Traci has a natural, comprehensive understanding of dogs and does a wonderful job sharing her knowledge with dog owners and families in a simple, straight-forward way that even kids can understand. She uses only positive reinforcement and makes training both a learning experience and an enjoyable activity for the dog and its people.Traci is patient and fun and full of dog behavior knowledge and training tips. She’s gotten our puppy started on the right path and we look forward to continuing our training with her!!

Traci’s methods with dogs are effective, respectful, kind and confidence inspiring. She helped me work with my nordic dogs to make sure they listen and respond so they will be safe and avoid any aggressive behavior. I appreciate her knowledge which she communicates with great ease. I won’t hesitate to bring them back to a class if I have any concerns.

Traci is the most amazing dog trainer! She not only provided my dogs with tools to succeed in a human dominated world, she gave me the tools to feel more confident as a dog owner. Her pawsitive dog training, is something I feel very strong about. I loved watching my dogs succeed without being shocked with an E collar or punished. They responded to the command by keeping things pawsitive and happy. Traci’s calm demeanor while interacting with the dogs she trains as well as with the owners, is something I strive to mimic.

We got our puppy Bodhi at 5 mos old… there was work to create the bond and respect that was formed with his previous owner. Traci worked with our family and Bodhi in a beginner puppy class and an intermediate class. Each class had one on one time with Traci, other owners/pets and play time for the dogs. Traci’s consistent reward based style was so powerful and effective. We now have a 1 year old dog that listens to us, follows commands, hikes/runs with us off leash (in appropriate locations). We feel like Traci is a part of our family and our Bodhi is a neighborhood star!

This Summer, Traci met with us and began working with our boxer. After about three weeks friends came to visit and immediately commented on our dog’s behavior. They wanted to know what had happened in the past month since they last visited that had made such an impact on our dog. He was so much calmer and attentive. We laughed and told them instead of discipline and getting mad at behavior we didn’t like, Traci had taught us and the dog how to replace bad behavior with good behavior we can positively reinforce. It’s so nice to have a dog who has behavior we are proud of, instead of both us and the dog having to be ashamed that he wasn’t trained to be a good member of society. Now everybody can love him as much as we do.