About Us

WALK THIS WAY Canine Behavior Therapy provides positive-reinforcement dog training to dogs and their humans throughout New York City. We believe that happy dogs are
better learners and use only modern dog-friendly techniques. Some of our training tools of choice include treats, toys and praise.

Walk This Way opened for business nearly a decade ago, and is owned and operated by Renee Payne. Renee graduated from the Animal Behavior Center of New York, is a Certified Trainer and professional member of the Association of Pet Dog Trainers, and tests dogs for the AKC's Canine Good Citizen program.

Renee has been interviewed by CBS News, Fox News, The NY Times, CNN, Esquire magazine and various other media outlets as a behavior expert.

She evaluates the adoptability of dogs with aggression problems for local shelters and rescue groups, conducts free agility and dog run etiquette seminars at local dog runs, and taught learning-abroad seminars and dog training certification programs to students from Japan for two years.

Renee designed a written and interactive interview process for co-op buildings to evaluate potential canine residents, wrote several articles about dogs and kids for the Nick Jr. Channel's website, and writes a bi-weekly column for the Canada-based The Pet Network website.

Renee has run a dog trainer certification program since 2002, and conducts "How to Meet a Dog" seminars for young children and their families regularly at ArtsCetera in Brooklyn.

You can visit her at Monster Mutt Doggie Daycare in Brooklyn where she serves as the Staff Behavior Counselor.

Walk This Way was voted into the top ten in Citysearch's 2007 Best Pet Services; and we're proud to announce that as of March 2008, we work with The Mayor's Alliance for NYC Animals (click on Monster Mutt) to offer discount group classes to newly adopted NYC shelter dogs.

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