More Than Dog Training

“My family has never had a dog before so when I got a puppy for my adult son, who’s on the Autism Spectrum, I really didn’t know what to expect. Kash gets so excited to meet people and he would just be out of control! I’m so glad I was referred to Caylin. I knew as soon as she came in the door and started talking she was the right fit for us and we would learn a lot. Things have gotten so much better since our training. It’s like something clicked and Kash is a much better puppy. He sleeps though the night now. He can get in and out of the car on his own. Caylin has taught us so much about dog behavior. We were in the middle of a training session and one of my neighbor’s dog got loose and came charging at us. Well it scared me and my son but she just calmly said to “go to the house I got this” and she kept the dog away from us and helped its owner get the dog back to their yard. She took total control and put herself at risk. I highly recommend her services. You will not be disappointed!”
– Donal

“Our dog is still a puppy, she’s only 7 months now. So before training she was jumping, peeing everywhere, pooping in her crate, and just not listening very well (like a puppy does.) After training she is a new dog, she listens so much better; she knows sit and down ; still working on place but she’s getting the hang of it; and she knows the command for “go in your cage”. Caylen was also able to help us with potty training and putting her on a schedule. Caylen was amazing, she really knew what she was talking about and helped us with any questions that we had about Ziva. She worked with us when we were nervous about the prong collar and now we love the prong collar for when training Ziva. Ziva is still a puppy so we have more work ahead, but we will definitely be reaching out to a Caylen for more training it the future. We would 100% recommended More Than Dog Training to all of our family and friends.”
– Anne, Christina, Sophie, David

“We are a family of five. Young children. Busy lives. Distractions are plenty. We live on a farm. So our family is actually MUCH larger. Cats, chickens, shetland pony, and last December, our new arrival, Blitz: a great dane puppy. We’ve had pets all our life, but this time was different. He found many creative (and destructive) ways to get our attention. He particularly loved being chased around the yard with in his mouth. He listened… sometimes. He jumped fences. When he quickly outgrew our kiddos at 100+ lbs, he decided he was the boss. Never aggressive, but just a big, goofy, bossy puppy. Maybe we were too scattered to give him the structure he needed. Maybe he had too much freedom and didn’t know how to process it all. Maybe he just simply needed to be shown the difference between right and wrong. These were all true to some extent, but we didn’t truly understand the scope of the problem or have a recipe for fixing it. Our kiddos were so patient with him, but it was clear we weren’t going to master the art of a well-behaved pup on our own this time. We needed help. We asked friends for advice and they recommended Caylen, with More Than Dog Training. From the first phone conversation, I could tell that Caylen understood exactly what we were going through and was confident she could help us down a path to where we ultimately wanted to be. We worked with Caylen for 6 weeks, each week meeting with her and working through a variety of the issues that were most important to us. Caylen worked with us to understand how dogs think and what drives them to behave in certain ways, crafting specific suggestions based on her observations at our home. She showed us how to change the dynamic, to establish structure, reduce anxiety and foster respect from our puppy. While Blitz did show much promise when working directly with Caylen during our sessions, she encouraged our whole family to participate and made it clear that in order to see long-lasting results, we needed to follow through and work with him regularly. This is the key to many things in life. You get out of it what you put into it. There is no magic bullet for a well-trained dog. We were (and are) willing to put in the effort, we just didn’t know quite how to approach it. Caylen had the experience, knowledge and advice we needed. She guided us comfortably along a path so that we may now continue down it on our own, confident and with purpose. Today, we are so appreciative of Caylen and happy we found her. Blitz has come a long way and is now much calmer, more respectful and well-behaved.”
– Joe and Erin