Dog Training & Behavior Help - Clarksville TN | Nashville & Knoxville | Lakota's Legacy

Force-free, relationship-based support for anxious, reactive, and aggressive dogs. No e-collars. No force. Just real results through trust and understanding.

At Lakota’s Legacy, I help dogs overcome reactivity, anxiety, aggression, and puppy challenges using positive, science-based methods. As the only CDBC in the Clarksville area, I use Concept Training and the LEGS approach to address root causes and teach lasting life skills.

Veterinarian Recommended — Trusted by local vets for helping dogs with reactivity, anxiety, aggression, and puppy challenges.

What I Help With

  • Puppy & Adolescent Training — manners and life skills, impulse control and overexcitement

  • Life Skills Training — Leash reactivity & lunging

  • Behavior Modification — Dog-to-dog aggression, fear, anxiety & resource guarding

Veterinarian Recommended — Trusted by local vets for helping dogs with reactivity, anxiety, aggression, and puppy challenges.

Why Work With Me?

  • Completely force-free (no e-collars or aversives)

  • Relationship-first approach

  • Focus on understanding your dog’s individual needs

  • Specialized in reactivity & aggression

  • Personalized in-home or virtual sessions

My Approach

I use Concept Training (teaching dogs how to think and make good choices) and the LEGS framework (Learning, Environment, Genetics, Self) to create personalized plans that work for your dog and your family.

Serving Clarksville (including Fort Campbell), Nashville, Knoxville, and virtual clients nationwide.

Ready to Help Your Dog Feel Safer & Happier?

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Read what others had to say!

Max barked & lunged at everything. He also jumped on his new family and nipped them. He would lose it if he saw cars drive by, kids riding bikes, other dogs. His mom had no idea what she got herself into with him, had no idea what to do, but was committed to helping him and not give up on him.

Here we are taking a walk when we came across a German Shepherd barking at him. He would not have been able to make it through this without help and learning new life skills.

No force, no punishment, no harsh corrections, no shock collars. Positive rewards based training and his guardian learning how to understand him, in order to help him when he needs it, acquiring her own set of skills.

Each dog has different needs, quirks, likes,…it is a journey as unique to you and your dog. My goal is to help you understand that dog in front of you so that we can build skills together that make sense to you both, while meeting their own needs and set of circumstances, with out punishment or harsh corrections. This is how we empower our dogs!

Max’s decisions on how to behave came from him, not through force. That’s a beautiful thing.

Max, a young rescue sent to the shelter because he was too hard to handle. He was reactive but also had aggressive behavior that wasn’t disclosed to his new guardian. She was understandably worried about his behavior & couldn’t even take him for a walk. I was his third trainer.

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • Yes! I use rewards based methods steeped in science and are both geeky & fun. My goal is to teach dogs in a kind, ethical way that makes sense to them. Never any force, fear, chokers or e-collars.

  • Yes. I have a deep understanding of canine behavior and causes, and years of experience.

  • Yes. Teaching puppies life skills while they are young, sets them up for success as adults!

  • Understanding your dog through the lens of ethology - Nature And Nurture. It gets to the deep root of your dog’s behavior & practical strategies to help both of you, optimizing the total welfare of your dog.

  • I offer both private online remote sessions nationally, as well as in person in home (local). One on one in the privacy of your own home.