All Breed Obedience & Behavioral

This dog school has gone to the dogs. I have trained two other dogs here and it was good back then but now I cannot recommend it at all. I had the owner Deb, for all of my classes. She is very disorganized and starts something, then sees a squirrel and moves on to something else. She has you purchase items to use in class and then seems to forget about it for the rest of the course. One week, she didn't feel well and went home and had another student in the class teach. Really, I am paying to be taught by a fellow student. She loves to waste time in class talking about her new dog. We all love to talk about our dogs but we are here to learn. One class we showed up for, Deb had screwed up the schedule and there was no one there. Ten of us had driven over there and stood in the parking lot wondering what was going on. Deb is also cramming as many dogs into a class as she can. Class never starts on time. She will wait for everyone even if they are 10 minutes late which is rude to the rest of us who show up on time. I think it is time for her to retire.

I would give zero stars if I could. I was completely stunned of mine and my boyfriend’s horrible experience with the owner. The entire private session the owner was condescending and passive aggressive, saying comments in the form of a joke but it was clear what she was actually saying about how I handled things in session and they were not funny. I could not do an exercise simply because of my footwear and I was explaining how I was unable to grip the leash with my shoe. The owner said and I quote “see, once you stop all your whining you can do the exercise.” No way was I whining and that is not only rude but humiliating when we are still learning about our dog. Another example in our private session, she kept pestering us about not taking notes when we we clearly stated we were fine without taking notes; she also made it clear she disapproved we weren’t doing as she suggested rather than respecting how we want to approach our learning. Both me and my boyfriend were beyond uncomfortable and definitely will not be going back here simply because too many passive criticisms were said to me behind the smile. I wanted to leave crying because I felt more judged than validated with our rescue. Unfortunate experience.