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Credentials | Awards
Animal Behavior Consultant
We’re trained to assess and modify behavior through a scientific, compassionate, and results-driven approach. Whether it’s reactivity, anxiety, fear, or complex behavioral challenges, we’re equipped with proven methods that are tailored to your dog’s unique personality and history.
Pet CPR + First Aid
This certification gives you peace of mind knowing that your trainer is prepared to act with confidence and care when it matters most. Whether in a virtual session or in-person setting, your dog is in hands that are not only knowledgeable, but fully equipped to handle the unexpected.
Fear-Free
Partnering with Veterinary Professionals
This certification means we’re trained to recognize and reduce fear, anxiety, and stress in dogs during every step of the learning process. We use gentle, science-based techniques that build trust, not tension — helping your dog feel more confident, secure, and happy.
Next Level Nail Trim
Cooperative Care Behaviors
Our Next Level Nail Trim & Cooperative Care training is designed to teach your dog how to willingly participate in care routines through trust-based, fear-free methods. We focus on teaching your dog to be calm, confident, and cooperative during handling, making those once-dreaded experiences feel easy and safe.
Finesse the Chin Rest
Basics & Beyond for Cooperative Care
Our “Finesse the Chin Rest” certification is a specialized credential in cooperative care — focused on teaching dogs how to actively and voluntarily participate in their own grooming and veterinary care.
Through this certification, we’ve mastered the art of training dogs to offer a calm, stable chin rest on a hand or surface. This behavior acts as a consent-based signal that helps us gauge your dog’s comfort level and readiness during care routines like nail trims, vaccinations, ear cleanings, and more.
Fear-Free for Humans
Our Fear-Free for Humans certification focuses on you — the pet parent.
We’re not just here to train dogs; we’re here to support the emotional experience of the humans on the other end of the leash. This certification equips us to recognize and reduce stress, overwhelm, and frustration that can come with training, behavior challenges, or navigating your dog’s unique needs.
Understanding Medical Condition and Pain
Our Understanding Medical Conditions & Pain certification allows us to approach training and behavior with a deeper awareness of your dog’s physical health and comfort.
Pain and medical issues can often show up as behavior problems — like reactivity, fear, or sudden changes in mood or movement. With this certification, we’re trained to identify subtle signs of discomfort, ask the right questions, and adjust training plans to fit your dog’s physical needs.
Neurobiology
Toxins of Stress
Our Neurobiology & Toxins of Stress certification gives us a deep understanding of how stress affects your dog’s brain, body, and behavior.
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We’re trained to recognize the signs of both acute and chronic stress and understand how it chemically impacts learning, emotional regulation, and overall well-being. This knowledge allows us to tailor our training methods to reduce stress hormones like cortisol and adrenaline, creating a safer, more effective path to behavior change.
Close Look at Canine
Enrichment
What, Why, How
Our Close Look at Canine Enrichment certification dives into the science and strategy of keeping your dog mentally, emotionally, and physically fulfilled.
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This certification focuses on understanding your dog’s natural needs and instincts — like sniffing, chewing, problem-solving, and exploring — and turning those needs into safe, healthy outlets through enrichment.
Resource Guarding
A Fear-Free Approach
Our certification in Resource Guarding in Dogs: A Fear-Free Approach equips us to safely and effectively help dogs who guard food, toys, spaces, or people.
Rather than using outdated methods that rely on confrontation or correction, we use science-backed, fear-free techniques that reduce anxiety and build trust. This means we focus on helping your dog feel safe, understood, and no longer need to guard what they value.
Addressing Noise Adversion
Our Addressing Noise Aversion in Dogs certification gives us the tools to help dogs who are fearful or stressed by sounds like fireworks, thunderstorms, alarms, or even household noises.
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We’re trained to recognize the early signs of noise sensitivity and implement gentle, fear-free strategies that reduce your dog’s stress and build resilience. Using desensitization, counter-conditioning, and supportive routines, we help your dog feel safer and more secure in a noisy world.
2025 Canadian Choice
Winner
We’re proud to be recognized as a 2025 Canadian Choice Award Winner — a national honor celebrating excellence in customer satisfaction, service quality, and community impact.
This award reflects the heart of everything we do: building meaningful relationships with dogs and their humans through compassionate, results-driven training. It’s not just a win for us — it’s a win for every family who’s trusted us to be part of their dog’s journey.
2024 Canadian Choice
Winner
We’re proud to be recognized as a 2024 Canadian Choice Award Winner — a national honor celebrating excellence in customer satisfaction, service quality, and community impact.
This award reflects the heart of everything we do: building meaningful relationships with dogs and their humans through compassionate, results-driven training. It’s not just a win for us — it’s a win for every family who’s trusted us to be part of their dog’s journey.
2024 Business Quality Award
Winner
We’re honored to be named a Quality Business Award Winner, a recognition given to businesses that consistently deliver outstanding service, trusted expertise, and exceptional customer satisfaction.
This award reflects our commitment to not only transforming dog behavior, but also creating a positive, empowering experience for every client we serve. From our virtual lessons to our one-on-one support, we go above and beyond — and this award is proof that it matters.
2023 Business Quality Award
Winner
We’re honored to be named a Quality Business Award Winner, a recognition given to businesses that consistently deliver outstanding service, trusted expertise, and exceptional customer satisfaction.
This award reflects our commitment to not only transforming dog behavior, but also creating a positive, empowering experience for every client we serve. From our virtual lessons to our one-on-one support, we go above and beyond — and this award is proof that it matters.
