Brilliant Pup Behavior - Boulder, Colorado

Christy R.

I would give Emily 100 stars if I could. When your dog is having behavioral issues, it's an emotional and frustrating time for the whole family. Emily asked insightful questions and helped us see the positives in our dog that we could build off of to start redirecting the behaviors that weren't so positive. We had worked with other trainers who, looking back, were giving us one-size-fits-all advice. Emily puts in the work to understand your family, your home environment, and most importantly your dog to make a plan that fits specifically with all those factors in mind.

Melissa H.

Emily has been exactly what us + our 1 year old aussie doodle needed. At around 10 months old all of a sudden our happy confident pup became riddled with general anxiety and became reactive to new people. He could barely handle a car ride. After working with a few other behavioral trainers and not getting anywhere, we found Emily. Finally someone who provided more than just saying to try additional enrichment. She was flexible and understanding to set up a situation where she could evaluate what was going on several times, and has patiently helped provided concrete science backed approaches to help with navigating adolescent dog reactivity. The path to managing and helping an anxious dog is long, but Emily will stay with you providing education and empowerment through it all.

Bailey M.

I wish I could give more than 5 stars. I couldn't recommend Emily enough! Her training is kind and effective. I had an extremely reactive puppy, poor thing lunged at everyone she saw. Before 4 months of age she bit a couple people. I was using a trainer my vets recommended and she was getting worse. I felt so defeated. Until someone recommended Emily to me. I immediately loved how Emily trained. My puppy responded very well to her. It took some time and consistentcey but I started to see progress! Not only did Emily help us undo the bad from the previous trainer but by 7 months old she was neutral to people. Having a reactive dog is a special kind of difficult. I was very lucky to have had Emilys help when I did. I feel more confident in understanding my dogs needs.

Libby F.

Emily has an expert level of knowledge about dog behavior. She's an excellent trainer, but more importantly, she knows how to get to the bottom of any behavior issue your dog may be having. Highly recommend her based on her skills, knowledge, and empathy for both ends of the leash!

Beth A.

I can not say enough great things about Emily, her skills, her knowledge set, her empathy, or her training style. She spent thirty minutes with my young field lab and not only assessed him accurately, but knew exactly what he needed in order to not only thrive in training, but to be a happy, well balanced dog. Any of you who know field labs know they are extremely high energy and apt to be bored and difficult to live with without physical exercise and prodigious amounts of varied intellectual stimulation. In other words, they can be a handful. Emily communicated with Jasper beautifully and was able to get him to calmly walk on a leash through our hardware store with care and grace (and a lot of positive reinforcement). Better yet, she trained ME to be able to continue the work at home so that I can continue to reinforce Jasper's skills and positive development.

We also have a "project" lab at home who has a whole host of medical and neurological issues. She is astounding with Ellie, kind and patient, and she cleverly and creatively works with Ellie's difficulties (which makes ours a much happier and calmer household).

Emily is a a joy to work with, kind, funny, and so, so talented. Anyone would be lucky to work with her!

Sarah B.

Emily set us up for success when we adopted our puppy, Ted. She continues to be a wealth of knowledge and resources and her preventative approach has helped us to have a successful transition into life with our first puppy.

Hilary L.

Emily worked successfully with several of my foster dogs over the years. She has The critical thinking skills and intuition that I haven’t heard from other trainers. She knows behavior inside and out. She took one of the most fearful dogs I know, and helped him gain confidence so that the dog was able to integrate into an adoptive household beautifully. Emily‘s communication skills are very understandable and cohesive. She gives her heart to each dog she helps, and provides follow through and thorough plans. It has been Really great to work with her and I hope to continue!

Eleanor Y.

Emily is a brilliant and gentle dog trainer. She's so good at what she does, and it is clear she loves animals and training them. She completely changed my pups behavior ! Do yourself a favor and give Emily a try. You won't regret it.