dog-dog aggression case that is occurring within the walls of my home between our two dogs, Gus and Bella🌹. Dog-dog aggression is one of the most difficult predicaments to resolve. My wife and I are now life-long indebted to Nancy for her life-saving insights and suggestions for how to get Gus and Bella🌹 to living in a state of peaceful co-existence.

Nancy is very knowledgable and experienced with any and all types of dogs, trust me i have had all types of personality issues over my 60 years of owning dogs. She has a great reputation due to the fact that she will work with you and work with you to work with your dog no matter the issue, she has been there done that. There is very little that she has not been challenged with and succeeded whether it be aggression, or the opposite, submission, agility, or working dogs. Nancy's heart takes her to developing the relationship that YOU desire with your pet, your goals and wishes. It is about you and your dog, not Nancy. Nancy does not push you to continue with her training, she let's you go to her if needed, which is comforting to know you will not be hounded to continue as some trainers do. I would highly recommend reaching out to nancy if you are in need of enhancing your relationship with your pet.