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Before working with Mariana, meal times with our dog were chaotic, walks to the park were difficult with his leash pulling and reactivity, and our pup experienced lots of anxiety. After 6 sessions of behavior modification training at our home, meal times are more structured, our dog can calmly give us space, and walks to the park have become more enjoyable and stress free. What I appreciate most about Mariana is her patience and ability to provide clear instructions and training strategies that best fit our dog's temperament. If you're looking for a private trainer and willing to put in the hard work and consistency with your dog's training, Mariana is the best person to work with!

Words cannot describe how grateful my husband and I are to Marianna and her expertise in helping us train our Coton de Tulear puppy. My puppy Cecil is 4 months old and we have so many travel plans coming, my husband and I had to cancel our trip because Cecil would be extremely anxious sitting in his travel carrier. We were so stressed about future travel plans and felt unsure if Cecil would ever be able to come with us on our adventures. After contacting Marianna over that weekend, she quickly cleared her schedule to accommodate us early that week, and slowly Cecil not only sat in his travel bag but now we use it in the car as well. Not only that, Marianna would always come back if we only used half a session time, to use our time on another day, without ever charging additionally! Additionally Marianna helped improve his leash walking, helped with commands, and was so kind to let us borrow her kennel for training. I really am so grateful for her professionalism, services, and everything I learned in this process. I’m so happy I worked with her! If you are on the fence about dog training and are in the SJ area, please contact Marianna she is phenomenal 🤍🤍🤍

Mari started training my dog when she used to be really scared of outdoor walks. Mari equipped me with the right tools to reinforce my dog’s confidence and build trust over time that she’s has steadily progressed into walking and exploring the neighborhood with much ease. It has become so much less stressful on me as well to give my dog the exercise she needs everyday. Expending energy with walks, runs and extensive sniffing during walks truly does diminish the anxiety levels on a dog as Mari says.

Mari is truly one of a kind. We hired her for some basic puppy manners and obedience training for our 2 pups and she was absolutely incredible. But this particular review is to share how she came through for us in a little bit of a different way. Our wedding was coming up and needed to find someone to help with our dogs who were in the wedding ceremony but needed something to do and someone to watch them during the dinner and reception. Through all the planning and chaos, we kept putting it off and at some point, it came to me to ask Mari if there was any way possible she could come to the venue and help with them. She immediately said yes and made sure she understood 100% what we needed and how she could help. It was so great because not only did our dogs already know her and feel comfortable, but she did an incredible job making them comfortable and entertained during our big day. We literally didn’t have to worry about them at all. Thank you Mari! Thank you thank you thank you!! Echo and Harley send all their love as well! <3

My sister took her bluenose pitbull and the results were amazing.

Mariana is the best!!! With her outstanding training skills my two dogs no longer lunge and bark at other dogs when we are walking in the neighborhood or the park. That was a huge problem and I am now able to divert their attention and reward them for good behavior. I have taken previous dog training classes but working with Mariana has been the best experience ever!!! Highly recommended!!!!