Pawsitive Pups Academy

11/27/2025

I have had a lot of folks ask if I offer private sessions outside of my membership, and I usually don’t, but I am selling packages for 2026 training for a limited time and they are on sale!

Now through 12/8 get 50% OFF all 2026 private session packages.

These can be virtual or

IN PERSON at my Prattsburgh, NY location (we have 7 acres and friendly dogs! Come work on off leash skills, socialization, reactive rehab, etc. or come play NASDA or nosework, all with private instruction.)

We can also do a hybrid of some virtual, some in person, for people who live close enough to visit once or twice.

Sign up on my website: https://www.pawsitivepupsacademy.com/privatesessions

11/26/2025

This six-month mentorship program is a fully customized, private education program that will provide you with the skills you need to succeed in building motivation, drive and focus in dogs (or other animals!) who have low food and toy drive.

You will learn:

🐶 How to identify the root cause of an animal’s lack of motivation/reluctance to train

🐶 How to coach clients through health investigations (with the help of their veterinary team)

🐶 How to implement a wellness centered, functional enrichment plan to improve overall behavioral health (and get results for your clients right away!)

🐶 A handful of simple, easy to teach, training exercises to build food drive

🐶Skills to generalize those exercises to new environments and proof for distractions

And much, much more!

You will receive direct feedback on your client cases and work through a functional, hands-on, customized lesson plan as you work through them.

This Mentorship Program includes:

A personalized lesson plan
Twice monthly private lessons via zoom (in person sessions available for an additional fee.)
Lifetime access to recordings of each lesson
Unlimited text support to ask questions and send videos for review

EARLY BIRD SALE ENDS 12/8
Limited space available.
Sign up for 2026 closes 12/31/25.

Lessons start January 2026 and go through June. These are all private sessions, scheduled whenever works for you!

Questions/concerns? Email [email protected]

Sign up at PawsitivePupsAcademy.com/mentorship

11/24/2025

December Board and Train opening!

Our program is a holistic alternative to traditional board and train. We take an enrichment first, reinforcement-based approach to achieve lasting results.

Unlike traditional board and train programs that focus on simple obedience skills, our program combines socialization, enrichment and arousal regulation exercises to build well rounded, confident and happy canine companions for our clients.

I have pick up options available for:

📍New York: Syracuse, Buffalo, Rochester, Ithaca and surrounding areas

📍Ohio: Cleveland and surrounding areas

Learn more or sign up here:
https://www.pawsitivepupsacademy.com/boarding

11/13/2025

11/02/2025

We’re almost ready!

Google maps may try to take you one house over. Look for the Halloween sign!

10/24/2025

Pawsitive Pups Academy is hosting our first ever Howl-O-Ween themed enrichment party at our home in Prattsburgh, NY!

Date: Sunday, November 2nd
Time: 1PM to 5PM
(After party with food and drinks for humans from 5PM to 8PM)

We will have:

🎃Instructed, beginner and intermediate friendly scent work (introduction to scent and searching, exterior search, container search, vehicle search — using competition scents)

🎃Introduction to NASDA lost item recovery (we will potentially have shed hunt and trailing and locating, TBD)

🎃A beginner friendly, graveyard rally course

🎃A self guided, spooky walking trail and obstacle course

🎃Fun, dog friendly party games like bobbing for apples, fall foliage snuffle mats and more

🎃Themed snacks and drinks for dogs and people!

Check-in: 1-1:30
Guided/instructed dog events: 1:30-5PM
After party (with snacks and drinks for humans): 5PM-8PM

Sign up fee: $35/dog
All activities, food and drinks are included!

This event is being held at a private residence. The address will be provided upon sign up.

Dogs must be crated from your car.

To sign up:

Email: [email protected]

Subject: Halloween

Include in the text:

Your full name,

Your dog’s name, age and breed

Your level of scent work knowledge (complete beginner, novice, intermediate, advanced)

A copy of your dog’s vaccination records

Preferred payment method (PayPal or Venmo) and your PayPal/venmo username/email/phone number.

Please reach out to Ash at [email protected] with any questions.

10/11/2025

I love this dog

10/05/2025

Did I drive 90 minutes to the nearest urgent vet clinic only for my dog, who had previously been acting like he was in intense pain, to jump out of the car and greet the vet like they were old friends, beg for treats and then lay at the door waiting for them to come back and tell me I would be paying $700 but they couldn’t find anything other than what I already knew (that his liver enzymes are high, as they have been for years)?

Yes!

Does that mean he was faking, looking for attention, or just being dramatic?

NO!

It means we didn’t find what was wrong. Which may mean that his previously asymptomatic liver dysfunction is now symptomatic. Or that he has an entirely separate injury. Or that he had an acute moment of illness and/or pain that has since passed.

It can be frustrating when we spend a lot of money to be told that nothing is apparently wrong with our dogs, but that’s just the nature of medicine. It doesn’t actually mean nothing is or was wrong, and it doesn’t mean we shouldn’t continue to take their behavior seriously.