Best Paw Forward K9 Training

We love Pat and BPFK9! ❤️ My dog, a 10 year old mini Poodle, Soy, is such a sweetheart but she had some anxiety driven reactivity issues. Her issues magnified when we brought a newborn home a few months back. Pat identified that the core of Soy's anxiety is her low confidence. She had Soy for 4 weeks, working on building her confidence. She did her magic! ✨ After spending just 4 weeks with Pat, Soy no longer showed extreme anxiety at home. She didn't follow me around the house, she listened to my commands, she respected the boundaries between my baby and her. She didn't bark at every single noise she heard. She didn't seek my reassurance every 2 seconds! As Soy just got back a week or so ago from her training, we're still working on recall but she is already a whole different dog! 😯 Huge props to Pat. She's the most genuine person and she really loves what she does. We're very lucky that we found her and were able to have her train Soy. We love to continue working with her and we'd recommend her to anyone who's looking for dog training! 👏

This review is way overdue, but we feel like that may be a good thing because we can speak honestly to the staying power of Pat’s training. Our 2 littles spent three weeks with her in January, together, for board and train after we combined households. Buddy struggled with reactivity and separation anxiety, and both dogs played off each other. Car rides, walks, travel, visitors, outside noises, etc. all caused them, and consequently us, stress. When we picked them up from training, the improvement in their behavior was immediately noticeable. Four months later, we can say that what they learned has stuck! Pat laid an incredibly strong foundation and with her ongoing support, guidance, and encouragement, we have been able to follow through with appropriate tools and expectations at home. Car rides, trips to the vet, walks, visiting others’ homes and having visitors are now not only manageable but enjoyable. Ellie and Buddy continue to surprise us as they continue to improve their self-regulation and their ability to calmly manage situations that used to cause them stress. They are both still fun, energetic dogs with lots of personality, but they are calm and happy. Win- win for all involved! Knowing that Pat continues to love, care about, and advocate for them from a distance, months after they completed training means more than she can know. We’re forever grateful and can’t recommend her highly enough! Jennifer, Dave, and Meghan and Buddy and Ellie, too

We went through a bad adolescent phase with our rough collie puppy. He was spoiled rotten when he was a baby by my fiancé and I but by the time he was 75 lbs instead of 25, his bad manners were stuck. He was reactive on walks, barked relentlessly when he wanted out of his crate (even at 7am on a Saturday) and couldn’t be left alone for more than 10 seconds without him trying to get into something. The basic puppy training sessions we got for him just weren’t enough. I found Pat through a quick google search and she was quick to get back to me to start talking about setting up a start date for his training. He’s been home now post-training for a couple weeks and we still can’t believe the improvement. He listens to us now, doesnt bark in his crate and I can now comfortably walk my large dog without him pulling me or getting too excited when he sees another person or another dog. We’re hopeful and excited that he will finally be able to be our adventure companion we dreamed of him being. He’s entirely new and improved but the same lovable goofy boy!

I contacted Pat when we realized that the training methods that we’d used with our older dog were not working with our Aussiedoodle puppy, Bailey. Bailey was very curious and energetic. She explored everything with her mouth and enjoyed climbing on furniture, tables, and counters. We spent a lot of time trying to manage and contain Bailey. We loved Bailey but honestly weren’t enjoying her very much. Pat offered some tips for managing Bailey in our initial conversation. After spending three weeks with Pat, Bailey has developed a lot more impulse control. She’s still curious and energetic, but she can also chill out while we’re working or watching tv. She’s a great walking buddy and isn’t reactive to other dogs or people. Pat gave us the tools to communicate better with Bailey and helped Bailey develop the ability to calm her mind and not be constantly in motion. We have a calmer home life now and actually enjoy spending time with Bailey.