I went to CCG after adopting my shepherd mix. He had anxiety issues with outside life and people…read more Wendy broke down the TPR method for us and it took about a year of training for him to finally hold his own around people. He's about 2 now and we still work on his training everyday, but having this technique of using his strengths as training tools, really helped him. It definitely wasn't a band aid solution (shock collars!!!). I wouldn't say he's 100%, but I can easily take him downtown now without him freaking out and barking at people.

Wendy and her team are absolutely PHENOMENAL. She is so kind and a huge lover of animals! Her…read moretraining technique is smart, efficient, and effective for dogs of all breeds and ages. Not to mention, she is always readily available to answer any questions or concerns I had before, during, and after the process. She truly cares about my pup and I try and recommend her to all of my friends! I feel that I could not say enough good things about this company and all that she does for dogs in California!

We had such a great experience working with Mark! Our puppy Lucy is a 4-month-old Great Dane, and…read morewe wanted to start training early to get ahead of any bad habits that can come with such a big breed. Lucy learned so much in a short amount of time, but honestly Mark trained us just as much as he trained her He is incredibly calm and patient, and you can tell right away that he truly loves animals and understands how to work with them. His approach made everything feel manageable and practical for everyday life. The whole process was smooth from the start. Booking the lessons was easy, and they were very flexible when Lucy had an allergic reaction and we needed to adjust one of our training days. We're really grateful for the experience and would absolutely recommend Mark to anyone looking for thoughtful, effective puppy training!

Mariah and Kloe were amazing! I started my pit Roy at 13…read moreweeks with basic training. He learned how to sit, drop it, wait, leave it and much more. They would also work with us one on one if we needed it. Roy and I loved going. We both benefited from the training and helped us build a stronger relationship. Thank you guys for being so accommodating to us. We can't wait to start the advanced session!!

I found Diamond Dogs on Facebook and I'm so happy that I did! I spent countless days trying to find…read morethe right trainer for my dog because she was really aggressive and had troubles with separation anxiety and socialization. It was hard to find a trainer willing to work with aggressive dogs but Diamond Dogs was committed to the task. They are very affordable which was another aspect I was looking for when selecting a trainer. Moreover, they kept in contact with me throughout the training and even traveled to me for in home training sessions! The board and train was amazing. My dogs separation anxiety is no longer there and we can now go places without her barking and lunging at people. She also gets alone with other dogs well now! Diamond Dogs don't just train your dog and quit. They are committed to the cause for life! I would recommend everyone to go through Diamond Dogs!

Disclaimer: This review reflects my personal experience and honest opinion. It is shared for…read moreinformational purposes and is protected under my First Amendment right to free speech. All statements are based on my own interactions and are not intended to defame, harass, or misrepresent anyone. Please view all the reviews and make your own decision about this place. Zero stars. I want to clarify that this review is not about dog training, but rather about the behavior of the individual ( Chris Libs) who trains the dogs and owns the property. Our family has been attending Oceanside Equestrian Center for nearly a year through a therapeutic equestrian program serving autistic children. The program itself has been wonderful, and the staff from Harmony and Horses have consistently shown professionalism, compassion, and trauma-informed care. Unfortunately, we have had repeated concerning experiences with the ranch owner, Chris Libs. This is our second encounter where she has handled communication through intimidation, yelling, and verbal aggression. The first time, she approached us with three dogs, accusing me of "disrespecting" her property. I apologized, complimented her dogs, and tried to build a friendly rapport. I believed the issue had been resolved and thought nothing more of it--until today. While calmly walking and FaceTiming my sister on the property toward a duck and a brown-and-white horse, my autistic son was holding a small stick. He was not acting aggressively or swinging it at anyone. We did not see any dogs nearby, nor anyone else around us- just horses. Suddenly, I heard yelling and turned to see where it was coming from. Chris approached us shouting, accusing my son of swinging the stick. As she approached, the dogs also came toward us ( they were not aggressive- I want to make that clear), and she stated that they are trained to attack and demanded for my son to put his stick down. My son out the stick down and one of the dogs took the stick and walked away. We had never been informed of any rule about holding sticks, nor were we made aware that loose dogs on the property were trained to attack. In a setting where children--especially children with disabilities--participate in therapeutic services, this was alarming. Despite my calm response, the yelling continued in front of my child. I felt threatened and wanted to protect him, so I raised my voice and said, "Don't you yell at my autistic child!" My son froze, shut down, and began crying silently--an involuntary response when he feels overwhelmed or threatened. I was shocked, saddened, and frustrated; I even cried afterward. As I was walking away, she continued yelling "Get out of my property!" three times, which only escalated the fear and stress of the situation. As a parent of a child with autism, it was upsetting to witness the interaction regarding our child holding a stick. The manner in which it was addressed left us feeling uncomfortable and concerned. When we reached the other area of ranch, Nicole from Harmony and Horses immediately stepped in and handled the situation with kindness and professionalism. She apologized multiple times. I am deeply grateful for her support and for the care that Harmony and Horses provides. I later went back to address this and approached her calmly by saying: " Excuse me Ma'am, you cannot yell at my autistic son." She began yelling again and I matched her energy which she did not like. As you can see, there is a pattern of hostile and intimidating behavior from Chris Libs. No child should be yelled at in a therapeutic setting, and no parent should have to defend their child from verbal aggression. Because of this experience, I cannot recommend this location under its current leadership. While Harmony and Horses' mission and work are invaluable, the ranch environment does not reflect the safety, respect, and trauma-informed communication that children--particularly autistic children require because of Chris Libs and her behaviors which made me and child feel very uncomfortable. The good news is that Harmony and Horses will soon be relocating to a better location where this kind of behavior will never be tolerated. Families deserve transparency, and children deserve to feel safe. P.S. I arrived home, my son is withdrawn, silently crying and refuses to eat. He cannot process what happened. As a parent, what would you do? Would you let this go? I am so disturbed and saddened by this. This could have been avoided by her simply having a professional and calm conversation instead of berating and yelling at a mom and child over a stick.

If I could give them a zero I would. I actually went to jail for 2 weeks and Chris was trusted to…read morecare for my dog .... The pictures speak for themselves. Not only was my dog dehydrated and emancipated he had obvious wounds. She tried to tell me he did it himself by scratching. Not once had he scratched his ear since I picked him up. When I got him home and bathed him I was able to see the extent of his injuries. I have not stopped crying. I promise this woman Chris will no longer run this place before the year is over. This is straight animal cruelty. I even tried to call her and give her the chance to tell me what really happened and she still stuck with her scratched himself. To be honest I was homeless in a tent and have had my dog since he was so tiny and I'm hear broken cause he has NEVER looked like this or coward like I was going to hit him like he did last night. I swear I already contacted an attorney SO DO NOT USE THIS PLACE!!! MY DOG IS NOT OK AND THE OWNER IS LYING OR HIDING WHAT REALLY HAPPENED!!!!

David took our dog, George into his training program and it was the best decision we ever made! We…read morewere so blown away by the change in his behavior. Taking George for a walk used to be such a stressful and unpredictable experience for us, that it became a chore. Since coming home from his time with David, we LOVE walking him and no longer worry about his behavior. I cannot thank David enough, and I would recommend him to absolutely everyone. He made this whole process so easy and enjoyable. He is such a great guy and a very talented trainer!!!

His guys were very professional. Followed direction and controlled the situation. . Highly…read morerecommended..

I purchased our golden from( Brenda now her fb says Rachel so who knows what she goes by now) about…read morethree years ago. I put up with ALOT of excuses with her shortly after I had paid her half (over $2k) for our puppy. I ended up having to contact her after time had passed and I hadn't heard about our puppy that was supposed to be born 6 months prior. I got nothing but excuses from her but gave her benefit of the doubt. She tried to sell us a puppy from a litter that was born 4 months prior due to not selling them. I kindly declined as I had put a deposit down for a red one. Months go by and I'm told that she miraculously had a red litter and they were already 3 weeks at this point. During the time of waiting I started seeing things online about her selling puppies that had parvo and other things. All which she denied. I played nice with her for the time being just so I didn't loose my money that I put down and get my golden I had waited a year for. After we finally picked him up he was terrified of her and immediately came to us cowering and would not come to her. I said nothing and thought maybe he just wanted to go home and was a quiet puppy. About a week later we dropped him off overnight for "daycare" that already paid for her and arranged prior to picking him up. The next morning I picked him up and he just looked defeated and noticed something was off. The people she had "working" for her looked like druggies and every time he was next to our puppy he would be terrified. I left shortly after and noticed on my way home the top of his head had a lump. I texted her and asked his he had gotten hit it hit himself and she immediately denied. I took him to the vet two days later and the lump was massive. I ended up having to pay over 1k to have the lump taken care of. Which included meds , a cone and him having a tube through his head to drain for two weeks. When I explained that the vet said it was trauma to his head she came up with the excuse of him hitting his head on the dog training ladder (yet before knew nothing about it) She denied helping with medical bills even though it transpired in her care. Fast forward to about a year later I found out that the father of our golden came from someone else in Washington who had never done breeding with her before. Mind you which was never told to us. I had to reach out to that person only to find out that ALL of his puppies where from the litter that miraculously showed up that's she told me she had already. His dog had zero testing and zero form of akc etc. when I asked Brenda about it she denied of course and said she had a breeding partnership with him. knowing I wasn't going to get a straight answer from her I dropped it. Now starting this year in January he out of the nowhere had a seizure and lost consciousness where I had to administer cpr to get him breathing again. I reached out to her and let her know, thinking she would care but instead I was told nope none of her puppies have ever had seizures that she knew of and that she moved out of the country and couldn't help... I took him to the vet and ran a bunch of tests to find out everything was normal. Now on Thursday he had another seizure... I then, of course, messaged her again to let her know, and instead of showing any form of compassion, asking how he was doing or us I was then told again that she moved out of the country is grieving the loss of her son(which she lost her son over 4 years ago) and is dealing with a lot and can't help me blah blah blah blah blah blah For her to turn around and block me... I reached out on multiple Facebook groups throughout the area, asking if anyone had issues with their puppies only to find out that everybody has had nothing but issues with her, and it has been going on for years that she has been breeding. A old employee of hers contacted me and informed me that she does still own this business And is looking to soon open up her own Maine coon breeding business. I highly advise everyone to stay clear of this woman and whatever business she does. She's extremely manipulative and there is several lawsuits open against her, which explains why she left the country. I pray that nobody else has to go through what we have and are currently dealing with, and I hope that others get justice for what she has done throughout the years.

We purchased our boy, Beans, in December of 2023 and picked him up New Years Day of 2024. Every…read moreaspect of getting him was a 10/10. When I left Brenda a voicemail first reaching out about a pup, she called back within 30 minutes and we chatted for a while. We ended up face timing and meeting the pups virtually. I knew from there that we were going to buy a puppy from her and we set a date to come by a week later. We went to her house to pick from two litters. Brenda was in the middle of a very hectic move but we only had 2 days we could come pick him out before we were out of town for the holidays for 2.5 weeks. She was so accommodating and let us come over late on a Wednesday night to pick out our puppy. We had 2 litters to chose from as two of her female dogs got pregnant when she wasn't expecting it. We got to play with each available pup one on one and take our time with them. She had each litter in their own themed room with music playing. It was like a puppy hotel and so adorable. We probably overstayed our welcome because we were seriously stuck between two dogs and couldn't decide who we wanted. We left telling her that we needed a day to decide and we'd get back to her but it took about 10 minutes in the car for us to decide and from there everything was smooth sailing. We were out of town in Northern California for the holidays for about 3 weeks. She even kept our puppy a week longer without charging us so we could pick him up on New Years Day. She would send us pictures and videos of him so we could see how adorable he was and he was living the life at Brenda's house until we were able to come pick him up. When we went to pick up Beans, we sat with Brenda for about 2 hours. She has a pretty extensive orientation but its nothing too crazy. She really cares about her pups and wants to set them and YOU up for success bringing them home. She gave us a packet with a ton of information from feeding details, what to expect for the first few days, training commands, etc. She also gives you a puppy shopping list that you need to get prior to bringing your dog home (food type, training treats, heartbeat puppy, etc). She really makes it as easy as possible for you and your new baby to adjust to your new life together. When we picked up Beans, she showed us some of the tricks her dog Sonic can do. Sonic is one of the most well trained dogs I've met. It was pretty incredible. We had already signed Beans up for the Basic Board and Stay camp where Beans would go back to Brenda for 2 weeks and then home for 2 weeks 3 times. However, Beans is so smart he completed most of the course in the first week and we were able to get him early. He is been the best addition to our family. We absolutely love him to pieces. He's such a good, healthy, and cuddly boy. We're amazed at how bright he is and we couldn't have been this happy if it weren't for Brenda and her training.

I own a 2 year old female boston terrier she was a rescue and just had an extremely hard time with…read moreany hand motion around her face so putting on a simple collar was extremely difficult as she would fight it. Not only that but her walking skills on the leash were not good as she would just want to play with the leash and her attention span was all over the place. Adela was able to smoothly get her collar on with no stress i literally thought what a miracle. Adela's calm and direct demeanor played a huge part in the process and she was able to gain my dogs attention and trust very quick. I had complete faith that if adela had taken my dog for a complete training sessions that this issue would soon not be an issue any longer. She has the utmost patience, the skill, and the heart for this job. I'll always recommend.

This was a really special experience for me and my dog. Unfortunately my dog is super reactive and…read moreI can't take her a lot of places because of this. I thought that was going to be a forever situation for us. When I first met with Adela the dog trainer here, I was really nervous about how my dog was going to do. Adela was instantly able to get my dog to respond to her commands and do what she wanted to do. My anxiety went away pretty fast once I saw the confidence Adela had in training, and the confidence she gave my dog to behave and respond. Adela even used her own dogs (who were insanely well trained and barked on command when needed) to help my dog know how to act in situations where other dogs were present. Over the sessions we had, and the skills she taught me and my dog, I am now able to bring my dog in public and not be so worried about what may happen. Thank you so much Adela for giving us this new less stressful life!

There are days when owning a horse is heartbreaking. We had one of those days. Our 26 year old…read moremare went down early in the morning, and despite our best efforts, was just too old and too tired to carry on. We called several vet offices, most were either not open, or didn't service our area, one even only by a couple of miles refused to come out . We called Dr. Doug Lawrence, who immediately struck me as being a very kind, and professional person over the phone. It was a cold , rainy day, and being used to how most large animal vets work, I expected a wait of a few hours...we didn't have to wait. He was to our place promptly, and set about seeing to our mare quickly. Knowing in our hearts that her time had come , but still not really wanting to hear it at that second, Dr. Lawrence gave us the option to pull out all the stops for our old girl. He also very quietly discussed with us, what we all knew was the right thing to do. We said our Goodbyes, and he put her down , quickly, and gently. His soft-spokeness, and reassurance that we had in fact, done the right thing, meant worlds to us. This is a very kind person, very caring. He even made the phone call and arranged for her pick up, from our place. This is a very difficult task for owners of beloved animals. I so appreciated that he stepped in and did this, for us, to lessen our burden. In this day of money driven, ego centric veterinary practitioners, it was a blessing and a relief to come across this vet. I hope in the future the next time we see him, will be for a happier reason. He was a godsend, during a very difficult day. Thank you Dr. Lawrence. I would recommend him, to anyone, anytime.

Dr. Lawrence is our Vet's on call emergency Vet for over 25 years. We have had him treat colic…read moreseveral time in the past. He shows up quickly and he has a good bed side manner.