Name: Pamela Wyman
History: Pamela Wyman is a Certified Trainer and dogEvolve instructor with 27 years of experience. She is a graduate of the renowned SF/SPCA Academy for Dog Trainers, taught by Jean Donaldson. Pamela also holds a Certificate in Separation Anxiety Treatment, having studied under Separation Anxiety expert, Malena DeMartini.
Training Philosophy: Pamela brings an enthusiastic and creative teaching style to her work which makes training fun, intelligent and successful for dogs and people. Clients find Pamela able to treat seemingly unsolvable behavior issues with innovative techniques. Her areas of interest and expertise are enriching relationships between owners and dogs, and setting up puppies, adolescents and new rescue companions to succeed as furry family members.
Services: Pamela offers in-person training in Durham, NC and virtual training to folks all over the world! Pamela also teaches group classes (Puppy Play and Train & Puppy Relationship Building Fundamentals at Whole Dog Institute in Durham)
Private Training Lessons allow for a customized approach and are offered in-person and also online. We are experts at working with families with new puppies, ongoing behavior issues like fear, aggression or separation anxiety. Our modern, force-free training emphasizes trust and cooperation.
Day and Walk Training are one-on-one sessions with a trainer and your pup. These customized sessions help speed up the training process. Let us “install the software” and then teach you how to operate your dog to get the same great results.
Bringing a puppy home provides a wonderful opportunity to start things off on the right foot. A professional trainer will work with you to get you set up with routines and an overall training and socialization plan. The earlier the better when it comes to puppy training (eight weeks of age is not too early to start)!
As long-time dog professionals with years of formal study, we offer a dog training mentorship to other current and aspiring dog professionals.
Certifications: Certified Trainer (CTC), Certified Separation Anxiety Trainer (CSAT)
Specializations: Separation Anxiety, Puppy Training, General Obedience, Leash Reactivity
Training Methods: Modern, force-free training, reward-based training
Customer Reviews:
- Tessie M.
March 2020
Yelp 5-star Review
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Pamela is the Mary Poppins of dog trainers! I honestly wouldn’t have been able to keep my newly adopted puppy if it hadn’t been for Pamela’s expertise and guidance. Oh, and she’s good with humans too!”
– Helen G. - Margaret Dedloff
Our experience with Pamela was simply the best. We were at our wits end with our dog and thought we wouldn’t be able to keep him due to bad separation anxiety. With no idea where to turn to, we reached out to Pamela. She completely changed our pup’s life and our lives as well. Our dog went from not being able to be left alone for even 30 seconds to being comfortable and calm when we left him. Pamela is kind and patient and always happy to answer any questions we had. She is so knowledgeable and more than happy to share that knowledge with dog owners. She gave us the skills we needed to continue working with our dog and help him recover. We truly cannot recommend her more. - Alex Hsu
Positive: Professionalism, Quality, Reliability, Responsiveness
Pamela is truly a godsend as a new puppy owner. She has a rare talent for communicating what the puppy needs, why, and what I need to do to forge a healthy, respectful, and loving relationship with our newest family member.
She has made the learning process easy, fun, and not at all frustrating. She has a wealth of knowledge, and she never makes me feel silly for asking silly questions.
I’ve learned so much already from her, and even though it’s all been through Zoom, I feel confident that my dog and my family will have a long and healthy relationship. - Sara Smith
Pamela has been wonderful! She has helped our family by giving us concrete suggestions and tips we could implement right away. We started virtually, and next had a very successful socially distanced in- person session with our pup in our backyard. The sessions with Pamela have had an immediate impact on our puppy’s behavior. She’s also great with kids, making sure they understand what to do while also making puppy training fun for them. The progress we’ve made with our pup has been exciting and rewarding! We are much happier, less frustrated, and have a better relationship with our puppy because of her help. Thank you, Pamela!! - Tessie M. Oakland
If you’re looking into booking a training session with DogEvolve but are hesitant about doing it remotely (the shelter in place/coronavirus are currently not allowing for in-person trainings), I can confidently say it is so worth it!
We scheduled a session with Pamela for our new 6 month old puppy, Murphy. Since we are new puppy parents, we wanted to make sure to start Murphy out on the best foot and learn the do’s and don’ts of training a puppy his age. In the 1.5 hours we spent with Pamela, we learned so much more than we ever could have learned on our own! She answered every single question we had in immense detail, even getting into the psychology of a puppy Murphy’s age and what he would best respond to. She also had us practice some general training exercises while she watched and gave us feedback/tips. For some of the tips she gave that needed a demo, she was able to use her pup at home to show us how to do it. - TEAM BOWIE
Durham, NC
Our experience with Pamela was simply the best. We were at our wits’ end with our dog and thought we wouldn’t be able to keep him due to bad separation anxiety. With no idea where to turn, we reached out to Pamela. She completely changed our pup’s life and our lives as well. Our dog went from not being able to be left alone for even 30 seconds to being comfortable and calm when we left him
Pamela is kind and patient and always happy to answer any questions we had. She is so knowledgeable and more than happy to share that knowledge with dog owners. She gave us the skills we needed to continue working with our dog and help him recover. We truly cannot recommend her more. - TEAM BALTHAZAR
London, England
We can now leave our beloved pup home alone to go to work, do errands or enjoy time out with friends. It has been an absolute game changer and we were losing hope!
I was a little nervous about the cost, but I did some calculations. We had to regularly use dog sitters or daycare, costing between $35-$50 per visit. Short errands even required dog sitters or doggie daycare drop-offs, as my dog would wreak havoc in the house, disturb neighbors and possibly damage the house. I figured out in one year, we would spent far less if we just worked with Pamela for a few months. - TEAM LITTLE DIPPER
Hillsborough, NC
Pamela is a life saver. Not only is she experienced and skilled with separation anxiety training (a pretty complex endeavor), she’s also incredibly encouraging and compassionate. It’s been so heartening to see my dog make progress with her ability to tolerate alone time. I highly recommend Pamela!! - TEAM HAMILTON
Berkeley, CA
Pamela has been a godsend for my family. She came into our lives at a time when we thought our 1-year-old dog’s separation anxiety was untreatable. She gave us hope, she helped us create a solid training plan, and after several months of solid work, our lives are completely different. Our dog has made such huge strides. We’ve gone from being unable to leave him for more than 2 minutes, to being able to leave him—completely at peace!—for over 3 hours.
Pamela’s plan really worked. We are forever indebted to her, and we cannot recommend her highly enough for all training purposes (she also helped us with leash reactivity), but ESPECIALLY for separation anxiety! Thank you, Pamela!!!
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