ACC (Applied Canine Concepts LLC)

We recently brought our 2 1/2 year old Maltipoo to Gina and Fabian for some much needed training to help with behavioral issues. She was there for 3 weeks and came back as a new and improved dog! She no longer barks and whines on our car rides, her anxiety is eliminated and she is calm, loving and obedient. If you are looking for amazing results, I would highly recommend Fabian and Gina’s knowledge and professional training expertise- They are definitely the best of the best!

My husband and I 100% recommend ACC in Palm City.. Loki has come home Happy, Healthy, Calm and full of Knowledge.. the ability to make decisions based on what we need him to comprehend so we can all live our best life… we have also been taught the tools needed to understand our pup & continue growing & learning together!! We are So grateful to Fabian, Gina & the entire Staff for taking such great care with our Loki !! Additionally— communication & assistance continues on after the initial training period. We couldn’t be happier!!!

Gina and Fabian are simply terrific. We have an 8 month old newfy and had already tried traditional training with 2 different places with no long term results. We resisted board and train because we just weren’t convinced to let our puppy go with strangers for 3 weeks. From the second I spoke to Gina she immediately put me at ease. She was confident about the program without being condescending regarding our previous attempts at training our pup. Gina patiently answered all of my questions and addressed concerns, sometimes a few different times simply because I was nervous. We met them and brought our puppy a week prior to her board and train date. They spent an hour answering more questions, getting to know our pup, and explaining the process in more detail. We knew when we left that meeting that Canine Concepts was exactly what our puppy needed. I was very concerned that her personality would change and she would no longer be as attached to us. They explained that the opposite would happen. That proper training would actually create a tighter bond based on trust. Fast forward to 3 weeks later and time to bring our pup home. We met, reviewed her training with Fabian and Gina. Macy was a dramatically different pup. She was focused completely on us. The hand off happened and she immediately responded, the errors came from mistakes we made in communicating to her but even that has changed with repetition. 2 month post training update: THANK YOU CANINE CONCEPTS! We have the home environment that is now great for Macy and her humans! No yelling out of frustration, the only time she is crated now is if we are gone. She’s loving and more connected to us than she has ever been. She is extremely affectionate, loves word and physical encouragement. She’s open and receptive, always looking to us for approval and it is exactly what Gina told us would happen. We are her safe place. She trusts us explicitly and we are sooooo happy we made the leap to Canine Concepts. When it comes to our dogs, they are our frankly. Macy fits in now in such a unique and loving way. Her training brought out her intelligence, strong desire to please, and she has even connected with our cat without being obnoxious now. Amazing. If you have a chance to work with Gina and Fabian… don’t second guess. Do it. The BEST investment we have made to have a calm, silly, and very loving home. Thank you Gina. Thank you Fabian. Your work with Macy has been a gift to our family and we appreciate you more than words can express. Thank you, thank you!

Mia is our 6 year old, 60+ pound, Pit Bull that my wife and I adopted from a shelter about a year ago. Mia is a loving, physically strong dog with a strong will. Treat based training showed us that she was intelligent and able to obey in non-stressful situations without distractions. The limitations of this type training for Mia was quickly reached. We called upon Gina and Fabian to help us with 2 main issues. Mia was able to, and often did prevent my wife and I from leaving the house without her. Although once we were able to leave she calmed down and was not destructive in any way, we quickly ran out of tricks to distract her when we tried to leave the house together. The other issue was one of dog aggressiveness. The shelter we adopted her from indicated that this may be an issue so we were on high alert regarding this. We brought Mia to Applied Canine Concepts this past March for 3 weeks. I was skeptical that we would see any meaningful results. However, when we arrived to pick up Mia and receive ‘our’ training it was evident that something had changed. In less than 2 hours, we were introduced to a set of commands and a behavior reinforcement plan that seemed like magic. The commands are straight forward: Walk, Down, Come, Place, and the best one Wait. Initially Mia seemed very nervous. I knew I was, not being confident that she would obey. It has been a month now and we are both much more relaxed and confident. We have a new dog and it is fantastic. Mia still wants to go with us whenever we leave the house. Now she sits by the door and waits for permission. If she seems a bit anxious about our departure, we issue the Wait command and she complies. As for the dog aggressiveness, it appears that our anxiousness regarding this may have been contributing to the issue. Although I always keep Mia on a leash around other dogs, her behavior and obedience has allowed visits to households with dogs, even cats and stress free vet visits. Our results have been amazing.

When we first got our new puppy after the unfortunate passing of our last dog, we knew right away that we wanted him to be trained due to behavior issues we had with our first dog, like aggressive barking, jumping, and even lunging at people on the street. We couldn't take him for walks unless it was really early or really late, we could never bring him to dog parks or outdoor places, and we were even nervous about people coming to our house out of fear of how he would react, and we didn't want our new puppy, Finnigan, to have these same issues. After extensive research we found Applied Canine Concepts, and I'm SO glad we did. From beginning to end Gina was so helpful in keeping me informed, and responded to me so quickly when I originally reached out looking to get information to get Finn signed up and ready to go. Before he went to training with Gina and Fabian he wouldn't walk on a leash, he was very mouthy and would constantly chew on fingers, toes, ankles, anything he could really get in his mouth, and even though he knew his name he wouldn't come when called or really listen at all. Granted, he's still a 4 month old puppy but it wasn't behavior we wanted to encourage out of fear that it would continue into his aging process. I was nervous about leaving him for two weeks obviously, but the entire time he was there I got picture and video updates and the progress I saw in him just from the 2 minute videos Gina sent was astounding. Not only did Finnigan get the training he needed, but Fabian made sure to teach my family and I the proper way to continue his training at home and was so patient, kind and informative with us during the hour and a half session we had on Finn's pick up date. Just watching Fabian with Finn I knew that they care for and love each of these dogs as if they were their own. Even after I picked him up, Gina reached out multiple times to check in and continue to send videos to help me make sure that Finnigan's training sticks. All of the minor behavior issues Finn had before going to training are gone, and while he still has his puppy energy and personality, he listens and follows commands and my family and I couldn't be happier. Applied Canine Concepts cares about the work they do and put every effort into making sure both dogs and owners are successful and happy. We're so thankful to Gina and Fabian for the work they did, and if you're looking for dog training Applied Canine Concepts is absolutely the way to go to ensure success for your money. Thank you Gina and Fabian, Finn loves you both!