About The Motivated K9

What they offer

The Motivated K9 is a Spanaway-based dog training business serving Pierce and South King counties. Its main service is private one-on-one lessons in the owner's home, with virtual lessons or lessons at the trainer's place as other options. The lessons cover everyday obedience such as coming when called and loose-leash walking, along with aggression, reactivity, fear and shyness, and destructive behavior. It also runs a board and train program, seminars and workshops, and offers in-home boarding.

How they train

The site describes science-based, holistic training that follows the IAABC's LIMA guidelines (least invasive, minimally aversive) and the Humane Hierarchy, starts by understanding why a dog behaves as it does, and looks at health and body mechanics as part of behavior.

About the trainer

Owner Mercedes Moore became a professional trainer in 2011 after certification through Animal Behavior College, earned the CPDT-KA in 2015 and the CBCC-KA in 2017, and has completed the L.E.G.S. Family Dog Mediation course and the Dynamic Dog Practitioner course.