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Sara is amazing at what she does. She has tons of experience with some of the most severe behavior cases and is an excellent trainer. Not only that, she’s easy and fun to work with and is entirely committed to positive reinforcement, force free training. When I’ve come to her with a difficult case she’s always got amazing ideas that I hadn’t thought of, and the follow up email she sends after the appointment is clear and thorough. I highly recommend decisive moment pet consulting to any pet professional who wants to take their training and behavior modification services to the next level.

My German pinscher Ferous has been going on the pack walks for well over a year and really enjoys them... he always returns from his adventures happy & tired. The level of training & socialization he gets from going on these pack hikes without me is invaluable for both of us and makes our time together even more enjoyable. He is amazing with all other dogs we encounter and is very responsive to recall commands. My only warning is: beware, your dog will fall in love with Lyndsi and you might feel a little sad when your baby is so happy to see her that he practically jumps into her lap every week... and then you get really happy because they're off on a grand adventure and you have some guilt free dog-free time to do whatever it is humans do without thier dogs these days.

Overall, I've had a really positive experience with this vet clinic and Dr. Connolly in particular.  My pup is pretty fearful and hates going to the vet, and he has been treated with patience and understanding.  He can get snippy when he's feeling threatened and I have never felt judged by them, but rather treated with compassion and told that I'm doing a great job caring for him.  Considering how stressed I am about his behavior and how much time I've put into trying to train him, it's a relief to be acknowledged for that work and not treated like a failed pet parent.  It's great for him too because the vet understands that he's gone through so much in his short life that it's amazing he's not worse than he is.  My other favorite thing is that I can email the vet directly and she always responds, often within a day.  This really saves us from unnecessary stress for my dog, because I don't need to come in to ask a quick question about heartworm meds or whatever else.The only reason I'm not giving 5 stars is because while Dr Connolly is clearly trained in Fear Free methods, I'm not sure the rest of the staff are.  We recently had an interaction with a new (to us) vet tech and it was not a great experience.  My pup needed a vaccine and she came in and didn't even acknowledge my dog.  He was wagging his tail and wanting to say hi but instead of greeting him and letting him get a sniff in, she immediately started preparing the needle.  At that point, he backed up into a corner and got scared.  She only got close to him when she needed to put the shot in, and even at that point, she didn't say hi to him.  I think this made the whole situation more stressful for him because it could've been more positive had she taken a minute or two to get one his level, let him sniff her, etc.  I think some training for staff on how to be fear free would really help!

Cannot recommend Wags n Wisdom enough. Lisa and her team have incredible skills in all avenues. she has knowledge in nutrition aswell. 10 out of 10 all around and ill send everyone I can their way.