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    Donna with pup Charlie.
    Jarm A.

    All I could hear in my home was "No, Charlie!" I knew I needed to get training for my active 5 month old puppy. I am so glad I found Donna's training. Donna had a reasonable price and was flexible with time and location. Donna's approach is positive reinforcement. I learned skills to work with my pup, and my pup learned commands. I am very happy that I learned to walk my puppy, Charlie.

    Heather-Anne M.

    Donna AKA Auntie Donna was absolutely wonderful with my year old English Bulldog Dolly. Dolly not only learned new tricks but was able to learn to stop nibbling on fingers by being gentle. She has tuned my little Dolly to quite a fine young lady

    Sara V.

    After a cross country move my German shepherd mix Luke needed some help adjusting to our new life and home. I reached out to Donna as she's highly recommended on the community Facebook pages. She was wonderful! Positive dog training. Building confidence and bonds with your dog. Luke responded extremely well and I am so grateful to have found her! She is also reasonably priced! 10/10 for auntie Donna!

    Madisen G.

    We are so happy we were able to work with Donna over the last few weeks. She was so sweet and made learning fun for Celine. I had no idea where to begin with training my rescue dog, who barely knew her name when we started. I had a blast learning and so did Céline! Celine now knows how to sit, lay down, come , stay, "no door dashing", rollover, shake, high five & "sit pretty" and other fun tricks! She comes to your house, which is amazing. Very professional and also LOVES your fur babies which of course is a must :) will definitely be recommending to all family and friends in search of a trainer! Celine, Rex, Gus, me and my sister will miss you Monday nights!!!

    Keli T.

    Donna is unbelievable! Kind, patient, and all training done with love. My puppy adores her and my older dogs got the benefit of her training even though they were not the actual students!!! My whole family is absolutely shocked at what our puppy has accomplished in just Puppy 101 so to speak. I cannot recommend her enough!!

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    Donna is an amazing person. She cares about her student and offers lots of useful tips of how to raise a puppy. I luckily have her to help me train my 4-month-old White Swiss Shepherd for 5 classes. It's a definitely wonderful experience. Especially when she has her two dog assistants around, my puppy not only learned how to make proper socialization with other dogs but also learned new commends by seeing them doing those things. I would keep taking her classes if I were not moving to another city. You would not regret contacting her for your puppy.

    Guillermo P.

    I tried to communicate with them but don't seem to care about to get new customers,I explained my case about my puppy but sadly is been weeks or months still no response bad customer service Update 11-28-17 Im not playing with you or your company I was very interested on your services but you stopped replying (i own a store but phone repair) so I just expressed my opinion about your company which at first was interested on my case but I don't know why you stopped msg me and thats when I wrote the review and thats when I got your attention now my puppy is 12 months, you have to put more attention to a possible customer which I was and I just thought you weren't interested on my puppy because was past the 2/3 months you said. Thanks for the response and have a great day. Guillermo

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    Angela D.

    Donna is great! Kind, patient, and all training done with love and positive reinforcement. Raven adores her and has made improvements along with her classmate Winston! We worked on controlling impulses, healthy dog play, socialization, getting your pup to pay attention... come when called and leave it and more! I am looking forward to booking her training package again to continue Raven's (and my ) education!

    Donna trained my puppy Togo for 4 weeks and she was wonderful. He loved her and learned so much, definitely recommend her for training services.

    We just finished a 5 course basic training with Donna and our newly rescued pup Luca. She helped us learn ways to communicate with our teenage pup with consistency and love. In just a few months, our dog has so many skills! Donna is a comfortable energy with so much to share. We will welcome her expertise again when we attempt to have a swimming dog by summer! Thank you again Donna!

    We were looking for training for our dog Bando specifically in obedience and help with separation anxiety. Donna did just that! She taught us how to shift our relationship with Bando so that we know how to communicate with him and how to make him more receptive to us. She explained to us why Bando acts the way he does and helped us correct or encourage. She even got Bando to eat dried treats! Something our spoiled pup never ate! We continue to practice all of what we learned and Bando is still getting it! Highly recommend! Thanks auntie Donna! hope to have a play date with Romeo soon!

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    Thank you so much Samantha!

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    Thank you Donna for helping us with our baby. He is such a happier family member now. So are we. Great success !!

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    Thank you, and it was truly my pleasure!

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    Donna did a wonderful job with my pit bull puppy and his behavioral issues. I highly recommend her!!

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