About Proper Pups Dog TraiNERS

My name is Jennifer Markiewicz; I am a happy wife, loving mother and North Linden resident. Making my dreams come true while helping serve my community. I am the proud owner of Proper Pups Dog Training. My whole life I knew I was supposed to be working with animals, so after High School I went to Vet Tech school where I graduated in 2009. Shortly after I graduated from Vet Tech school I completed my dog grooming training and have been practicing as a groomer ever since! While working as a groomer I became very interested in dog training so, I went to school and became a certified dog trainer in 2018. I love grooming and training all for different reasons but with training I love the bond it forms between a dog and their owner. I firmly believe we don’t deserve dogs, and they really are a blessing to life! We are so excited to meet you and get to know your dogs!

My name is Paige, I am a devoted cat mom of 3 fat cats, who probably have more say in my life than I do, and have been happily married since 2021! Growing up we always had dogs which led me to my first job working with dogs. I knew I had found my passion in the animal world and started looking for ways to expand my knowledge and find a way to ensure I could stay working with dogs. In 2018 I started working with a dog trainer and learning as much as I could. Since then I have mentored and learned with many different trainers who all trained with much different approaches. I went on to become an accredited Pet Smart trainer where it is strictly positive reinforcement based training, while I loved learning more there I knew that wasn’t 100% “my style”. I have come to realize every dog is different, with different needs and there is no one-size fits all approach to dogs. This all has led me to today, helping to start Proper Pups which I couldn’t be more excited for!