The Woof and Wag

Being someone who often travels to locations for work & has a canine companion, I always need a dog walker wherever I go. I’ve had more than a few. I know a good one from a not so good example. When I get to stay home, I look no further than Joyce of THE WAG AND WOOF. She has been my Lola’s dog walker/​sitter/​human companion for the past few years & we both love her. She is so great with dogs, (she has 2 total sweeties of her own). She is also always reliable and trustworthy. My girl is an older rescue that has some special needs & Joyce is always kind & patient. I have also used her to board when I have gone out of town for a week. Lola always comes back happy. My dog is happy, I am happy. Joyce is awesome!!!

After screening many dog trainers, we were referred to Joyce and boy are we so happy we reached out to her! Her calm and professional demeanor put us at ease right away. It was so easy talking to her and we felt extremely comfortable telling her our issues with our two dogs without feeling like she was judging us. One of our dogs is a foster dog and so in order to get her adopted and into a great home, we wanted proper training to make sure she makes a good companion. All the training and tips Joyce went over with us have helped us so much! Our dog’s fearfulness is slowly fading and with all the tools Joyce has provided us with, we’ve been able to help our foster dog build her confidence. Joyce quickly assessed our dogs’ behaviors and most importantly pointed out the mistakes we were making in how we were correcting their undesirable behavior. Joyce is so patient even when we were talking her ear off about our issues. She even checks in with us to see how our dogs are doing and if we’re remembering to follow the tools she gave us.
We definitely feel that we’ve built a long-​lasting relationship with Joyce and she will be our go-​to trainer from now on!

Joyce is truly life-​changing! We got a second dog about a year ago. He is such a love with us, but talking him on walks and having visitors over to the house became unbearable. We knew we needed to change his behaviors, but we felt so overwhelmed with how to start! Luckily, my step-​mom had just gotten a new puppy and she recommended Joyce after having used her services. THANK GOODNESS WE DID! After ten days of boarding and training, he has returned to us a new dog! And most importantly, Joyce has spent time training us! We are now learning his triggers, how to cue him, and build his confidence. It has been a week since he has been back with us and Joyce has been in constant contact with us– helping us through this transition period, giving us feedback and suggestions, and meeting me on hikes with the dogs. Thank you Joyce!!!

I was nervous about finding a place to board my 6 month old lab-​shepherd puppy until I met Joyce and The Woof and Wag. We were gone for 10 days, and every day Joyce sent me multiple texts, photos and videos of what my dog did during the day. He had a blast going to the dog park, on hikes, to Petco, and other outings, as well as playing with Joyce’s dogs. Joyce is an excellent trainer and worked with him every day — he came back a well-​behaved gentleman, better on the leash and with new tricks! Joyce and The Woof and Wag are THE BEST OF THE BEST IN DOG BOARDING! I cannot say enough good things about her. I visited three other highly-​rated boarding facilities and at each one I felt like my dog wouldn’t get any special, individual attention, or have enough room to run around, or get fresh air and real grass, and I knew I couldn’t enjoy my vacation if I was worried about my pup. Joyce focuses on your dog 24/​7, and you can see from the photos/​texts/​videos she sends how well your dog is doing. We had a worry free vacation and a very happy pup upon our return. (I was actually worried at the end that he wouldn’t want to leave her house!) I highly recommend Joyce and would happily answer any questions from the Unilocal!community regarding using her services.

Joyce gives you the tools and training to both you and your dog to learn quickly with her in person but also the skills to train on your own which makes the initial investment that much better. I adopted a dog and training her was one of the best decisions i made and Joyce made the experience awesome.

Joyce’s training has been all about training us. Chase takes his cues from us so if we didn’t have discipline neither did he. For example, now when the door bell rings, he is told to sit about 3 feel back and wait. Amazingly he does it and no more dashing out the door or worse jumping up on the poor delivery guy. Joyce had the knowledge and patience to train us and hence Chase is now more than a good looking dog. He is a good dog.