Jess @J9K9 is the BEST. Bozley looks forward to his sessions. She keeps things fun, exciting for him. He’s always eager to train with her. She knows how to manage our large beast of a dog. Always making him work Mentally and physically. She gives you many good ideas / tools / suggestions for your Puppers. Happy to have J9K9 apart of Bozley’s journey.

-Heather & Bozley

Jess is the absolute best. She listens to both me and my dog. She does an incredible job of adjusting the content of our sessions based on what she is seeing in the moment. She helped refine some skills that I couldn’t get where I wanted on my own like greeting new people. She is also helping build some new skills like pulling for canicross. I couldn’t recommend J9K9 more.

-Grey & Juniper

Jess has been working with me and our White Swiss Shepherd puppy for over a year now. He has presented real challenges with leash reactivity and awkward canine social skills. Jess has been invaluable in helping me understand how to move him forward with reward-based methods that bring about real change. She pairs him with appropriate dogs from her client base to learn better social skills, and there is always a sense of safety and well-managed interaction. In addition, she has trained him and coached me on bringing him to spatial body awareness that is precursor to many advanced skills. Our pup is bright and willing to learn, and he always comes back to us after BNT’s or day stays with new skills he’s eager to develop. The thing I most appreciate about Jess, however, is her lovely perception of people skills, factoring in the human end of the equation as the make or break in a dog’s success. She assesses handler capability very well, and teaches—kindly and without judgment—to whatever level she finds. Jess has been encouraging, thoughtful and inventive with our unexpectedly challenging puppy, and we are so grateful that we came across her one evening in the neighborhood with a long line in her hand. “Training a dog?” I asked. “Well, I’m a trainer, “ she replied. The rest is a very positive history.

-Sallie & Strider

Jess is a dog mom’s dream. We have a high energy, sensitive 3 year old Vizsla who has struggled being thrown in with a bunch of other dogs when we’ve left him with friends while traveling. We found Jess through Dog Adventures NW and booked a board and train with her while we went away for my 50th birthday. It was everything we could have asked her and more. Jess is a super nerd when it comes to dog training and highly skilled at managing and training all types of dogs. We felt completely comfortable that Obi would not be put into situations that were overly stressful. Jess truly treats every dog in her care like her own. Each day we were away, we got multiple photos and videos of Obi’s adventures and training via a shared Google Drive so we knew exactly what he was up to. If there was any doubt that he had the time of his life, when we came to pick him up, he was happy to see us, but when playtime was over, he headed to the back door of Jess’s house, ready for dinner! Obi can’t wait to go see Jess again and you can feel comfortable that your fur baby is in excellent hands with her.

-Kronda & Obi