I absolutely positively do not recommend this so-called trainer. First of all, he showed up in a car way too small to transport my dogs back to his "training facility".
He knew the size of the dogs because he had come to see them before he agreed to take them on.
That was a red flag right there. Additionally, he had no kennels to transport them in.
At the point in time that he had arrived, I had already paid him $500 and I had let him know that that was the max that I could Zelle him in one day, and that I would Zelle him the remaining amount the following day. He began to object to that and I said well that's fine then just take Butkus the larger dog and train him first and then you can come back and if things go well we can do the puppy.
At that point, he said no I'll take them both and it's fine if you, Zelle me the money on Monday. We got the dogs loaded into the car and then he asked me for dog food. I told him that the training was supposed to include the food, and that he had even asked me for a picture of the bag of food that we feed the dogs so that he could pick up a couple of bags. He told me he had not yet had a chance to get dog food so I had an opened 40 pound bag of food that was a little over half full that I gave to him.
The next morning I woke up and before I had even pour a cup of coffee, he sent me a text message saying that he needed the other $500 so that he could go buy food. I told him that I gave him 20 pounds of or there is no way that they would be out of food that fast and then I would send the money off shortly. He then began to get very belligerent demanding that I sent him the money right now and so I told him I would just come and pick up the dogs that this was ridiculous and I didn't like his attitude at all. When I went to pick up the dogs, I asked him about him refunding me for the training. I told him to keep what it cost him to come and pick up the dogs, and what an overnight fee would be, but I would like the rest of my money back. He refused and said that it was nonrefundable. I told him that we had no such contract and he had never informed me that anything was nonrefundable, so I have filed against him and small claims court to get my money back.
The best part of the whole story is that he misled me about where he lives. He lives in a trailer park with a tiny tiny tiny little fenced in area that he supposedly does his training in.
Of course I know this is completely my fault. He was recommended by a friend of a friend. I should have checked him out more thoroughly in any event. I am hopeful that the court will order him to return my money. read more