Cristina allowd me to bring my 4-month-old puppy to a socializing time before her class began…read more Very helpful for my pup. I'll be attending her obediance classes in September.

I'm always grateful to Cristina & Stephen for how well they have trained our two German Shepherds…read morebut especially when we are out camping. A dog recently charged at our two dogs...the owner unable to hold on or control it and our dogs stayed calm, didn't bark & backed away with us. It is their training sessions & twice weekly walks with Cristina & Stephen that made that happen! They are also incredible kind, super responsive & so fun to talk too. Thank you Cristina & Stephen for making our dogs a joy to take on trips and not a misery. You are amazing...we are so grateful.

Cary taught both our dog and us how to handle the barking-jumping problem we had. She is…read moreprofessional, calm, patient, and encouraging. Highly recommended!

I had a great experience at Wonder Dog Ranch. My dog, Lola, was in fantastic hands…read more ​A huge thank you to Kevin, who was one of staff members, that took great care of my puppy Lola and I. He handled everything and made me feel completely at ease. He was so professional and clearly cares a lot about the dogs. ​When I picked up Lola, she was happy and tired from playing, which is exactly what I hoped for. I will definitely be a returning customer!

We recently visited Wonder Dog Ranch with hopes of finding a safe and fun place for our dog to…read moresocialize and play. However, a few red flags made us uncomfortable with leaving our pet there. First, when we arrived, we weren't allowed inside--not even into the front office. Instead, we had to fill out all the paperwork outside. When we asked to see the play area where the dogs would be spending their time, we were also denied access. This raised concerns about transparency. Inside the office, we noticed a TV monitor and asked if it was used for pet parents to check in on their dogs during pet play time , Kevin told us no. This meant that once we left our dog, we had no way of knowing how they were being treated or interacting with other dogs. When we asked for a visual reference of the play area, he only had a few photos, which showed a couch and some toys--not the engaging and structured environment we were expecting. We did leave our dog for the initial evaluation. Before I left I asked him if he can take a video for me for todays at least, so that I can see how my puppy interacts with his stay , he then assured me he would be able to do that. My husband and I left to grab a bite, and returned in 45 min. When we returned I asked to see the video, and he said he did not take a video of my puppy interacting. After we left we discussed it and didn't feel comfortable with the lack of access and transparency. We ultimately decided not to bring our dog back. While we can't say anything negative about how the dogs are actually treated, the fact that pet owners aren't allowed to see where their pets will be playing or how they are interacting raises concerns. For us, peace of mind and trust are essential when leaving our pet in someone else's care, and unfortunately, we didn't get that here. Kevin appeared to be a nice gentleman, and maybe a bit old school, but this wasn't for us.

All I have to say is: WOW. Mikayla is an expert and a master of her craft. My boyfriend and I…read morerecently adopted a puppy and desperately needed help. I had so much anxiety about not knowing what I was doing, and Mikayla relieved all of that. She was proficient, well spoken, smart, and overall amazing. My boyfriend calls her the dog wizard. She went through all of our questions, commands, and everything in between. I am so grateful for her and we will be doing follow up sessions without a doubt. I have a hard time trusting people with my pets and I can tell you 100% she is reputable, trustworthy and a true professional. Beyond that, she is cool, down to earth, and has a great personality. Book her!

Mikayla is great! She was so wonderful with my dog who has anxiety with both new humans and dogs…read more She helped me get a better foundation of training with my dog, enhancing recall and my dog's focus on me when we are outside with stimulus, and I couldn't have done it without her!!

A little back story, I went to get training for my little furbaby when I first got her but training…read moregot cut short due to schooling. Now that I have more time I wanted to finish Bella's training. I reached out to bark busters because Bella had a lot of anxiety and would have non stop barking issues. We have a new baby in the house so all the barking was no fun! I'm telling you, no joke after the first visit with our trainer Justine, I felt as if Bella was a whole new dog! She gives such great advice on how to properly train your dog without food incentives and shock collars! I was so amazed that I started telling a lot of my friends about it! I just finished my second session with Justine today and she was giving me tips and tricks on how to walk Bella without her pulling. By the end of the session I was walking Bella and Bella wasn't walking me! Justine truly cares for me and Bella and is very thoughtful on modifying things that help me the best! It's definitely worth the investment. I couldn't be any more happy and I would definitely recommend Bark Busters, especially with Justine, to everyone and anyone! Enjoy a picture of Bella after our training session today!

If you truly love your dog, then Bark Busters is the best thing you can do for them! We rescued an…read moreAmerican Pit Bull Terrier mix from our local animal shelter during Covid, and immediately fell in love with her. Since then, we have done our best to train her (even hired a dog training company) and while she's been amazing to us, there have been some incidents. We tried to correct her behavior but we had to go beyond just correcting a behavior, we had to know the why. We needed a dog behaviorist. Enter Bark Busters and Justine! From the very first phone conversation with Justine, she told us about a dog's personality (the who) vs. a dog's behavior (the why). Was our dog just naturally an aggressive dog or was our dog showing aggression due to past trauma. After the initial phone call then came the in person assessment in our home, Justine knew our dog's personality was sweet and loving to us; however, due to her being a rescue, her past experiences led to trauma that led to aggressive behaviors towards others in certain situations. Moreover, during that first assessment, she educated us things we had no idea about or thought about with dogs as pets plus what we need to be and do as owners. Justine was and is exactly what we were looking for in understanding our dog and from there building the right relationship with our dog that will keep her and others safe. The business model and curriculum that Bark Busters and Justine have put in place is one of a kind and works from day 1. We have always wanted what is best for our dog and to give her the best life possible, especially because she is a rescue and her breed. Bark Busters and Justine continues to give us the tools in place to build the confidence and trust we have as owners in our dog and our dog has in us as owners. We are forever grateful to Justine and will recommend her and Bark Busters to anyone!

I found Dave through his wonderful Yelp reviews so I realize that my opinion is certainly in the…read moreminority. However, I still think you should know of my personal experience. After adopting a 2 year old min pin mix from the humane society, I emailed Dave to set up a training session. I explained that she was already pretty good with walking on the leash, etc. but we wanted to definitely focus on some separation anxiety issues and just general command following. He showed up on time (a big plus in my book!) but did not acknowledge our dog at all when he came in. He said "she'll have to warm up to me." A little background - we'd had our pup for two weeks and she'd never barked. She just cuddled everyone who came over. The humane society had said they too had never heard her bark so we weren't even sure that she'd hadn't been de-barked previously. Well, Dave came upstairs, without acknowledging her, and with his big booming voice talking a mile a minute and the second he reached the top of the stairs, she barked. We should have listened to her. Dave immediately launched into telling us about training and giving us seemingly random information about how to train her to do this or that. He did not ask us about her background. He did not ask us what we wanted to accomplish, he just ran full steam ahead. It was a whirlwind but my Husband and I tried to keep up. He got out treats and commanded our dog to sit, which he did get her to do, but he did not tell us why or how he was getting her to react. Next, he said we should all go on a walk. He proceeded to ignore how she was walking on the leash and spent the whole 20 minute walk telling us stories about how he tamed giant aggressive dogs. Impressive, but that's not what we have nor what we were paying for. On the walk, he told us that we needed to get down to her eye level to show her our hand signals because she couldn't see if we did them high up. Okay, fair enough. However, back at home, he was getting her to sit some more and he said "you have to stand and give the hand signals, you're not always going to bend down for her." Literally contradicting what he had just told us on the walk. He never let us practice giving her commands so he could correct what we were doing wrong and he never seemed to take any interest in listening to us about our concerns. He also kept referring to her as a "he" and while we corrected him at least four times, he kept calling her a boy. I give him two stars and not one because my Husband and I do think he knows what he's talking about. However, he's probably much better with bigger, more aggressive dogs. When he left, my Husband and I looked at each other, exhausted from the high-energy that Dave puts out (he's loud and boisterous and constantly expelling anecdotes) and said "never again" at the same time. Dave wasn't for us and my suggestion would be to pay attention to your dog and your gut like we have. In the end, she knows all kinds of tricks now and is a great learner, but she needed a different approach.

Let me start by stating I do think he knows how to get a dog to behave, but he's not the right…read moretrainer for my dog nor I. I am amazed at his work and respect him. However, I wished I knew the details on his work. Pros: ~Has shown results. My dog did, amazingly, behaved nicely and David was able to correct him if he wasn't. Wish there was more of that. ~He does let you practice with your dog and corrects you so you can do it when he's not around. ~Each session is at least 2 hours, he doesn't rush his work and take his time with the lesson. ~Uses his own well behaved dogs to train people's dogs. ~Has the energy to keep up with even the most hyper of dogs. ~Isn't afraid to get bit. ~My dog loves him (but that's probably not a big perk, my dog loves everyone, I have yet to see him NOT love someone instantly). Cons (with explanations): ~He uses prong collars. I understand my dog may bite him and thus the prong collar may curb his behavior. However, I am not comfortable with having to pinch my dog into behaving. David did say it doesn't hurt - he's placed it on his own leg and pulled as hard and he can and it doesn't hurt him. I did this at home to my own leg and it actually hurts me. I wouldn't want to think about how it hurts my dog. He's very adamant on the collar and I ended up having to purchase my own. Good thing my dog loves everyone cos he still loves me and David, even when he has to wear that darn collar. ~Talks a lot. Which is both good and bad. The explanations helped at first but he became very repetitive about them. He is also very passionate about some things and will rant on and on about them. He complained about how animal shelters give out dogs with behavioral issues because they don't care. I had to bite my tongue to not point out the animal shelter's purpose is population control and rehoming dogs, not perfecting dogs to adopt out. Seems to like bragging about his worst clients and seems proud of his bite scars. ~Communication skills leaves something to desire. Granted he has a older phone model but after a few weeks break (we had other things planned), he forgot who I was/my dog was when I texted him to confirm the next class. Maybe at least save your client's number and a brief description of their needs rather than having to ask 'who is this?'? ~Pricing varied. He quoted me a cheaper price for the next visits but since we skipped a few weeks, he must have forgotten and charged me the same price as the first time. But considering each lesson was more than 2 hours long, his hourly rates are still really cheap, I'm just a little annoyed he didn't keep his word. ~No follow ups? He didn't discuss a next session and just left me in the middle of a lesson to practice on my own at home. I don't know why I decided to do a second session (probably cos I didn't want to find another trainer and pay all over again) but at least his lack of interest in ensuring my dog actually learnt something made me not go with a third session. I felt weird about posting a less than 5 star review since every other review is a glowing 5 star but seeing someone else review him less than stellar made me realize I'm not the only one out there. I agree, maybe he's not the right trainer for smaller/medium sized breeds. I'm surprised none of the other reviews mention this - the prong collars, the rants, the repetitive anecdotes. I wished I have saved my money and gone with a different trainer with different methods because he wasn't the right trainer for me. (My dog has no say in this since he loves all his trainers and even his vet.)

Luis is a true dog whisperer. He is patient and kind. Our dog, Lola, is a rescue and she came…read morewith some bad habits and continually pulled on her leash. After just one session with Luis, she showed incredible improvement. Subsequent lessons proved to really solidify her good behavior. We learned right along with her. We highly recommend Luis!

Our dog was a rescue from out of the country. Almost 4 months of having her with us...no videos,…read morerepetitive commands, or home training worked with her the way it worked out for our other 2 dogs (mini-dachshunds). If you're familiar with the breed, you know they are stubborn as heck which makes it harder to train them from home. Turns out, Bailey (Border Collie mix), was much harder to train since she's never received any training all her life. She just turned 3 yrs old. Luis was able to break whatever it was hindering her from picking up or learning basic commands. Ultimately, we wanted to get her trained to know basic commands, better leash manner, and eventually complete recall. Within minutes of working with her, Luis taught her what it means to heel and sit. I call him the dog whisperer because Bailey changes her demeanor instantly when she sees him. We are happy and grateful for Luis and his team for being patient and for how quick they got our dog to learn. We will definitely keep coming back to him and we highly recommend his business.

I literally hear this woman screaming at the animals when I am a customer at the business next…read moredoor. The dogs are constantly fighting, and all she ever does is scream at them to stop. After hearing the way she treats them I would never bring my dog here in a million years.

I don't know how they are with the dogs but whoever answered the phone has the worse phone…read moreetiquette I've ever experienced! I called to ask a few questions about boarding my puppy. I kindly said "hi, I'd like to inquire about boarding my dog for Thanksgiving " and she answered by saying "yeah, but I'm not like other places" and I said "o.k." She then repeated herself like 3 more times saying "I'm not like other places". So I asked literally out of pure curiosity at that point "what do you mean? What's different about you?" She then very aggressively asked "Well does your dog get along with everyone?" .....the conversation continued for a bit and then I just said thank you and hung up. And yes! My dog gets along with other dogs, has all her shots and is fixed! I wouldn't even consider boarding her if she didn't fill all these requirements! If this woman is this rude with a complete stranger /possible new customer, I can only imagine how she treats the dogs. Doesn't sound like she is happy doing what she is doing.....