About Dog Lady of Forest Grove, Hillsboro & Portland Oregon. LLC

The Dog Lady of Forest Grove

Dog Lady of Forest Grove is the training business of Justine Merrill, based in Forest Grove and serving Hillsboro, Portland, Beaverton, Tigard, McMinnville and nearby towns. Justine credits herself with 30+ years of training dogs and handlers one-on-one and over 1,000 happy clients in the last 25 years, and the business is rated 5 from 122 Google reviews. Her focus is the teenage dog, 6 months and up, and her specialty is camping, beach and mountain manners.

Private lessons

Owners bring a goal list of about five items, such as waiting at doors, polite greetings, staying off the counters, leash manners on errands and a reliable leave it. Packages are three to four lessons of 2.5 hours, one a week, with text support in between, training notes and some equipment, aiming for domestic harmony in three weeks. Some reactivity can be worked with.

Board and Train Camp

One dog at a time lives in Justine's home with her family, dogs and cats for 7 to 14 days of round-the-clock training, starting with a 30-minute meet the dog session and ending with a 2-hour pick-up lesson. Justine also competes in agility.

What to ask

Text your name, your dog's name, a photo and your goals to ask about pricing and availability.