About Us

Carey's Purpose: To create confident city dogs.

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Mission: To enrich the quality of life for dogs and support their pet parents through all stages of development, from puppyhood through adolescence and maturity.

 

Vision: Effectively create, support, and implement a customized routine consisting of exercise, feeding, nutrition and obedience training using positive learning and clear communication both verbally and with body language.

 

Promise: We make safety and your pet's well-being our priority. If your pet is ill or injured in our care, we will contact you and seek medical attention for your pet and communicate with

you. We follow the five freedoms of animal welfare.

 

• Freedom from Hunger and Thirst.

• Freedom from Discomfort.

• Freedom from Pain, Injury or Disease.

• Freedom to Express Normal Behavior.

• Freedom from Fear and Distress.

 

About Carey

Think you’re obsessed with puppies? Carey Bolduc raises you by several hundred. Over the years, she’s trained more puppies than most people will ever meet in their lifetime, although she’ll be the first to tell you that cute is the easy part. What actually lights her up is helping dogs with big feelings, bigger worries, and the kind of behavioural patterns that don’t magically disappear with a handful of treats.

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Carey’s specialty is turning overwhelmed, anxious, or reactive dogs into calm, confident city companions through reward-based, modern training. Her approach isn’t trendy, it’s proven. Just ask Luna. Once labelled “untrainable,” bounced between three homes, and written off by other trainers, Luna arrived as a reactive, non-stop barker held together by stress and adrenaline. Carey didn’t see a lost cause; she saw a dog trapped behind her panic. With a tailored blend of enrichment, brain games, structured exercise, confidence building, behaviour modification, and force-free training, Luna transformed into a grounded, affectionate partner. She’s living proof that method matters.

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Carey’s journey started at Olympic Village PetSmart, where she became an Accredited Puppy Trainer and, frankly, put in enough reps to fast-track a decade of experience. From there, she launched her first business—Carey’s Dog Walk and Play, logging countless kilometres with Vancouver’s most “enthusiastic” (reactive) dogs.

 

In 2019, she stepped into the role of Head Trainer and Operations Manager at Bowen Island Dog Ranch, creating and leading customized board-and-train programs for dogs who needed more than the basics.

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But here’s the twist that secretly supercharges Carey’s work: before stepping into the dog world full-time, she was a corporate trainer. She spent years mastering how humans learn, process information, and build new habits—skills she now channels into teaching dog owners in a way that clicks. Calmly. Clearly. Without judgment. Whether you’re a visual learner, a hands-on person, or someone who needs things broken down into simple steps, you’ll feel supported. And yes, she backs it all up with canine-learning science as a certified dognition evaluator.

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After returning to Vancouver in 2022, Carey brought her refreshed vision, and her trademark optimism, to the wave of pandemic puppies entering adolescence with… let’s call it “creative behaviour.” Today, she blends farm life with urban dog training, offering structured board-and-train programs and one-on-one coaching designed to build focus, confidence, and emotional resilience.

Carey isn’t here to “fix” your dog; she’s here to support and guide both of you toward a calmer, more connected life. And she’ll make sure you enjoy the process along the way.

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