Canis Sapiens Dog Training

Jane is easily the best, most knowledgeable trainer in Hyde Park, and gets my enthusiastic recommendation. Forget the shouting and «dominance» antics that make you look ridiculous in the park — Jane understands the canine mind, and has a great manner both with dogs and people.
We benefited from her puppy kindergarten classes, for the structured socialization, positive training, and quality bonding time. She transformed our relationship with our new dog, and he’s grown from a nervous, stubborn pup to a confidant, wonderful companion. Our dog adores her, and she takes time to deal with your individual concerns one on one, as well as in group work situations.
We found her trained eye and tailored advice to be generally excellent, and well worth the cost. We look forward to starting classes with her again this summer, and meeting other dogs and their owners!

Since I first wrote a review for Canis Sapiens, we have completed 8 sessions in the puppy kindergarten class. Still don’t have enough good things to say about Jane and her staff. The class provides a great opportunity for our dog to play with other dogs. Also, even though the class as a whole is learning a specific skill, Jane moves around and spends individual time with each dog, giving feedback on specific concerns the owners have. We are signing up for another round of classes for sure!

I have to agree with the other reviews Jane is the best when it comes to training your dog. It does not matter how bad or wild thd dog is. She can train them all. She is patient and uses poitive methods to train dogs as one review said. I would reccomend her to anyone who wants to train their dog.

Jane is the best trainer I’ve been to, and I’ve been to a lot. She is in touch with the dog psyche to the extent that humans can be. She gives practical and effective advice, and has been very helpful with those particular questions that I’ve had about my dog.

Jane at Canis Sapiens trained my first dog — Poppy, a Dachshund — several years ago and still walks her. As a result, Poppy is an extremely happy and well adjusted dog (no mean feat for a Dachshund!!). Jane seems to have an inherent understanding of dogs, maybe due to her PhD in Evolutionary Biology and training with Call of the Wild. I would highly recommend her!

jane is a truly gifted trainer, with a real knack for thinking like a dog as well as great sensitivity to the problems and feelings of dog owners. she totally transformed my puppy from a dog i had come to regard as stubborn and untrainable into a joyous and playful companion; she made me see what i was doing wrong without making me feel ashamed of myself, and helped me to figure out what would make the dog responsive and cooperative. it was a great relief to me to use only positive reinforcements as I hate to make a dog unhappy, and this way was so much more fun than the harsher methods, and just as effective.

Jane is a wonderful trainer. She only uses positive methods in her training and our old dog learned many new tricks. She taught our dog to respond to both hand signals and verbal cues. She was very helpful in solving behavioral problems that developed. Previously, I had taken my other dogs to two different trainers. Both used harsh corrections in their training which scared me as much as the dogs. I am so glad we found Jane. She makes training fun for the dogs as well as their owners.
Watch her students perform tricks:

Our dog loves Jane! The classes have helped train the dog and us. We especially like the pup crawl class that’s helping our shy dog like visitors a lot more. Tracking is fun for humans and dogs alike and is on Saturdays when we have more time to spend with our dog.