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Making Life With Your Dog Easier, Happier, and More Joyful

Positive reinforcement dog training in Medford and throughout Southern Oregon, centered on understanding, connection, and more joy. When life with your dog feels challenging, I can help bring back the joy.

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Let’s get started on a joyful tomorrow with your dog.

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Challenge and entertain your pup with our hand-made toys.

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We Believe in…

PositiveReinforcement

Positive Reinforcement

Everything, including our training methods and treats, is rooted in encouragement, not correction. It’s about building trust, not control.

HighQuality

High-Quality by Design

From training approach to ingredients, nothing is low-grade. Thoughtful methods. Thoughtful sourcing.

BuiltAround

Built Around Joy

Training shouldn’t feel like a chore. Treats shouldn’t feel like filler. Everything is designed to create moments your dog looks forward to.

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Small Groups, Small Batches

Training stays personal. Treats stay handcrafted. No mass production—just intentional care on both sides.

OrganicLocally

Organic & Locally Sourced

What you feed your dog matters as much as how you train them. Clean ingredients, responsibly sourced.

We share our success with dog shelters.

  • We regularly donate treats to local dog shelters because every dog deserves a happy wag.

  • A portion of your purchase will be donated to local and national dog shelters/rescues and canine educational organizations.

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What’s the WAG About?

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Basically, Mariah is never allowed to leave us! We are busy professionals, but we still wanted to add a dog to our busy lives. We travel all the time and want a friendly dog that can do well in lots of busy environments. We not only got lucky with a great puppy but Mariah has taken care of all the puppy training and socialization. We can easily take our dog to a restaurant or our kid’s soccer games, and the dog is well-mannered and chilled out. Mariah helped give us the dog we knew we wanted but didn’t have time to train. But, again, she’s not allowed to leave us. We love her, and our dog is obsessed with her.

— Ginger’s Humans – Ashland, OR

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Mariah did all our puppy training and is now helping us through our boxer’s teens (lord help us!). I thought we were done with training, but when Braxton turned 15 months, I thought I might have to re-home him. He was literally bouncing off the walls, barking at every little sound, and starting to cause issues with my neighbors. We called Mariah back out, and she quickly got us back on track. Thank goodness we now know what our Braxton needs, and I have my sanity back.

— Braxton’s Humans – Phoenix, OR

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A friend referred me to Mariah. WOW! Mariah doesn’t just teach dogs; she’s a great teacher for humans. I knew I had a lot to learn since it had been 20+ years since my last puppy. Mariah came to our house every week with so many fun things for our little Billy to play and learn from. Mariah is so well organized and provided a written training plan that we used each week in our training sessions. She was also reachable between sessions when chewing became a huge issue. I felt like Mariah was with me through the whole puppy time.

— Billy’s Humans- Ashland, OR

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We were feeling overwhelmed with our new puppy but you helped us learn how to develop management tools that immediately changed things for the better. We’re better able to meet our puppy’s needs and in turn we’re seeing much less T-Rex puppy monsters. We can’t thank you enough.

— Angela & Mike

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Mariah is such a great trainer to work with! She is so patient and nice and has so many good ideas to help with our dog! I would recommend her to anyone!

— Gus’s Humans – Colorado

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Thanks to you I don’t have to go running down my street yelling at my dog with him fully ignoring me. It’s been a game changer! Winston now waits at the door like a good boy. My knees, neighbors, dog, and I, all thank you.

— L&P

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I’ve hired other trainers in the past but never felt like I learned anything helpful. This time, I did a lot of research when looking to hire a new trainer. I found Mariah on the Karen Pryor Academy website. What a difference an education makes! She’s the first trainer I’ve met who knows what she’s talking about, and it shows in the way she worked with me and my family and dogs. I highly recommend hiring Mariah for your training needs.

— Central Point, OR

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If you just got a dog, you need to make one call: The Joy of Wagging. Just save yourself the headaches and start off on the right foot. You won’t be sorry. Call Mariah.

— Charlie’s Human – Jacksonville, OR

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I not only learned the basics of training my dog, but after adopting from a rescue, I now feel truly bonded to my new dog. Mariah added so many fun team-building training games, which made the experience so rewarding for both of us. Thank you.

— Peanut’s Human – Ashland, OR

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We adopted our pit mix from the local animal shelter. We were provided with Mariah’s information for training. After doing our best to manage his barking at every living thing outside the house (and sometimes not living things like sticks and leaves), we called The Joy of Wagging. We knew we needed help. Mariah helped us put together a management strategy and training plan that immediately helped improve Hank’s non-stop barking. We have a ways to go, but knowing we rescued a shelter dog who we now know how to train is all thanks to Mariah. I can’t recommend her enough.

— Hank’s Humans – Medford, OR

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