Jeremy is a amazing trainer... we adopted a two year old black lab this past March. She had lived…read morewith four college girls and had zero training. She pulled on walks and chased trucks and other dogs.. it was terrible We knew she could be a great dog.. and now she is. She's a joy to walk, goes to her place and does chase trucks.. thank you Jeremy our sweet Lady Vader is now a happy well behaved family member

My boyfriend and I had done some research and we decided to seek Jeremy's help based on the reviews…read moreand his website. We were told that we would need to leave our Australian Shepherd with him for a couple of weeks and would not be able to visit him during that time. We didn't like that we would be completely in the dark about his training or how he was adjusting to being away from his family but we respected the rules. When our dog was brought back to us, he came back injured. We were told that it was just "hotspots" and that the electric shock necklace was only used sparingly. I took my dog immediately to the doctor. I was advised these were not hotspots. See the pictures attached, they speak for themselves. My dog learned a couple new tricks but training with Jeremy did not help with his fear of people. My Aussie came back with his same fear of people and was returned with these terrible injuries. If other people had a good experience, that's wonderful. But not getting any kind of detailed update, pictures or even visitation to see the training process and progress and how my dog was acclimating was not well received. Setting aside that this is a dog training program, I don't know who would ever purchase an item or a service sight unseen or untested and with little to no in depth information. As an aside, I did call to report the business to various agencies. I was advised at the time that there had been previous reports and pending reports (they could not provide me with information due to ongoing investigation). I don't know what that means, it could be nothing but I think that this information should be given to potential new clients just for the sake of making informed decisions. We ended up taking him to someone else (Teka Martin with K9 toddlers) and our Aussie is much better now about his fear of people. Lastly, I'd like to preemptively say, please do not contact me to harass me about my review. A review is a review. It is a forum for people to be able to make informed decisions. I am giving an account of strictly what was personally known to me, any discussions I had with a Jeremy's team and my observations. Nothing more or less. I can't opine as to what I think of Jeremy's methods. All I know is it was not for us and our dog came back home injured.

Woof Woof pals!!!! Winnie here reporting in!!!…read more I am absolutely incredibly thankful for my time here at Ruff Start Training I cannot thank Gypsea's training along with wonderful Nellie enough When I first got Winnie I was absolutely happy adopting a new doggie into my family. It wasn't until a few days or weeks in of when she settled in did I see that some of her behavioral problems had come out. Where do I begin? Walking on a leash? Impossible. Freezing on walks, all the time. I had to carry her back home several times because she was soo scared to move. When I did force her to walk it would take us at least 30 minutes to walk around the block and I am not kidding. It was extremely frustrating and I was exhausted a lot of the time. I realized I needed a dog trainer immediately other wise things were only going to get worse! Winnie had so many behavioral concerns that I was NOT aware of until I met Gypsea for the first time. I did not know that Winnie was extremely fearful of the outside world and it wasn't until I did a lot of digging did I find out that she was abandoned in a cage left to die as a puppy with all of her littermates. Absolutely heartbreaking on sooo many levels. No wonder she was traumatized. Hence why she was afraid of literally everything. The first time I took her to a dog park she was glued to me and did not socialize with any of the dogs and would use me as her human shield. It was soo bad that she was so scared to even sniff or say hello to any other dogs. That is when I realized that she will need constant socialization with positive dogs to help build up her confidence. I had no idea this was possible but that is why Gypsea brings her lovely dog Nellie with her to every session which I am absolutely thankful for. There is soo much to learn in the dog world and I was thankful to have such a kind teacher explaining everything to me. Through a total of 12 sessions Winnie was successfully rehabilitated and it is all thanks to Ruff Start Training's team that did NOT give up on her and worked through her behavioral issues until she graduated. I would also like to add that Gypsea is extremely, extremely affordable in comparison to literally every other location that I looked into. I knew that Winnie needed one on one training sessions and group sessions through maybe Petsmart and Petco were not necessarily something I was looking for, but maybe it does work for other dogs and that is good too. The reason I think this is because it is unrealistic due to real life situations and circumstances. Training in a controlled setting inside a location is not the same as going for a walk and being exposed to a ton of distractions outside. Furthermore, I will always support small businesses no matter what because they actually take the time to listen to all of your concerns. Gypsea and her team helped me with this as well and eased my anxiety a lot especially with Winnie's prey drive. They assisted me with walking her around easy targets, like ducks and I mean a ton of ducks near a lake in the water and on the sidewalk. I was so scared that Winnie was going to go crazy but they really assisted me and helped calmed her down. Let's not forget about Nellie as well who helped by setting an example for Winnie But trust me, Gypsea is amazing and it didn't matter if sessions went over the time limit her and her team always ended the sessions on a positive note no matter what. Do I recommend her? 100% yes. 10 out of 10 a million times over. I really only have positive feedback for her and her business because they always kept us safe and prioritized our safety during each session. Gypsea does not lose her patience and earns each dogs trust no matter how long it will take. Contact her now and I mean it!!! To summarize, Winnie came in as a traumatized young puppy and graduated as happy successful puppy ready to take on the world on step at a time God Bless everyone thank you for reading!!

Love my experience with Gypsea, Alex and their pup Nellie! All worked really well with both of our…read morelandsharks aka German Shepherd pups they're friendly and knowledgeable in what they do. Pulling and barking walking in public was a big stressor before but thankfully now the pups can socialize and enjoy outings with us. Thank you guys for helping with our pups!! Definitely recommend if you're looking for a a dog trainer

She is simply the best. Where do I start. Maybe with the friendly welcoming smile, fun attitude,…read moreand knowledge she graces her students with. It's a fun and exciting class for both me and my Mini Schnauzer. He just turned 2 and cant wait to get to class. Thank you Ms Robin, for your smile, giggles, patience, and grace. We so appreciate you

Best dog trainer ever! She's been working with my service dog Daisy, and she worked with my…read moreprevious service dog Burt. She's very experienced and knowledgeable and is exceptionally fair with her pricing too.

I had to chase Shelbi down to get an assessment for doggy daycare, I've asked multiple times - and…read morehonestly I never had a chance to book with them. She answered all my questions during the assessment/in take. Staff all seemed very nice! We would have loved to get my pup in. :( I asked I think 3x for price packaging on doggy daycare with a promise to provide, but I still don't know how much daycare packages are. Im also surprised that no other staff member were able to provide this information; it was all vectored through Shelbi, and texting her directly. Initially, I was more understanding about the delay in response, but this has been on going for over a month. We had a tentative schedule for a complimentary half day, Shelbi said she'd "let the staff know", but there was no followup? At this point, I'm taking it Shelbi doesn't want my business. Wish it would have worked out, but this was disappointing and sad. I hope to try again one day and revise the review, seems like a really good place to take your pup.

Great staff there who really care about the dogs. Dog baths are available too, which is really…read moreconvenient.

We used Sheila 3 1/2 years ago to train our very exuberant and frankly uncontrollable golden doodle…read morepuppy. We were a little taken aback by her methods but almost immediately there was a change. Our puppy, Yogi, had been through clicker training but mostly, he and another rambunctious pup were in a separate area rolling around and playing. From that first interaction, Yogi has impeccable manners. I was trying to find Sheila's number, saw some unfavorable reviews and realized that we hadn't left a review after our work with her. She may not be right for every dog but she was perfect for Yogi.

I will second what the previous reviewer wrote back in 2012. How I wish I had come across that…read morereview before scheduling Shelia to perform her "training" service with my dog. If I could only leave zero or negative starts on my review I would! To say that I was extremely upset and felt completely shamed upon her departure from our session is an understatement! DO NOT USE Sheila!!! I cannot express that enough! Apparently she also has 2 yelp pages and the name of her business website is misleading as it is not the same name as her actual business. (cards, paperwork etc is a different name) I will start by saying that my husband and I rescued a 1 year old German Shepherd whom we had for less than a week when we started researching dog training. We have countless years of experience with owning dogs and we already had 2 small/medium size neutered male dogs in our home upon adoption of the shepherd. However, since it had been quite a while since we had a large dog in our home we were in need of a refresher & some advice. We adopted an amazing shepherd. Smart, sweet, quick leaner and great addition to our family. Given that she was adopted, the transition amongst her to our small/medium neutered males started off challenging. The shepherd seemed to be on high alert, in full on attack mode to our boys. So for about the first 1-2 weeks we were cautious separating them all from each other for all of their own safety. It was stressful and I did feel desperate as it was rough on my husband and I playing musical dogs. So that was when my research continued and we were navigating towards in home dog training to curb the issue of what we believed was the shepherd's "small dog aggression". We came across Sheila's website, which is online as Ventura County Dog Training (not Sitting Pretty as she uses for the actual business name) and I reached out pleading my case via email. Sheila followed up with an hour long phone call which at the time we thought was a sign of good things to come. However during her phone call she went on and on about a very particular brand of dog food to which "she had no affiliation with" but that we needed to start feeding to the shepherd right away. We didn't give this too much thought and in the end our desperation lead to her coming to our home for a session. Both my husband and myself had to request a day off of work for our appointment. Since we work during the day and Shelia is against performing training in the evening and was somehow booked for many weeks in advance on the weekends we had no other choice. She was then 20 minutes late for our 12pm appointment, blaming her directions. However as we set the appointment over the phone days prior she had clearly stated she had in fact been in our neighborhood before and knew just exactly where and how to get there. Guess the streets magically moved from where she knew they were last LOL! As soon as she entered our home instantly she claimed our dog was looking "too" aggressive and was about to attack her. She claimed she has been in a yard with 3 dogs coming to attack her and the hair on the back of her neck was standing up making her feel the say way she did around those "3 attack dogs". That should have been our first major red flag since our shepherd loves everyone and everything meeting neighbors, children, family etc. She had NEVER showed signs of aggression other than we thought to our small dogs. But alas, she was newly adopted we didn't want to take our chances and continued on listening to Sheila's BS. I wont go into every single ridiculous detail, because it was all ridiculous and this will be the longest review in history. But in a matter of almost 3 hours all we had learned is that our Shepherd gets bored easily when not challenged. She spent most of her time wanting to lay down as there was NO ACTUAL TRAINING taking place. Sheila the "trainer" NEVER touched our dog, not even her leash ONCE. She only instructed my husband in a very rude and unprofessional way of how he should handle the dog. She advised us to never command the dog using her name, or touching the animal. She claimed "all dogs automatically come programmed to know the word sit once they are 8 weeks old" Really? That is beyond laughable!! Not every home even speaks the same language!! All session all we worked on was "SIT". To top it off she completely insulted my husband and I trying to dig into our background as to why we had so little patience. Really? So little patience? We spent 3 hours telling a dog to "SIT" not touching her, not showing her the action not even allowed to look her in the eye! Of course we were losing patience! So was our dog! About 80% of the session was also again as was on the first phone call to preach to that us we purchase a very specific brand of dog food. She kept reiterating "she had no connection to the company at all but to mention her name when purchasing to get a better discount". That is such an insult to our intelligence I can let yo

We have brought our dog here a couple times and for the most part they have been efficient, but I…read moredo leave questioning some things. When they grab our dog, they don't mention anything to us and just take them to the back. Which OK I get, but there could be more conversation between us than just taking our dog. When we leave her for overnight stays, we pack the food per meal and when we go to pick her up, most of the food is still there. They have no comment on it when asking how did the weekend go? All we get is a simple, "good." As a pet owner, that does not make you feel good as you would want details. You have to ask questions in order to get something out of them and even then you don't get details... I wonder if there's a reason why they took their cameras for people to view down.

We love bringing our babies here for boarding! Our babies…read moreSalem and otter have stayed for boarding and just to play. Both times were great as we can see what those two are up to thanks to the cameras! The communication is great with staff too and they are very welcoming. I highly recommended beach dog fun for your babies.

Marnae is the BEST. My dogs love her. She's extremely knowledgeable about dog behaviors and she…read moreunderstands them.

I love Pit Stop Pet Care and don't know what I would do without them. They are exceptionally…read moreprofessional and are true animal lovers. I've met all three of the ladies who have cared for my dog and I'm impressed with the connection they have with her. I occasionally need to work extremely long days and I feel bad about leaving my pet alone all day. It gives me since a great sense of relief to have the ladies from Pit Stop come over and take care of my dog Sophie. They walk her, play with her and feed her when needed. They are extremely flexible and have always met my needs; I've even had them over several times in one day. I love their special touch of sending me a text message update and pictures following each visit. This special touch warms my heart. I highly recommend Pit Stop Pet Care. They are amazing and I cannot thank them enough for all the love and care they give Sophie.

A good friend referred me to Adrienne and Just for Paws Mobile Groomer. We have three senior dogs…read moreand it is challenging getting these older dogs in the car and then into crates at a traditional groomer, which can take on average 4-5 hours. Adrienne is very patient, kind, and loving with the animals. All three of our dogs have different issues (blind, incontinence, etc.) and it was well worth the price to have her come to the door, one at a time, and just hand her the dogs. Her Sprinter Van is less than one year old and it is immaculate - your dogs will be very happy and it just seems much easier on their system. All of the dogs responded to her positively and there were no concerns. The price of convenience and ease is worth the extra money for me, just not to have to drive with my three senior, temperamental dogs in the car.

What a great groomer Adrienne is She's loving she's kind you…read morecan tell she loves animals. My dog was real shabby. She came back like a new puppy. I love this lady and I will call her every time. What a great service great prices they give great love to your furry babies. I give 20 stars. Thank you so much. See you soon. Love Gemma and Jill