Dog Training Services

Laura very quickly picked up on Chief’s anxiety, his big feelings, even his grief from a recent loss, the potential causes for each, and gave us valuable tools to help him cope. He needed help accepting a new sibling through all of these big big feelings and Laura helped with it all. She readily took a sobbing phone call from an upset dog mom with total care and compassion! Her kindness, compassion, and most importantly, her knowledge, is immense. Chief, Yeti, and I are incredibly thankful and will be life long clients.

Like many during lockdown, we decided we needed a pet in order to function. We found our way to a rescue who put Claire in our lives and I can say without a doubt that we would not have been able to keep her if we hadn’t been put in touch with Jane. Claire’s separation anxiety was so severe that my husband couldn’t even go into the backyard without her before she’d start causing herself physical harm, throwing herself at doors and windows even if I were still there. Jane was endlessly kind, patient, and collaborative with us, helping us not just with the core separation anxiety challenges we had but additional scaffolding supportive training like mat training to help teach our anxious girl learn how to relax - a behavior we can now get her to mimic on cue! Jane also responded to nearly every asinine, chaotic or panicked message I sent her as a first time dog parent - with grace and humor, each time.

When we adopted a deaf, reactive pup, we knew we needed, and wanted, to find a positive-based trainer who would be able to provide us with the support that both we (the humans!) as well as our dog would need. Laura met with us at length, listened to our concerns, offered insight, tips and suggestions, as well as ongoing support via Zoom meetings, email, and texts. Our dog, Pinky, and we, are still works in progress, but we all have come such a long way in the process, and we’ve seen such growth and are hopeful moving forward. We are so grateful to Laura and Good Wolff and their deep understanding of dogs and what we as their caregivers can provide to them to be as content and successful as possible in our world!

Jane has been our expert, our partner, our cheerleader, our therapist and Willa’s biggest advocate. She brings evidence-based expertise in desensitization for phobias to our work and has a seemingly endless supply of empathy, humor, kindness, hope and creativity that she marshals to problem-solve even the most intractable challenges in separation anxiety.

Pierce was rescued from an abuse and neglect situation. When he came home, we couldn’t have any guests, he got reactive (and aggressive) around other dogs and humans, and it was nerve-wracking to take him on walks because he tried to jump at and attack everything. Now we have strategies for him to meet new people, he has a number of human friends, he has dogs he hangs out with, and he will even jump up on people out in public and let them pet him and give him treats. He also no longer needs to be muzzled at the vet! He still has issues (don’t we all?), but training with Laura has made a world of difference and I love knowing that *he’s* not scared all the time!

Jane is one of the kindest, most helpful trainers I have ever come across. Alosa has struggled with separation anxiety, and now some medical complications, and Jane has gone out of her way to help us navigate both simultaneously. Her encouragement throughout this process has been nothing short of a saving grace for us — and while we are not quite completely graduated — we have come a long way from where we began. Jane has greatly improved our entire family’s quality of life. Her compassion and empathy is felt deeply and it is clear every choice she makes, she has the betterment of your dog in mind. Simply put, we would be lost without her!

Compassionate, patient and positive with not only dogs but their owners as well! Our puppy has made great strides in her behavior and is so much more comfortable and happy

Working with Jane through my dogs separation anxiety was a game changer. She was knowledgeable, patient and kind as she clearly walked me and my dog through this challenging and complex behavior. Jane was creative and thorough in evaluating the behaviors we saw each week, ultimately leading to a dog who can comfortably stay home alone for hours at a time with no problem!

When we found Good Wolff, and started working with Jane, we were exhausted and desperate. Our dog Maisie was experiencing intense separation anxiety and had eaten through moldings and doors. She couldn’t be left alone at all and we didn’t know what to do. When we connected with Jane, she was so empathetic and supportive. Of Maisie, yes, but also of us. She validated what we had been going through and gave us hope for recovery. She was patient, celebrated our wins, and also helped connect us with a veterinary behaviorist when it was clear we needed help with medication. Now, Maisie is able to be alone for five hours and can spend the day at daycare when we need more time! She’s living a better life and so are we! I couldn’t recommend Good Wolff more - they are supportive, kind, and knowledgeable. Good for dogs and their humans.