We discovered Lifeline K9 Training about a year ago, soon after we adopted our new puppy, Onyx. We…read moreneeded help with his fear reactivity and overall obedience, and choosing Lifeline K9 Training turned out to be the best decision we ever made. Without their guidance, patience and expertise, we would not have been able to transform Onyx from his scared and reactive state into the smart, well-mannered, confident dog he is today. We are committed to continuing to train with Lifeline K9 Training to ensure that Onyx becomes the amazing dog he was always meant to be. Thank you Lifeline K9 Training for everything!

We met Keilah last year and she has been the BEST help we needed for our dogs. Ive had multiple dog…read moretrainers in the past but Keilah has been our favorite because she really cares about the pups! She always want to make sure the dogs are happy, comfortable, and works very well with our two dogs who are complete opposite types of dogs. We 10000% trust Lifelife K9 Training with our pups and recommend her to everyone who is in beed for training support!

Jessica seems to always find a way to come help out with our cat when we go out of town. It's…read morecomforting knowing she'll show up when she says she will, listens to our needs, and goes above and beyond. Jessica always communicates ahead of time when she'll visit and sends updates afterwards. We never worry when she's on the job. I trust her and I think she is professional and dependable. Highly recommended.

My partner and I had Jessica take care of our fur babies and fish while we were in Hawaii last…read moreweek. First, she's the animal whisperer!! My cat Zoe loves her. Jessica is so sweet with our dog, Coco. Our dog is very picky with everything but does really well with Jessica. She takes great care of them. She does three walks a day. She always sends us videos and pictures of them. I can see that Jessica takes great pride of her work and how much she loves animals. I highly recommend her! She's very respectful, reliable and responsible!

We are the owners of a loving and sweet but LOUD 5-year-old samoyed. His barking has grown worse…read morewith time and with a newborn on the way, we were desperate to get the barking under control. In came Lisa, who was recommended to us by another dog trainer, and she is worth every penny. After 4 weeks of a board and train program with Lisa, we were left wondering why we did not get our dog trained with her sooner! Not only did Lisa help address the problematic barking, which was our primary goal. She also crate-trained him (necessary for doggos who are doing the board and train), taught him how to be a good loose-leash walker, significantly improved his recall, and how to heel/sit/down in place when asked. We are stoked! We are doing things with him we have never felt confident enough to do before, like take him to cafes (and even some restaurants!). He has been getting compliments for his behaviors left and right. We are so grateful for Lisa's expert training and cannot recommend her enough.

My experience with Lisa has been beyond amazing! She is so knowledgeable and has a true passion for…read moretraining. Within the initial session I learned proper communication and leash handling for my energetic pup; and I felt confident enough to practice the skills until my follow up session(which I highly recommend). In between sessions I was able to text her, and she clarified anything I had forgotten. Lisa is incredibly patient, an excellent trainer and a great communicator. My dog has made excellent progress in just three sessions, and I really couldn't have done it without Lisa's help!

I highly recommend Terri she is simply put VERY GOOD at what she does. She's a genuine, authentic…read moreperson who I would now count as a friend to our family. We came to Terri with a jumpy, anxious, nipping German Shepherd- Staffordshire Terrier 16 week old puppy, who we loved greatly, but were beginning to despair over. He didn't like to go for walks, was easily distracted and definitely couldn't heel. Sometimes he'd sit (for his dinner) but mostly, he terrorized us with cuteness and jumping. As he started to get bigger, it stopped being as cute, and after a dinner guest tore his jeans, we knew it was time to start dog-training. I did a lot of research, and DTCLA was the best choice for us for flexibility, convenience, reviews and price. It was a home-run. Terri came to our home, and trained with me and my daughter so we built obedience with our dog and family directly (some trainers, take your dog away and train them). She had a lovely, warm approach and was so kind and friendly. Every session, she came with new commands and after all our sessions were done (just this week) we have a confident, obedient, happy dog who can, heel, leave it, stay, come, weave, back up, turn, shake, touch and so much more. We are so thrilled with the process and results.

Updated** in response to her response. Because contrary to the narrative she's presenting, I never…read moreinitiated any conversations with this nut. She kept writing me. Until I finally responded. I never asked her a question about anything. She started giving me unsolicited advice that proved to be of zero utility as I already tried it on my own and told her didn't work so I'm adding screen shots of our entire communication. I don't even do things like this but I genuinely believe this lady is troubled and her capacity for recounting a conversation accurately is nonexistent despite having a record of it herself. If I deleted anything from this thread, please Theresa post those screenshots, because I don't have a reason to lie about any of this. You are the one that needs professional help to deal with them demons you're fighting. Where do I start. The owner of this place, I believe her name is Terri is absolutely nuts. I made an account on bark.com a couple months ago after I was gifted a puppy I wasn't ready for due to long work hours. This lady reached out to me with her spiel, I didn't respond because she didn't have enough reviews on their site for me to determine if she was a good fit. Weeks go by and she kept reaching out aggressively until one day I did respond. During this time I was ready to rehome my pup due to my crazy schedule. She was aggressively trying to convince me to just hire her which I was hesitant about because again, my schedule was nuts and her price was great but she was aggressive so that was a red flag. The pup ended up going back to live with his doggy parents and is living happily. Fast forward to now, I got more time to spare and a new pup so I go back onto bark.com, reached out to two trainers that have credentials to back up their work unlike this lady, but I guess the site shares your info with all trainers because here comes crazy lady with the aggression basically upset that she paid to get my contact info only to find out she's reached out to me once before and I'll post here the entire conversation because this conversation was totally childish. On bark.com one of her reviews is literally someone who didn't even work with her complaining how aggressive their correspondence was with her. This lady is absolutely unhinged. I don't understand how she has good reviews on google but they are from years ago which makes me believe once upon a time, she was a decent person. Today, she is a maniac, desperate for someone to give her a few dollars and their dog. Side note: the photo I sent her is a photo of herself she sent me unsolicited. And for the record, I am not a republican lol.

I am a veterinarian and refer to Kelly all of the time. Kelly is professional, caring, thorough,…read moretrustworthy, communicative, and consistent. I do veterinary housecalls, and have a lot of patients and clients that I care a lot for and am very careful about who I recommend for training and pet sitting. I not only recommend Kelly for training and pet sitting to my clients, but I use her all of the time for my own animals. They absolutely love her, even my cat who is scared of everyone! Highly recommend.

I've been following Kelly as a trainer for years and she is fabulous. I highly recommend her. She…read morehas so much knowledge and experience and her passion for her work really shows. Her methods are effective and long lasting. There is no one I would trust more with my pets.

A while back, I found myself in desperate need of someone to take care of my 4 cats and ferret…read more Normally, I picked on my daughter and family, but this time we were all going to be out of town at the same time.. I started to do an internet search, and found Victoria (WalkitdownFrederick). She came to my home and we talked for a while, saw how she interacted my animals, all strangers to her, and how they reacted to her. Almost the first thing Victoria did was pick up the ferret, most people are afraid of them, but Victoria went right to the ferret playpen. THe only issue was one of my cat's has never made friends with anyone, and even after 7 years is usually invisible; I don't think Victoria ever saw her. Anyway, I digress. I made arrangements to get Victoria keys to my home, and an agreement the she would come in twice a day for the week I was gone; mostly so the ferret could get some play time, out of her crate. I was pleased with the care given to my animals during my week out of town, and have all intentions of calling on Victoria again. Some time later, I needed to take all 4 of my cats to a rabies clinic, to save some money, and Victoria came to the rescue, volunteering to help me catch the 4 furry ones, and go with me to the rabies clinic. All in all, if I ever need to go out of town again, there is no question in my mind that I would call on Victoria,and WalkitDownFrederick! Mike Sodos

Victoria has been my trusted pet sitter and dog walker for the last 8 years. She is amazing with…read moreanimals and has a real heart for the care of our fur babies that I'm grateful to be able to rely on.

We are so grateful to Chandra. I do not know what we would have done trying to incorporate our two…read morerescue dogs with our dog that we had at home. After Chandra's guidance and hard work, they are all three living happily together. She is excellent at what she does and I could not recommend her more. If you want peace in your house with your dogs, call Chandra immediately.

Chandra and her dogs are awesome. Chandra helped me understand my reactive dog's behavior and body…read morelanguage to decrease his reactions towards triggers. She also brought her dogs to help with his reactivity. We still have a long way to go before my dog is completely neutral around other dogs but I have a better connection with my dog thanks to everyone!

We are so grateful to Indigo for taking such great care of our boy, Courage, while our family was…read moreon vacation. Courage absolutely loves spending time with Indigo and the pack, so we never had to worry. We knew he was happy, safe, and well cared for. Indigo kept us updated with photos and messages throughout our trip, which gave us so much peace of mind. Seeing Courage having such a great time made our vacation even more enjoyable. We highly recommend Indigo and will definitely be back!

(UPDATED) I entered into a $27,500 payment plan contract with K9-Indigo to train my Belgian…read moreMalinois, Sosa, as a fully trained security K9, alongside my other dog, Gus (who accounted for $7,500 of the total). With my wife nearly six months pregnant, I needed these dogs 1000% ready to protect our expanding family. I invested heavily in this business in good faith, paying over $17,000 upfront within a 2-to-3-week window. The owner initially honored a 45-day grace period for the next installment due to our upcoming child. However, despite holding my dogs for months, the business completely failed to deliver on the contract, leaving Gus with zero training progress and severe, unaddressed toy aggression.The lack of training is only overshadowed by a shocking incident of gross negligence. While my dogs were in his care, the owner was arrested by law enforcement for a criminal property damage incident (popping tires). I am not writing this to pass judgment on his arrest--given my own life experiences, I understand firsthand that things happen, and people go through difficult situations. Because of that understanding, I put everything aside out of genuine empathy and loyalty. I had literally sent him another $5,000 Zelle payment that exact morning to continue on with my dogs. When he called me from the scene, I rushed over within 10 minutes to secure my dogs, manage his mobile van, care for his other clients' dogs, and move his commercial vehicle to save him from a police tow. Upon bonding out, the owner called my wife, expressed his appreciation, and explicitly promised to reimburse us for the emergency veterinary costs caused by his facility's conditions.When I pulled Gus from the scene, he was in a life-threatening state. He was rushed to an emergency vet with a 104-degree fever, severe lip ulcers, and acute respiratory distress. He was officially diagnosed with severe aspiration pneumonia and remains on heavy antibiotics.Following his release, the owner came to my home and verbally agreed to return a fraction of my funds--specifically $2,929--to help cover our immediate rent and medical bills, telling me to "just remind him." I even offered to return this temporary $2,929 buffer later once his business stabilized. However, when I texted him a screenshot of the bill reflecting that exact amount of $2,929 as a reminder, his demeanor flipped. He refused to put anything in writing, deflected by bringing up an irrelevant "training academy" structure, and flatly refused to assist us.Instead of honoring his word, he chose to completely freeze us out and avoid accountability. Blaming a client or ignoring them after they saved your entire livelihood while you were detained--and after leaving their animal with life-threatening medical conditions--is entirely unacceptable.I have ironclad Zelle receipts for the $17,000+ paid, certified veterinary diagnoses and vet bills.