Jaimee Wenzel

Hi! I’m Jaimee Wenzel and I’ve been training dogs for about 15 years now. While my love for animals and developing a relationship with them probably started at birth, It wasn’t my goal in life to be a dog trainer. I became a dog trainer because as a young adult I adopted a dog from a local animal shelter who had some behavior issues. So, like most people do when they don’t understand why their dog is behaving a certain way, I signed up for dog training classes. While I knew my dog was smart, something just never clicked for us. He was great and well 

mannered in the fire house hall where we did the training if i had a bag of cut up hot dogs on me all the time, but put us in the real world and it all seemed to go out the window. 

One day he and I had gotten back from a hike together and I opened the car door to get him out. He leapt out of my car and because I didn’t have anymore hot dogs on me, he wouldn’t come when I called him. As I was attempting to call him back to me, my neighbors across the street came out of their house and my dog saw them and ran to greet them. The word “come” barely left my mouth when he was struck by a car and killed right in front of me. That moment changed my life and my mission. I was angry. I was angry that I had done all the “right things” a dog owner should do- got training, practiced, read the books, walks, hikes, leashes, training tools, treats, paid professionals hundreds of dollars for their help- but none of it saved my dog when I needed it to. I swore that when I adopted my next dog I would find out why normal “training” failed me and I would work hard to make sure that my next dog would be able to live a full safe life. 

From there I have spent my life teaching humans all the things I’ve learned along my journey about dogs and how they think, feel, communicate, and learn. Basically teaching them all the things I wish I had known so I could have kept my boy safe when I needed to. Over the years I have worked with families, animal shelters, and rescue groups to help them have a better relationship with the dogs they love and have the life they always wanted to live together.