Providing Simple Dog Behavior Solutions

Educating Owners, Transforming Dogs

Dog Behavior Solutions for Lasting Trust and Confidence

Welcome to Ruff to Ready Dog Training! With years of behavior-focused experience, I, Amanda Lunsford, combine compassion, clarity, and a practical approach to tackle complex dog behavior challenges. Specializing in multi-dog conflicts, aggression, and anxiety, I guide dogs and their families through tailored solutions for lasting improvement. My mission is simple: to help dogs and their families thrive together.

Gray dog with collar and harness looking at their owner

Learn More About Our Services

Why Work With Amanda Lunsford?

As a certified canine behavior consultant, I create tailored, humane behavior plans that deliver real results. What sets me apart is my compassionate, straightforward approach, offering practical, non-judgmental solutions that fit seamlessly into your daily routine—helping you and your dog build a stronger bond.

Amanda is walking her dog Applejack on a busy road. Amanda and Applejack are looking happily towards each other.

Amanda is sitting down during a dog behavior session with a slip leash and a dog who has bitten everyone in the family.

Amanda teaching a defensive handling course at Brewhound

Dog Obedience & Socialization

Dog Behavior Modification

Staff Behavior and Safety Training

Learn How I Can Help Your Family Thrive

Client Reviews

Ruff to Ready Dog Training

5.0

Based on 25 reviews

review us on

Carlene Taylor

11:41 04 Mar 24

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.

Leah Smith

20:51 05 Jan 24

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!

Julie Schuneman

01:40 11 Nov 23

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!

Nicky Grove

16:41 14 Oct 23

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.

Elizabeth Bready

17:54 14 Jul 23

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!

Meet Sunny

Meet Sunny: The Dog Who Taught Me Life-Changing Lessons

Meet Sunny, my dog who taught me invaluable lessons in dog behavior. His journey from anxious to happy and confident is proof that transformation is possible. Through various training techniques and plenty of patience, Sunny learned to trust the world around him and now greets new friends with joy.

Sunny’s journey from the shelter to my house.

Read Sunny’s Full Story Here