The Dog Human Alliance

Working with Alison has been a delight. I really appreciated the time she took to get to know my dog and understand the root of her leash reactivity. Alison leads with a philosophy of strengthening the partnership between me and my dog and this is evident in the way she designed our training goals/plan. My dog (Ginny) loves her too :)

DHA and Alison were amazing! We had Alison come help Rosie, our 2 year old Bernedoodle (and us) with in the house greetings, recall, and overall listening and calming down when overly excited. We did 3 sessions of in person lessons (she offers virtual as well). Price point is affordable for the gains and successes for what Rosie learned. Alison left us with 'homework" or things to work on in between sessions and set us up for success after our sessions were over. Alison is great- easy to work with, personable, responsive, and sends a recap email after each lesson so you can focus on the work. Also, Rosie LOVED Alison so much she would whimper when she left for the day. Would highly recommend and will use again in the future. Thanks Alison!

I have had several session now with Alison and my dog. She is absolutely fantastic! During the consultation call, she listened to all of the issues I was having and put together a custom training plan. She discussed the recommended plan with me, and the cost, first giving me time to decide if I wanted to pursue active training with no pressure. I decided to sign up for several in-person sessions with Alison. My dog tends to be shy, but Alison was immediately able to connect with her and put her at ease. She was very knowledgeable and gave me clear and specific things I could do to improve my dog's behavior. She also followed up each session with a summary e-mail detailing everything she showed me so I would have something to refer back to on my own. We mainly worked on leash pulling and

Alison is a true puppy whisperer. We were a bit ambitious with getting two puppies at the same time. Although we thought we had a plan going into this new venture, instant chaos immediately tore that plan to shreds. Alison helped us bring so much stability into our home. Her guidance on helping to socialize our pups, getting them comfortable with city life, and learning some cool (but useful) new tricks was invaluable. We will forever be grateful to Alison for helping us set our puppies up for a lifetime of success.

Alison is awesome to work with! She helped me learn how to walk my pup on a leash - which had been a big issue for us. I saw significant and measurable progress in how my dog walked on leash after a virtual session with Alison, and practicing the exercises she laid out for us. Alison was available and responsive for follow up questions I had, too. She’s a great coach (for both me and the pup!) and teaches with kindness, patience and compassion. I recommend working with her.