Stories from SNK9 clients and their dogs. From reactive and anxious to off-leash and confident — these are the transformations that keep us doing this work.
My Australian Shepherd had always been skittish around strangers, but when he was a year old, he bit one of my friends. I immediately signed him up for training with a local trainer. We learned basic commands in their garage, but his reactivity toward strangers was never really addressed. Unfortunately, less than a year after…
Serena is one of a kind! We first met Serena at a training evaluation for our four-month-old Dalmatian, Hugh. She answered all of our training questions thoroughly, and we signed up for training shortly after. Throughout the program, Hugh thrived with the structure and boundaries Serena taught us to provide. Our puppy stage was actually…
We have an Australian Cattle Dog named Reese. We got her as a seven-week-old puppy right before the pandemic lockdowns started. We had a lot of behavioral issues when she first came home, but we were able to overcome many of them through an online obedience training program and some Zoom training with a well-known…
I had the opportunity to work with Serena with my two-year-old Corgi. She was reactive and anxious, and we had no clue how to handle all of her energy and sass. Serena was amazing to work with! She taught me the importance of structure and proper enrichment. Her training has helped strengthen the relationship I…
I worked with Serena to help train my Australian Shepherd, Bear, and I can say without a doubt that she is the best dog trainer I’ve ever worked with. I adopted Bear from a local shelter, and since he was my first dog, I didn’t have much direction. I put him through a couple of…
We highly recommend Serena for dog training and firmly believe she is the best trainer in all of Southern Utah. We got a puppy who was anxious and reactive, even biting our kids, and were facing the very real fear that we would have to rehome him. We talked with every trainer between Cedar and…