Opening The Door of Communication Between Human & K9
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A Canine Understanding
Training and Behavioral Specialist
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Personalized Training and Care
See What My Clients Say
Jasmine & Rocky
" I found Mindy and her dog training skills just in time. We’d had Rocky for two weeks and we needed help! This 15-month-old had not been socialized with dogs or people. He wanted to attack kids, cars, and bikes on our walks. He had had no training and was unhappy. With Mindy’s help and training skills Rocky became a happier dog and so did we. He ran on a treadmill several times a day and he carried a backpack on his walks to help him focus. Mindy also helped us learn to walk Jasmine and Rocky together. She brought her dog to show them it’s possible to walk at the same time".
- Renee & Peter
Rook
"Our magnificent GSD Rook had shown signs of aggression toward people, and I brought him to Mindy. She immediately took control, helped him feel more comfortable, and started me on the journey to be a pack leader. I must say he progressed much faster than I did! I traveled many miles and hours for lessons with Mindy. She has the skills, expertise, and the right energy to relate to dogs and teach people to be better leaders. Rook trusted her leadership and so did I".
- Patricia
Jax
"Mindy was amazing with helping train our puppy Jax! She even took extra time to come over to our apartment to work with him one on one. Her puppy training class is so much fun, and our puppy learned a ton and you can tell she really loves her job, and all of the puppies adore her as well. She made it so much fun and helped us interact with our puppy more and teach him very important things. I would 100% recommend “A canine Understanding” and Mindy Bray to anyone who wants to help train their pups in a fun and effective way. She’s the best and now we even kennel our puppy Jax with her when we are out of town and trust her 100%. She’s great!"
- Kavita
Ruby Rose
Ruby Rose
"We have a little Bulldog which is not the easiest to take care of because she doesn't like other dogs and is also very reserved when meeting new people. All that on top of the regular Bulldog care is a lot to take on. We have been having a hard time finding a sitter when we want to leave town. My lucky moment was when I stumbled on to Mindy's post. She responded right away and was super knowledgeable and very easy and open to talk to. She had our Bully for almost a week, gave us daily updates on the fun they had all day and sent us pictures of activities. Mindy has a deep understanding of dogs and is very passionate about these furry babies. This was the first time we felt absolutely at peace while on vacation. I will recommend Mindy to anybody who wants to know their furry friend is well taken care of. Another point I really like is that she only takes a few dogs at a time and integrates them into her family life (if at all possible, depending on the situation). This allows her to give the animals more attention through their stay! We are over the moon happy with Mindy!"
- Rick & Particia
Chief
"We found Mindy years ago when we adopted a Pitbull/Shepherd mix, Chief, that was extremely smart and athletic, but very dog aggressive. She spent just as much time teaching us the proper way to handle a dog especially one with such high prey drive, as she did with Chief. We kept training with her for nine months until we were able to confidently walk by other dogs without issue and Mindy also would board Chief while we were out of town, and she would continue working with him while there. After about three years Mindy had a conversation with us about Chief. She knew us and our life and felt that Chief was never going to be asleep at your feet kind of family dog, he was very obedient much like a working dog. Mindy recommended that we look into personal protection work for Chief. He took to training like a job and could do tasks that we had taught him just to keep him busy. Mindy put us in contact with a trainer, and he did one skill test with Chief and couldn’t believe how fast he accomplished it. Chief was placed with a person wanting a protective dog and last we heard was doing well. It was sad to see him go but with hopes of starting a family soon, it was the right choice, and Mindy had a perfect family dog for us when we were ready. About a month later Mindy let us take Kissy, a Pitbull mix home for the weekend. We had met Kissy before as she was the only dog Mindy had that Chief didn’t try to attack when we first started training with Mindy. Well, Kissy never went back to Mindy’s and she was with us for nine and a half years until she made her trip to the rainbow bridge. If it wasn’t for Mindy, we never would have learned about dogs the way we did and we never would have gotten Kissy, who truly was one in a million".
- Logan & Jessica
Winston & Luna
"We had just one low-stress grooming for our pair of 5-year-old mini schnauzers and we're very impressed with Mindys skills. Mindy is working to correct previous grooming trauma and poor-quality chaotic grooming from another local groomer. They look amazing and ever better they are happy and calm after their first experience. Guaranteed we will be back and highly recommend A Canine Understanding."
- Lori
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