If things have been feeling overwhelming, inconsistent, or just plain hard lately… you’re in the right place.
... you're not alone.
When your dog overreacts to people, dogs, noises, movement, or new environments, everyday life can feel stressful and unpredictable. You may find yourself avoiding walks, skipping activities you once enjoyed, or wondering if you're doing enough to help.
A SAFE Dog Experience helps you understand the "why" behind your dog's behavior so you can build confidence, connection, and real-world success together.
You’ll walk away with:
A clearer understanding of why your dog struggles (reactivity, pulling, barking, overwhelm)
Practical, real-life strategies you can start using immediately
Tools to help your dog feel safer, more regulated, and more connected to you
Support, validation, and guidance without judgment or pressure
A deeper sense of confidence in how to move forward together
This isn’t about creating a “perfect” dog.
It’s about helping you build a SAFE, calm, and connected life, on both ends of the leash.
is built on a compassionate, science-informed approach that focuses on understanding your dog.
Security – helping your dog feel safe
Attachment – building trust and connection
Function – teaching real-life skills
Environment – setting both of you up for success
Throughout the live workshops, written lessons, and daily downloads, you'll learn how to support your dog in a way that actually works in real life.
By spending a week with us sharing the SAFE Dog Experience together!
Prize Drawing: FREE 30 Min SAFE Walk Planning Session
We’ll walk through how to build calmer, more connected walks using the SAFE framework.
Participation Bonus: A SAFE Walk Checklist
This is your first step in turning struggles into strengths, helping you understand why distraction happens, how fear impacts the nervous system, and how the SAFE framework supports both ends of the leash.
Participation Bonus: SAFE & Less Distracted Roadmap Planner.
Prize Drawing: FREE 30 Min Roadmap Planning Session
Bring your questions, your struggles, or just listen in...this is your space to get clarity and feel supported.
Participation Bonus: Overwhelmed to Supported Worksheet
This is your chance to download A SAFE Dog Experience Roadmap and start planning your next steps with your dog.
Prize Drawing: 60 Min Private Session + 1 Month FREE Trial of A SAFE Place Membership
Join us live for a fun and supportive workshop where we'll talk about real-life struggles, celebrate small wins, and explore new possibilities for you and your dog.
Participation Bonus: A SAFE Wins Celebration Kit
A clearer understanding of your dog’s behavior
Practical tools you can start using immediately
More confidence in your next steps
A sense of calm and direction (instead of overwhelm)
Support from someone who truly understands
You can participate in 4 Live Workshops (or catch the replay) and download a daily planning tools to create your individualized training plan with your dog.
You want a calmer, more connected life with your dog
You believe behavior is communication, not defiance
You’re open to trying a different, more supportive approach
You’re ready to stop guessing and start understanding
In the SAFE Dog Experience you get a sneak peak into A SAFE Place Membership where you can glimpse what it's like to join a compassionate community of like minded dog owners who are tired of struggling alone.
It's about being willing to learn, observe, and grow alongside your dog.
The dogs who make the greatest progress aren't necessarily the easiest dogs, they're the dogs whose humans show up with curiosity, patience, and a willingness to see behavior as communication.
Focus on progress rather than perfection.
Approach your dog's behavior with curiosity instead of frustration.
Celebrate small wins and trust that meaningful change happens through consistent practice.
Respect that every dog learns at their own pace and follows their own journey.
Most importantly, we ask that you come as you are.
You don't need a perfect dog. You don't need to know all the answers. You don't need to have everything figured out.
You simply need a willingness to learn, a desire to help your dog succeed, and a commitment to building a relationship based on safety, trust, and understanding.
At Yooper Paws we are dedicated to providing the best possible support to dog owners who want to create a SAFE Lifestyle with their dog using games based training techniques and positive reinforcement to aid in learning. Therefore the feedback from our clients is very important to us.
Penny at Yooper Paws is an awesome trainer! She loves what she does and it shows in her work with dogs. Always kind and compassionate and she makes learning fun.
Penny has helped my Lana so much. Lana is an reactive dog, with a reactive mom. She has taught Lana and I so much .We both have come along way. Her postive trainning is setting up Lana for success; She has come so far and we have so much fun
Yooper Paws has helped me to work with my dog’s reactivity and how to read her body language. I have seen Penny work with many dogs over the years and she uses kindness vs aggressive training methods. This makes the dog enjoy working vs losing drive.
This isn’t about having a “perfect” dog. It’s about creating a life that feels more manageable, more connected, and more supportive for both you and your dog.