About Trainer Tracee’s

Who they are

Trainer Tracee's Pet Services works out of 129 Maple Avenue in Germantown and publishes its service area as Germantown and Red Hook — one town on each bank, which is a short crossing rather than a long drive. The site says Tracee has been working with all types of animals for over 20 years and professionally training dogs for the last ten. The business takes enquiries for dogs, cats, horses, reptiles and birds, but is explicit that dog training is the specialty.

Pet training

The training page is specific about what it addresses. The named behaviors are aggression, anxiety, excessive barking and destructive chewing — prevention as well as modification. Alongside that sits basic command work, which the site frames in safety terms: a dog that reliably obeys is a dog less likely to get into trouble. The published approach pairs teaching the dog appropriate behaviors with giving the owner guidance, which is what the site means when it says it helps owners avoid the common mistakes.

Pet sitting

The second line of the business is in-home pet sitting, and the reasoning published for it is worth repeating: for some animals a boarding kennel is as stressful as a vet visit, and the site's position is that the pet is better left in the comfort of its own home, with the owner saved the inconvenience of drop-off and pick-up. It is offered for overnight emergencies as well as planned trips.

Pet consultation

A third service is a private phone consultation for owners who have noticed a change in behavior or eating habits and want to talk it through before booking anything in person. The site's framing is that a change is often temporary but the questions are real.

Puppies

New-puppy owners get their own call-out: the site offers a starting training program aimed at setting up the years that follow rather than fixing something that has already gone wrong.

Getting started

There is an information request form on the site that asks for the species of pet and the service type — pet sitting, training or consultation. Contact is by that form, by email, or on 518-567-1496.