I found Woodside Farms by accident one night as I was searching for training classes for a puppy we had just adopted from a local shelter. I had always wanted to have a therapy dog and was at a point in my life where I had the time to achieve this goal. This puppy also had the temperament suitable for a therapy dog. Woodside Farms popped up on my search and as I read about it I decided to complete the questionaire, but not about this dog but about one of my other dogs that had pottying issues. This was on a Saturday night about 8pm. My phone rang less than 30 minutes later and it was Susan Trevallin. She spent at least 30 minutes on the phone with me giving me suggestions for my little yorkipoo and then we initiated a conversation about Tucker, my puppy. I was impressed that she called so quickly and was willing to spend this much time with me not knowing at this point if she was going to get any business from me or not. After talking with my husband, I had another lengthy conversation with her a week later. Wow, she really cared about helping people with their dogs, not just about making money!!
We sent Tucker their for 2 weeks for basic puppy obedience so that she could lay the foundation for us to build on and he is doing great. The wonderful aspect of her training program is that she allows you to communicate with her as you train them at home as issues arise. She is so prompt in responding to you, usually in less than an hour. Everything she told me Tucker would start to do at the various ages, he has done.
We like her so much that we have now boarded our 12 yr and 6 year dogs with her that had only been boarded one other time in their entire life. We drive 3 hours each way to transport them because leaving our dogs in the care of someone we trust and is kind and loving to our animals is worth our peace of mind. We now have two more trips planned and we arranged our flights out of Charlottesville so they can stay at Woodside Farms. Each time we return, she continues to work with Tucker which is a huge benefit!! My dogs are happy when I return to pick them up and I don't worry about them when they are there!!
Jeff and Cindy Lou Todd
Roanoke,Va read more