I am beyond grateful I found Brenda (Awesome Mannered Canines) she worked with me and my French bulldog (who is almost 4 years old now) who is a rescue and was exhibiting strong reactivity on walks for about two years. I tried a different training program shortly after I rescued her which made her reactivity worse. I knew I had to find someone who could provide the type of training my dog would respond to. Brenda did a consultation with us and she really listened to what the concerns and goals were, and came up with a personalized plan for us. My frenchie is a different dog now in the best way possible as a result of Brenda's training methods. We had four sessions, and my frenchie can see another dog on our walks and not lunge or jump at them. It's brought a new form of connection for her and I as well because we can enjoy our time outside of our home together! read more

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I would highly recommend Brenda for 1 on 1 dog training. We rescued a high energy pit bull a year ago and his training experience has been a journey. He was 3 years old and completely untrained when we adopted him. We got the basics done through PetCo but we still had some troublesome behaviors we were having trouble addressing. We did 4 sessions with Brenda and the change has been remarkable. She came to our house, which helps train him in a comfortable environment and she adapts her training to the dog. A big part of training is also for us to learn how best to reinforce the commands; Brenda left us with homework for the week to practice. Woody still has some stuff to learn but we have a strong foundation to continue his training journey and a lot more tools in our toolbox. Highly recommend Brenda! read more

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Brenda is an absolutely amazing trainer; she is consistent, warm, and met the precise needs of our pet. We were able to schedule with her easily despite our busy schedules and our fur baby got a ton out of it. We rescued a pittie and by the last lesson we were able to comfortably be in a park with other dogs which was not the case in the past. I would recommend Brenda one thousand times over! read more

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I can't recommend Brenda enough! In just four sessions, she has made a huge difference--not only in my dog's behavior, but in my own confidence as a dog owner. My dog is seven years old. Brenda was able to work with her and correct her behaviors, she really helped her "place" and "stay". Brenda is incredibly knowledgeable and has a calm, direct approach that really works. Dogs listen to her. She's helped me become more assertive, and my dog is already listening better and responding to the commands we've worked on. Brenda is also incredibly organized, always on time. Her communication is clear, consistent, and professional, which makes the entire process smooth and reassuring. Her advice has been practical, thoughtful, and easy to implement. If you're looking for a skilled, reliable, and supportive dog trainer, Brenda is the best! read more

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We LOVE Brenda! We have a very timid 3 year old rescue and a new 6 month old Golden Retriever. She was able to come in and bring immediately results after just one session. Brenda was able to easily assess our rescue and train him in a way that he was able to receive. He no longer yanks on his leash and is no longer reactive to other dogs. For our puppy, she was able to teach basic manners and obedience. Both of our boys are experts at leave it, sit, stay, down, place, heel, break, etc. We were able to go into large public areas with both pups with ease due to her direction and expertise. We ended up booking 8 sessions with her for additional training. She truly cares about your dogs!! read more

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Brenda is training both my dog and myself. I knew nothing of training a puppy. Brenda tailors the sessions to our needs and builds on our progress. I would definitely recommend her. read more

Brenda is amazing! She truly has a way with dogs and people too. She has great communication, is so patient and really was able to help us with Frank who's 2 years old and 85 pounds from jumping on everyone to try to say "hello" along with barking at most dogs. She also worked with Barbara our 2 year 65 pounds to giver her confidence and not be fearful of other people. They loved Brenda and training was something they truly loved doing and well, we did too. I'd consider Brenda a friend after this as she's just good people. Thanks for everything Brenda! -The Wolff Pack :) read more

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Well I got myself a puppy. His name is Roi, pronounced Roy. He's 8 mths old and has just completed his 4 trading sessions. Big thank you to Brenda Capprio at Awesome Mannered Canines. Roi has it all going having learned many commands with Brenda very impressed with Roi! Need help with you pup here's the place to go! AWESOME MANNERED CANINES (602) 740-3458 read more

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Brenda was amazing to work with! We did 4 sessions for our 5 month old pitbull and we feel like it helped him immensely. Brenda was always on time and was great with communication. We tried to use online training methods prior to this, but having someone there to teach you hands on is much more effective. Definitely recommend! read more

I cannot say enough about Brenda. She has a deep understanding of dog behavior and uses gentle, humane and practical methods when training. She is an excellent teacher for dog owners, explaining the reasons behind her actions. She worked wonders with our fearful, traumatized 10 year old rescue miniature poodle. By our final lesson, Lucy was following Brenda around our house --a far cry from the cowering little dog she met in week one! We are so pleased and very thankful to have had Brenda as Lucy's teacher as well as our teacher. My husband paid her a great compliment by observing that Brenda actually thinks like a dog. I highly recommend her services! read more

Brenda was incredibly helpful and kind! Love that she was so positive and helped us build confidence. It's a shame more dog trainers don't use positive reinforcement like she does. Our dog absolutely loved her. Would recommend! read more

We highly recommend Awesome Mannered Canines. Our 5 mos old Cavapoo is now a joy to have in our home. Brenda's straightforward and simple exercises are easy to understand and practice, resulting in a well-behaved fur baby. Brenda made the difference between tolerating our new puppy to enjoying a special blessing in our home. read more

We highly recommend Brenda at Awesome Mannered Canines! In just four sessions, Brenda was extremely effective in teaching our four month old puppy many commands and good manners. She also trained us, as owners, by providing such helpful information on dog behavior traits, nutrition, poisonous plants in the yard and how to keep working with our puppy. Brenda is very organized, always on time, super helpful and friendly. We would not hesitate to recommend Brenda - she was well worth the time and expense! read more

It's real simple, Brenda is amazing and passes on her talent and passion with training dogs. Brenda is blessed with profound knowledge and understanding of dogs and also has a gift with communicating it. I could not be any happier with the progress that my little Murray has made from just a few sessions with Brenda. She is punctual, caring and just darn good at her trade and it shows. OH, and her price is right too! Best dog trainer out there...period! read more

Brenda is a wonderful trainer and after 4 sessions, our kinda crazy shelter dog has the basics of good manners- sit, stay, shake and how to walk on a lease. I love how brendas focus is on positive reinforcement. Our dogs love her! She is an excellent trainer! read more

Brenda did a consult with my pup. She seems great and highly knowledgeable. She also did an assessment of my plants & backyard so I know what I keep my puppy away from. We'll be meeting with her again. read more

Brenda is magical! She most definitely has a gift with dogs, and we are so thrilled we found her to help us get our new puppy an amazing foundation. In just four (at-home) sessions, Cleo learned come, sit/stay, down/stay, place, leave it and so much more. Once cleo has all of her vaccinations, we will most definitely engage Brenda again to help us with leash training and get Cleo even more confident than she has become since we started working with Brenda. We're excited to continue our (and Cleo's!) training. I HIGHLY recommend Awesome Mannered Canines. read more

Brenda, Firstly, Brenda was on time! She spent the time to listen and understand our concerns and needs. She evaluated the personality of our 6 month old BernaDoodle. Recognizing our Alpha puppy and our personalities she proceeded to offer teachings techniques that immediately helped us train our puppy! Impressive. We are continuing with her training program and look forward to enjoying our expensive investment. Thank you Brenda. We will be practicing daily and look forward to our next class. LT read more

We had our first session with Brenda today, and our two standard poodles are already responding to her program. Brenda is nothing short of amazing! I cannot believe how quickly she was able to teach them "leave it," "focus," "stay," etc. on only the initial session. She also has the patience of a saint. Not only with my dogs, but with my autistic son's behaviors (which I feared would interfere somewhat with Brenda's session). She was extremely understanding, and his actions did not seem to phase her at all. Additionally, Brenda gave us some great tips with regard to getting our pooches to consume their food better, and she shared her opinion when asked as far as finding an area vet with whom we may be happy. Thanks so much, Brenda! We are excitedly looking forward to our second session next week!!! Btw, Brenda's package pricing is incredibly reasonable, she comes to you, and you have her full attention the entire time. We will update this review after we have completed our 4-session package. read more

Brenda did an amazing job with my new rescue Finn. Brenda knew right away he is a fearful dog and customized his training to fit his needs. I saw a huge improvement in Finn just after the first session. I highly recommend Brenda if you have a fearful dog. read more

Brenda is of course a great dog trainer. There are many trainers that will tame your dog but Brenda trains with positive reinforcement. NO ELECTRIC tickle, tingle or shock. We can sit here and discuss the pros and the cons of electric reinforcement but I don't want my dogs negatively reinforced for behavior I don't want them to have. So how does Benda do it? With treats and praise, and believe it or not it works even with the most stubborn dog. Brenda most surely works with the owners to educate them on her philosophy so their dog gets consistent guidance especially when Brenda is not around. That is important because Brenda speaks Dog. So she makes it look easy. So it's important for owners to pay attention during the sessions with Brenda and to buy into her thinking. Our two Bouviers who have maximum stubborn DNA were terrors as puppies driving us crazy until we found Brenda. Now I won't say they are perfect dogs because they are not. But they are dogs who respond to our instructions and enjoy receiving and giving love. And that is exactly why we have dogs. Kudos to Brenda!! read more

Brenda is very knowledgeable and in one lesson made a huge difference with my puppies confidence and manners! We learned a few tricks while helping him with his separation anxiety! She is very reasonably priced compared to other places. My puppy hasn't had his full shots and she was able to come to us and train him for almost 2 hours. She used to work with rescue dogs and is very effective with fearful dogs that have anxiety. Even if they don't have anxiety I am sure she is amazing because our pup now has a very different relationship with us after seeing Brenda just one time. read more

Brenda is just amazing! Our two little fluff balls were just obnoxious when people came to the house and Brenda knew exactly what to do. Four sessions with her and both the dogs are well on the way to good behavior! Of course, she also trained us on how to work with them. Highly recommended. read more

Brenda is, in one word, remarkable! We have a very fearful rescue Silkie, and we were getting fearful ourselves wondering if we'd made a huge mistake adopting him. After just a few sessions with Brenda, we noticed a big difference in his behavior. And he's improving all the time! We are confident now because we know how to keep him safe around people and other dogs. We've had many dogs before, and thought we knew everything there was to know...until this sweet little guy. But we really needed Brenda's help. She's there for us and we just can't say enough good things about her! read more

Brenda was great. She has great insight about dogs in general, and was very helpful with our new rescue- understanding breed characteristics, cues and behaviors. Great help with socialization and manners. We continue to work on the skills she gave us. read more

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Don't even know where to start!!! Brenda was a lifesaver. I had just moved in with my boyfriend who has 2 dogs and I had one of my own. She went over basic skills of sit, stay, leave it, as a well as walking on a leash. Our biggest issues was the barking, 2 of the dogs not getting along but most of all one of the dogs obsession with jumping in the pool. She was able to help with all that and more. We now can get Amazon packages delivered without having the dogs go off like an alarm system and enjoy swimming in the pool without him going crazy out of FOMO syndrome lol! Thanks again Brenda for teaching us new tricks, we will keep up all your suggestions. read more

Thank you to Brenda for working with our Siberian Husky, Jax! He was a puppy when we got him and Brenda took the time and patience to work with him, finding specific ways to get his attention. She worked on basic puppy training and continued to teach us, as the owners, how to best upkeep his training. The best trick she taught Jax was to enter his kennel on command and we use it often when guests come over or for time-out. read more

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Brenda of Awesome Mannered Canines is amazing! I was in need of a dog trainer to help me manage my female yorkie that repeatedly attacked my new male yorkie. I had no idea how to even begin to address the behavior issues until I found Brenda! She not only trained my dog, but more importantly she gave me the tools to feel empowered and confident to control the situation going forward. My dogs loved their sessions with Brenda, too! Brenda has great communication and was always prompt for our sessions. I strongly recommend Brenda! read more

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We purchased four classes as a package from Brenda. She fulfilled two training sessions prior to taking some time off, due back to return early April. Nearly 30 days later, she has not reached out to us or returned our calls. I've expressed to her that we expect a refund in full for the unused service. Edit- refund received for the unused services. read more

I cannot even believe the transformation from our hot mess previously "return to sender" rescue dog to a very amazing family member!! Our hot mess rescue dog tried to bite dozens of people, including the trainer, Brenda, from Awesome Mannered Canines!! She saw it coming and averted the teeth! She identified our dog as a "fearful dog" and worked her magic!! Even after the first visit, we had valuable tools to start the transition!! It honestly didn't happen overnight, as our dog was afraid of EVERYTHING!! I couldn't mop, sweep or vacuum because he would attack the items out of fear of them. Even the dishwasher and washer scared him. We couldn't have company unless we crated him (and he would protest quite loudly) for fear he would bite. It was very disruptive to our lives!! Fast forward to yesterday. We had a crazy wild birthday party for our kid with a dozen kids and our dog handled it beautifully!! In the past, we had to muzzle our dog or crate him to prevent him from biting kids and adults alike. Our sweet and precious "new" dog has blossomed and is now trustworthy under the most testy conditions such as a dozen kids playing carefree around him!! Brenda is magic!!! I HIGHLY RECOMMEND her!!! read more

We found Brenda online to help our 7-year-old rescue pitbull Jax with issues of dog reactivity and lunging. Through our 4 sessions, we went from a very scared, timid dog to a dog who could comfortably be in the presence of other dogs and was well-behaved and calm. We addressed numerous other issues and taught him new commands and other skills. Brenda is a good communicator and gives you tasks to work on between lessons. Brenda is professional, skilled, and fun. Don't hesitate to hire her for your training needs. read more

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Brenda was great work with. She has a gift with dogs of all sizes and breeds. So glad we took her puppy training class.

My partner and I got a puppy and I was determined to get him trained ASAP. I tried it on my own but felt like I was failing him. After going to my vet at the Adobe animal hospital, he referred me to Brenda and the tech said that she also trained her dog and it worked wonders for her. We weren't looking for our dog to be in competitions or anything crazy, we simply wanted a well mannered pup. After our 4 sessions we can see a HUGE difference in his behavior. He can now walk well on his leash, does not jump up on counters or people, sit, down, stay, shake, fist bump, roll over, leave it and more. While all of that is amazing my favorite part about working with Brenda is her abundant knowledge about dogs. As new dog owners I was always worried about something and she always had tips. It was a very real and genuine training experience and catered to our dog unlike at petsmart or another place. I also believe that dogs read peoples personalities and as soon as she stepped through our door our pup was OBSESSED he ALWAYS listened to her and he knew that he could trust her. Thank you Brenda! read more

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Where do I begin?! Brenda was a life saver the minute she arrived at our house. We have two miniature dachshunds who were getting into scuffles with each other, so we didn't know what else to do except hire a professional to train them. And Brenda is exactly that. She is a professional at what she does, and I can not recommend her enough to anyone in the Scottsdale metro area. We saw immediate progress after the first lesson, and every lesson moving forward. We worked on simple commands to redirect their attention towards us, we taught them how to "stay" until they are called our direction, and even how to leave something alone if we don't want them getting into it. We use these commands on a daily basis, and 100% got our money's worth on each lesson. Brenda you are the best and we cannot thank you enough for helping our two little pups! read more

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I really enjoyed having Brenda help me and my sweet little 4lb. Chihuahua, Lily, become a happier dog. I needed help on how to manage my little sweetheart not to be so afraid of other dogs when we went on our walks. She loves other dogs, but just acts differently when on a leash. With the help of Brenda, she is starting to make improvements when approaching them. She gave me the correct tools to keep working with her. It will take time, but I know it will just get better each time we go out. She is always on time, and will always text the day before to confirm your appointments. If you are looking for a reliable, certified trainer, do not hesitate to call Brenda!! Thank you Brenda, you are such a sweetheart! Glad I found you!! Angela and Lily!! read more

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Fantastic gal that has a way with canines :) so hard to find a nice person that can train your pup .very personable and all around great service! Will definitely recommend to anyone in need of training their dog. I can see why there are so many great reviews! read more

We have worked with Brenda both in a private setting and now in her group class. We would recommend her as a trainer for your puppy or dog in either setting. She loves dogs and is very knowledgeable. You can ask her anything, and she is able to teach you the strategies in an easy to comprehend manner. An added plus is how much our puppy loved her in both settings. She has experience in training both large and small dogs and cares for them all no matter their size or needs. She's fun to work with as well! If you are in need of a class or individual instruction for your furry friend, we'd recommend her for either. read more

All my mommy can say is Ms. Brenda is AMAZING! I say thank you for helping me find my forever home. I always learn so much and have so much fun. Here are some pictures of meLove, Coco read more

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Brenda was very helpful in helping us get our 1 yr old French Bulldog mix stop jumping on us. Also taught us how to train her to be better on the leash as far as pulling and being fearful of other dogs while on walks and at the park. She really knows how to read their body language and behaviors before there is s problem. She was a pleasure to work with! Liz W read more

Brenda was very easy to schedule training with and shows up on time. She knows a LOT about dogs and shared so many great tips for getting our family and our 1-year-old golden doodle together on the same page. It didn't take her long to assess how we could work better with our dog and give us a training curriculum, which developed during the sessions we had together. Highly recommend! read more

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