About Sit Stay Lex

About

"Founded in 2018, Sit Stay Lex was created to help the dogs of Lexington thrive. Our training focuses on building real relationships, exploring the world through adventure, and cultivating dogs who follow through on obedience – enthusiastically, and because they want to."

The business runs a mobile model rather than a facility: dogs are collected from home and trained out in the world.

Services and pricing

**Mobile Dog Training.** "We pick up your dog right from home and spend the day socializing, exercising, and training them out in the real world – at parks, stores, and on hikes… You don't even need to be there for pick-up or drop-off."

– Full Days (5–8 hours), Mondays — 4-day program plus one private lesson: **$600**

– Half Days (3–4 hours), Fridays — 4-day program: **$400**

– Hour private lesson: **$150** (not required; "Only available to those who completed either package")

**Walk and Trains.** "During each visit, our Trainer Claire Burnham, focuses on leash manners, engagement, impulse control, and other essential obedience skills in your dog's own neighborhood."

– Four Walk and Trains: **$240** ($60 per session)

– Six Walk and Trains: **$324** ($54 per session)

– Thirty-minute private lesson: **$75** (not required; same completion condition)

The site also carries pages on "Placed Service Dogs Teams" and diabetic alert dogs.

The team

– **Maggie Kudla — Owner/head trainer.** "Maggie, who has a bachelor's degree in Human Communicaiton from the University of Kentucky, has been training dogs full time for over nine years."

– **Claire Burnham — Assistant trainer.** "over five years of experience in the pet industry, including three years assisting with dog training programs," with "a Bachelor's degree in Equine Science and Management with a minor in Biology." She runs the Walk and Train program.

– **Abby North — Apprentice Trainer.** Apprenticing under Maggie in the Mobile Dog Training program; "currently expanding her education in training and handling explosive detection dogs."

– **Chasity Hunt — Enrichment coach.** "a certified Family Dog Mediator and Pet Dog Trainer specializing in canine enrichment."