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3.7 (39 reviews)
Open • 7:00 am - 7:00 pm

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Jacky V.

Flagged Content: ***PLEASE SHARE!!*** Please do not make the same mistake that I made. I'm begging you not to take your dog to Eli from dogfit23. I paid Eli $700 for a week of training for my boxer. I pretty much paid this guy to torture my dog. I dropped him off last Thursday morning and when I passed by his house in the evening I saw SEAACA there so I got worried and I was calling and texting him, he didn't answer me until the next morning and he stated that everything was okay and his neighbor called because his neighbors is a jerk (later I found out that another client of his was the one that called SEAACA). He lied to us. To make a long story short, my dog was with him for 7 days and when I got my dog back he was missing skin from his face when I confronted Eli he said that it was do to a muzzle. He left a muzzle on him for days. He tried to blame my dog by saying that my dog is very aggressive tried to bite his dog. Eli has a very calm demeanor and will manipulate you to think everything is okay.

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Juan N.

YELP- DO NOT DELETE. Please contact me if asked to delete this post. I'm an actual previous customer and have documented proof. My wife posted a review and was removed. My wife and I also noticed that several negative reviews have also been removed. This is WRONG and may result in additional pets being injured. I left my Belgium Malinois (Buck) for boarding and training with Eli at Dogfit23 while my family went on vacation. I never would have expected to have to pickup my dog from a Vet hospital upon our return. Eli informed me that Buck had to be kept overnight for observation. Eli downplayed Bucks injuries stating that Buck only needed 1/2 stitch on his leg from a dog bite. He also failed to mention that my dog had neck, head and cheeks injuries due to leaving an e-collar on during hot days. When I saw Buck at the hospital he had stitches around the front of one of his legs and a draining tube sticking out. His neck, cheeks, top of his head and upper chest were shaved off. I could barely recognize him. He had to wear a Large dog cone. I had to nurse Buck for days putting in medicine in his draining tube daily. Prior to considering Dogfit23 for training, I called Eli. He made me feel good about choosing his training program. I trusted that Buck would be in good hands. I was Very Wrong.

Sarai H.

Very disappointed with the service, me and my husband wanted to train my Frenchie before my daughter was born. I contacted dogfit23 and first i gave him a list of the things my dog needed to be worked on priority #1 his aggressiveness and he said he could work on all except to train him on popping and pee outside of the house which we agreed. We were paying $700 a week and he said that he could work on my pet just one week, when the week was almost done he told me that he needed more time to work with my pet (more money) we left him 5 more days and agreed to pick him up at 6pm. He texted me saying he was running late so we waited, 4 HOURS!! because he had an incident with my dog, another dog bitted him, trainer said it was superficial and he took him to the vet and when he finally showed up, my dog had 4 stitches by his left ribs. My dog looked like he was starving so skinny and the trainer excused was that he was doing a lot exercise. Me 37 weeks pregnant was crying on our way home seeing the way my dog was even worse with the anesthesia. We ended up paying around $1200-$1300 for nothing. On the next day the trainer came to my house to show us how to keep training my dog and my dog even baked at him when he saw him (so training didn't work) the first days he was looking afraid, the trainer recommended us to buy an electric shock collar for us to keep training My dog. We did brought it and it worked for only walking. My dog still bites my brother and brother in law since day 1, and i told the trainer. Now i need to remove the stitches from my dog and i asked him (never reply) i also told him my complaint before posting it here to see if he could do something and left me seen as you can see on our conversation pics.

Shoehorn O.

Is it possible to give 10 stars? Eli is the absolute best!!! A few months back I was able to adopt a German Shepherd puppy, my Tyson. As a family we do well walking him daily, however, we wanted Tyson to be friendly around other dogs as well as getting additional exercise. Eli, picks him up 3 times a week for group outings with other dogs (Tyson's friends). Tyson doesn't bark around other dogs and is very friendly. All of this is because of Eli, or as we call him "Uncle Eli." It's been months and Tyson gets excited every time Uncle Eli comes to pick him up. I must also mention DOGGY DAY CARE!!! I was in a pinch one Saturday for doggy day care services and called Eli. Tyson broke me heart when I dropped him off with Eli. He didn't even look around and just bolted to Eli and others to go play!!! He gave me video and photos of my pup! Not to mention Tyson having a great time. I never, EVER, have any worries when my baby boy Tyson is with Uncle Eli. He great hands.

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Aileen L.

I wanted to start my review with Eli was great at communicating with us prior to our booking. He answered all of my questions and reassured me that my dog would be in good hands. We boarded our dog the weekend before Christmas. Even when we met to drop off our dog we had a good feeling about leaving her with Eli at DogFit 23. Eli is very knowledgeable and his dogs are amazingly trained. Before boarding our dog, my main concern was that when dogs were being socialized, aka play time, that they are supervised. I even asked again when I dropped her off if dogs would be supervised while playing together and he said yes. I felt very comfortable leaving our dog in his care. There was some lack of communication with pick up, and had to wait over an hour. If pick up was the only issue I probably would have been a repeat customer. However, when we got home and I was giving our dog a bath, I noticed that she had multiple cuts all over her body. If our dog only had a couple scratches, then no big deal I know dogs can play rough with each other. Unfortunately, I found several all over her body, and a few reopened during her bath. My husband counted approximately 15 cuts on her body. This leads me to believe that some of the other dogs played a little too rough, and she was actually bleeding, and there was not enough supervision to prevent this. Our dog has very fine hair and it surprises me that nobody would have noticed that she was cut up and/or bleeding. Unfortunately, I will not be using his boarding services again. I cannot speak to his other services.

Aundrea M.

Thank you so much if i could i would give you 100 starts thanks so much for training chucky let me tell you a little about chucky when i dropped him off he was wild he would not listen he would drop and knock us down we couldn't walk him we just basically couldn't do nothing because he was to wild and we would have to put him away when we had guess over I'm so happy we found DogFit23 we trained my pit and he showed him so much love this week thanks so much you are a angel we highly recommend and we look forward to seeing you again we will send all our fur babies to you thanks so much

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Very unprofessional, non communicative and shady business. Do your research before leaving your pet with any trainer or boarding facility.

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I highly recommend DogFit23. Jonathon does a great job with our Beagle, Molly. She always is excited to see him!

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Can you guys board dogs? If yes, Where? How much?

Yes we do! We charge $45 day and night. We're a kennel free boarding facility that gives your dog the opportunity to socialize, play and release all of their pent up energy in a safe and fun environment. For any further questions and details please… 

Do you service the Whittier area? What are your fees?

Yes we cover Donwey , South Gate. Norwalk , Pico Rivera , Whittier and the surrounding areas...please give us a call to find out pric8ng as it varies depending the services you need

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“Eli not only trained my dog, but trained her humans too.”

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