About Heel Stay Play LLC

About

Heel Stay Play is an in-home obedience training business serving Oldham County and Louisville. Its

mission statement is the whole model: "Many families struggle to have a peaceful, balanced life with

their dog. By teaching obedience techniques to dogs and their owners, at Heel Stay Play, we help

families live a more happy and structured life together. Through this, we offer in home training

around your schedule, giving you and your dog an individualized service."

Training techniques "incorporate love, praise, and positive reinforcement."

The case for training at home is made explicitly: "We will take advantage of being able to train at

your home and in your neighborhood, exposing your dog to the distractions they see regularly."

The team

**Juli Oliner** — Owner, Certified Dog Trainer and Canine Behaviorist. She has worked with animals for

over 16 years, graduated from Murray State University in 2006 with a BSc in Business, and earned her

Dog Training Certification through Penn Foster Career School in 2018.

**Brittany Mitchell** — Dog Trainer and Canine Nutritionist. Training professionally since 2007, she

competes in obedience, rally, agility and coursing, volunteers for local rescues, and "brings a

holistic approach to her training by developing exercise and nutrition plans to go along with weekly

homework." She is working toward a Canine Nutrition Certificate through the Companion Animals Science

Institute.

**Kaity Mullen** — Dog Trainer, with a background rescuing and rehabilitating dogs, working with

puppies through to adult dogs with separation anxiety and reactivity.

**Nick Gabis** — the business's dog boarder.

Packages and prices

– **Puppy 101** — $500. For puppies 10 weeks to 5 months. A 4-week course, one hour a week in your

home, covering puppy communication, socialization, nutrition, stopping unwanted puppy behavior and

recall. Expected outcomes are increased socialization, improved crate training and proficiency in

basic puppy commands.

– **Basic Obedience Training** — $750. For dogs 5 months and older. A 6-week course, one hour a week

in your home, teaching watch me, heel, sit, down, stay, come, place and stand, plus jumping, leash

pulling and distraction work. "With your daily practice, it is possible for your dog to perform some

exercises off-leash by the conclusion of this class."

– **Behavior Modification Training** — $1,000. A 6-week course of 1.5-hour weekly lessons held both at

home and "at local, dog-friendly places (e.g., Lowe's, Tractor Supply, Feeder Supply, neighborhood

parks)," aimed at aggression toward people or other dogs and at barking and lunging on walks.

– **Single Day 1 Hour Training** — $150, to address one or two specific behaviors.

The services page also states the business will teach owners about "your rights and responsibilities

as a dog owner in your town and in Oldham County."