Just Paws Training

WOW! Where do I start… I haven’t owned a dog for over +25 years… it was since I was about 21 years old when I realized I had other priorities (work and a previous marriage) Now, at age 55, with a spouse and two younger children, I was out voted and told that we are getting a puppy. The spouse and kids picked the breed, color, sex, and name. I am now the person who spends most of their time with the dog… kids go to school, wife off to work, and I work from home… with the dog /​puppy… How am I going to cope with this new addition??? My new dog is a labradoodle named Marlow — She is amazingly cute and I see both the poodle and Labrador breeds in her personality.
Despite her being cute, she almost went back to the breeder — the razor sharp puppy teeth were tearing everything from forearms, clothing, kids toys, and furniture… and all the other puppy behavior stuff!!! I needed some real help!
I had heard about Just Paws Training from two friends… a friend from Minnesota and a friend from the Berkeley, Northern California area. They both said «call Molly at Just Paws Training»!
We live about 1.5 hours away from Molly’s nearest class — I took my two children and my wife up to her Saturday classes, which were amazing — we all learned new tricks (mostly the family), in how to relate to our new pet… most of the education was about how we respond to this new puppy. I wish I had this training for before having had children… I guess they are learning from this process too!
Make the time commitment to your pet — make the learning process a commitment to you and your family — Call Molly — she is the BEST in dog coaching ever!
Steve Hernand and family!

Just Paws Training is wonderful, professional and compassionate. Molly and her husband were very welcoming.
Molly the trainer is simply amazing. She is kind and caring and very hands on. We recently adopted a lab puppy named Maggie and she is a very anxious pup. sounds, cars, other dogs and new things were very terrifying for her. It was also starting to concern me and I was scared We weren’t going to be able to help Maggie conquer her fears. After Just Paws puppy 101 training Maggie has improved greatly! Molly showed me several calming techniques and ways to train my pup in order to help her move past her anxieties. Our pup has also played at a few of the puppy play times and they are amazing! It’s an entire hour with other puppies in a safe environment with Molly right there giving tips and training techniques! Molly also setup a playmate for Maggie that just happened to be right down the street for us… so not only did Just Paws Training help train my puppy, it helped her with her anxiety and she made a friend! Amazing! There are also several other training classes for adult dogs too! And a ton of online videos to reference while you are training!
I HIGHLY recommend Just Paws Training for your dog :-)

Molly is such a wonderful and caring person! I have participated in her Puppy Elementary class as well as her Doggy Daycare. Molly’s class style is very positive and encouraging and fun. My pup, Minka, and I always had a great time, and we both learned a lot.
When the class was done, we couldn’t get enough of Miss Molly, so now we go about once a week to Doggy Daycare with all three of my littles. She always has room for us. My dogs always feel welcome, and if somebody is having a rough day, she and her great staff has no problem making accommodations for them.
I absolutely recommend Molly to anyone looking for a puppy class or small dog daycare. I’m looking forward to working with Molly more!

We called Molly for private, in-​home training for our year old retriever mix. After only two sessions we have seen such a huge improvement in our dog and in our own confidence as dog owners. Molly was very thorough in her interview process so that she could understand our concerns. Within the first session Molly was able to address all of our concerns with possible solutions. Two weeks later we were able to take our training on the road and focus on more socialized behaviors at our local dog park. It’s been two weeks since our last training and I’m happy to see the techniques we learned are sticking with our pup.
Molly took extra time to make sure we got everything covered, has been easily available through phone and email, and extremely knowledgable about training and equipment for our dog. She’s happy and we are happy!
Call her! You won’t regret it!

Molly is the best! I adopted a 4 month old retriever/​shepard mix a few months ago, and Molly came over to work with him within the first 2 weeks. Although he’s a pretty good pup to begin with (or maybe I’m just highly biased ;)), Molly has the magic touch and he is the perfect canine when working with her! She really does go above and beyond, as I’ve sought out her help not only with training, but puppy food and treat choices, socializing with other dogs, vet choices, as well as a couple new puppy owner panic attacks at the beginning. Her love and connection to dogs is apparent, and my pup and I could not be more thankful to have her as a resource!

Let’s see… not sure where to begin because there is so much wonderful to say about Molly as a human, and as a simply AMAZING trainer. I have two Wee Creatures, as I like to call them. I have never had small dogs before, and I was certain I did not want to have the stereotypical small dogs that bark and aren’t taught proper manners. I enrolled Addi Ping and LuLu Kazoo in Molly’s puppy elementary class shortly after I adopted them. I called to speak with her beforehand and get some preliminary information. She called me back promptly and was not shy about spending a considerable amount of time with me on the phone going over how she runs the class, and what she thought would be most beneficial for how to introduce two tiny dogs into a puppy class with other much larger puppies. Her plan worked famously, and I was soon on the road to having two wonderfully behaved puppies. We of course continued on to junior high, and we still continue with private lessons. Molly is not a clock watcher when she is working with my dogs, or anyone’s dogs. She frequently goes above and beyond with her time. She makes a point to stay available by phone, text or email when issues arise. She becomes fully invested in the proper mental and emotional growth and development of the K9 and its relationship with its human. I know any human and K9 who have the ability to train under her auspices will be better for it!

We have a Springer Spaniel pup and I knew we should put him in some kind of training class. I searched and found ‘Just Paws’ and I am so glad I did. The price is more then fair. I can not believe how well trained our dog is after only 6 weeks! It not only trained me how to train him, but it was a great socialization class for the dogs. The puppies get a chance to play with other puppies and other humans, which is extremely important. Molly is wonderful. She is so sweet, knowledgeable and runs a very organized training program. I am very satisfied and would highly recommend this class.

My puppy took the puppy elemtenary and jr. high class that Molly offers. The location was great! Molly is great, and I wasn’t shy about asking questions outside of training. She has been around many dogs and knows what she is talking about. Molly helped us recognize things our dog was doing and helped us correct them in a positive way.
The first class went over the basics and since we are first time dog owners the principles she taught were helpful to us. It wasn’t just sit and stay, there is a lot of socialization of the dogs. The jr. high class seemed to repeat some things. However, it was good for us to remember the basics and helped us be consistent.
Molly also has some playgroups which were fun when it was cold out. Plus, at those playgroups she is open for questions and she corrects any misbehaving dogs (ie…mine).