You Silly Dog LLC

Alisa is great! We enrolled our 2 year old rescue in the Basic Skills class about 1 month after adopting him. The clicker technique worked very well. He didn’t even know his name until taking her class! After the 3^rd class, his behavior was noticeably different including sitting on command outside (where there are alot of distractions) and walking better without pulling. It is evident that Alisa has a natural talent with understanding dogs & she loves what she does. The price is very reasonable and you definitely get your money’s worth.

I suggest friending her on Facebook, she has very useful posts. I took my dog to her Polite Greeting course and found it to be very useful.

From our old dog who we thought could never learn new tricks (let alone learn to cohabitate with a cat), to a rescued mutt with no matters, and the puppy we adopted in between, Alisa has trained them all! She uses ONLY positive reinforcement and force free training methods, which was extremely important to me. Because of Alisa, our dogs are happy, friendly, well mannered and social. Her classes are well structured, easy to attend and affordable.

I enrolled in Alisa’s Puppy Basics class, as it was the most centrally-​located in Baltimore (at Charm City Dogs). Alisa provided great instruction on basic commands and clicker training, and (most importantly) gave my dog an opportunity to improve his social behavior through several play-​time sessions offered throughout the class.
Alisa also offered instruction/​materials on basic dog behaviors, like crating, house-​training, and appropriate toys. The best part of course was that Alisa provided a summary of each session over e-​mail, and was available to answer all questions (which she did, in full) throughout each week.
After the four sessions, I definitely feel that my puppy has mastered basic commands and is receptive to further training, and I am much more confident when I take him to the park/​others’ houses to meet other dogs. I am looking forward to enrolling in the Basic Skills class to continue training with her.

We have had our puppy enrolled in the first two classes (Puppy Basics and Basic Skills), and we will continue to go to classes at You Silly Dog. Alisa is patient and great with answering questions you have about your dog– even if it’s not a subject associated with the class. She is wonderful with dogs and has a lot of tips on how to get them to start good habits. She also has doggie socials that are a blessing– your dog can play in a controlled environment (and in the winter, they’re inside, so that your dog can get exercise if they’re cooped up inside). Alisa’s husband, Mark Peters, also has a business doing pet photography that was super reasonably prices, and the pictures were amazing.