Alisa helped me reach the goals I wanted for my rescue Lab. He no longer bolts out the front door, can walk on a leash, and greets people politely. She listened to my concerns and taught me how to fix the problems through positive reinforcement.

My mom and I and our 10 month old beagle rescue, Bridie, had a very positive experience with You Silly Dog and our trainer Alisa. Initially we sought training to improve our knowledge and skills regarding typical puppy behavior. Alisa helped us understand what Bridie was communicating and gave us tools to be more proactive in getting the behavior we wanted. Some of the skills that we learned in our session targeted "leave it, drop it, sit, stay, and how to walk properly on the leash". Bridie loved Alisa and her behavior and skills in these areas improved dramatically. Over the 4 weeks that we worked with Alisa, we grew in our confidence with Bridie as we learned how to communicate more effectively with Bridie using positive reinforcement. We absolutely recommend her to any dog owner in need of training. We found her to be very patient, passionate and knowledgable.

Alissa worked with me and my Great Dane puppy over the course of 4 sessions. I was a skeptic at first as he is my 5th Great Dane and I had never used this kind of training method before. Alissa trained me on how.to train my dog. I stuck with it and now I have a very well mannered dog. People always compliment me on how well behaved he is for a 4 1/2 month old puppy. He greets people politely, walks great on the leash, he comes when I call him no matter where he is, leaves things alone when he is told and settles down when I need him to. These are just some of the things we worked on. He's not perfect but we will continue reinforcing good behavior because IT WORKS!. I can say now, I am a believer!

Alisa was very helpful offering lots of possible solutions to help tame our high energy, wild child. She was reliable and communication was great.

We were thrilled with You Silly Dog. Working with Alisa was great, scheduling was easy, she consistently followed each lesson with additional handouts and regularly checked on our puppy’s progress in between lessons. We learned a lot about training our puppy in a few short weeks. Most importantly we loved that Alisa listened to what we wanted to work on with our puppy, and focused her lessons on those things (jumping, sit, wait, stay, crate, leave it, drop and much more). We also wanted our children to be more comfortable around the puppy and she came with ideas every week to help with that.

I have been working with Alisa for training with Hunter. We have seen so many positive changes in him and her techniques amazing. Instructing has been easy to follow and reinforce. I am so very happy for the experience for myself, my family and mostly Hunter.

We cannot recommend You Silly Dog enough! I am a repeat customer; I worked with Alisa when I had my first puppy about 15 years ago and when it was time to think about a new family member, I knew that I had to enlist Alisa to support our new puppy journey. Alisa is so smart and very in tune to what pups need. And, she is an amazing sounding board, which is helpful when dealing with puppy blues! Alisa brings simple and practical ideas to support training and comfort for dogs and humans alike. I appreciate her positive reinforcement approach and her ability to determine what the behaviors are trying to tell us. Our two kids were also involved in our training sessions and Alisa incorporated them in ways that were meaningful for them. If you're looking for a positive training and learning experience, YSD is the way to go!

Our experience with You Silly Dog has been fantastic. Alisa was knowledgeable and thoughtful in her approach to helping us understand our puppy and her needs better. In four weeks with one session per week, she has stopped being nippy and has learned commands like “leave it” “drop it” and has started sleeping through the night thanks to some crate training tips. Without a doubt we recommend working with Alisa.

Alisa is the best! We are so grateful we found her shorty after bringing home our new whippet puppy. She introduced us to other families with puppies for play dates. This was invaluable socialization for our puppy. Alisa is very knowledgeable and helped us immensely with walking and obedience training. We saw such a difference in our puppy in only 4 sessions. I highly recommend Alisa!

Our 4 yr old Great Dane/Coonhound rescue, Dolly loved when Alisa came over. She learned the basic commands with positive reinforcement which is what we wanted. The in home training was ideal for addressing issues we had with Dolly at our home. It was great to have the one on one attention. We highly recommend Alisa!

Learned a lot. Alisa’s focus on gentle training, redirection, and enrichment works well for our new rescue. Great to have the additional “tech support” resources she provides as well as recommendations for gear and toys that help guide behavior.

My lab pup sure is a handful. At my witts end. Contacted "You Silly Dog" and met with Alisa the next week. Four sessions later, and "Holly" and I enjoy walking. Improvement everyday. She is still a work in progress but I'm confident as she grows out of "puppy" she grow into the "best" big girl on the block. Alisa knows her stuff. 5🌟's

Alisa was great in working with us to build a foundation of tips and tricks for our new puppy. She was very helpful and responsive when addressing specific needs related to our pup.

We loved having Alisa come out to our home to help us with training our new English Mastiff puppy (Bourbon). The experience was great. Alisa is kind and very compassionate about her training. She offers a tremendous amount of knowledge and was able to teach us and our new puppy a great deal in the four week training session. Well worth the time and money.

What more can I say ... EXCEPTIONAL! I have a 5 month old deaf puppy & Alisa has been training her with hand signals. I didn't realize how smart my little Sophie was until Alisa worked with her! What a blessing she has been & I highly recommend her! The home training was icing on the cake. They work so well together too. Alisa's skills, knowledge, handouts, scheduling, demeanor and helpful tidbits, have all been so valuable! She's everything you could ask for!

Alisa is a miracle worker! She’s been at this for 19 years and it really shows. When we called her, we were desperate. Our 5 month old labradoodle Mochi was getting big and had a bad habit of jumping on us and our 3 year old daughter. She would also bite at our daughter’s hair, nip at her clothes, steal food, and worst of all, she had outsmarted us. The things I trained her to do, she figured it out and she would manipulate me to get treats then go right back to bad behavior. Alisa’s approach is gentle yet firm, and she gets dogs to behave with positive reinforcement. When I tell you she had Mochi doing exactly what she wanted during our FIRST session, I’m not kidding. She had Mochi under her control within minutes, then taught us how to do the same. Mochi now plays nicely with our kiddo, doesn’t jump on us, and even learned a few obedience commands. I cannot recommend Alisa (You Silly Dog) enough! 🐶❤️

Alisa was amazing to work with! We hired her after our 7 year old lab kept escaping and refused to come when called. With Alisa we learned how to effectively communicate with Nyx, and even learned how to manage our and our kids behavior to ensure Nyx stays safe. Over our 4 sessions, Nyx has mastered “wait” and “leave it” and we’re continuing to practice “come”, “stay” and “place”. Working with Alisa has increased my confidence in training Nyx to ensure she’s with us and safe for many years to come. Turns out, you can teach an older dog new tricks!

Alisa was fantastic with our Penny and we saw immediate changes. She not only works with you at your house but encourages updates during that week and is always willing to help. Highly recommend, you will not be disappointed.

Very pleased with my experience this far with You Silly Dog. We worked on a variety of skills including name recognition, wait, stay, place, touch, and loose leash walking. I now have a lot more confidence in being able to control my dog (a 6 month old beagle). Alisa is very responsive to my email/texts and offers great handouts which really hammer down on the skills.
Alisa said to me “Rome wasn’t built in one night” and that’s something to keep in mind, your dog won’t be trained in one day but keep at it and with the help of You Silly Dog and you will be pleased!
Picture: Tito in his “place”

Our was recommended by my Veterinary to reach out to "You Silly Dog" to start training our 3 month old puppy. Signing up was a breeze and Alisa was very responsive. Alisa was really patient with my energetic puppy. She reassured me that our puppy's behavior was a norm and it's fixable/train-able. She sent informative PDFs prior to our first appointment and sent follow ups after our training session. Her prices are reasonable. Her philosophy on dog training is positive re-enforcement, which has worked for us. We look forward to our upcoming appointments with her.

Alisa helped us out significantly. We have two dogs, each with their own needs and challenges. Alisa worked with us to develop strategies for each behavioral challenge and then helped work with us to implement those strategies. We have already seen improvement in both dogs after working with them since Alisa started helping us 3 weeks ago. Her help has been incredibly helpful to us.

We loved working with Alisa and really appreciated her guidance, professionalism and expertise with our new boxer pup. She has helped us with basic commands like leave it, drop it and touch, as well as ways to improve sleeping in her crate at night and loose leash walking. She was a wealth of knowledge sharing a lot of tips, treat ideas, toys, resources (her hand outs in preparation before a lesson were great!) and ideas to help our energetic boxer puppy become a well-trained dog for our family of 4. We feel much more confident training our dog long-term and know that without Alisa, these early weeks/months would have been much more difficult and less successful. We highly recommend her and You Silly Dog!!!

I am so thankful for Alisa's training-she has been such a joy to work with! Alisa is very responsive about scheduling, provides ample training handouts, and my rescue dog adored her. Alisa helped give me a lot of confidence as a first-time dog owner, and I'm excited to keep working on the tricks and tools she showed me.

Alisa at You Silly Dog was a tremendous help with training my 6 month old rescue puppy. My pup really took to her positive reinforcement training methods and quickly improved on many foundational commands and activities such as 'leave it', loose leash walking, recall, stopping nipping, 'going to bed' among others. She also sends great resources for enrichment and detailed training methods for future reference. Not to mention she was a great person to work with and very COVID conscious! Thanks, Alisa!

Alisa is wonderful! Excellent human guide and dog trainer.

Cooper has done so well under the techniques she’s shared with us and he is becoming more consistent over time because of it.

You Silly Dog gets an A+. Thanks Alisa!

Alisa at You Silly Dog is fabulous! We have a 1-1/2 year old "still puppy" named Cody. Overall, he is a pretty good boy; but had a few issues that definitely needed to be addressed (nipping, jumping, stay). Alisa came to our house 4 times and did wonders. Cody is so much better! Alisa was very pleasant and helpful and really worked with us too in learning the skills. And Cody loved her! The value for the price was amazing. I would highly recommend You Silly Dog! Janice Carman

Alisa is super talented and professional. Both of our dogs responded really well to her and the handouts she provided were very helpful. I really appreciate that she was willing to do COVID safe, in-home training for our new puppy.

I’m so grateful for Alisa and highly recommend training with her. I rescued a 2 yr old pitbull mix who began jumping and nipping out of excitement. Alisa gave very thorough and specific strategies that focused on positive reinforcement. I appreciated how personalized Alisa made the process and you can tell she truly cares about helping your dog to become the best they can.

Alisa is gentle yet firm with the training. Patient and a good teacher to the "parents" . I would recommend with 5 stars..

Alisa is so wonderful with our dogs. She not only works effectively with our dog, she also works effectively balancing the shifting dynamics between me and my husband! All of her training has really helped our baby turn into a well-behaved puppy princess.

Just started training with YSD! Alisa was so informative and gave great tips and tricks for my sweet pup! If you want someone who caters to you and your dog instead of just spitting out facts this is the place for you!!! Love it!

Alisa is absolutely wonderful! I was skeptical of virtual training at first, but even after our first lesson I was sold! I saw results in our 1 1/2 year old Shepard mix Kona immediately. Alisa is very knowledgeable and knows how to train you to train your dog! Kona in Hawaiian means “lady”, and after Alisa’s help my girl certainly knows how to be a little lady!

Ozzie is a 3 y/o/ Australian Shepard with Cockerspaniel mix. The individual training with Ozzie was just as easy as it was with his sister, Maggie. However, after two virtual lessons, I now walk both dogs at same time - maintaining full control at all times. The virtual training was easy to understand and easy to demonstrate. We practice each day for 10-15 minutes each outing. I'm seeing results immediately,Image may contain: dog

Alisa has been fantastic! We started off with her puppy socialization class right before the COVID19 pandemic. My shy pup overcame some of his fears and blossomed under her guidance. Now under quarantine, we've been doing Alisa's Zoom lessons and Buoy continues to progress. I really appreciate her dedication to the pups (and owners!) even with all of the craziness in the world. 10/10 recommend!

Alisa is fabulous! We're attending her puppy classes and it's really helped bring Buoy out of his shell. Highly recommend!

Alisa is nothing short of amazing! I have a 2 year old Chihuahua mix that wouldn't listen to a word I said. Within 2 weeks of working with Alisa not only was he listening but was following hand signals as well. She was not only amazing with my dog but I felt so comfortable having her in my home once a week. And the price...unbeatable. She contacted me once a week to discuss progress/concerns which was unexpected but very appreciated. I would recommend Alisa and You Silly Dog 100 times over!

Alisa is so great with our sweet dog! He is becoming a real gentleman. I would recommend you to anyone, anytime! We can never thank you enough!

We had an amazing experience with Alisa! She is such a sweet person and she was very patient with me as a new dog mom! and definitely Lupo had a great experience!
His behavior improved so much with all of Alisa's advices (he still a puppy so everything is not perfect but we are still working on it) I TOTALLY RECOMMEND HER LESSONS, both private and group sessions! ?

You Silly Dog and Alisa's training have been SO helpful in training my 7 month old Bernese Mountain Dog. We did Alisa's Basic Skills class and have also had her come over to the house to work specifically on avoiding getting on the couch, greetings, etc. Everyone always comments on how well behaved Hudson is and I truly have Alisa to thank! She works well with all types of dogs (and humans) and works hard to explain to you how and why the dogs are acting the way they are. I love her positive reinforcement methods that make training fun. Would definitely recommend and will be using her whenever we need again.

Alisa was highly recommended and we saw why! Our 5 month old pup was super responsive and happy to work with her, and we learned so much over several sessions! We now have our pup walking happily beside us, among other new skills. Thank you Alisa for everything, you're a pro!

Alisa is amazing! We just finished her basic skills class and in 6 weeks we have a different dog. Our dog, Bela is 2 years old, deaf, 60 pounds and full of energy. Bela was running the house as our commands were literally falling on deaf ears!Alisa taught us to communicate with Bela using hand signals. She now follows instructions like a champ! I can't recommend Alisa and You Silly Dog enough. Not only is it amazing and informative but Alisa is incredibly well priced! I can't wait to take Bela to her tricks class!

Alisa was terrific - she was a natural with our dog, and taught us a ton in a very short amount of time

Alisa is a fantastic trainer and has helped my dog be a very good boy without too much fuss. All you really have to do is explain what you want and she will help you achieve it even if it requires some thought and planning. Her schedule is relatively flexible and the dog loves her. Recommend

You Silly Dog (Alisa) is fantastic. She was recommended by a friend. She gave us some really good training tips for our puppy. She was very patient with our puppy and with us. She had a home schooling option that worked great for our family and our schedule. I was amazed at how fast our puppy caught on to the training by Alisa. Our puppy LOVED Alisa, she could not get enough of her. I would highly recommend You Silly Dog and Alisa!

Alisa is incredible! My French bulldog puppy and I met with her yesterday for the first time, she was nothing short of awesome. Communications leading up were always timely and professional. We worked on crate training and touched on potty training as well, not even 24 hours later and my puppy is now willingly going in her crate and hanging out in there! Thank you again Alisa!

Alisa is great! I've taken all her classes and she's very knowledgeable. She's able to break down any skill into simple steps for dogs that may struggle with one. She's available by email for any additional concerns that may arise. I really like the positive training and find it highly effective! I recommend You Silly Dog and Alisa! Also, tricks and games class is super fun!

Alisa is amazing! After having done a puppy socialization class elsewhere, I went to YSD for general obedience. I have now done multiple classes with her and our now 7 month old Aussie. He is full of energy and she has been amazing with helping us redirect it with positive reinforcement. Her passion about dogs and training has motivated me to be a better trainer for my dog. He has really responded to all of her training and she even noticed the tremendous difference in his behavior towards the end. I recommend YSD to anyone who asks how I got such a well behaved boy.

Alisa was great with our rescued high energy easily distracted puppy. A huge help.

My clownish and playful young dog and I had a pretty dreadful time with another dog training club, and I contacted Alisa to see if we could just start over with her Tricks class. Right away she worked hard to schedule the class and prepare the attendees. My dog is SO MUCH HAPPIER now that I am building my confidence back. You will NOT find a snobby and somewhat hostile trainer or other dog owners here. All the tension and confusion has lifted and we are blossoming in class. Thank you Alisa! She took this picture, he really loves her 🙂

Our pit has responded so well to Alisa’s positive reinforcement training. He gets very excited by other dogs and has made huge strides in focusing and remaining calm. We learned a lot and loved socializing him with other dogs. Can’t recommend her classes enough.

I just completed Alisa's puppy basics class with my puppy and I am so happy we took her class. Alisa was great with all of the puppies and their "people." It was a great balance of instruction and socialization/play time. Outside of class, Alisa is very helpful and responsive with any questions I had. I am looking forward to taking her Basic Skills class in the fall!

Alisa made a huge difference for me and my large pitbull mix puppy, she was so patient through her obnoxious barking and impulsive behavior in class, teaching me how to manage it in a positive way! At You Silly Dog my silly puppy learned how to greet people and other dogs politely on-leash. I can even confidently take her to restaurants, dog friendly events, and the dog park, now! You Silly Dog helped my crazy puppy become a well balanced dog.

Alisa is the absolute best! She is very patient and encouraging. She made sure we checked in with her and remains a contact if we need her. We did in-home training and will enroll in other classes in the future!

We just finished the 6 week Basic Skills course with Alisa and we are so glad we did. Alisa is patient and so good with the dogs, our dog Addie has a blast and has made serious improvements outside of class already. Alisa is also very engaging with the pet parents- she explains everything clearly, does demonstrations, and really connected all the skills we were learning. Our dog, Addie, loved her, and we can’t thank her enough for all of our new skills!!

I was recommended to Alisa through a friend. My parents got two rescues and did her basic training class. One dog is extremely lazy and the other is all puppy. They both are officially potty trained and know their commands! After attending two class sessions, I decided that my new dog, Beau, needed positive reinforcement. He's had two lessons and is excelling very quickly. He may be a very smart poodle; however, Alisa's techniques are great! As a dog lover, I highly recommend both her home classes and studio classes. I can't wait to see what else Beau can learn from You Silly Dog!

When we adopted our 75 lb retriever/pit mix he was just over a year old and we knew we wanted to focus on positive training techniques - that is how we found Alisa! We've completed 3 classes (basic skills and two rounds of polite greetings) with Alisa over the past year and just had an in-home session to work on tricks. Our guy absolutely loved it! The techniques we learned in basic skills and polite greetings have been so useful both in the house and on walks/around other dogs. His new tricks are quite the crowd pleaser and a great way to tucker him out on a rainy day! We highly recommend Alisa and her positive reinforcement training!

She's done wonders with our rescue Travis! Always arrives on time and checks in between sessions.

Alisa is a great and wonderfully patient teacher. Tucker has attended puppy class and now Basic Skills. Both owners and puppy have benefited greatly from the classes. Thank you so much!

Alisa is wonderful! I would highly recommend working with her.

We enrolled concurrently in Alisa's 4-week puppy class and the bundle of 4 in-home private training sessions. I think her rates are very reasonable, and the value of what we gained was definitely worth the investment. We have a 4-month old vizsla puppy--very high energy!! Alisa's a wonderful trainer, patient, full of great strategies for any doggie behavior you wish to work on. In puppy class, our pup had opportunity to socialize appropriately with other puppies--an invaluable experience and skill, as he is now a wonderful greeter toward both other dogs and humans. He learned many basic skills, and we humans learned how to use a clicker effectively for training. The clicker was an essential tool for training our dog with basic skills: sit, stay, come, lay down, place, drop it, leave it.If you are wondering whether the cost of private session is worth it, I say go for it! The hour-long sessions in the dog's own environment, with Alisa present to go over things 1 on 1, were so helpful. In addition, we were able to observe Alisa model with our dog how to manage the behaviors we were struggling with (proper leash walking, what to do when he jumps/nips our young son, releasing items he should not have and teaching him not to growl/guard). Highly recommend!!!