On My Best Behavior

Shannon is the dog whisperer, but she’s just as great with humans. She is articulate, intelligent, well-​read and incredibly diligent in her research and resources for her clients. She is optimistic, and realistic… she cares about what she does, & she takes the time to listen.
We had a new puppy and a grumpy, older (but we love her!) rescue dog that just wouldn’t, (or couldn’t) accept our new addition. Shannon taught us how to read our older dog’s stress cues, to know when they were having too much togetherness, so we could safely integrate them at the right pace.
It took a looooooong time… but we were diligent, and even after we stopped training with Shannon, we kept integrating her techniques and slowly, we see it paying off.
We are trying to become the owners our dogs think we are, and Shannon’s helped us get closer to the goal.