I have thousands of logged hours of dog care, with experience in shelter work, doggie daycare, boarding, and training. My standards for animal care come down to three things: happiness, safety, and connection. I genuinely love forming real bonds with the dogs I work with and making their day a little brighter, however that looks for them. On the medical side, I'm trained in subcutaneous and oral medication. When it comes to behavior, I've worked extensively with reactive, aggressive, and hypershy dogs, and have taken multiple courses in animal body language, behavior, dog enrichment, and classical conditioning. My whole journey really started because of my own dog, Sockeye, a 4-year-old Blue Heeler. After being repeatedly aggressed at a dog park, he went from a happy, goofy puppy to a scared, reactive, and guarded dog over the course of a few months. It was a really stressful time, and I didn't know where to turn for help. Going through that with him is exactly why I do this. I know how exhausting it can be when your dog is struggling, and I want to be the person who helps, whether that's working through training, socialization, or exposure work, or just taking them off your hands for a walk on a day when you don't have it in you. And it's not all about the hard cases, either. Between shelter work, Rover, and private training, I've worked with well over hundreds of dogs across the board; from tiny puppies to large elderly dogs with mobility issues. I'm just as comfortable with giant breeds like Cane Corsos and Mastiffs as I am with high-drive athletic breeds like Malinois, Border Collies, Aussies, and Shepherds.