Best By Farr Dog Training

Bringing our pup to Best By Farr is easily the best thing we have done while having a dog. You can immediately tell that Chris and his team really care about your pet and the training process. Stella was 9 months old when we brought her to training. She did not have any glaring behavior issues, but we were having trouble managing her in general because of her high energy level and intelligence. We had tried home and group training without much improvement. While she was away at boarding, we got frequent updates, pictures and videos which was really reassuring. In two weeks, our girl went from an unruly puppy with no boundaries and no desire to listen, to a respectful, obedient girl. We are especially amazed by her heeling and recall. Best By Farr also made the transition home very smooth, helping us week by week to integrate new tasks and commands. Our relationship with our dog is so much stronger since training! Everyone, including Stella, is happier. Most importantly, we feel she is safer. We are extremely grateful to Chris and Best By Farr! We would absolutely recommend them to any dog owner :)

Before finding Chris at Best By Farr Dog Training, I'd spent far too much money and time with other trainers who never succeeded in eliminating the issues my dog Emmett faced. Emmett knew basic obedience, but whenever he'd see another dog he'd go totally berserk and I could do nothing to calm him. His other challenge was when someone would ring the doorbell or enter the house. He'd be at the door barking, then would jump on them or my other dog in excitement. Chris offers a hybrid training program — first it's boarded training (the length depends on your dog's needs), then a few sessions of one-on-one with you and your dog to ensure you can successfully reinforce the skills your dog learned in training. Emmett needed two weeks of boarded training with Chris (he had the basics down, just didn't know how to apply them when he got excited). He's now been home for two weeks and we're halfway through our one-on-one sessions. From day one of Emmett's return home from training, I saw a huge improvement in his demeanor. He now lays calmly on the bed when I go to the door to answer it and he won't get off of the bed until I tell him he's allowed to. When people walk by the house on the sidewalk and he's watching from the window, he rarely barks; if he does, as soon as I say no he stops and comes to me. As for walks, Chris trained him to heel right by my side and it's astonishing how close to me he will stay (he used to be a huge puller). When I stop, he sits. I think the most important thing to remember with dog training is this: If your dog isn't a young puppy, you have to break behavior that's become routine. Emmett is 1 year 8 months old and I adopted him at 3 months old, so for a year and a half we did things his way. It's now my job to consistently reinforce Chris' training to ensure Emmett sees me as the alpha and obeys my instructions.

We are very well pleased with the training our dog received at Best By Farr, Chris and his trainers are fantastic. Just after one week we were sent a video of our Narla and her progress and I was thrilled and couldn't believe how well she was doing. We left her for three weeks and didn't visit , boy we really felt guilty but it was best for her. During the last week we received more videos and WOW she did really good. Our handler was Hanna and after she was done with Narla it was our turn. We were taught the right words for commands and she was very patient as we are seniors.Hanna came three different times and each time we were given lessons on different commands. She spent time with us at our home and made us very relaxed. I can't say enough about Chris Farr and his training, it was worth every penny.

Best By Farr is awesome. Before we took our dog Luna to their training, she was a little nightmare. She would listen yo basic commands, but wouldn't maintain the attention or discipline to follow the command longer than a few seconds. She was also constantly pulled during her walks, while also licking the ground. The licking dirt and eating rocks really scared us because we didn't want her to choke or ingest any parasites. After Best By Farr's 3 week training program, Luna was literally a different dog when it came to her listening to us. One of the things we especially love is that we can play fetch with her at our neighborhood park without her running off. Sometimes when take a short stroll around my neighborhood I will keep Luna unleashed and she remains by my side. Hannah was Luna's trainer and she was awesome, professional, friendly, and served as an excellent resource for us while she taught us how to give commands to Luna. We are in the process of getting a new puppy and will definitely utilize Best By Farr training as well.