Calm K9 Training

Amazing training experience.  We honestly can’t say enough good things about Henree, and are so incredibly happy that we found him.  We have a 6 year old pug named Wally with fear-based aggression issues (on-leash towards other dogs/bushes, at the TV, etc., which he would viciously redirect onto us), which manifested after a dog attack when he was young, and had progressively gotten worse over the last four years.  We were at our wits’ end and were considering having to find him a new home.  Going on a walk with him was a daily nightmare, and it was impossible to predict when a stimulus would cause him to lash out and try to bite the person on the other end of the leash. Enter Henree at Calm K9.  He came to our house for an initial consultation, explaining how the training would flow and which package would be appropriate for our situation.  We went with the basic boot camp, consisting of 4 training sessions (once each week for 4 weeks) which each lasted about 1.5-2 hours.  The trainings were mostly focused on how to effectively use a prong and a remote e-collar.  There was a good amount of homework involved (a few hours a day of training time, including about an hour of walking time), which makes sense; in order to get the results that we wanted, we needed to put in the effort and make sure we were implementing what Henree taught us. And we are so glad that we did.  Wally is now able to go on long walks everyday with almost no tantrums.  We can watch TV without any issues.  He is significantly less stressed overall, and has a much better sense of his ‘place’ in the household, which we can easily tell gives him more peace. Throughout the whole process, Henree was extremely knowledgeable, willing to answer all questions, and genuinely invested in making sure Wally came out better than he was before.  We even got to have Wally meet Henree’s dog at the end, with the two of them coexisting in total harmony (which, before the training, would have been chaos).  I would absolutely recommend Henree to anyone looking for help training their dog; the experience was worth every penny.  Thank you, Henree!!

My wife and I are travel nurses and we had a work assignment in Richmond. We have our dog, Dante, who travels with us. Dante comes from a suburban/rural lifestyle and hasn’t had a lot of exposure with new environments or other dogs. Staying near downtown Richmond, Dante was overwhelmed with loud city noises and would lunge and bark at other dogs. We found Calm K9 online after deciding Dante would benefit from a trainer. We signed up for a consultation and Dalia from Calm K9 arrived. She was very understanding, knowledgeable, and patient with Dante and us. Dalia’s instruction was practical and customized to Dante’s needs. We signed up for 4 weeks with Dalia and by the end of our sessions and after daily practice Dante was much more calm and learned restraint around other dogs, he was no longer lunging and barking. We can’t thank Dalia and Calm K9 enough for giving us the tools and education to train Dante and maintain his training.

We heard about Calm K9 through a family friend after a vet recommended we look into a behavioral trainer for our ~1 year old mixed breed we adopted at the beginning of this year. Before we started the boot camp, he wasn’t always crazy but when he was it was insufferable at times and we felt helpless. During our consultation Henree already had him respecting a sit command and by the end of the first class we had already noticed improvements. It is a class teaching you how to teach your dog, but trust me when I say this, it works. As an example, our little guy was never a fan of the crate. The night after the first class with a little work he spent the whole night in the crate with the door closed. 2-3 days later he was going into and sleeping in the crate on his own no problem. This was one of many things we noticed that had almost immediate improvement. If you trust the process and the methods that Calm K9 provides you will see a difference and it is such a rewarding feeling watching your dog learn and grow as well. We could not thank Henree enough for how much he helped us. It’s so nice being able to relax and enjoy our evenings again.