Mainely Hounds LLC

01/10/2026

✨ Better Together Club — January Meet-Up ✨

We’re kicking off our first Better Together Club of 2026 and honestly… I’m so excited for what this year is bringing 🐾🤍

📅 Saturday, January 17th
⏰ 10:00–11:00 AM
📍 Indoor winter location: Provided at sign up

For the winter season (now through April), we’ll be meeting indoors — warm, spacious, and stress-free.
✔️ Bathrooms on site
✔️ Indoor + outdoor access
✔️ Wide open space
✔️ Easy parking

After class, we’ll head over together for coffee, pastries, and all things dog talk at ☕️🥐
📍 Waxwing Bakery & Cafe

🐶 Community-based training
🐶 Real-life skills + regulation
🐶 Connection for both dogs and humans
🐶 Plus… some exciting updates for 2026 👀

✨ Limited spots available
📩 DM to reserve your place

Start the year grounded, connected, and better together.

01/04/2026

Right close by in Concord, NH. HALF OFF any training for anyone who adopts him within an hour of Windham, ME!!!!

12/25/2025

The best present?
Being present.
Outside with dogs.
That’s it. That’s the post. 🐾🌲

12/12/2025

Located in NH ❤️

12/10/2025

Now you know!

12/08/2025

💔 19 Vizslas were seized this week in the Sinclairville animal cruelty case.

They were found living in an unheated barn—scared, unsocialized, and without basic vet care covered in f***s. They are now safe at the Chautauqua County Humane Society, but their road to healing is just beginning. 

This is an especially hard time of year for everyone—emotionally, financially, and mentally—but these dogs didn’t get to choose their situation. They deserve warm beds. They deserve patience. They deserve a second chance. And most of all, they deserve homes.

Right now:
• Several of the Vizslas are available for foster-to-adopt
• The shelter is over capacity
• They urgently need donations, volunteers, fosters, and adopters
• Adoption fees have been reduced to help move dogs into homes 

🐾 HOW YOU CAN HELP:
→ Foster or adopt (even temporarily saves a life)
→ Donate supplies, funds, or your time
→ Share this post so it reaches the right heart
→ Support ethical breeders & rescues

✨ And from me personally:
If you adopt one of these dogs and live within one hour of Windham, Maine, I am offering FREE in-person training support to help you get started.

If you’re farther away, I will offer FREE virtual training instead. These dogs will need patience, structure, and confidence-building—and you will not be doing it alone.

This is your sign.
This is a life that needs you.
Rescue doesn’t change the world—but it changes everything for that one dog.

📍 To help directly, visit the Chautauqua County Humane Society (link in bio from their official page). 

12/07/2025

So many of you ask what food, supplements, toys & tools I actually use and recommend… so I finally made it easy 🤍
My Amazon Storefront is live with all of my favorite dog nutrition essentials, enrichment toys, training tools & equipment in one place.

✨ Whenever you can, I always encourage shopping small + local first — but this is here for convenience when you need quick access.

📝 Disclosure: I do earn a small commission from qualifying purchases at no extra cost to you. It truly helps support my small business and allows me to keep sharing free education.

🔗 Link in bio

12/02/2025

Does our community know anyone who can help?

𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗚𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝘂𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆, you can be the lifeline for four Vizslas rescued near Albany, NY. Coming into our care on Friday. They’ve never known a real home, but you can help change everything — whether by fostering or by making a gift towards their care.

We’re welcoming 2 females and 2 males into the Viz Whizz Dogs program. All four need vet visits, vaccinations, spay and neuter surgeries, and heartworm preventatives — and your support brings them that much closer to a healthy new start.

They’ve spent their lives in kennels, so housetraining will be new — but Vizslas are quick learners. What they need most is someone patient, gentle, and willing to give them a real shot at home.

Ready to help? Click our donate button to support medical care or reach out to foster. These rescued pups are counting on us this Giving Tuesday.🤩

https://www.vizwhizzdogsrescue.org/

11/05/2025

We’ve had an overwhelming amount of support for this class so and I are going to keep it going all year long. Thank you for your interest and support. We are so proud of our dedicated clients who continue to show up for themselves and their dogs. Next class is Saturday November 22ND at 9:00 AM. What better timing than right before the holidays? Get a handle on the chaos before your friends and family arrive! Want to join? DM for the link to sign up. We can’t wait to see you!

10/16/2025

Not Every Client Is Your Client — And That’s Okay
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One of the hardest (and most freeing) lessons I’ve learned as a dog trainer is this: you are allowed to walk away from relationships that no longer align — even if you really wanted to help.
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It doesn’t mean you failed.
It doesn’t mean the dog can’t be helped.
It means you’re honoring your values, your safety, your time, and your capacity to serve the right people well.
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I share this not out of frustration — but as a reminder to anyone working in this space that boundaries are part of the work. And sometimes the kindest, most professional thing you can do is say: “This isn’t the right fit, and that’s okay.”
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Here’s to growing through what we go through.
Here’s to mutual respect, even when paths diverge.
Here’s to finding the clients and dogs who get it — and want to walk this journey together.

10/07/2025

There are quite a few new faces around here and I am so grateful for each and every one of you. I thought I should reintroduce myself. Welcome to my family! Enjoy a few random tidbits about me and why I am here.

I know what it feels like to love a dog with your whole heart… and still feel overwhelmed, frustrated, and a little lost.

My own journey with “spicy” dogs cracked me wide open. It taught me patience, resilience, and the kind of connection you can’t get from obedience drills alone.

Today, I help dog parents like you ditch the guilt and overwhelm, and build calm, confident relationships with their dogs—without harsh methods or unrealistic expectations.

Because life isn’t about perfect dogs or perfect people. It’s about progress, not perfection. Connection, not control. Healing—for both ends of the leash.

I’m so happy you are here 🫶

09/16/2025

Tonight on our walk, I caught myself thinking… how did we get here? Off leash, calm, connected, happy, IN A BUSY NEIGHBORHOOD!!!

This dog has taken me through seasons of chaos, frustration, and self-doubt. There were (are) days I wondered if I was enough, or if I could ever give him what he needed. There were so many tears and sleepless nights. There were talks of “He should be put down, he’s not safe”. But somehow, in all the messy moments, we have found our way forward.

I’ve learned to set boundaries for everyone’s safety and not be uncomfortable about it. I’ve found my voice. I’ve uncovered parts of myself I didn’t know were waiting beneath the surface. Not perfect. But better than we were.

I just finished reading new book “Dear Owner” and looking back, I realize the dog I didn’t expect has become the dog I needed most. Mulligan had stretched me, challenged me, changed me. And in the process, I’ve grown into someone stronger, steadier, and more whole. I’m still here because of him;

Because this journey isn’t just about who my dog becomes. It’s about who I become because of him. And because of him, I get to help you, my dear clients. I KNOW your struggles. I WALK your path. I SEE it all.

And tonight, I’m grateful for every messy step, every imperfect day, and every quiet walk that reminds me how far we’ve come. I promise. It gets better.✨🐾