Virtual sessions available everywhere. Being a Mellow Dog doesn’t mean your dog won’t be energetic. The purpose of my assistance is to help reduce unnecessary stress in our companion animals so that they can be their best selves. Learning to notice when our dogs are stressed and respond accordingly helps them to deal with that stress appropriately, and hopefully avoid behaviors that are considered
problematic. We all want our dogs to be happy and content. Yet so often the means used to achieve contentment result in the opposite, a stressed out unhappy dog, which results in stressed out, unhappy owners. My goal is to help owners understand their dog so that they can ascertain what their dog needs, meet that need, and help the dog to make different choices. Services: I offer private, in home sessions in the Portland, Salem, and Eugene areas, as well as the rest of the Willamette Valley and along the Oregon coast. If you’re in Oregon and are interested in my services, contact me to determine if in-home sessions are available to you. Virtual sessions are available regardless of your location. In order to schedule a session, please call 541-224-5293 or email [email protected]. Please subscribe to my newsletter for updates, and be sure to follow Mellow Dogs on Instagram and Facebook. Methods: I subscribe to the Least Intrusive, Minimally Aversive (LIMA) principles in helping with animal behavior. To do this, I am constantly learning to provide research based assistance to my clients, while adhering to these principles. Sessions with me may look very different from what you are expecting or have experienced in the past. I do not “train” dogs so much as help them relax so they can make better choices. I do this by helping the humans in their lives to help them on this journey.
