The Dog Digs

Specialties

Individualized Dog Training Solutions: private dog training in your home and neighborhood to meet basic obedience or behavior modification goals.

Day Training: Let us do the training for you while you’re at work and then teach you how to maintain all your dog’s new behaviors!

Board & Train: Taking a trip? Need to deal with a behavior problem? We can train your dog while you’re away, or even just give you a much-​needed break. We’ll train your dog then have a private lesson with you to show you what your dog has learned and teach you how to maintain it.

In-​Home Boarding: Your dog’s home away from home.

Dog Walking: 1-​hour brisk daily walks in woods and green space by a certified dog walker. Serving Jamaica Plain and within 10 minutes. 3x week minimum.

History

Established in 2012.

The Dog Digs caters to busy dog owners, offering private dog training, day training (having your dog trained while you’re at work), board & train services, in-​home dog boarding, and dog walking.

The Dog Digs, where your dog digs everything we do!

Meet the Business Owner

Shannon K.

Business Owner

Shannon Kole is a Certified Professional Dog Trainer (CPDT-​KA) in Boston, MA and a member of the Association of Professional Dog Trainers (APDT) and the International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants (IAABC). She is a graduate of Gail Fisher’s All Dogs Academy and John Rogerson’s Dog Trainer Course, where she gained valuable hands-​on experience with many different breeds of dogs as well as education on learning theory, ethology, canine body language, training principles, and behavior problems in dogs. She continues her education and training several times a year by attending lectures, working seminars, and industry conferences, and by competing in dog sports with her own dog.

Her background as a qualified actuary gives her a high level of professionalism with clients as well as problem-​solving skills that she is able to apply to her dog training solutions.