They scammed my friend. Here is her post I copied and pasted from FaceBook:…read moreI have been scammed from Blue Ridge and they have put my dog in serious danger from risk of Parvo while telling me everything was fine. They trained my dog Daenerys to be a SD or so they said. She behaved for them and in our 'weekly lessons' but came home not obeying, which I understand I have to learn to be stern with her. They would not train any of the tasks to commands, just cues, even though I asked them to be commands in case she doesn't do or recognize the cues. And when I brought these to their attention, I was told I need training and that it was my fault she still stalked and chased the cats, or hardly ever listened to me.
But! When she reached 6 months and started to go into her fear stages I was simply told "She doesn't do it with us. She's fine in public" And they did not try to help her train it out those periods. She has developed a growling habit if people approach us too fast or if someone walks in the door while she's sleeping (math class and library) as well as bark and growl at people that come over. This is a fear response not aggression as her body language shows and a behaviorist has told me. I have had to pull her out of public access.
However when the problems were taken to Laura and later Eve, the people she left in charge when she moved half way across the country, the problems were ignored. I sent a youtube video of what the dog was doing, no answer for 3 days. I finally reviewed them on their FB page and they BLOCKED me, so my friend tried, and they removed reviews. While in the middle of a business contract... This is bad business.
In response, they have said that my money was given to Laura not them, so they don't have any contract with me and that because she was doing good with them, the dog is ready and relieved of the contract anyways. When clearly the dog is not ready and the growling was ignored.
Along with this, and this is the mal-practice, I gave Laura money for the dogs third set of shots since she was boarding with them at the time and Laura said she would handle it. I was told that the dog had her shots, and then later the 4th set and Rabies. Later when I went to obtain vet records from her, the vet she used claimed the dog never had her third or fourth parvo shot. The vet never gave her any sets of shots but Rabies....
My money was taken and the dog put at risk without ever telling me as they said she had all of her shots. She was also sick with the runs every time she returned from there. It turned out to be Coccidia, which they said she had there but it was treated. My vet contacted her vet, and the 'treatment' was ONE pill to fix the Coccidia, a treatment my vet said would not cure Coccidia as it takes an entire bottle and time.
This business hides behind its few instances of success, and deletes or blocks any negative reviews or publicity it gets in order to continue to gain Service Dog Clients in order to make money ($1800 if you have your own dog, $4000 if they have to raise a puppy for you.) They train them too young (my dog was taken at 13wks)with questionable methods (prong and e-collar on puppies) with the contract for 6 months telling you that they can train your dog to be an SD within 6 months (most places is 2 years). Then if the dog continues to have issues where the contract says more time would be given, they proceed to ignore those issues and block you if you cause trouble.
Blue Ridge Working K9 is a scam and I hope no one else falls into the same trap that I did. Of course if you're here, it may already be too late.