ABOUT THE HAUS
Dedicated to Transforming Lives—One Dog at a Time
"Hi, I'm Mimi, and this is my haus. My mission is to bridge the communication gap between you and your pup. I'll do all the heavy lifting, from managing adolescent behavior challenges to rehabilitating rescues, providing a safe daycare and home-away-from-home for boarding, I do it right. I offer the structured, loving guidance you and your dog needs to succeed. When I'm the only handler, responsible for all the dogs, my business and home, please trust me that I'm going to do it right, and with all safety protocols in place to protect everyone involved. I'm licensed, insured and a seasoned professional.
SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
Mimi is a seasoned and certified dog trainer and dog behaviour specialist, getting her obedience certification from Master Trainer Tony Parker and Animal Emotions from Dr Karolina Westlund, Ph.D, a professor of ethology at the University of Stockholm, Sweden. She is currently studying Trauma Informed Care. She has spent over 2 decades running her 'members only' dog daycare solo, with up to 25 dogs daily, and most of them started their daycare as puppies, so she easily qualifies as a professional Dog Trainer.
Reading list;
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Inside of a Dog by Alexandra Horozitz
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The Dog's Mind by Bruce Fogle
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The Ethical Dog Trainer by Jim Barry
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Your Dog is Your Mirror by Kevin Behan
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Cesar's Way, Be the Pack Leader & Dog Whisperer by Cesar Millan
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Mother Knows Best by Carol Lea Benjamin
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It's not the Dog, It's the People! by Nicole Wilde
P.S.
For an interesting Podcast (@hubermanlab) by Andrew Huberman, Ph.D., a neuroscientist and tenured professor in the department of neurobiology of ophthalmology, and also of psychiatry and behavioural sciences at Stanford School of Medicine, gives us an intensive interview with my professor, Karolina Westlund, Ph.D on Animal Behaviour sciences (www.illis.se), where they discuss dogs quite extensively. This is a very interesting and enlightening interview, well worth the watch for any dog lover. Here is the link;
https://youtu.be/6ck9fa6_C8c?si=FAIqbDwqj-6D7_kY
Here is another new Podcast (@hubermanlab) by Andrew Huberman, Ph.D. In this podcast he interviews Cesar Millan, a world-renowned dog behavior expert. Huberman introduces the show like this; "We discuss how to adjust your energy and behavior to ensure your dog is calm and happy and always follows your lead. Cesar shares specific tools for: returning home to your dog each day, structuring their walks, and eliminating aggressive behaviors and anxiety. We discuss how to determine if your dog is front, middle, or back of the pack order—a hardwired feature that determines much of their needs and personality. And we explore how human-human interactions are based on balances in energy, too. Both dog owners and non-owners will gain extremely valuable insights and tools from this episode".
https://youtu.be/n_qKxNcMvtM?si=AvfCEhVY6CF4SwdM
MEET MIMI
21+ YEARS
HANDS-ON
Insured & Licensed
PET FIRST AID
CERTIFIED
ESTABLISHED 2005
Mimi Jacobson,
C.P.D.T/A.B.C
Get ready for an exciting journey with Mimi!
Growing up in Sweden, her siblings all had a dog each. 2 toy poodles and a Yellow Lab. Moving to Canada in 79' and bringing their family pack with them, they added to that pack when living up in the Okanagan. Mimi was also a equine enthusiast and started riding English at the age of 9 and fell in love with western riding when moving to the Okanagan.
When single motherhood became a way of life, she needed to adjust her life to better raise her two daughters, so she went to business school and developed a home based dog daycare when the industry was new and exciting.
Now with over twenty years of experience working with a pack of dogs along side raising her two daughters, she has truly seen it all — from disobedient children and dogs, the energetic child or puppy who can't sit still to the shy rescue dog who's learning to trust again.
In 2005, she opened her doggy daycare, a dream come true, where there were no kennels, no crates, and no separation! Here, the puppies thrived in a small and loving group of dogs,a pack in a supervised environment, with pups growing into confident and well-mannered pack members, all under Mimi's care.
She really knows puppies, so it truly is her specialty. She spent over 2 decades operating her dog daycare solo, with up to 25 dogs daily. Most of them started their doggy daycare days as puppies, so she knows her stuff.
Then came Pet First Aid in 2007, and PackLeader Academy in 2011, after certifying in Novice Puppy Obedience from now retired Master Trainer and Behaviourist,Tony Parker. By 2018, she was certified in 'Animal Emotions' from Karolina Westlund Ph.D, a professor of ethology at the University of Stockholm, Sweden, at her online academy www.illis.se.
Now, as she approaches semi-retirement, Mimi is studying for her 'Trauma Informed Care' certification, to better assist her rehabilitation of rescues as she plans on focusing more on training in her semi retirement.
She is also thrilled to launch her latest venture, rebranding her skillset into 'The PupHaus', where she restructured her training and now specializes in training only puppies, adolescents, rescues, and their owners.
Her new program for reactive dogs under 1.5 years old, is designed so you drop the dog off for day training alongside the daycare pack for 12 sessions. Working to desensitize reactive dogs in distance training with mild distractions.
Check my Behaviour Modification page for 'The calm Control Program' for more information on this unique program. (This is not for dog/human aggressive dogs who have no social skills)
When you book daycare, boarding, puppy training, or private sessions, you'll have the joy of working directly with Mimi — every puppy knows her by name, and so will you! She might growl... but she won't bite.
ESTABLISHED 2011
What we believe.
Dogs belong in a Pack
Structured play, real friendships and clear leadership are the foundation of every balanced dog. Even the pack knows how to give direction. It's the best!
Calm beats chaos.
We never warehouse dogs. Every visit is supervised, structured and intentional. Unless you are picking up, then wow... earplugs please!
Owners are the secret.
Lasting change happens when you and your dog learn together. That's why we work with both ends of the leash. And humans are the hardest to train!
Inside the Haus.
A home built around dogs — not around revenue