My Aussie (9 year old) and I have been attending class for several months now. Robyn and her Team…read morehave been extremely supportive of my chatty girl Sammie. Let me assure you that you can teach an old dog new tricks. Or at least better manners... it's interesting to see the drastic improvement from the younger students as well. Robyn makes learning fun for both the pet and the owner, everything is taught with a gentle touch, putting the animal first. If you're considering dog training to help you and your pet, you'd be hard pressed to find better instructors than Robyn and her Team. Sammie gives them 5 woofs as well! (She always has to have the last word.)

TLDR: Goode Dog Training has an excellent staff, phenomenal communication, and is a worthy…read moreinvestment into the connection and communication between you and your pup! Robyn helped me work with basic obedience right after I got my Hazel while Robyn was still at PetSmart. It was immediately clear that she has a next-level understanding of how to translate what our human expectations are into language and consistency our pups can understand. She is efficient and yet effective at explaining why the techniques she teaches work. Well a couple years passed and, for the first time since I adopted Hazel, I was going to be traveling somewhere she couldn't come. While looking for solutions, I considered a Board and Train situation but was weary of trusting my pup to just anyone. By complete happenstance, around the same time I ran into Robyn and her husband while running errands! Lo and behold, they had started their own training company and would board and train Hazel for me. I was so relieved! This was the first time I had left Hazel with anyone other than family and the first time she'd been left for more than a night. Robyn and her staff took great care in communicating. Hazel is a breed mix of some famously smart and stubborn breeds. Training effectively requires consistency and, most importantly, cooperation from the owner. Robyn and her staff excel equally at working with the dog and 'training' the owner. I am so excited to continue learning and working with Goode Dog Training to give Hazel and myself the best possible foundation. I couldn't recommend them highly enough!

We adopted our 2 1/2 y.o. rescue pup Alphie and he is such a sweet guy, but had some major leash…read morereactivity and was resistant to listening to us. Being a husky mix we shouldn't have been surprised. We did 4 sessions with Dawn and she helped us with the basic commands and we saw a major change in Alphie. He listens to us so well now and is more responsive to our commands. We are still working on the leash reactivity, but he is slowly improving. The main thing was that Dawn gave us the tools to calm him and/or distract him when he gets into a reactive situation. We are hopeful he is going to get much better. Repetition and routine is key. Dawn was amazing to work with. We went to her house twice for the training and she had an awesome yard for Alphie to run around in, and we got to see how amazing he is off the leash with her dogs, which was so fun to see. Thank you Dawn!!

I met Dawn two years ago when we got our new Bernese Mt Dog puppy- and she didn't quite get along…read morewith our other dog. After taking them both to work with Dawn several times we made great progress. I've had several other typical puppy training issues and each time Dawn has helped me understand why they are happening and what to do about them. She is so friendly and calm about it I never have to feel like a bad dog mom! We still take Leia to board with Dawn when we are away- Dawn just mixed her right in with all the other dogs so she can have fun and play, spend time outside, and enjoy the other people around. I would choose this over a kennel atmosphere anytime! And as a bonus, Dawn works on training reminders with Leia while she boards her, so I get a refreshed dog when I return! Dawn is the BEST!

We can't say enough wonderful things about Hilton Christie you are the best. Bella went through the…read morepuppy training program and probably over stayed her welcome lil stubborn thing ended up with the Butlers on and off for 6 months. I can honestly say she's the best trained dog we have ever had. She's got wonderful manors minds us and is fantastic with our son. Berkley our older Pitt/Boxer mix wasn't so great with our son when we brought him home but the butlers fixed that too. She and MJA are inseparable. She's so gently and kind with him We can't thank you enough Butler family. Highly recommend.

Unlike some others who basically wrote horror stories about K9 Bootcamp/Basic, my experience with…read moreHilton and Christine was fantastic! I sent my 8 month old shih tzu to their training camp in August. About a month before I sent him, I went to their house to get a feel for the environment that my puppy would be in and felt very confident in their abilities to work with him. My biggest concern with my puppy was making sure he was house broken because we were about to move into a new home. Christine assured me this wouldn't be an issue and even offered to keep my puppy a little longer if needed while we would be getting settled into the home. I LOVE THAT THEY TRAIN FROM A HOME...how else do you HOUSE train a dog when it's not in a HOUSE? It was a perfect idea. When I dropped off my puppy the first day, I got to meet Hilton as well who make me feel very confident about his training. I also was able to meet their daughter who came down and started playing with my puppy...this made me feel a lot better that he would be very loved while there! I did not receive any formal report cards or pictures..but only because their computer had broke and was given to an IT guy to have fixed (there is technology for you! LOL) Although I didn't receive any of the pictures, Christine was always available to talk to me about his progress. Despite what others say, she always, ALWAYS answered any and every phone call I had. After he got home, he knew some commands and was almost 100% house broken (sure he has had a few slip ups but what dog hasn't?). My puppy ended up having diarrhea when he returned home (I think it was because of the stress/excitement of coming home). Christine and Hilton contacted me multiple times to see how he was feeling and make sure he was okay. Now it has been a month since he has been home and I couldn't be happier with my puppy and his behavior... Thank you K9 Bootcamp/Basic!!!!

Canine conversation has helped me and my dog become even closer. Kinsey Rising is a top…read moreprofessional in the dog training world. I would trust no one else to handle my five-year-old male Rottweiler with such grace, compassion, and strength. I would encourage anyone who has a dog that needs any type of training to seek out canine conversations.

Cheryl is the best. Seriously. We heard about her from a friend and when we meet for our free…read moreevaluation I knew she was gonna be our trainer. We live in Lake Stevens which is out of her travel range so we met at McCollum park in Everett for our sessions. We have a 6 month old Whippet and the web is full of information about how Whippets are not motivated to be trained, can never be trusted off leash, no training collars (they have thin necks), are very sensitive, etc. After reading all this I was left bewildered. I had trained our previous dog (Lab) but I felt like nothing I knew before would work on this dog and I hadn't even started! Cheryl put my mind at ease. She felt that a balanced approach (a gentler training collar with lots of positive reinforcement) was the way to go and how a dog is trained and what it can and can't do is up to the individual dog and its owner. We signed up for her Silver package and met twice a week for 5 weeks. After our first lesson I was so pleased I could cry. Just that lesson taught Dobby not to pull which was his biggest issue. From there he learned sit, down, come, place, heel, stay, not to jump up on people and just how to generally pay attention to me more than his surroundings. Its tough for him as Sighthounds see everything and are intensely interested. But he's come so so far. Cheryl never lost her cool, never lost her patience and she had a solution for every issue that came up. I had to bring my 4 kids numerous times as we homeschool and she was never (visibly) annoyed, even though they were sometimes quite annoying :) We did end up using an electronic collar and our last few sessions involved working with him on that. He has begun work off leash using this collar. It also helps make corrections at home when he doesn't have a leash on and is far away. I would recommend using the e-collar option if it fits into your budget. Its been really nice. I can't recommend Cheryl highly enough. We really enjoyed our time with her and Duke and her impact on Dobby and us will last a very long time. She enabled us to have a well-behaved dog that we can take anywhere. That's priceless.

I love puppy adventure academy great trainers! The helped Apollo grow into a nice teenager. I…read morerecommend puppy daycare and board and train and the puppy adventure field trips! Thank you so much!!

Jami is awesome! I hired her to watch my cats after having a bad experience with another pet…read moresitting company. She completely understood my concerns and went out of her way to ensure I was comfortable. I have older fellas that need a little extra care. One needs medicine twice a day and she understood the need and was able to accommodate. The boys must love her as she was able to get pictures of them almost every day and they weren't under the bed! It was great getting the photos and text messages from her letting me know they were ok and being cared for. Jami is also super personable and easy to talk to, she is more than a pet person, but also a people person. I will definitely be using her the next time I travel.

Kayla worked wonders with my dog Otis. He had eaten an ottoman and my husband was ready to give him…read moreaway. Best paws was our last chance to keep him. He listens and follows commands very well. He is doing great now and my husband even likes him!

Horrible service. Unreliable pet sitter. Spoke with owner who was totally unprofessional…read more Thank you for your response. Yes we did have an issue and both dogs were completely treated BEFORE we left town. We were upfront about this before we left town in your customer portal and you still accepted the contract. Four days later when we were out of the country, you abandoned our dogs with no notice.

We had a WONDERFUL experience with Top Dog Pet Sitters! This is the first time we have ever used a…read morepet sitter. We used them for 24-hour care for our 13-year-old bull terrier. We have never left him alone EVER and figured he'd have separation anxiety ( I know I did) and with Ravin's help, we think he did just great! He wasn't that excited when we got home, and I took that as a great sign! I'm thrilled with Top Dog and we will for sure use them many times to come. Ravin spent the night here for two days, and there is absolutely no sign she was here at all. The bed was made, the house was spotless, and I don't even think she threw anything away in our trashcan! If you're skeptical about using them, don't be. It was a perfect experience for us and our dog

Liz Kelly and Texas K-9 Academy did wonderful job of behavior modification of my Aggressive…read moreSharpei. My Sharpei was so aggressive , out of control. We kept him with Liz for 2weeks and our dog Shah came home as a changed dog ! He does not jump onto bed or sofa. Listens and follows commands. I have No Idea what did she do! Thank you Liz Kelly and Texas K-9 Academy. I will recommend Texas K-9 to any dog owner.

Liz did a wonderful job with Peaches. Peaches was a singleton with limited socialization when we…read moretook her to Texas K-9 Academy. Peaches is a much more content pup with lots of confidence and spunk. She is calm at heel on the lead, sits, down, places, and comes to call consistently and happily. No whining in her kennel, calms easily for down time and is a joy to have inside. I couldn't be more pleased with the results. This the obedience foundation I needed to start her gun dog training. It was worth every nickel.