Welcome to Understanding Our Dogs LLC!

I am Lena Skov, the owner and operator of Understanding Our Dogs.

I have been working with dogs since 1998. My Danes competed in AKC Obedience, Rally, and Conformation. Throughout the years learned and applied many mainstream methods with variable success. Once I began to read about the science of applied animal behavior and learning theory, I chose to advance my education by enrolling in the Karen Pryor Academy for Animal Training & Behavior (KPA), which is built on decades of scientific research and practical development by behavior analysts, ethologists and event-marker trainers around the world. I am now a KPA Certified Training Partner (CTP).

I offer in-home Dog Training and Behavior Modification available to the greater Charlotte NC area. My services include a wide variety of custom-tailored programs: from puppy kindergarten all the way to teaching advanced skills. I love helping dogs that suffer from undesired behaviors, such as separation anxiety, fear, guarding, aggression, just to name a few. Yes, you have not misread , aggression can be addressed very successfully without force.

I encourage you to read about our training philosophy because of a common misconception that Positive training is equal to Permissive. As a trainer, as well as an owner, I believe in house rules and upholding our dogs to a certain level of expectations. The difference is in which road to take to achieve it. We prefer the one avoiding conflict and coercion - our methods are force-free and science-based. They work equally well on breeds ranging from toy all the way to the misunderstood ones: bullies, Cane Corso, Rotties, Dobies, etc. In fact, they are some of our favorites.

I believe that every dog deserves a chance and every owner deserves a great dog!