Helping You, Help Your Dog.

Pet Training

Train with us at your home or in person at our facility in Midlothian, VA, and work on skills such as loose leash walking, jumping on people, counter surfing, coming when called, and more.

Service Dog Training

Work with our expert trainers to train your own service dog for disability mitigation. Our programs are designed to help teams nationwide achieve success with their future service dog.

Nationwide Services

Through virtual session, board & training, dog placements, and raise & training, our program is able to provide customized training worldwide.

Every dog has a unique learning style. We customize training to your team’s needs.

What Our Teams Say

  • Tala is a real blessing to our family. She has a natural gift with our rescued puppy. He was taken out of the road, bleeding, starving and coated with vermin. He could not even stand. Rehabilitating has not been easy, and Tala has been an important part of Benny's healing. I am so grateful. If Tala could handle our difficult dog, she can probably handle anything, Tala is awesome.

    — Jack R. from Midlothian, VA

  • Tala went above and beyond as a trainer and helped us learn how to build a strong connection with our first puppy and how to communicate with her. She seems to know every dog that comes through her classes individually and doesn’t use a one-size-fits all approach. She was able to recommend different toys and training tools that we’ve found useful as our pup has grown. Our dog loves her and enjoys going to her training classes each week so it is enjoyable rather than a chore. She has been able to help us brainstorm different ways to approach training problems that we’ve run into and help our pup be successful.

    — Sarah W. from Powhattan, VA

  • Tala is an experienced and excellent trainer. She made the classes fun and worked with us one on one.

    — Paul O. from Midlothian, VA

  • Tala is an awesome trainer, so glad I chose to sign up for the puppy & intermediate classes with her. She is great with my puppy, Pearl, and has helped us learn many new things & good behavior skills. Tala is calm and patient with Pearl, and surely wouldn't be the same dog without Tala's training. Pearl is looking forward to future training classes, and I highly recommend Tala! Thanks for a wonderful experience.

    — Kristie W. from Richmond, VA

  • Knowing we were trying to conceive, we felt it was best to enroll in Tala’s board & train program.  From the moment Tala brought Nala home to us, we noticed a significant, positive change in Nala’s behavior. In a short amount of time, she had learned and perfected at least 5-10 commands and was on a perfect feeding schedule that Tala had formed with her, based on our existing day to day life. Since, Tala comes to our home once a week for an hour to follow up. She has taught us, our kids, and Nala how to coexist peacefully to say the least.

    -Allie G. from Midlothian, VA

At Helping Howls, we focus exclusively on Board & Train programs for puppies, adolescent dogs, and young adults. Our specialty is guiding dogs through the most important developmental stages to become confident, calm, and well-mannered family companions.

We help with common behavior struggles like leash pulling, jumping, ignoring cues, or difficulty settling at home. Our programs are designed not only to train your dog, but to coach you—the family—on how to maintain and build on those skills once your dog returns home.

We are proud to be Virginia’s only positive reinforcement Board & Train program dedicated solely to puppies & young dogs. We do not take aggression or severe behavioral cases. Instead, we focus 100% on helping families raise thoughtful, responsive dogs from the start.

Ready to create a calmer home and a connected partnership with your dog?

Virginia’s Only Exclusive Puppy & Teen Dog Board and Train

Questions?

Our in-person services Midlothian, VA, and surrounding areas via our facility & public events. We offer virtual training worldwide.

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