About Soul Mutt Training

Soul Mutt Training is Laura's Asheville-based practice, and its own footer publishes the contact town plainly as Asheville, NC. The published catchment is Western North Carolina including Asheville, Black Mountain, Swannanoa, Weaverville, Arden and Fairview.

Credentials, stated by the business

The about page lists them in order: Certified Trainer, KPA-CTP; Certified Service Dog Trainer through Atlas Assistance Dogs; Certified Volunteer Team Facilitator with Atlas Assistance Dogs; and Certified AKC Canine Good Citizen Evaluator. Laura's own account says the Karen Pryor Academy credential came out of an interest in current practice, and that service dog training followed from study under Atlas Assistance Dogs.

Service dog work

This is the part of the business that is most specific. Owners who want to train their own service dog are walked through the route: the dog must be at least fourteen months old and have passed the AKC Canine Good Citizen test before applying with Atlas. Laura is certified to run the CGC evaluation herself.

Everyday training

Alongside that, the site sells early proactive puppy training and private work with adult dogs. Client accounts published on the page describe leash pulling resolved in an older dog, reading stress signals before a situation escalates, and structured training for a young German Shepherd. A Karen Pryor Academy instructor is quoted on the page about Laura's application of KPA standards.