Enlightened Pawz LLC

We adopted two sibling puppies that seemingly overnight went from 8 to 80 lbs. Both of us had previous experience with rescue dogs, but never dogs this young and we found we weren't making as much progress with overall manners and leash training as we would've liked. We were stuck and frustrated! Joanna got us back on track and our household is much more harmonious now. The most important things she taught us is where to start and how to progress. Our dogs made progress quickly using her techniques and instruction! (It doesn't hurt that dogs LOVE her.) We're continuing on a good path, and I can't recommend Joanna and Enlightened Pawz strongly enough!

I had such a great experience with Joanna from Enlightened Pawz. She always responded quickly to messages. She did an initial assessment and devised a plan to tackle my pup’s behaviors that I wanted to work on. She is kind, patient, and even my most apprehensive dog looked forward to her sessions. She was non critical and would offer suggestions to help reshape behavior and gave me plenty of tools for me to work with my dog on my own. I highly recommend Joanna, she is so personable it felt like working with a friend.

Joanna is so wonderful to work with. I adopted a 1.5 year old chocolate lab, and he was an absolute handful. Joanna helped me learn more about why my dog was behaving the way he was, as well as helping the dog learn boundaries and good behaviors. After working with Joanna for training, she is now the first person I turn to for everything dog related!

I have the highest recommendation for Joanna Bishop at Enlightened Pawz. Joanna took excellent care of my two large dogs for many years, both at my home and hers, and they were always very happy and enthusiastic to see her. They treated her as their second mom. Joanna was always very responsive to my requests for petsitting or dog daycare, and consistently cheerful and professional. She handled my large, boisterous dogs well and I could tell that she truly cared about my dogs. She once had to take my elderly dog Kayleigh to the emergency vet an hour away when I was out of town and I will be forever grateful for her for her efforts on behalf of my girl. Joanna is my favorite dog professional and I hope to use her services in future whenever I have dogs again.

Our fur babies (4 cats) mean the world to us, and there is always a lot of stress with leaving town and trusting that they will be well-cared-for while we are gone. Joanna makes traveling stress-free because she is a super reliable and communicative pet sitter. Our cats can be a little high maintenance due to various medications, but she takes it in stride and everyone is happy and healthy when we return home! I also love that Joanna is usually available via text, so we can get quick updates throughout our trip to make sure everyone is doing okay. We never hesitate to leave our fur babies in Joanna's care :)