Anthony's K-9 Services

I can't recommend Anthony's dog training service enough! He did an absolutely amazing job working with our dog, Loki, who suffers from fear aggression. From the very beginning, Anthony was incredibly professional and knowledgeable, and he clearly has a deep understanding of dog behavior and psychology. Throughout the entire training process, Anthony was patient, kind, and compassionate with Loki. He was able to help Loki manage his fear and anxiety, and he gave us the tools and strategies we needed to continue working with him at home. Thanks to Anthony's help, Loki is now a much happier and more confident dog. Overall, I would highly recommend Anthony's dog training service to anyone looking for an expert, compassionate trainer. He truly cares about the dogs he works with, and he goes above and beyond to ensure that both the dog and the owner have a positive and successful training experience. Thank you, Anthony, for everything!

We have used Anthony for a number of different services for more than 10 years. Back in 2011, I enrolled Jack, our adopted pit-bull mix who was a double amputee, in one of Anthony’s 8-week basic obedience classes. There were about 8-10 dogs of various ages and temperaments but all were large “bully” breeds. Anthony was obviously knowledgeable and experienced and used his own dogs to demonstrate commands and expected behavioral responses. He provided clear explanations of the behaviors we were seeing in each dog—their vocalizations, body language, energy level, and interactions with both people and other dogs. He instructed us on not only what to do to change the behavior but why it worked. This resulted in both a well behaved dog as well as closer bond with Jack. About a year later, Jack was recovering from prosthetic implant surgery and needed daily wound care. When he transitioned from in-clinic care with sedation to at-home care without sedation, we were overwhelmed and fearful that the treatments might result in a reactive bite. Anthony came to our home, assessed the situation, and devised a plan based on Jack’s individual temperament and motivation. Anthony not only trained us how manage the situation but this strengthened the trust between us and Jack. More recently, we adopted a young pit-bull mix who had a number of issues we were struggling to deal with including some behavioral issues at home and at the dog park as well as reactivity when administering his monthly allergy injections. Again we reached out to Anthony who provided assessment at our home and at the dog park. He recommended a number of different strategies for the different situations and explained how and why each strategy worked for each specific issue. We saw immediate response and improvement. Anthony met us a number of times for follow-up and reinforcement and each time I became more confident in when and how I implemented each strategy. The changes we have observed are not limited to better behaviors but our “wild child” has become a more trusting, confident, loving family member. In each of our interactions with Anthony, he not only observes the issues but listens to our concerns, struggles and fears. He is extremely calm even when some behaviors are “over the top”. Combined with his knowledge and experience, Anthony’s demeanor instills trust and confidence in him.

We sought Anthony’s help with our 3 year old Malinois/Husky/Shepherd. He is about 100 lbs of fluffiness and insecurity that becomes fear aggressiveness when he’s nervous. We recently had a baby and lots of new people were coming into the house and our dog was becoming more aggressive and we were very worried. Anthony was straightforward in his pricing and methods, which was helpful in choosing him to help us. He visited our home multiple time to advise and teach us hands-on how to help our dog deal with strangers and new situations. Our training (as the human part of the equation) was deceptively very simple, but there were great results we are still seeing 6 months later. It was like a switch was flipped in our dog’s brain. Everyone comments on his improved behavior when they visit. We can have people let him outside for us when we are away which we never could before. Whenever he starts to revert to his old ways we revisit our training methods and it helps. Anthony also helped us with our 3 year old cattle dog who was very dog reactive on the leash. Now she is a wonderful running and walking companion! Thank you, from Dan and Kate