Dogs and puppies live and train with me during their board-and-trains. I treat them like they are my personal pets. I love getting to know them and finding their talents, their naughty behavior triggers, and how fast they learn. And whatever I learn, I share with their owners. Pups enjoy recreation time in the yard as much as I do. They love running and romping in my securely fenced, half acre. They hunt lizards, bark at tortoises, chase rabbits, play {Read More}

Dogs figure out how to make things work for them. At Outsmarting Dogs board-and-train boot camp, dogs may learn to ring a doorbell as part of their housetraining or housebreaking protocols and then use that doorbell for more ways than one. Dogs also get very creative when they go home and clients have told me that their dogs also use their doorbells to communicate other messages besides having to go potty. I recently recorded my own dogs outsmarting me with {Read More}

Dressing up and decorating is part of Halloween festivities. So is trick or treat And taking photos and movies. Board-and-train dogs will sometimes revisit me for boarding, updating behaviors, or learning tricks. When owners go on vacation, they send their dogs to me for updating skills or learning new tricks. Two very special pooches visit me often enough and feel like my extended family. Nala is a beautiful German Shorthaired Pointer. She loves to stalk birds and lizards and the {Read More}