Ready for calmer, happier days with your dog?
Does your dog’s behavior make daily life stressful or keep you from enjoying time together? At Ruff to Ready Dog Behavior, we know how overwhelming reactivity, fear, or aggression can feel.
You deserve peace of mind and a happy life with your dog. That’s why Amanda offers compassionate, judgment-free support, creating personalized solutions that truly fit your family.
We use practical, proven techniques that respect your dog’s natural instincts and help you reach your goals – so you can move forward together, one small win at a time.
Are Dog Behavior Challenges Disrupting Your Life?
- Is your dog’s reactivity, fear, or aggression making daily life stressful?
- Do you feel overwhelmed or anxious about walks, visitors, or even relaxing at home?
- Do challenging behaviors steal the joy from your bond with your dog?
You are not alone. Many loving dog owners struggle with behaviors that make simple activities feel impossible and hope for change seem out of reach.
Our solutions use a collaborative, evidence-based approach
At Ruff to Ready Dog Behavior, we believe challenging behaviors are not a sign of bad dogs or bad owners – they’re symptoms with real causes that can be understood and addressed.
Here’s how we help:
- Judgment-Free Guidance:
You and your dog are doing your best. We meet you with compassion and practical solutions—never blame or shame. - Collaborative Plans:
We work as teammates with you, designing strategies that fit your unique situation, resources, and goals. No one-size-fits-all advice. - Root Cause Focus:
Our approach investigates why behaviors happen, not just how to stop them. By addressing core anxiety, fear, or frustration, we create truly lasting change. - Real-Life Solutions:
Using proven, science-based methods, we tailor our help to your daily routines—making behaviors manageable in your real world, not just in theory. - Small Wins, Big Progress:
We celebrate every step forward and adapt as you and your dog grow. One successful walk, one peaceful afternoon, one less worry at a time.
You shouldn’t have to choose between your dog’s happiness and your own peace of mind.
Let us help you and your dog rediscover calm, connection, and confidence – starting today.
What Sets Ruff to Ready Dog Behavior Apart?
Amanda’s Dog Behavior certification & evidence-based approach
Five-category reinforcement system (food, play, praise, exploring, pets)
Collaborative work with veterinarians & professionals
Adheres to Ethical Standards & The Humane Hierarchy
Holistic, species-specific enrichment
Success Stories
Amanda changed our dogs life and ours too! She taught all of us valuable skills and particularly helped us read non verbal signs from our dog. Lizzie was extremely fearful and anxious when we first started and now she is a new dog, we can take her places like Southern Grounds and enjoy our time together. Can’t say enough about how thankful we are to Amanda.
Amanda is great and so patient. We have two rescue dogs from a hoarding situation that have a lot of different anxiety. I really appreciated how much time and care she put into their behavior plan. – customizing it to tailor to our lifestyle, the dogs needs and how they were reacting to the training. She also worked with our vet to help us get them on anxiety medicine. She cares a lot and it definitely shows!
We have two Australian Shepherd littermates, boy and girl, who came into our lives with more energy and intensity than we ever could’ve imagined. Within weeks, it was clear we were in over our heads. They were non-stop: barking, wrecking-ball style wrestling, destructive, impossible to manage. We were told this was “normal Aussie behavior,” and a previous trainer even gave us shock collars and basically told us to brace ourselves.
Then we met Amanda.
Amanda brought experience, empathy, and a smart, clear plan. No gimmicks. No shame. Just a thoughtful, well-structured approach tailored to our dogs and our life. She helped us shift from just surviving to actually enjoying our dogs. The chaos turned into calm. We can now work from home without constant disruption, and our home feels like a place of peace again—something we couldn’t imagine just a few months ago.
These dogs were on a fast track to becoming a lifelong problem. Amanda changed their trajectory—and ours.
If you’re struggling, don’t wait. Amanda at Ruff to Ready is the best decision we made. She is an absolute expert, a professional, and a genuinely kind person who loves our dogs like they are her own.
Then we met Amanda.
Amanda brought experience, empathy, and a smart, clear plan. No gimmicks. No shame. Just a thoughtful, well-structured approach tailored to our dogs and our life. She helped us shift from just surviving to actually enjoying our dogs. The chaos turned into calm. We can now work from home without constant disruption, and our home feels like a place of peace again—something we couldn’t imagine just a few months ago.
These dogs were on a fast track to becoming a lifelong problem. Amanda changed their trajectory—and ours.
If you’re struggling, don’t wait. Amanda at Ruff to Ready is the best decision we made. She is an absolute expert, a professional, and a genuinely kind person who loves our dogs like they are her own.
Amanda at Ruff to Ready is a miracle worker.
My husband and I have two Australian Shepherd siblings—Luna and Loki—who were, frankly, a nightmare when we brought them home as puppies. “High energy” doesn’t begin to cover it. We both work demanding jobs from home and have two busy teenagers, so chaos doesn’t even scratch the surface of what life felt like.
Before finding Amanda, we hired another trainer who handed us shock collars and a series of frankly ridiculous recommendations. Things didn’t improve, and we were even told we might need to re-home one of our dogs because it “realistically wouldn’t get better.”
Then we found Amanda Lunsford of Ruff to Ready. And everything changed.
Amanda is calm, incredibly knowledgeable, and truly cares. She took the time to understand our pups and us as a family. Her methods are smart, positive, and actually work. Thanks to Amanda, our home is peaceful, the dogs are affectionate and (mostly!) well-behaved, and we’re finally enjoying them the way we hoped we would when we brought them home.
Amanda didn’t just train our dogs—she saved our sanity and kept our family together. We are beyond grateful and cannot recommend her highly enough. If you’re at your wits’ end with your pup, call Amanda. You can get to the other side of the chaos—and she’ll get you there.
My husband and I have two Australian Shepherd siblings—Luna and Loki—who were, frankly, a nightmare when we brought them home as puppies. “High energy” doesn’t begin to cover it. We both work demanding jobs from home and have two busy teenagers, so chaos doesn’t even scratch the surface of what life felt like.
Before finding Amanda, we hired another trainer who handed us shock collars and a series of frankly ridiculous recommendations. Things didn’t improve, and we were even told we might need to re-home one of our dogs because it “realistically wouldn’t get better.”
Then we found Amanda Lunsford of Ruff to Ready. And everything changed.
Amanda is calm, incredibly knowledgeable, and truly cares. She took the time to understand our pups and us as a family. Her methods are smart, positive, and actually work. Thanks to Amanda, our home is peaceful, the dogs are affectionate and (mostly!) well-behaved, and we’re finally enjoying them the way we hoped we would when we brought them home.
Amanda didn’t just train our dogs—she saved our sanity and kept our family together. We are beyond grateful and cannot recommend her highly enough. If you’re at your wits’ end with your pup, call Amanda. You can get to the other side of the chaos—and she’ll get you there.
Amanda is extremely knowledgeable on dog behavior and taught me how to read my dog’s body language. I have seen progress in my pup’s behavior already after 1 session. Very friendly and patient too.
We love Amanda!!! We have 5 dogs, all of them old. Some were not behaving very well. We needed help with bark control and listening to commands. Amanda came on board and got us all moving in the right direction. She trains the owners, as well as the dogs, in a positive reinforcement environment. The barking is under control. The pack is listening better than ever. Amanda is the best!!!
Amanda is an amazing animal communicator. She is a trainer, yes, but she is first and foremost a teacher. She is patient, non-judgemental and insightful about the subtle and overt issues that impact my very sensitive dogs world. So grateful for her guidance. The Portuguese Water Dog is Both a brilliant and sensitive working breed. She held me learn his language and work through my issues in being the pet parent he needs me to be.
Amanda helped us so much with our overly protective dog. She is very knowledgeable in her work and definitely works some miracles! I would recommend anyone who needs help with their pup to come see Amanda!
Amanda has a thorough knowledge of the sources of canine reactivity and understands that there are a myriad of dimensions to the discussion. She’s totally positive, and all recommendations are for positive reinforcement, nothing negative!
Amanda saved our dog and our sanity!
Our (then 8 month old) puppy nipped at a neighbor unexpectedly and broke the skin. We were upset, confused and worried about his future.
A friend recommended Amanda to us so we reached out.
We had an initial consult where Amanda observed our dog and his behavior. She immediately picked up on the fact that he was scared/nervous of anything outside of us/our house. Something we never even considered.
Amanda was extremely knowledgeable, patient, explained everything so well and gave us homework to work with our pup, Harry, between appointments. The improvement in him even after just the first two weeks was incredible!
It’s only been a few months but Harry’s behavior is night and day. He was initially terrified of my best friend but now loves when she visits. Harry is going from strength to strength and improving all the time.
We can walk around the neighborhood without him barking at everyone and he doesn’t react at all.
We highly recommend Amanda, and are forever grateful for her help.
Our (then 8 month old) puppy nipped at a neighbor unexpectedly and broke the skin. We were upset, confused and worried about his future.
A friend recommended Amanda to us so we reached out.
We had an initial consult where Amanda observed our dog and his behavior. She immediately picked up on the fact that he was scared/nervous of anything outside of us/our house. Something we never even considered.
Amanda was extremely knowledgeable, patient, explained everything so well and gave us homework to work with our pup, Harry, between appointments. The improvement in him even after just the first two weeks was incredible!
It’s only been a few months but Harry’s behavior is night and day. He was initially terrified of my best friend but now loves when she visits. Harry is going from strength to strength and improving all the time.
We can walk around the neighborhood without him barking at everyone and he doesn’t react at all.
We highly recommend Amanda, and are forever grateful for her help.
Amanda was amazing with our 122 pound American Bully we rescued! He didn’t understand his size, was really rough, hard headed and was starting to make our other dogs feel very insecure. Amanda showed us how to work with him and walked us through each step to establish his new routine. It took two sessions and consistent work on our part and now our boy is doing great and meshing well with our others. It’s been 8 months since our first training session and we still implement the things she has taught us. She was professional, fun, communicated clearly and very knowledgeable. I recommend her to so many people and will continue to do so!
