Paws Forward Walk & Train



Are your dog walks more frustrating than enjoyable?

They don’t have to be!


My goal is to help you achieve your dog walking goals.
Forward Together.


Paws Forward Walk & Train provides programs for dogs and their guardians. I work primarily with reactivity challenges, providing hands-on training for dogs while supporting their guardians with appropriate tools and skills so that both can enjoy less stressful walks and build lifelong partnership. I use ONLY positive reinforcement based training methods, engagement and enrichment.
 
Together we will create better partnership between you and your four-legged companion, while you learn ways to work through reactivity and focus on what’s important — having fun on walks!


Paws Forward Walk & Train and Pawsome Pets provide you the best for your best friend.

Walk & Train

Let me work with your leash reactive dog and learn that you can enjoy your walks with your dog and your dog can enjoy walks with you. I will help you, the guardian, to learn the same skills and be there for your friend forever, through my dog training Walk & Train program.
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Dog Walking

Dog walks where we will practice good manners with sniffing and enrichment games for dogs that don’t require as much.
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Day Pet Sitting

Day visits for your four-legged friend with potty breaks and decompression walks. I do not offer overnight pet-sitting.
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Forward Together.


Do your walks with your dog scream frustration at both ends of the leash?
It doesn’t have to be this way and I can help.

Client Testimonials

★★★★★

“Dana… knows how to handle a reactive dog and get the desired response…”

Dana has done wonders with our anxious reactive dog. She knows how to handle a reactive dog and get the desired response. Dana is also great at helping the owner learn how to be a better handler. Most importantly, our dog enjoys working with her.

Timothy Osgood, 4/24

★★★★★

“Dana… is extremely knowledgeable about dogs and truly cares about their growth and experiences…”

Dana is amazing! We have a dog that is very nervous and reactive to humans that he doesn’t know. She won our sweet Memphis over in just 5 visits. We are so impressed with her! She is extremely knowledgeable about dogs and truly cares about their growth and experiences. Memphis comes back a better pup from every visit. In just a month, she has taken a dog that couldn’t be touched by her and turned him into a dog that is now literally giving her kisses. She is definitely a dog whisperer of some kind. We are lucky to have found her.

Shelby Johnson, 7/21

★★★★★

“Dana’s care has been a key element to our success…”

Dana is such a special person! She has a gentle and beautiful heart for dogs. She was able to teach our rescue anxiety ridden pit bull to enjoy long walks. Walks have been so difficult for us because she is fearful, constantly on high alert and defensive. Even teaching her to sit was a milestone because our dog is distrustful of any expectations. This has been a journey of understanding how to gain the trust of an abused animal and Dana’s care has been a key element to our success.

Nina Gsell, 5/21

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