Our Philosophy
Dogs thrive on making us happy; Positive training gives our four-legged friends a way to make us happy by performing the “commands” we ask of them. We love our dogs and we all want them to fully understand our communication to them. When your dogs learns to sit, stay or any of the other numerous behaviors we can teach, they are showing us they do understand.
Whether they are working or herding in the field, retrieving or running the agility course, dogs show us they will do just about anything we ask of them. They all do it because they want to make us happy, that’s an amazing thing to experience.
We can help you learn how to communicate with your dog and how to train your furry friend to do just perform any number of commands and tricks. We can even provide the training and administer the test necessary to start your dog down the road to becoming a therapy dog. Remember, you train your dog, we just show you how to excel at it.
At Positive Paw we believe dog training is a positive experience all the way around. We do not use harsh corrections but rather rely on the special language shared between people and dogs. We use the dog’s next favorite thing in life (favorite next to you, of course): food. A positive reward system using high-quality nutritious treats brings immediate results.
Corina Haywood
Corina Haywood is a certified, experienced trainer. She has worked with a diverse groups of dogs in both group settings and one on one consultations. She is well qualified to offer nutrition counseling, temperament testing and many other areas of training. In addition she is an experienced pet sitter and still loves to add pets to her extended “family” by staying with them and providing some TLC while their people are gone.
Corina currently has 3 dogs- Sage, a Black Lab/Hound mix; Baron, a German Shepherd/Hound mix and Ginger, a Sheltie/Border Collie mix- as well as 2 cats. All 5 animals were rescued at a very young age.
Lisa Rayburn
Lisa Rayburn is an experienced trainer who grew up surrounded by working dogs. She has parlayed that into years of experience training and working with dogs of all breeds.
Lisa currently has 3 dogs- Nellie, an Aussie Shepherd mix; Ben, a Border Collie mix; and Pipsqueak, an Aussie Cattle Dog/Border Collie mix.