Educating you to help your dog to become a true family member.
Customized, proven, humane, and effective dog training in the Abingdon, VA area.
Uncommonly Good Dogs
Uncommonly Good Dogs is committed to strengthening the connection and harmony between dogs and their owners.
Science based, force free training methods that
bring balance into your relationship with your dog.
Training That Works for Real Life
Behavior Modification
For dogs with anxiety, reactivity, lack of confidence, or specific fears.
Public Access Service Dog Training
Task-trained service dog preparation for individuals with a qualifying disability or disorder. Includes training for ADA Service Dog laws and how to navigate public spaces.
Therapy & Social Work Preparation
Groundwork training for therapy or social work professionals and therapy dog training to support therapists in their practices.
Everyday Manners & Lifestyle Behavior
Leash walking, greetings, impulse control,
and household rules. What to train first.
Hint: it's not sit and stay.
Scent & Nose Work
Enrichment-based training that engages your dog's natural instincts. Scent work calms your dog, builds confidence, and strengthens your bond.
MEET YOUR INSTRUCTOR
Fran has spent over 40 years working with dogs,
from competition rings to rescue groups to service dogS programs.
She uses the latest science-based, force-free methods.
- AKC Canine Good Citizen Evaluator since 2005
- Former Trainer & Training Manager — Freedom Service Dogs of America, Denver, CO - (2009–2019)
- transformS shelter dogs into life changing ADA COMPLIANT SERVICE ANIMALS.
- Former Head Trainer — Creating Forever Dogs, Littleton, CO
- Trained her own search and rescue dog with the Carroll County RESCUE TEAM (Arkansas)
- Competed in AKC Events and in the Women’s Professional Rodeo AssOc. with her own dogs and horses she trained, from the 1980’s thru early 2000’s
- Ongoing consultant for rescue groups and trainers in the Denver Metro area
