Andrea Arden Dog Training

Six stars if that was allowed. This must be one of the most professionally operated dog schools in the country. If you are lucky enough to live in NYC, then you must use them. I’m a veterinarian and have been repeatedly impressed with the skills, knowledge sets, and experience of the trainers – probably a hundred years collectively and they all are in constant touch with each other. They operate by the highest ethical standards and are honest with clients regarding expectations for their dogs. The sad truth is that millions of dogs are given up to shelters (or worse) every year due to behavior and social problems that could have been prevented by early and proper training and socialization. Go pro and end up with a happier and healthier pup.

We recently got a new puppy (like so many in this unusual time), and have LOVED working with Andrea Arden. She was recommended by our friend who is a vet. We found everyone we've interacted with to be extremely accommodating (shout out to Kathy!) and absolutely adore the west side trainer, Hannah (she is honestly the best human. Our dog LOVES her and she is so supportive). We've had a really challenging first couple months with our pup because he has some separation anxiety (apparently this is very common in the time of covid). Hannah coached us through all the ups and downs (and still coaches us - there is no easy fix to this challenging issue. Teaching a dog to be alone, especially one who loves humans, is really tough.). The last thing I will say is that puppy play group is by far the most important and amazing thing you can do. Not only does the puppy learn to socialize, you learn about your puppy's socialization style and you get an hour of time to yourself, which is really really important as a new puppy parent. We are sad our pup has outgrown (graduated?) puppy play-time. Puppies are really challenging and it's so important to do ALL the training while they're young so you set them up to be stellar dogs for the rest of their lives. Anyways, I would give them more stars if I could but unfortunately you cannot. We love Andrea Arden Dog Training!