We help dog owners develop healthy relationships with their dogs
Training that will allow your dog to have a calmer mind, healthy boundaries, and a better relationship with you!
Meet the Trainer
Danni – Owner/Head Trainer
I have been training dogs professionally since 2019 and founded Rainy Day Dog Training in 2024. I started where many of you likely are now, I had dogs my whole life and then suddenly I had a dog (Ivar) that turned everything I thought I knew about dogs upside down.
Nothing I tried worked on him, he was regularly leaving me bruised, crying, and wondering if I needed to rehome him. I decided to send him to a board and train program in 2018 as a last ditch effort and saw more improvement than I ever thought possible. After that, I started learning everything I could about dog training and psychology.
I ended up getting a bachelor’s in psychology, and I look at dog training through the lens of therapy for your dog. I am very interested in what drives behaviors in dogs and what we as humans can do to understand and help our animals.
Over the years, I have worked with hundreds of dogs with a wide variety of issues and training goals. I continue to further my knowledge and education whenever I can through seminars, books, and shadow programs. I worked for Be Heeled Dog Training in 2023 where I recieved a lot of hands-on instruction and I recently completed a mentorship program with Team K9 Training.
I now train dogs doing primarily board and train programs, and occasionally take service dog clients. I am also an AKC CGC and Trick Dog evlauator! In my spare time I enjoy painting, archery, and card games!
Meet Ivar
Service Dog, Retired
Ivar was rescued when he was around 6-8 months old from a tiny rescue in York, South Carolina. I wasn’t really sure what I was looking for in a dog at the time, I had only ever owned Shelties, but he walked up to me and put his head in my lap and I knew I couldn’t leave without him.
We had a lot of struggles in the beginning, he was hyperactive and pushy to the point of being imposible to handle. Thankfully, with the help of balanced training, our relationship improved tremendously. I went from wondering if I needed to rehome him to adoring him and task training him as a service dog.
He completed 3 years of university with me, and became a service dog ambassador while I was a disability advocate in my early 20’s. His time working public acess was short-lived due to covid restrictions, and he spent the latter half of his career as an at-home service dog.
Ivar is now enjoying retirement as my health has improved, but still very much craves a job. He spends most his time doing low impact “work” such as: learning new tricks, hiking, and learning how to truffle hunt!
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