About The Educated Dog
The Educated Dog is a professional dog training and behavior consulting service led by a certified CPDT-KA and CBCC-KA trainer. With a focus on humane, positive, and effective methods, the trainer provides personalized sessions in the comfort of your own home, tailored to your dog's unique needs and behaviors. The trainer uses a science-backed positive reinforcement approach to help dogs build confidence and address issues like leash reactivity, jumping up, and general manners. The trainer is dedicated to offering comprehensive support, including detailed summaries and instructions to help continue progress, and remains available to answer questions or concerns. The trainer's passion for dogs and commitment to ongoing learning and research ensure a supportive and effective training experience that helps dogs thrive. Recent reviews highlight the trainer’s patience and flexibility, especially with puppies, and her ability to create a comfortable, therapeutic relationship. She has successfully helped dogs with separation anxiety, using evidenced-based techniques and creative problem solving, often going above and beyond by responding to texts after hours or attending vet appointments. Her guidance has led to noticeable improvements, with dogs tolerating being alone for short periods. Clients also appreciate her positive and encouraging approach, which helped a dog overcome fear of stairs in just five minutes. Overall, The Educated Dog offers a caring, knowledgeable, and effective training service that supports both dogs and their owners.
Deanne has been incredibly generous with her time and patience as I navigated life with not just one, but two puppies. Before meeting her, I was honestly feeling overwhelmed and frustrated. Through our conversations, I learned so much and was able to refine both my approach and understanding of puppy care.
Whether it was arranging puppy playdates, being a supportive sounding board, or even running home from the park in the pouring rain—puppies in tow—Deanne was always reliable, flexible, and accommodating. Her written summaries were especially helpful for keeping me focused and reminding me of our current goals.
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I would highly recommend Deanne for separation anxiety training! Deanne is extremely dedicated, knowledgeable, and compassionate. I really trust her perspective, as she uses evidenced based techniques while creatively problem solving to improve my dog’s anxiety. She’s always available for additional support, and goes above and beyond to do anything she can to help - for instance, being available in between sessions, responding to texts after hours, attending vet appointments, etc. Most importantly, she is deeply caring about my dog's wellbeing.
My rescue dog has moderate separation anxiety and Deanne worked with me for months to address this issue. Deanne has...read full review
I had never owned a dog before. Deanne was as positive and encouraging with me as she was with my pooch. My dog was TERRIFIED of going down the stairs. In literally five minutes, she had him happily descending the stairs and he never had a problem again. In addition to helping my rescue dog gain basic skills, she taught me how to teach him. Deanne is super smart and knowledgeable. My dog and I both looked forward to every session. You couldn’t ask for better than Deanne!