About Our Care

Your dog's happiness and safety are our top priorities. Our care has been thoughtfully designed to minimize stress and maximize comfort through exercise, rest, and enrichment as well as compassionate management of each dog's behavioral needs.

Each dog is provided many daily sessions in our securely fenced quarter acre yard for play, exercise, and elimination and are given run of our home during their sessions for a truly at-home feel. Our play groups are carefully selected for safety and designed to match dogs that thrive together.

Crate/kennel time is loaded with enrichment through food and puzzle toys, owner approved chew items, and calming music psychoacoustically composed specifically for dogs. It is our pleasure to care for your dog.

Beyond's staff are trained in an accurate analysis of dog behavior and humane treatment rooted in positive reinforcement. We have designed our care to safely accommodate dogs of a variety of behavioral needs including dog aggression, resource guarding, nervous/fearful dogs, and dogs with a bite history. We are happy to speak with you about your dog's behavioral needs.

Beyond the Walk is bonded and insured through Business Insurers of the Carolinas. Beyond the Walk LLC is a limited liability corporation.

Beyond's Team

Diane Orenchuk | Beyond's Owner/Operator | Head Trainer/Behavior Evaluator

Diane began her career in retail management and progressed to corporate retail in store operations. Diane holds a Bachelor's Degree in Business Management from the Anisfield School of Business at Ramapo College of NJ. She changed career paths to align with her passion for animals and worked in shelter management for the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA). She earned the certificate of CPDT-KA from the Certification Council for Professional Dog Trainers in 2017. Over her 10 years of experience, Diane has worked with thousands of dogs in a variety of capacities including training, behavior evaluation, behavior modification, owning and operating daycare and boarding, sheltering, and foster/rescue. She has provided training and behavior solutions, evaluations, consulting, and husbandry services to hundreds of dog/client teams and adoptive/foster homes with several rescue groups she consults for.

Diane has experience with fearful/nervous dogs, high arousal behaviors, high drive/energy breeds, resource guarding, aggression, dog-dog issues, and dogs with bite histories as well as developing behavior modification plans and advanced canine skills. Diane's five rescue dogs are a variety of breeds and personalities which she has trained to overcome behavior challenges including resource guarding, fear, dog-dog issues, and aggression. She has trained, and continues to train, her dogs in a variety of skills, hobbies, sports, and working capacities including advanced pet manners, competitive agility, and search and rescue as well as certifying therapy dogs and earning titles in Trick Dog and Canine Good Citizen. Diane volunteers with Creature Comfort Pet Therapy and is a certified AKC evaluator.

Diane's expertise in behavior and training is rooted in the expansive, scientifically documented benefits and effectiveness of reward training. In training and boarding, she uses food and toys to reinforce desirable behaviors. Diane believes in empowering dogs within their comfort level, respecting dogs' communication, and maximizing choice, clarity, freedom, and enrichment. She believes in setting dogs up for success, creating a fulfilled and enriched life for each unique dog, and earning dogs' trust. She works at each dog's pace and bases rewards on their preferences and their humans' goals. Diane passionately seeks modern practices and is dedicated to continuing her education in the canine field.

photographed: Diane's dogs left to right; Ross Girl Bo Riley Pup Kane

DIANE'S DOGS

Larissa | Trainer & Wellness Specialist

Larissa has worked at Beyond the Walk since November 2018. Larissa has hands on experience with dogs of a variety of behaviors and needs as well as pets of other species. Canines are the foundation of her life, both professionally and in her personal life. Outside of work, Larissa enjoys hiking and being outdoors with her family and pups, training her dogs, and making each day the best it can be!

Erin | Trainer & Wellness Specialist

Erin has experience training service dogs, basic skills, reactivity, and aggression. Erin is pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Canine Training and Management at SUNY Cobleskill and is due to graduate in 2023.