Lake Norman Natural Dog Training

Jun 2020

We loved working with Fran!! We adopted our husky, Nova, from a shelter when she was 1 year old, and while she was a sweet girl - she did come to us with some problems from her prior owner. She was extremely anxious, not attentive to us when we would try to work with her, and would react with "zoomies" around the house seemingly at random. Fran taught us how to react when Nova behaved in a way that was frustrating, and how to earn Nova's trust and attention. After 6 sessions working with Fran, we are so pleased with Nova's (and our own!) progress. While we've loved Nova since the day we brought her home, Fran truly made being a dog owner less stressful and more of a joy....read full review

Jul 2018

Fran helped us train our Dalmatian puppy ( Brutus ). She came to our home so that we could focus on behaviors in his own environment. She listens, watches and then demonstrates and advises. She would leave us with homework so that we had something specific to work on to prepare for our next session. She also really helps you to understand how your pup may be feeling durning different stages of development and why they may be behaving in a certain way. She helped us overcome many bad habits that our pup had and he has grown into a very well mannered part of our family. We would highly recommend Fran to anyone that wants to learn how to effectively train their dog in a...read full review

Jul 2018

Our puppy went right from the breeder at 10 weeks of age to spend 2 weeks with Fran before coming home to us. It was the best decision we could have made. Fran communicated with us regularly before our pup went to her, helping us choose supplies to purchase and even giving us requested feedback on our choices of names. As Fran was visiting relatives in CT around the time our puppy would be ready to come live with us, she arranged her flight to coordinate with our schedules and flew the puppy up with her, then brought her to our house herself. Our puppy arrived knowing her name and basic commands such as "sit". She was trained to go pee-pee outside and crate trained. She...read full review