Shel Graves Animal Consulting
Expertise, support, and encouragement to help you do your best for the animals in your care.
In-Home Private Dog Day Training
Dog and Cat Behavior Help, Consulting
Animal Chaplaincy, Grief and Loss Support
Based in Everett, Washington: In-person in Snohomish County, King County
Virtual Consults Available
At Shel Graves Animal Consulting, we want all animals (including humans!) to feel relaxed, confident, playful, and safe together. We use positive reinforcement training and reward the behaviors we want more of (and get fewer difficult and stressful ones–hurrah!). We resolve troublesome behaviors such as barking, jumping, snapping, and nipping. We help fearful animals participate in family life and their care at home and at the vet’s office. We have a special heart for rescue animals and senior dogs and cats. We can be the trainer and chaplain part of your animal's hospice and palliative care team. With compassionate listening and practical advice, we offer animal-centered spiritual care for grief, loss, and trauma support for animals and humans.
We provide:
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training for happiness
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behavior consulting to support you
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animal chaplaincy to offer compassion
Shel Graves
Certified, Experienced, Ordained
Shel Graves, Academy for Dog Trainers CTC; UW-AAB, Applied Animal Behavior; Fear Free Certified Trainer, Speaker, and Coach, has seven years of shelter and rescue experience working with traumatized animals and working to strengthen the human-animal bond. She is a dog trainer, animal behaviorist, and animal chaplain.
HOW IT WORKS
Whether you are interested in training for happiness to set up a new dog in your home, support to help with a troublesome dog or cat behavior and build a better life with your friend, animal chaplaincy for compassion at end-of-life, or if you are unsure what you need:
1. Start Here: Initial Consult
All services start with an initial consult via a phone or Zoom call. You receive: practical tips for immediate relief, a custom training and behavior plan, vetted resources specific to your needs, qualified referrals if necessary, and a compassionate discussion of your experience.​
2. Begin a Support Plan
After the initial consult, book a support plan to receive ongoing help including email support and access to office hours. We'll schedule your first in-home visit or a virtual consult to discuss your needs in detail.
3. Choose a Four-Week
Dog Day Training Package
Choose a dog day training package or Shel Graves Animal Consulting will recommend a customized package for private training lessons or virtual consults. The fees from the initial consult and support plan will be applied to any package.
Get tips for immediate relief, a behavior plan, and vetted resources.
30 min
100 US dollars
Services
Our Clients Say
"Shel is patient, understanding, and incredibly knowledgeable in animal behaviors. Our experience was transformative!"
Karyn M.
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