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    Renee A.

    We signed our puppy up for a four week program here and decided that we loved it so much and our puppy was thriving so we decided to sign him up for two additional weeks. After six weeks at Hillary's hound house our dog has self-control, he can play nicely with our kitten, he comes when we call him and has a lot of control over his impulses. They trained us also so we know how to handle him and continue training him after his graduation today. Hillary is there almost every single day and she leads the training classes on Saturdays. The love for her job and the great employees she has really shines through and makes a very positive experience for her clients. We appreciate them so much and would highly recommend them to anybody who has just gotten a new puppy and doesn't know how to train it or have the time to be with the puppy all day every day.

    I would give Hillary 10+ stars if I could. Hillary's Hound House was the single best thing we ever did for our puppy. We brought our Goldendoodle puppy to Hillary's Hound House when she was 13 weeks old. She showed up a very socially awkward, at times unsure/fearful of other puppies, overexcited puppy. All in all had a sweet disposition, but had poor impulse control, was a serial jumper, and had energy to burn. Hillary and team took that energy and channeled it into training - AND IT SHOWS. She is so much more in control of her energy and impulses, doesn't jump anywhere near as much, and overall is a much more mature puppy. She's also now so great at walking loose leash. We've also taken her to several puppy socials since starting at Hillary's Hound House and she's so much more comfortable and friendly with other puppies. Now she's like the life of the party at puppy socials. Hillary's team really cares. We received videos from time to time of some of our puppy's lessons for the day. The staff was always so friendly and ready to give updates when we picked her up for the day, giving us a sense of her progress. All in all, we really feel like we've seen such a change in our girl since her time at Hillary's. Highly recommend. Book for 6 weeks, not 4. Trust me.

    Krista K.

    I was very excited to take my puppy to Hilary's. He was scared at the beginning but after a day or two I was told several times that he was doing really well and getting along with the other puppies. Hilary called me after his 5th day there to tell me that he is not welcome back because he scared some of the other puppies during recall training and she felt he was aggressive. He has had training with other trainers and spent time at a small daycare and they all have told me that he is not aggressive and does really well with other dogs. I was very disappointed that Hilary kicked him out after one incident. He had just started bonding with Kayla, who really did well with him, and liked going to "school." For the amount of money I paid there should be some correcting of questionable behavior. I think that most of the puppies she accepts come from breeders so they don't have any behavior that needs to be corrected as an adopted dog might. There also might be some bias towards pitbull mixes, as my puppy is.

    My vicious puppy

    You would think that someone with so much experience like Hillary would know that border collie breed is more energetic then most dogs. However, when I brought my 10 week old puppy to train with her for 4 weeks she did not mention anything that she would not be able to do. Only three days into this training, Hillary called me and said that she is not sure if she can train my puppy because she is "attacking" other dogs. She said she'll give it another week but she is just too aggressive. Well, it's a puppy and that is why I payed for training so that she learns how to behave while she is still a baby. Would you prefer me to bring you a trained puppy?! If I brought an adult, vicious dog and you said you cannot train him, I would understand that. But this is a border collie puppy, which was much smaller and younger then any other puppy you had in the group. I found this very unprofessional, you gave up after only three days of having my puppy. If you are considering to bring your dog to train with Hillary, please make sure your dog is actually trained.

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    Fabulous!!! my puppy Coco Valentina loves going wonderful programs and staff. Puppies are so calm and happy to be there to learn,

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    We signed our rescue Lab puppy up for "puppy playtime" to socialize and "Jumpstart Puppy" to work on basic behavior, approx 6 months ago.

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