About
The Barkitect
with
Chloe Lorenz
At The Barkitect, we believe good training starts with thoughtful design: of the environment, the plan, and the dog’s everyday life. Our work is rooted in LIMA (Least Intrusive, Minimally Aversive) principles; prioritizing clarity, welfare, and long-term success over shortcuts or force.
Dogs in our care aren’t drilled endlessly or kept in constant work mode. They’re given plenty of downtime, including real couch time, to rest, decompress, and process what they’re learning. Training happens when dogs are regulated, not exhausted.
Our program takes place on a 55-acre farm, where dogs have safe, structured opportunities to move, explore, and simply be dogs. They’ll encounter real-world sights and sounds, including horses and chickens, in a controlled, thoughtful way that supports confidence and learning rather than overwhelm. We are also neighbors with a popular local park, so we have lots of real world opportunities to train around strange people and dogs.
We focus on meeting dogs’ mental and physical needs alongside their training goals; fulfillment and learning are inseparable. When dogs are supported holistically, the behavior we’re building isn’t fragile. It holds up in real life.
About
The Trainer
Chloe Lorenz
Chloe is the founder and head dog trainer at The Barkitect. With over a decade of hands-on experience, her work is rooted in LIMA-based training and a practical understanding of how dogs learn, cope, and thrive in real life.
Her background includes service dog handling, rescue and foster work with hundreds of dogs, and years of professional training for private clients. Across that work, one theme has remained consistent: lasting behavior change comes from thoughtful structure, appropriate fulfillment, and respect for the individual dog.
Over the past year, Chloe has been working independently to refine a training model that integrates learning, rest, enrichment, and real-world exposure. The Barkitect represents the culmination of that work; a holistic approach designed to support both behavior and wellbeing, not just compliance.
Training takes place on a 55-acre farm where dogs have space to move, decompress, and experience everyday sights and sounds, including horses and chickens, in a safe and intentional way. Chloe’s goal is simple: to help dogs succeed in human environments without sacrificing who they are.
"Chloe is brilliant! We brought our 6yo rescue to her after other failed attempts with trainers. It was a the last ditch effort- his biting was getting worse, and I couldn’t leash him.
Chloe was kind, attentive and knowledgeable. She worked with us and made a plan based on us and our dog. Her plan was doable and our dog responded. He gets better every week. He is not only not biting, he walks on a leash and is learning other useful tricks!
Do not hesitate to bring your dogs to her. She is so knowledgeable and practical and truly loves dogs.
Thanks to Chloe we get to enjoy our sweet boy again!!"
-Tami, Jeff's Mom
