We help tails wag and hearts connect with fun training!

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Hi, I’m Sara,

With over 30 years of experience working as a practicing Veterinary Technician, Dog Trainer with Behavioral Modification, and volunteering with animal rescue groups, my life has given me the opportunity and experience to successfully train dogs in many environments including:

  • Shelters

  • Non profit rescue groups

  • Fostering animals from rescue groups

  • Private & group In-person dog training

  • Private & group virtual dog training

These experiences have given me the skills and resources to help with many behavioral issues including:

  • reactivity

  • resource guarding

  • fearfulness

  • and all the basic puppy training too!

 Educational Achievements:

  • Catch Dog Training Academy

  • Fear Free Certified

  • Zenality Yoga School

  • Practicing Veterinary Technician, as well as the owner and main trainer at Barkasana.

Check out our YouTube for more information about us and our training 🐾

Cute Photo Alert!

As per requested, more photos of fostering, training, my crew, and overall fun outdoor life… Enjoy!

We helped transport puppies, foster kittens, volunteered at rescue, attended dog friendly events, and of course lots of hiking, sunny hammock reading, & enjoying life with my pups ❤️

Sara the main trainer and owner of Barkasana Dog Training and Yoga Classes is outside smiling getting ready to train dogs with virtual dog training with Barkasana
Border Collie named Doja resting calming in public in a hammock in the PNW with the help from virtual dog training with Barkasana
A dachshund named Gandalf not eating food on the ground. Has a good Leave It cue thanks to virtual dog training with Barkasana. PNW camping with dogs
Sara the main trainer and owner of Barkasana Dog Training and Yoga Classes is outside smiling getting ready to train dogs with virtual dog training with Barkasana
Sara the main trainer and owner of Barkasana Dog Training and Yoga Classes is outside smiling getting ready to train dogs with virtual dog training with Barkasana and transport rescue puppies
Sara the main trainer and owner of Barkasana Dog Training and Yoga Classes is outside smiling getting ready to train dogs with virtual dog training with Barkasana at the beach
A dachshund named Gandalf and Border Collie named Doja chanterelle mushroom hunting in the PNW thanks to virtual dog training with Barkasana
Sara the main trainer and owner of Barkasana Dog Training and Yoga Classes is outside smiling getting ready to train dogs with virtual dog training with Barkasana on a walk in PNW
A dachshund named Gandalf reading Shakespeare to a kitten. virtual dog training with Barkasana can help dogs and cats get along
Sara the main trainer and owner of Barkasana Dog Training and Yoga Classes is outside smiling getting ready to train dogs with virtual dog training with Barkasana while at a dog rescue
A Gandalf the dachshund and Bhagwan the Chihuahua at a live dog sporting baseball event. Calm dogs in public thanks to virtual dog training with Barkasana
Sara the main trainer and owner of Barkasana Dog Training and Yoga Classes is outside smiling getting ready to train dogs with virtual dog training with Barkasana with Doja the Border Collie
Two tabby cats on a soft fabric surface, one licking the other. Fosters with virtual dog training with Barkasana
Sara the main trainer and owner of Barkasana Dog Training is snowboarding getting ready to train dogs with virtual dog training with Barkasana with a border collie
Sara the main trainer and owner of Barkasana Dog Training hiking with 3 dogs and getting ready to train dogs with virtual dog training with Barkasana. Gandalf the dachshund and Bhagwan the Chihuahua and Hippo the Pitty
Sara the main trainer and owner of Barkasana Dog Training tubing at lake with a dog named Bhagwan the Chihuahua and getting ready to train dogs with virtual dog training with Barkasana.

Meet My Crew

I’m Gandalf,

I’m about to be your best friend and you don’t even know it yet! I love everyone and everything with all my heart and will be your main puppy instructor. I really really really like to eat yummy human food, chase squirrels, and roll in stinky stuff, so we get to work on this cue called Leave It all the time. Don’t worry! I’ll show you in a video! I’m pretty good at it but sometimes I can’t help myself!!!

A dachshund named Gandalf with a bow tie, at a Shakespeare outdoor event, with a stage, audience, and trees in the background, being calm thanks to virtual dog training with Barkasana
Gandalf the dachshund fostering and taking care of bottle fed kittens with the help from virtual dog training with Barkasana.
2 dogs, Gandalf the dachshund and Doja the Border Collie enjoying a rainbow in the PNW thanks to virtual dog training with Barkasana
3 dogs at a brewery sleeping. Gandalf the dachshund and Bhagwan the Chihuahua and Hippo the Pity all calm at a restaurant with the help from virtual dog training with Barkasana
Gandalf the dachshund fostering and taking care of bottle fed kittens with the help from virtual dog training with Barkasana.
A dachshund named Gandalf, a dog not eating food on the ground. Has a good Leave It cue thanks to virtual dog training with Barkasana. PNW camping with dogs
A dachshund named Gandalf, a dog off leash with recall at a park in the PNW, thanks to all the training with virtual dog training with Barkasana
A dachshund named Gandalf and Doja the Border Collie, 2 dogs not eating food on the ground. Has a good Leave It cue thanks to virtual dog training with Barkasana. PNW camping with dogs
A dachshund named Gandalf letting the human know Ted Bundy the Dachshund is having a seizure and needs his medication thanks to virtual dog training with Barkasana.