Our story

Brittanie Pivinski is the owner of Happy Hooves Animal Care, she’s had a deep passion for animals ever since childhood. In 2014 Brittanie graduated from the Karen Pryor Academy for animal behavior. She first used her education for dog training and opened Modern Day Dog Training in 2014 based out of Tacoma, Washington. In 2022 Brittanie relocated her dog training business to Queen Creek, Arizona and expanded her services to pigs and farm animals.

Brittanie has seven adopted Pot-Belly Pigs; Nanners, Gypsy, Dave, Sundae, Fern, Arnie, and Mugsy. She has a senior Pit Bull named Quincy, and a Quail named Cadbury. She currently has six foster piglets through AZ Piggy Network, making for 13 house pigs! She enjoys working with pigs both with manners and those with behavior challenges. Brittanie is proud to have a strong background in animal behavior and has experience with horses, sheep, goats, pigs, cows, donkeys, alpacas, and chickens.