I called on Ellis because my two small boy dogs were peeing all over the house…read more Ellis offered information on how my dogs interacted with each other and insight in to ways to change the dynamics of the household. His presence alone made a huge difference in the dogs. Ellis gave me the skills to address the peeing as well as other behavior concerns. He has been a huge help!

From the owner: Dog training, service dog training, obedience training, rehabilitation. Canine Psychological…read moreConsulting works privately with you to create effective positive training solutions for you and your dog.

I can't say thank you enough to Til Valhalla Working K9's! We are very overprotective of our dogs,…read morebut when we had to go out of town & didn't know who to call for help, we connected with Til Valhalla Working K9's. Our Aussie had never been away from us so leaving him was tough for him & us. Jaymie & her family were so wonderful with helping him get settled & feel comfortable & confident. They included training techniques with him that I didn't realize he'd been missing. Now we drop him off there every once in a while for a day away & he loves it!

I remember coming home crying because walking the dogs had been so stressful. Every time we saw…read moreanother dog or person they would pull and throw a temper tantrum. I told my husband that we needed to do something very soon! Luckily I found Karen online and she came out for a free consultation. The very first day our dogs came home we were amazed at the progress they had made. Now we have graduated and our relationship with Finnick and Windu is so much better. We enjoy walking and hiking with our dogs again! I can not thank Karen enough!

My Yoshi loves it here! Wish the prices were a bit lower. Sandra is wonderful! I will be coming…read moremore often when things settle in. I have shopped different and this is the best!

Howl-A-Day Inn is fabulous! Our dog is a rather ornery toddler-type with separation anxiety. She…read moredislikes most people and other canines. She isn't the least bit interested in boarding at a place where people/dogs want to befriend her. She wants her space, her meals, and for people to not touch her bed. After a trial day at a different facility where the staff walked into our pup's kennel and didn't get the friendly tail wag they expected, we called around to a few other places. No one was interested in getting to know our fur baby. Then, we called Howl-A-Day Inn. I explained our situation to Trish - we were in dire need of traveling to see my terminally ill mother-in-law and needed a safe, clean, comfortable place for Omar while we were away. Trish told me about her extensive history with dogs, and how she doesn't try to make friends with the dogs in her care but respects them and their need for space. I was hesitant and fast running out of options. So, we did a trial 8-hour day. It went great! Omar had plenty of space, a clean kennel, and wasn't overwhelmed with someone trying to buddy up to her. She was fed, got outdoor time, and while she was eager to come home when we picked her up, I was the only one in near (happy) tears. What was supposed to be a 1-week stay for Omar turned into 2-weeks when we lost both my husband's parents within days of each other. Trish allowed Omar to extend her stay at Howl-A-Day Inn, eliminating our stress and worry about what to do for dog care. We are so grateful for the quality service Trish provides! Whenever we have to travel, we know Omar is in great hands!

We took our young German Shepherd here for two weeks of boarding and some training. She was eight…read moremonths old. The owner put her in an ecollar and when we went to visit and check her progress she was thin and had picked up lice. She was terrified. She was supposed to stay longer but I was crying when we left without her and I told my husband to turn around and we went back and took her home. That was when we found the lice. I was devastated that we had unwittingly put our young dog in this situation. This was several years ago but... Beware!

Very kind, positive people! The training is mainly clicker based with a lot of positive…read morereinforcement. These guys really care about the doggos, you can tell! Highly recommend for those looking to create a better bond with your puppy and teach them some cool tricks :)

The Better Companion is a great place for doggy daycare and for play dates. They have a comfortable…read moreindoors play area and large fenced in area for outdoors play time. Afford and the leaders are great with the dogs. My family's dogs have come to TBC since they were 10 weeks old and can guarantee they are great with other dogs and people (especially kids!) because of the great people at TBC. I have not taken part in the training but there are awards covering the every wall. Has to be a sign of success. ;)

5 stars First things first…read moreI truly wish that I could offer Atlas Working K9s a Thousand gold Stars If you're reading this review it will be long! So, if you're wondering if a Board and Train is worth it. Do yourself a favor and call. Because, if your looking you know you need it! Back to my review, 5 months ago I started looking into a dog trainer for our out of control doodle, yes, totally out of control. So, my husband decides that we should look into a Board & Train program. We're thinking they take our doodle for a couple of weeks then we would have a perfectly trained,obedient, relaxed family pet. Right? Our journey is starting. Called several trainers with either no answer, no call backs, or we don't do B&T any longer or if they do, it's raw food or 100% treat based ( who wants to walk around all day with raw food in their pocket!). (Gross) or the dog must work for his food. We just want our family dog to listen. Was this really going to be this hard to find a trainer? Atlas Working k9s answered the phone and I start with my questions. Annabelle stated that she is a play based trainer ( that was new). We connected over her philosophy on dog training! Yes, finally! ( a sigh of relief) I passed all this new, and exciting information on to my husband. Here comes his list of demands! How much, location, needs to visit facility, list of references, time frame and guarantee!! The usual list of demands from a finance business man! Annabelle, graciously set up a tour, gave us references, a date and time and a price. My husband is tossing all this information around while on a business trip. A week has passed and no decision has been made until I take our, out of control dog, to the dog park!! Bad idea! Let's say I had no control over my dog. I'm running after the dog yelling for him to come to me. He's just running a muck(please tell me I'm not the only person to do this) and I'm yelling and running around like an idiot!!! I called Annabelle the minute I reached home. I'm crying, filled with frustration ready to kill the dog! She gave me some hope! I paid for the Board and Train. I dropped him off a few days later and wished her luck and left! I have to admit life without Winston was nice! However, my family missed him dearly Annabelle sent text and video updates. We FaceTimed a few of his lessons and kept up with him on social media. Winston even made his debut on Facebook for Atlas Working K9s! So proud of you! Week 5 arrived and Annabelle called and wanted to extend Winston's training ( we have a special needs daughter) to work on a few issues pertaining to our families needs. Annabelle put the needs of my family first. Plus, she didn't charge us any extra money for the additional 3 weeks of training! ( who does that?)After 8 weeks we're finally on our way to bring our puppy home! Yay! Annabelle sits us down to start our going home lesson. She taught us how to effectively communicate and to understand his limitations, how to use our new tools, gave us guidelines, a routine and most importantly how to play! Yes, how to play with our puppy! Amazing information! I won't give out any secrets! We refer to our take home folder as Winston's Bible, no joke! I was so worried. Will this play based training really work? Will he remember us after being gone for 8 weeks? After a while Annabelle released our boy and we are greeted with kisses, excitement, jumping into our arms, he was whining and we all had tears of joy running down our faces! It's was pure happiness! Then the real work began when we returned home! We have a very strict schedule with Winston. He goes for a walk 3-6 miles depending on weather everyday. He sits at cross walks and driveways waits for a release word, stays close on main roads. Works on commands the last part of his walk is play and sniffing. We play fetch at the ball park ( his favorite) tug several times a day. He has time on his bed when meal are being prepared, scheduled meal times, outing and goes to work with Dad. We also have greeting rules posted on our front door, is it a lot? Yes, it is absolutely it is totally worth it!! We practice every command every day with our tools. It's getting easier but our Winston is a meatball! I'm sure Annabelle will share some stories of Winston the doodle who wants full credit for half the work! At the end of the day if you want a guarantee you need to do the work with your dog! Annabelle set the foundation for us and gave us the guidelines to follow for an amazing family dog!!! Just a little information - Atlas Working K9s is our trainer for the life for our dog, plus she offers pack socials,always has time for a behavioral question, classes and outing! She never mentions all the little extra things she does for her Board and Train clients! Do the math people it's definitely worth it. This is really a calling for her not a job! From a happy pet owner, John and Annette

I do not recommend Atlas Working K9's! She sent me 2 cease & desist letters & lied about a…read moresettlement when it came to this review. Yelp has now placed a consumer alert on Atlas Working K9 for misusing the legal system. I have video, screenshots, audio recording, & multiple witnesses to validate my review. She also keeps flagging my pictures in hopes to remove my review. Then you have her ex fiancé Mike Milsap & business partners Courtney Odem's husband (who lives in Texas) commenting on here to give her a higher star rating. She also reviewed herself for a higher star rating which was removed. Annabelle is a huge bully & has threatened me 4 times now, made false statements about me, highly unprofessional, & in my opinion not a good dog trainer or person. First, She told me my dog could not be a service dog because of his high drive when she hadn't even worked with him yet. After I already paid $2,875 for board & train! His main goal was to be a service dog not a pet since I don't have a lifestyle that supports a pet dog. Second, I only went to her because it looked like online she did positive reinforcement & she was recommended by the breeder. However, she put a prong collar on my 3 month puppy when I said I wasn't comfortable using a prong since he was so young. A prong collar isn't used in positive reinforcement & shouldn't be used on a puppy under 6 months. She does put prong collars on every dog she works with from what I've seen. I did see an improvement in my puppy with this other trainer after she quit working for Annabelle & no longer had to follow Annabelle's methods. The biggest improvement started when we stopped using the prong collar. Third, no refunds offered at the time she told me my puppy had potential genetic hip dysplasia. She told me if I returned him to the breeder she would just use what was left of my training to train a different dog, not issue a refund. Forth, highly unprofessional & threatened legal action against me 3 times in an attempt to scare me into removing my honest reviews. First threat came when she posted a cryptic post that talked about "stop blaming the dog & the breeder for being at fault & the reason for rehoming a dog". It seemed it was aimed towards me & my dog so I commented & she claimed it wasn't about him (but she had him in her possession at the time of the post). Then she threatened me in private message saying I'd hear from her attorney if I talked bad about her. Second threat was when she SENT ME A CEASE & DESIST LETTER THE DAY SHE POSTED SHE NOW OWNED MY PUPPY & RENAMED HIM! Then in a second social media post over exaggerated everything I said about the puppy as the reasons why I sold him back to the breeder to discredit me & my experience with him!!! Third threat was a 2nd cease & desist letter threatening criminal charges due to my reviews & said I could no longer talk or post about my former puppy Zenyokai (now Apollo)! Not only that but threatening criminal charges against reviews is a very unethical scare tactic to silence me & get me to remove my honest reviews! As well as now owning my puppy & renaming him which seems to be out of spite! Update: She now posted on Facebook & on this review response claiming Zenyokai (apollo) was malnutritioned. (He was not) Then after creating her response on google & slanderous Facebook post, in one of her 20 harassing text messages to me she said I was a great dog mom & cared deeply for zenyokai now apollo. She's using zenyokai (apollo) as a pawn to bash me & the trainer who formerly worked for her. Unfortunately she has google & Yelp flag all my screenshots of proof. So no I do not recommend Atlas Working K9!

We did Puppy Basic 2-6 with Mallory and cannot say enough great things about this place and the…read moreclasses offered. We appreciated being able to feel comfortable in a place not only with our puppy, but with other handlers and puppies who all wanted the same thing we did - to know how to set our puppy up for success. The class is super informative and interactive, with weekly homework that helps not only ingrain training behaviors but helps you and your dog communicate, bond, and set goals. The area itself is super spacious so while you are in a class you feel like you're able to get the space you need to focus on yourselves and your dogs. There's also a cute little store where you can get all kinds of things - some things you may not have even thought about that catch your interest! Mallory is a great instructor that we highly recommend. She is there for you and your dogs and wants everyone to succeed. The instruction and encouragement, especially when there are struggles, promotes positive feelings and relaxation for all. You really end up leaving a course or a class feeling accomplished and eager to continue outside of the classroom. One of the best decisions we have made when it comes to our puppy was signing him up for this first class, and we can't wait to sign him up for more and continue to grow with him!

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I can't recommend this place enough. Penny treats your dog like her own. This place is great, the…read moredogs are not locked up but have free run just like at home. You'll get updated pics.

From the owner: Iprovideacompletein-home,familyexperienceforyourpet…read more Your pet will havealltheluxury available to them that they get at their very own home. Pets have always been my passion and their care, happiness and safety are my absolute priority. I have worked with animals my whole life and have the experience and knowledge that comes from years of work and passion for four-footed furry kids. I have worked as a Veterinary Technician, Cat and Dog Groomer, K-9 Obedience Trainer, Boarding Kennels and am currently studying for my degree in K-9 Behavioral training.

I moved to Anchorage a couple months ago, and I was very worried about starting my 9-month old…read moreFrench Bulldog, Romer, in any type of Day Camp. He had never gone before, and I wondered how he would be socializing with other dogs and being away from me. I have had the absolute best experience with Happy Dog Day Camp! My pup is waiting at the door at 6am to go play with his friends! He is tired when he gets home, and I feel very safe leaving him there overnight. (Sometimes, I think that he'd rather be there then at home. lol) The prices are the best in town, and you can drop-off / pick-up any time. You don't have to have a set schedule, which makes a world of difference as far as my own schedule. The owner, John, is always welcoming, excited, and knowledgeable! The girls who work there are also so kind and ready to greet Romer, even at 6:30am in the morning. I highly recommend this place and tell everyone I know about how great it is. If you have a pup/dog and want him to have a fun day, this is the place for you!

My puppy died at this facility! Terrible and heart breaking…read more The second day my puppy was at this facility (Happy Dog Day Camp) on Tudor, she was brought to the local emergency vet dead. Equally appalling and unacceptable is that it took the owner approximately two days to get back to me in regards to what happened. It took 15 days to finally find out what happened to my dog and APD had to get involved. My 5 month old puppy was attacked by another dog, and according to the autopsy, died a traumatic death. There are no cameras at this facility that could have put an end to this tragedy. There are no words that can describe the pain my family and I have gone through. If you love your pets, do not board them here.