Meet Lauren

Lauren has been around dogs all of her life. She grew up with 3 Yorkshire Terriers. As an adult she rescued her first dog, Dandy, who was also a Yorkshire Terrier. He was a great dog, but at 5 years old did not know what it meant to potty outside or have any basic skills. Dandy taught her patience. Or so she thought.

It was not until she brought home a 16 week old Boston Terrier puppy did Lauren learn what it meant to be patient. After 7 years of madness, she finally had had enough. Lauren was fortunate enough to be able to take her Boston, Addie Mae, to The Dog Psychology Center in California to take a 5 day course in dog psychology. It was the most insightful, eye-opening experience of her life. It is here that Lauren learned how to not only communicate with dogs but also learned a lot about herself. Being able to understand communicating with dogs first starts with understanding oneself.

The most important thing she learned was that a dog will not follow an unstable pack leader. It was from that point on Lauren decided she wanted to help other owners with the same frustrations that she had experienced with Addie Mae. From that point on, Addie Mae was a well-balanced, fun loving girl (although she still answered to her fun-loving nickname from puppyhood…”Rotten Beast”). Lauren became a self-proclaimed dog training seminar junkie. Lauren traveled several times a year to learn from many top trainers in the country to learn as much as she could about training dogs.

What started off as a small, in-home training career, has evolved into a large-scale training and boarding adventure that just keeps growing! After building an addition on to her house, Lauren quickly outgrew that space. She hated turning away long time, loyal clients for boarding because she just didn’t have the space. Rather than continue to turn clients away, she started to dream of a bigger space that could offer so much more to her clients. In October 2024, that space became a reality!

Conveniently located at 20690 Gleedsville Road in Leesburg Virginia (Loudoun County), our 9500 square foot Resort and Training center can be found nestled on 7.5 acres in Leesburg, VA. Our facility can accommodate 40 boarding dogs, as well as offering training, grooming and daycare services! Our state-of-the-art resort and training center is created in such a way that it will offer a low-stress environment so that dogs can enjoy their stay whether it is for boarding, daycare, grooming or training. Additionally, we will have an on-site manager who has an apartment attached to our facility.

We are completely dedicated to teaching all dogs and dog owners how to better co-exist.
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