Our Go Fund Me Page

​Hi guys!

First of all, thank you so much for considering donating to our small business. As you know, small businesses are being hit hard during this Coronavirus Pandemic, especially the service industry.  And we want to just take a minute to recognize that each and every one of your donations makes a HUGE impact for not only our ability to continue providing the services we do, but for our family as well.

The Good Dog is a family business run by Kate and Ellis Gugel. Kate has a B.A. in Psychology with an emphasis in development and learning from Western Washington University. Ellis has a B.S. in Canine Studies with an emphasis in behavior from Bergin University. We are your average Alaskan people with two kids (R&R) and two dogs, "Bill" and "Karen". We are avid outdoorsmen. When we are not running The Good Dog, we spend our hours adventuring and playing in our great state.  

Our goal is to assist our clients to develop the skills required to modify problem behaviors in their dogs by altering their environment as is required for long term success, and to fill the behavioral niche with positive alternatives. We strive to use simple, real-world techniques to empower normal people to live a normal life with a good dog. We address your dog's emotional experience as the underlying motivator for their behavior, and work to empower dogs with alternative healthy coping mechanisms rather than attempting to suppress the problem behavior. We work with handlers to help create an environment that makes calm and rational behavior normal.

Our main service, that which makes up our entire livelihood, is private, in-home training sessions for our clients. We are a mobile service that come to our clients because we have found that is the best way to get great results, as well as make everyone, including the dog, the most comfortable and at peace. Because of the quarantining that we all must be doing right now, we are unable to provide our clients with our normal service, and henceforth, make an income for ourselves.

We are supplementing in-home sessions with virtual ones, and are getting some really great results, but the fact of the matter is, people are scared. Scared to spend their money because heck, they don't know if they will have a job next week either. We are doing all that we can to keep this business operating, but I am worried it won't be enough.

Ellis and I have two small children at home. A 6 year old daughter and a 3 year old son. We don't require much, but every dollar we make in our business goes directly to buying food for our family, covering our mortgage, paying for school supplies for our daughter, etc. 

We have chosen a career path that does not by any means make us rich, but we do it because we want to be able to make positive and effective changes in the lives of our clients, their dogs, and help them find peace and happiness with each other. It is our passion. We care immensely about the well being of our species-symbiotes and want to continue sharing the knowledge they need us to know, to truly help them find peace in this fast changing world. If you are willing to donate to our business, so we can keep providing the service we love doing, know that every dollar will be going to first of all, keeping our business open, and second, to our family.

Thank you so much for your support. May you have health and wellness throughout these trying times!