Dog Clients

Colleen & John and Roshi

"Alana really knows how dogs learn..." 

John and I are both very grateful for all we've learned from Alana. I only wish I had known about her methods when I had my first dog. After doing it all wrong the first time, including going to obedience classes that taught us to use prong collars and other harsh methods that didn't work, I was determined to do it differently with Roshi.

Alana's positive training methods have been so effective. Now we know how to communicate with Roshi and we catch ourselves when we unintentionally reinforce behaviors we don't want. It makes so much sense! We're enjoying our puppy so much more than we would if we were using punishments.

Roshi responded to Alana's training methods so quickly. It was obvious she really knows how dogs learn. After taking private lessons with Alana, we continued with her group class to socialize Roshi with other dogs. We saw her methods work just as successfully with the other dogs in the class. It's really reassuring to know that she'll be able to help us if we have any problems that we can't handle in the future. Roshi just loves her!

— Colleen and John