The Heart of Caregiving Pets, LLC
The Heart of Caregiving Pets, LLC

The Heart of Caregiving Pets, LLC

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$250
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Introduction: Home environment, with four well-behaved small dogs, just a few blocks from the ocean. Secure fenced yards and certified dog trainers are available. Sonia's special skills include socialization, calming focus behavior, and potty training. As a retired nurse, certified in pet CPR and first aid, Sonia is comfortable providing medications and dealing with special needs. Daily walks and choosing positive behaviors are part of our daily routine. Dog boarding, training, and daycare are available. Grooming, pet sitting, and medications by arrangement. I love to train, play, cuddle, and be with dogs and their people! Local memberships are available.
Overview

Hired 98 times

Serves Port Angeles, WA

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3 employees

12 years in business

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2020

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2018

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Customers rated this pro highly for responsiveness, work quality, and professionalism.

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Bonney B.
Apr 11, 2023
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Sonia was wonderful to work with. She taught our Peanut wonderful manners and we had fun doing it. She offers many extras as well. Well worth the money. May take her up on some of her other extras such as daycare and potty training.

Details: 6 - 12 months old • Extra Small (1 - 15 lbs) • Private lessons • Puppy training • House training • Barking • Leash pulling • Crate training • At the pro’s location • My home, venue, etc.

Dog Training
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Gabby B.
Oct 31, 2020
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Sonia was an excellent trainer and was very informative on how to train our 5 month old corgi. I originally thought my puppy needed a two week training, but Sonia was able to give solutions to almost all our problems in one session! I am excited to see more improvement from my dog and I appreciate that I can still communicate and ask Sonia questions if I need to! I would highly recommend her to anyone needing training for their dog!

Details: 0 - 6 months old • Small (16 - 25 lbs) • Private lessons • General obedience training • Leash pulling • Barking • Biting • Chewing • At the pro’s location • My home, venue, etc.

Dog Training
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Albee L.
Oct 30, 2020
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Sonia was great with my dog -- she could characterize his behaviors very accurately and gave me many great pointers for training him! She is very professional in terms of communication, transparency about her approach and pricing, as well as being flexible/tailoring to my dog's needs :)

Details: 1 - 2 years old • Small (16 - 25 lbs) • Board and train at a facility • General obedience training • Leash pulling • House training • Crate training • At the pro’s location • My home, venue, etc.

Dog Training
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Anna V.
Sep 30, 2020
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Sonia was amazing! She implemented the calming practice immediately with just resounding success. Really kind and knowledgeable approach to training the human and the dog. Had a lovely experience.

Details: 6 - 12 months old • Small (16 - 25 lbs) • Private lessons • Aggressive behavior modification • Chewing • Crate training • My home, venue, etc.

Dog Training
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Haley W.
Sep 24, 2020
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I have a small dog. He is a Havanese and Maltese mix. My dog has really bad separation anxiety and always barks at other dogs. I was worried the training wasn’t going to work, but it did! We saw Sonia about a week ago now and I have been seeing so many positive changes in my dogs behavior. It’s not all on my dog though, I have been working with him daily using the techniques Sonia taught me. Sonia was great with my dog and knew exactly how to handle him. I could not be happier with the results. Thank you again Sonia! :D

Details: 2 - 10 years old • Extra Small (1 - 15 lbs) • Private lessons • General obedience training • Barking • House training • Crate training • Destructive behavior • At the pro’s location • My home, venue, etc.

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