2026-10-26T19:16:01.088Z

With a medically and behaviorally complex rescue dog, Leah has been with us every step of the way since meeting her, helping us navigate and work through all of Archie’s challenges. Her compassion, knowledge, and accessibility have been an incredible resource to our family. Above all, her understanding of Archie and her dedication to advocating for his needs are where she truly shines. We’re so grateful to have her in our corner!She helped us with crate/pen training, reactivity in apartment living, cooperative care, leash walking, demand barking, consent petting, and so much more!!!

2026-10-14T03:50:17.527Z

Five months ago, my husband and I were looking for a fear-free behavioral modification trainer for our Miniature Schnauzer puppy, and I will be forever grateful that I came across Leah and Born to Be Dog Training. Our work with Leah has been transformative for both us and our pup, Artie.Artie struggles with leash reactivity, mainly due to excitement around other dogs, people, and stimuli in his environment. The progress we’ve seen in Artie has been remarkable. He has learned to regulate his emotions better and is much easier to redirect. Leah has helped Artie (and us humans!) become more confident and comfortable in situations that were previously difficult. She has truly given us the tools we need to succeed.Leah is incredibly knowledgeable, kind, patient, and loving. She always uses our time efficiently and sends recaps of every session so we understand what we worked on and what to practice before our next session. She goes out of her way to check in with us and happily guides us through any hurdles we may face. We would not have made this much progress with Artie without Leah’s support, compassion, and patience along the way.I also recommended Leah to my mom, who has a large rescue dog with lots of challenges and big emotions. She, too, couldn’t be happier with Leah’s services.We love Leah and are so thankful for her and everything she has taught us! 💗

2026-10-11T21:47:39.131Z

Leah has been excellent to work with! She helped us to make great progress with our rescue pup, especially around her reactivity, and gave us the tools and confidence to continue supporting her as she grows. She also worked with our very friendly 2 yr old lab and adapted her training to his personality and needs. We really appreciated Leah’s personalized approach and would highly recommend her!

2026-09-25T14:23:04.669Z

Leah was very patient with my going off task. She help Nova with her ability to jump in and out of the car and eventually leading to trips without drooling as she experiences anxiety in the car. Nova learned ways to avoid over reaction to various distractions on a long walks, such as cars, kids on a bikes and other dogs. I am now able to easily walk Nova for 2 miles. I love that there is only positive reinforcement of skills. Nova was having trouble with down, wait and touch, she has achieved those skills. Leah also helped me with enrichment activities which has enhanced Nova ability to critically think and focus on an appropriate stimuli.I love the online videos and how Leah guided me to ones I needed to review or had not looked at.I am amazed at the wealth of information I learned and now have brought another puppy into my home and have been using the information I learned to guide Comets skills.I highly recommend Born to Be Dog Training. I also have to commend Leah for her ability to work through various difficulties we had with technology as all of Nova’s training was through the internet. I loved the recaps after each training session, this made it so much easier to focus on what new skills to put into place while continuing to maintain skills learned.Nova is 10 months old and Comet is 4 months old.Thanks for all the support and skills my dogs and I learned just doesn’t seem enough!

2026-09-11T17:27:14.053Z

Leah was overwhelmingly supportive of our needs and concerns with our 4-year-old Golden Retriever. We originally sent our pup to a board-and-train program that used an e-collar. While it seemed to work for a short period of time, we quickly saw his fear escalate with the use of the collar, and we knew we needed a different approach.Our dog struggles with fear of the outdoors and certain sounds, to the point where he needed to be coaxed outside just to use the bathroom. This became a consistent daily struggle for both him and us. He also had significant resistance to handling for basic care such as eye drops, ear drops, paw touching, etc. to the point that we had to drive him to the vet whenever he needed medication administered.Over the course of 8 sessions with Leah, we have seen such an incredible transformation. She used consent-based touch to help rebuild our dog’s trust, cooperative care to make handling more comfortable, and tons of positive reinforcement. Within just a few weeks, we noticed him becoming more willing to seek out touch and more comfortable with handling. Just as importantly, we became more confident in how to communicate with and support him as his owners. Our relationship with our dog has improved tremendously, and that means so much to us because we love him dearly.Leah also gave us practical tools to help him feel more comfortable outdoors, including using a safe-space mat, special outdoor-only treats, and lots of positive reinforcement. We are seeing progress with each outdoor session, and we are confident that with time and patience, he will be able to return to his daily walks.We are also expecting a baby this winter, and Leah has gone above and beyond by helping us introduce baby items and establish protocols around them. Her guidance has helped us feel much more prepared to create a safe and positive experience for both our baby and our dog.Leah even helped connect us with a veterinarian who could help us find the right combination of anxiety medication for our pup. She put together a thoughtful and cohesive write-up outlining the concerns she had observed from her professional perspective, which was incredibly helpful when communicating with our vet.One of the things we appreciate most about Leah is that her support doesn’t end when a session does. She is consistently available to answer questions, help us correct our training skills, and, honestly, just cheer us on. She has made us feel supported throughout the entire process and has never made us feel judged for the challenges we’ve faced.We are so incredibly lucky to have found Leah. Our pup is a different dog than when we started, in the best possible way. We feel like we are better dog parents because of everything she has taught us. We look forward to continuing with one-off sessions for refreshers as needed and would recommend Leah wholeheartedly to anyone looking for a compassionate, knowledgeable, and positive-reinforcement-based trainer.

2026-09-10T21:18:25.184Z

Leah was absolutely amazing with my dogs, Rosie and Walter! From the very beginning, she was thoughtful, patient, kind, and incredibly helpful. She took the time to understand each of their personalities and worked with them in a way that was positive, encouraging, and tailored to their individual needs.Walter was a new addition to our family in March and had a pretty rough start to his first four years. He was reactive toward people, mistrustful, and aggressive with other dogs. Working with Leah has been truly amazing. With her patience, guidance, and understanding, Walter has transformed into a much more confident pup who is lovable, affectionate, and incredibly snuggly with his family. Seeing the progress he has made has been so rewarding, and Leah played such an important role in getting him there.What I appreciated most was how much care and patience she showed—not just with the dogs, but with me as well. She gave us practical tools and guidance that made training feel manageable and, most importantly, helped me better understand and communicate with my dogs.You can truly tell that Leah loves what she does and genuinely cares about the dogs she works with. Rosie and Walter are so lucky to have had her in their corner, and I’m incredibly grateful we found her.I would wholeheartedly recommend Leah to anyone looking for a knowledgeable, compassionate, patient, and truly wonderful dog trainer. She is the kind of trainer you hope to find when you want the very best for your dogs!(Rosie- tan, Walter - grey)

2026-09-08T21:03:28.452Z

Leah was very professional and did a great job planning our training sessions. She truly cares about her work and your pets.

2026-07-25T18:43:20.624Z

We had such an amazing experience! In just four classes, Leah taught Steph and I so much about how to better understand, communicate with, and train Rocky. The sessions were hands-on, easy to follow, and incredibly helpful. We already see such a big difference in Rocky’s behavior and are so proud of the progress he has made.Leah was patient, knowledgeable, and genuinely invested in helping all three of us succeed. We now feel much more confident continuing Rocky’s training at home. We are so grateful for the experience and would highly recommend these services to any dog owner!