An update almost 2 months post training…read more Poppy is doing SOOOOOO well!! Every single day we tell each other how lucky we are that she joined our family and how much we love her!! She is an absolute delight on the leash to walk both with and without her older brother in his stroller. She sits without being asked when we stop and is not reactive at all to dogs we meet on our walks. We get a lot of compliments for her behavior as well as how cute she is. Your patience, time, expertise and passion for training has helped her and thus our family so much. We are SO grateful to you both. She is also absolutely wonderful with our 17 month old granddaughter and is fabulous going to outdoor seating restaurants too. Her behaviors are so reliable now. Her down stays are very good and we love that she will drop toys on request now too. In other words you have both helped us mold the most wonderful dog for our family. Forever grateful!! A million thank yous

We used Corey for a take over training for about 2.5 weeks and what a difference that makes. Our…read morepit mix was a wild one that would literally drag me on walks. Now we have a very well trained, well mannered boy that listens. It's a happier life for all. And it's been great throughout the years. He's still a great listener and walker. So glad we found Corey. His is amazing!!! Train them all!!!!

Fantastic service. Jackie has devoted her life to dogs and cars about your dogs as she would her…read moreown. She took great care of my elderly Boston Terrier, and I have no reservations about recommending her to others.

While visiting Malibu we needed a sitter for our 2 dogs. Trudy hooked us up with a great sitter who…read morewas reliable and did a great job caring for our pups. Allowed us to have a little getaway with peace of mind that our fur babies were in good hands! Thank you so much

This company needs better lines for communication. Left several messages and text messages with no…read morereturn calls.

Finding Wigglewag and Nes has been the BEST thing to happen to us this year. We have tried multiple…read moretrainers and different training methods with our now 10 month old pup, Pablo. We adopted him 6 months ago and although we'd done hours and hours of research on puppies, we quickly realized we were way in over our heads with our dog. The Wigglewag team continuously goes above and beyond to help us learn what Pablo needs from us. Nes really cares about and knows dogs -- he gets in their heads in a way I've never seen before. His approach to training is extremely thorough and entirely focused on your relationship with your specific dog. His team is just as dedicated and caring. They welcome Pablo everyday and always provide updates on his strengths and struggles for the day. In only 3 weeks of consistent daycare and a few one-on-one training sessions with Nes, our whole lives are different. We are learning a whole new way to interact with our pup, and he is learning the boundaries he needs to be his best self. We all have a ways to go, but we're making much more progress than we have in the past. And I am 100% confident it's because of Nes and his team. Services we've tried: * daycare * training sessions * boarding Especially during this strange time when dogs are not getting the socialization they need, having these amazing partners helping us raise our dog is truly life changing. I know it sounds like I'm laying on the drama here, but I mean it! If your dog is struggling with any behavior issues, or you need some help with training/walking/whatever...they are hands down the best investment you can make for your dog and yourself. Thank you Wigglewag for loving our wild, sweet boy and for constantly giving us the tools we need to be who he needs us to be.

My dog did dog training here for 10 days. He is the best boy now! He loves going here but can only…read moremake it on the weekends since it's a little too far for me during the weekdays. He loves all the workers there and he always comes home exhausted! Alex did his training and I have recommended others to go here. I live in a condo and all the neighbors have complimented how well behaved my dog is after the training. Truly a great experience! We will continue to advocate how amazing this place is.

Lovely team. My dog *loves* his daycare and all his (human and doggy) friends here. He's been…read morecoming here since he was a puppy; he's 5 years old now and still loses it when we pull into the parking lot. We love you, cagefree

Our 5 month old labradoodle, Maverick just completed his puppy kindergarten course with Mr. Chang…read moreand we have had such a wonderful experience that we decided to continue sending him to daycare here twice a week. Our pup loves his teacher and his pup mates and comes home so happy and tired! He has learned several new commands and bites/lunges way less in just a few short weeks of training! I highly recommend Torrance Dog Training to anyone with a pup who needs a new or refresher course on obedience.

This is a long overdue review but want to thank Torrance Dog Training and their wonderful staff for…read moretaking my new puppy Oliver starting 5 + years ago and turning him into a well-socialized, well-behaved, trained dog who continues to be an absolute delight. Their very well-structured program with appropriate owner follow up really made a difference. I can take him anywhere and he's always well-behaved. I have since found a day care place a little closer to home he still misses going to play with his puppy friends.

I can't say enough about their service. Imagine a one-year-old barking Chihuahua that doesn't…read morelisten to anybody and has accidents in the house purposely. After the first class I was impressed by the behavior changes after the fourth one I have a brand new dog. Lolita able to do most basic commands after a few classes. I tried for a year to get her to learn sit and she just would give me an attitude and now she does it with ease. Everybody told me you can't train little dogs but Canine Charm can. Attached a few pictures of her looking over my pet chickens. She doesn't like to be photographed...

Edyn actually helped me and my dog understand each other so much better! More love, and a lot less…read morestress. My boy was having serious issues with manners. He is a dutch shepherd and they are very very intelligent, high energy, and probably one of the most high maintenance breeds out there. Sweetest guy but I really just didn't know how to handle him. I couldn't focus for more than 20 minutes at a time because he was so anxious and hyper in the house. My patience and my sanity were wearing pretty thin to be honest. I met Edyn at the dog park and through a brief conversation she basically showed me how I could be enabling some of this behavior. So I decided to hire her to do some one on one stuff. Couldn't hurt! She worked with us for about 6 weeks or so and helped me established routines and behaviors to keep me AND my dog happy. The sessions we're so much fun because I got to connect with my dog better and the mental relief that followed was priceless. I was finally able to have peace of mind and a serious boost in productivity because my dog knew how I wanted him to act. If you want to love your dog AND your life more, I would definitely recommend you talk to, Edyn!

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.)

I cannot say enough good things about Juan and his work with my dog. He is gentle and fun, my dog…read morelike him and Juan holds him to what he needs to learn. My dog HATED being groomed and I was desperate in trying to figure out what to do. Juan worked with me and the dog (both of us needed training LOL) and it's like a miracle. I cannot believe how much his overall behavior has improved. Juan has positive energy and really understands dogs. I cannot recommend him more highly.

Great experience overall. no nonsense, direct, trustworthy, honest, successful, easy to understand…read moreapproach to dog training. Juan is like a miracle worker. Do it now, don't hesitate, in the end you will wish you had signed up for the training sooner.