Paws in Motion Dog Training & Boarding, LLC -

Carol Eisenbrandt

I am writing to wholeheartedly recommend Paws in Motion for dog boarding and training services. My experience with this facility has been exceptional, particularly under the guidance of Christine, their amazing trainer.

Christine possesses an incredible talent for understanding dogs and their unique personalities. Her expertise is evident in the way she connects with each animal, providing personalized training methods that cater to their specific needs. I have seen firsthand how her positive reinforcement techniques foster trust and confidence in dogs, resulting in noticeable behavioral improvements.

The boarding facilities are equally impressive. The clean and spacious environment ensures that dogs are comfortable and happy during their stay. The staff is friendly and attentive, genuinely caring for each pet as if they were their own. I appreciate the regular updates and photos they send while I’m away, which give me peace of mind knowing my pup is in great hands.

Overall, I cannot recommend Paws in Motion highly enough. If you are looking for a caring and professional environment for dog boarding and training, look no further. Christine and her team are truly the best, and I am grateful for the wonderful experiences I have had with them.

Sincerely,
Carol at Wilton Animal Rescue ?

Stacy Hull

I have taken my dog Benji to Christina at Paws in Motion 3 times so far. He has separation anxiety pretty severely . He loves staying there now . Last visit was for a month and he had a blast ! Christina sent me pictures regularly which calmed me a lot . I have never had more confidence in a boarding place . Benji loves Christina and her facility . He got his medications daily and his routine diet . I cannot recommend enough .

Crystal Rogers

Five-Star Review for Christina and Paws In Motion

My husband and I had spent thousands on one-on-one private training for our one-year-old mini golden doodle, Harbor, but despite working with incredible trainers, we never got the results we wanted. Between our busy schedules and trying to give 100% focus to Harbor, we struggled to follow through, and his behavior wasn’t improving.

As a last resort, we decided to go with Christina and Paws In Motion. We knew this was our final attempt to help Harbor before we started a family together, and we were cautiously optimistic.

After just two weeks with Christina, we received Harbor back, and WOW — he is a COMPLETELY DIFFERENT BOY! He’s still the same fun, silly, and loving dog we adore, but now he has incredible manners and is so much calmer. Christina truly worked magic with him, and we are beyond grateful.

If you’re feeling stuck and don’t know where to turn, trust Christina and her program. She gave us the gift of a well-behaved pup, and now we can look forward to starting our family without worrying about bad behavior. Thank you, Christina, for changing all of our lives for the better!

Jenny McHenry

We are so grateful for Christina & Paws in Motion! Over the years, we’ve always had multiple dogs who basically trained each other with help from us. For the 1st time, we now have only 1 dog, a Golden Retriever puppy, and nothing we did training-wise worked. So, we purchased the Paws in Motion in-home training session package & found Christina to be the most passionate, empathetic, kind, amazing instructor. Our Golden Retriever puppy is very smart & thrived on learning. It wasn’t our dog, though, but we, the humans, who needed to learn how to successfully train. Christina taught us exactly how to use the correct commands, tools & rewards to make our puppy’s training stick. Christina provided verbal & written direction & she demonstrated the most effective training method for our puppy. She is committed to our success. We highly recommend Christina & Paws in Motion.

Sophia Saccoccie

I made a Facebook post seeking recommendations for a trainer to work with my 2 year old Lab/Aussie/Collie mix, Iverson and couldn’t be more grateful to have heard about the PIM board and train program! I spoke with Christina about my pup’s problem behaviors and our goals moving forward, she assured me it was all obtainable while describing my options of lessons and board and train packages. Ultimately I decided to do a 3 week board and train which covered the basics and a couple advanced commands of our choice.

I am a fur parent to one so as you can imagine, I wanted to make sure Ivy was getting all the tender love and care as he normally does, while still learning how to adapt to a structured routine with training. After just a phone call with Christina, I felt comfortable that she would provide Ivy with the utmost experience, though I was still wanting to meet in person and see her facilities. We scheduled a time to meet and were able to introduce Ivy and Christina, as well as her “nanny” dog, Prince, who she has help assist in a “monkey see, monkey do” format with training.

I was greatly impressed with Christina’s fenced in acreage and board and train kennels that Ivy would be staying in. It was summer time and in the 100s when I sent him, so it was a relief to know the kennels have ac and would be cleaned daily! I could tell after seeing them myself, she makes sure the dogs’ living conditions are well kept!

Prior to our drop off date, Christina emailed a contract with all the information we would need so we felt prepared for drop off. Throughout Ivy’s board and train, Christina was consistently in contact, sending training updates with pictures and videos that assured me of Ivy’s wellbeing and progress! Upon pick up and after watching Ivy’s compilation video, we were shocked at his transformation (check her youtube channel!)

To further explain the problem behaviors that were redirected and goals achieved, here is the list I sent Christina:

Problem Behaviors: (no particular order)
-Doesn't stay in command (breaks a sit, down, heel, doesn't stay in stay)
-Pulls on leash to get to new sniff spot, other person, dog, or wild animal
-Whines when he sees other dogs
-Demand barking for attention, ball or not getting to immediately meet a friend that comes over
-Jumping up on people
-Ignores recall
-Acts on impulses (squirrel or other dog in distance)
-overall gets too worked up to do anything
-stealing toys from other dogs and playing keep away

Goals: (no particular order)
-Leash awareness/walking comfortable at my pace
-100% recall
-relationship of trust
-understand and stay in a heel/heel off leash
-understand a break command as a release
-place command and staying in it until released
-neutral/calm greetings with other people and dogs
-ignoring distractions and main focus on me
-working with an e collar to obtain these goals

Christina was able to introduce Ivy to an “off” command that when paired with an e collar stimulation basically stops all unwanted behaviors such as jumping on guests, running toward squirrels, eating something he shouldn’t. In her facility she was able to work with Ivy around her other board and train clients to assist in Ivy’s socializing skills, and ability to give his focus to the handler vs distractions like other dogs, people, or wild animals.

She warned us that after his training and throughout transitioning back to our care at home, Ivy may try to revert back to his ways and test our boundaries. Christina highly suggested that we continue training and uphold the same boundaries she did to aid in success. It has been a little over 2 months since Ivy’s stay with PIM and we couldn’t be happier with our relationship with him now. We are now able to comfortably walk him on or off leash in busy environments with distractions and solid focus on us. Our lives are changed for the better! Overall, I cannot recommend PIM dog training enough, she is the best! I hope this review gives you the confidence to seriously consider working with Christina!

Brittani Neff

So thankful to have met Christina with paws in motion dog training!

She is a great asset to the community and to dogs in Wilton! She has helped many of our dogs with training and teaching the owners how to have continued success with their pets!

We are so lucky to have her expertise with our rescue dogs! The dogs love her, we love her, and we are so thankful to the successful path she paves for dogs at the rescue!

5 stars all around!

Nicole Woodward

We kept our puppy, Cricket, with PIM for almost a week. We knew our high energy dog would need a little extra energy outlet and attention. She received both. Christina did a great job keeping Cricket busy and happy and keeping us informed so we never wondered or worried.

Noel Gillette

Christina was wonderful with my dogs. One of my dogs developed diarrhea and she cooked him special foods the whole time. Sure took pics of our dogs and sent them each day. They were so well behaved when they came home and on a better schedule too! I highly recommend PIM to care for your dogs. I will use again very soon!!!