Testimonies

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I had Elicia for 5 sessions and would continue with her. She is grounded and patient and helped me in training my dog to get through TSA. We got on an airplane! Each lesson we accomplished teaching Max a skill with treats and loving petting as motivations. In an hour he learned to sit, another he learned to stay, another he learned to go down and we were working on heel. My dog is strong willed Malinois/Shepard and the biggest piece was getting me to be "patient" yet it was quick learning in perspective.

Elicia has been a BrightHaven friend for many years, coming to our sanctuary to help with our workload of daily chores and also to spend loving and healing time with our animals. It was heartwarming to witness the delight at Elicia’s approach shown by dogs, cats and others – the old, infirm or those with special needs. Her heartwarming approach to animal care was tender, gentle, compassionate and always humble – thus creating special bonds of love and trust with all. 

My dog Vaya and I worked with Elicia for four months with positive success. Vaya began her training as an overly exuberant 6 1/2 year old lab, who lacked control when people came to the front door. She would jump, wiggle. lick and bark as people came in. With expertise, Elicia throughfully, carefully and repeatedly guided Vaya and I through several steps that helped me regain control of Vaya's behavior. Vaya is now capable of laying down and waiting for commands from me before she approaches visitors. 

Elicia is an eclectic trainer drawing from many different successful approaches to dog training. She is a very calm and patient trainer, one who will help your bring about positive changes in your dog's behavior. I highly recommend Elicia as a dog trainer. 

If you are looking for somebody to help you with your dog, I would highly recommend Elicia. Happy that we found her. She has been wonderful with our two lab puppies. All of her training methods have been working really well in helping us learn how to train them. Watching her work with my dogs trains them and is training me too. It's a big commitment. You have to stick with it. She is somebody that can really help you out.