Raising Pawtential

Raising Pawtential In-home dog training in Canton, Ohio specializing in R+ training for fearful and aggressive dogs.

12/17/2025

This Christmas season, we are accepting donations for two local, wonderful animal rescue groups that support animals in need in our community. We will be supporting the Stark County Humane Society, a long-standing facility that helps strays and injured animals while also offering adoptions. We will also be supporting Pawsitive Hope, a foster-based rescue group that takes in animals in need, especially cases that are more medically challenging. Both of these groups help a staggering amount of animals throughout the year and they could use our support via donations of food, cat litter, cleaning supplies, etc as well as monetary donations. We will be collecting items through Monday January 5 and then we will deliver the items after that date. Thanks so much for considering supporting these incredible groups during the Christmas season!

Thank you so much to Doc Miller's Christmas Trees for our gorgeous tree! If you are looking for a beautiful live tree, check them out!

All Benji wants for Christmas is a family to call his own! Looking for that special dog to play with your kids? Benji is...
11/19/2025

All Benji wants for Christmas is a family to call his own! Looking for that special dog to play with your kids? Benji is your guy! He takes a little bit of time to get to know people, but once he falls for you, he falls hard!

Benji is great in the house, no accidents or chewing. He likes people of all ages and sizes. He enjoys a good cuddle in bed and on the couch, but does need a spot to rest on his own occasionally. He has struggled with separation anxiety but is able to be home alone for multiple hours with the help of medication. Benji doesn’t like cats or other dogs, so would be best to be an only dog.

Contact if you’re interested in adopting Benji! He is currently in North Canton, OH.

Tali came home from her breeder a few months ago terrified. She also had no clue how to safely interact with her tiny ho...
11/11/2025

Tali came home from her breeder a few months ago terrified. She also had no clue how to safely interact with her tiny housemates. Her parents knew immediately they needed some extra support and started my homeschooling program, meeting 2-3 days a week. Tali made tremendous improvements quickly and we were able to stretch training out to once every 1-2 weeks. This is due to getting started so young with the right methods, her dedicated family putting in the work and Tali herself trying hard to overcome her fears.

I’m happy to announce that Tali is graduating from homeschooling next week a happy, confident girl! She went from terrified to meet new people and dogs and refusing to take any food outside to excitedly greeting new visitors, making lots of new friends at the dog park and, as you can see, happily taking food while in public!

Her people have done a phenomenal job listening when she was scared, supporting her and helping her learn the world is not such a scary place. They’ll have to continue her training as we wrap up her training program, but they know what to do and, of course, I’ll continue supporting them as long as they need.

Congratulations Tali! 🥳

Tali made her first non-housemate friend with Strider the other day! She gets scared seeing other dogs on walks. Strider...
10/19/2025

Tali made her first non-housemate friend with Strider the other day! She gets scared seeing other dogs on walks. Strider did an excellent job letting her approach him and giving her space when she needed. He gave her lots of play bows during the walk, telling her he wasn’t a threat and they could have lots of fun together. They had some off-leash time in her yard afterwards and Tali kept trying to play with him!

It is one of my greatest joys as a trainer to help fearful dogs come out of their shell. Some puppies are already fearful when they go home at 8-12 weeks old, like Tali. With early intervention, many of these puppies can learn the world isn’t such a big, scary place and start making new friends!

Oliver wants to remind everyone that some dogs get hot very easily and need breaks in the shade on walks. It was about 7...
09/09/2025

Oliver wants to remind everyone that some dogs get hot very easily and need breaks in the shade on walks. It was about 70F on our training walk yesterday. After 15 minutes in the sun he need a few minutes to cool off.

Sprout has a PSA:“It’s hot! When out on walks PWEASE make sure there is shade and let us take breaks if we sit or lay do...
07/08/2025

Sprout has a PSA:

“It’s hot! When out on walks PWEASE make sure there is shade and let us take breaks if we sit or lay down. Some pups like me get hot easily and need a few short walks instead of one long walk. Also, try to walks us early in the morning or at night when it is cooler. Last thing: make sure we have plenty of fresh water to help us stay hydrated and cool throughout the day. Thanks for listening friends!”

Little Ivy needed my help with confinement anxiety and learning basic manners. When I arrived, her older sister Poppy sh...
04/10/2025

Little Ivy needed my help with confinement anxiety and learning basic manners. When I arrived, her older sister Poppy showed significant fear of this new person in her house. Their people said that was normal for her. Within a few minutes I taught Ivy to sit and Poppy was excited to hang out with me! They gave me this adorable photo op and of course I had to take advantage!

I have the best job in the world!

Franklin has come to Fearless Vet Visits 3 times and has had 2 unrestrained nail trims thanks to all his training!He is ...
03/31/2025

Franklin has come to Fearless Vet Visits 3 times and has had 2 unrestrained nail trims thanks to all his training!

He is quite the wiggle worm when restrained, so we’ve been working on cooperative care to help him be okay with procedures without restraint. We are also working on comfort being restrained as well in case that is necessary for emergencies in the future.

If your dog struggles at the vet, reach out or schedule a Fearless Vet Visit. Link is in my bio.

I’ve been training this adorable guy, his big sis and their mom the past few weeks. This photo is from his solo confiden...
03/26/2025

I’ve been training this adorable guy, his big sis and their mom the past few weeks. This photo is from his solo confidence-building walk at the park the other day. He’s slowly getting more comfortable outside of the home and without his sister.

Mom thought he would be challenging to train. He picked up every training exercise in a few minutes and is confusing dad on their walks with his loose leash and frequent check-ins. Foodie dogs make my job easy!

Mini is a ling-term client. She has a lot of fears and big expressions for such a tiny dog. We’ve been working on making...
03/19/2025

Mini is a ling-term client. She has a lot of fears and big expressions for such a tiny dog. We’ve been working on making her more comfortable with the everything in the world. Last week was a lot of hanging outside her house and letting her know the big trucks aren’t so scary.

We got a big snowfall last night. We didn’t think we’d have any kore snow this year. I don’t mind when it makes our home...
03/08/2025

We got a big snowfall last night. We didn’t think we’d have any kore snow this year. I don’t mind when it makes our home this pretty.

Sadie is getting repeat xrays today. She gets anxious waiting in the exam room, so we do lots of tricks to keep her occu...
03/06/2025

Sadie is getting repeat xrays today. She gets anxious waiting in the exam room, so we do lots of tricks to keep her occupied.

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Canton, OH

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Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Saturday 9am - 5pm

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