Smart Paws -- Modern Dog Training

Sharon’s board and train experience helped us reset our puppy’s bad habits and set us up for success. We look forward to continuing to work with Sharon as she has proven to be a tremendous asset in our training journey.

Sharon is a fantastic trainer! She is informative, professional and approachable. I have a 12 week old pug that has picked up her training quickly! Each interaction with Sharon I learn new tips and tricks that are simple and easy to follow. I’d highly recommend Sharon to anyone and especially to new dog owners. My dog absolutely loves her!

Sharon is fabulous and has provided our family with much needed techniques to manage a puppy and older dog. I can’t say enough about her ability to develop strategies that may need to be modified to meet each dogs personality. She is the best!

Sharon was wonderful with our pup Barry. She helped us when he was a puppy and now has helped us again with a sleep issue. She is very knowledgeable and patient. Barry loved her too!! Would highly recommend Sharon.

Sharon was insightful and gave great feedback for both pet and owner behaviour. Good sense of humour and Sharon's pointers were extremely helpful.The entire session was enjoyable and has immediately helped with our Husky's training.Highly recommended.

Sharon helped us so much with our French Bulldog Sprocket’s separation anxiety! Sharon developed an extremely personalized training plan for Sprocket that included daily “missions” & weekly re-assessments over Zoom. The plan was super detailed, with each mission building off of the mission from the prior day. Sharon built up Sprocket’s tolerance slowly but surely, making sure to never give him more than he could handle. We really appreciated how much she cared about his mental health and her focus on keeping him calm and confident. After just a month of implementing Sharon’s plan, Sprocket was able to comfortably stay alone for over an hour! We couldn’t believe it. We feel sure that he’ll improve even more with the sustainable strategies that Sharon taught us.On top of being incredibly experienced and knowledgable, Sharon is very friendly and personable. She really knows her stuff and takes the time to explain the science behind separation anxiety and why a training technique will work. She also understands how stressful it is to have a dog with separation anxiety, and was very empathetic and non-judgemental. Best of all, she cheered us and Sprocket on the whole time and encouraged us to celebrate all his progress! We definitely recommend Sharon to anybody looking for a dog trainer, especially relating to separation anxiety!

Sharon works wonders. The clicker has really enhanced our training. We have learnt more from Sharon in 1 or 2 sessions than several weeks of group classes which has enabled us to perfect leash walking, behaviour and commands (down/recall).

I have nothing but great things to say about Sharon’s dog training abilities!! I have two very large dogs (Great Dane husky crosses) who Sharon has helped me to train since they were puppies. I receive many compliments on how well behaved my dogs are and I think it has everything to do with the training they received as puppies from Sharon! She is very knowledgeable and dog training is clearly her passion! I would highly recommend her to anyone who needs help with training their dog!!

Sharon has been awesome! She has helped us immensely with our now 1 year old dog. She is an exceptional communicator and very patient - always happy to answer any questions to make sure we understand before proceeding. The Sacred Recall that she taught us has proved to be invaluable already - we've had to use it twice in the last month and a half - absolute game changer for us! Sharon has helped our entire family be more confident dog owners. Highly recommend her!