Calm K9 Training

We did at-home training sessions with Ashley. Our Australian Shepherd Oaken struggled with separation anxiety and leash pulling. Instantly after our first session Ashley was able to get him to walk nicely on a leash with limited pulling. For the other sessions we focused a lot on his anxiety. He's a completely different dog and I can now leave the house without worrying about his anxiety and barking. Oaken has been to other trainers prior to Calm K9, but no one addressed areas he struggled with like Ashley. I'm very thankful I found Calm K9 and enrolled Oaken into one of their programs.

We have a big great pyr mix rescue (Penny) who spent the first 3 years of her life having free reign outdoors. When we got her, she knew her basic commands but she's a smart girl and would fall into patterns to appease us. Plus, her recall: non-existent. We also have 4 cats who couldn't leave our bedroom because Penny had such a high prey drive she would chase them without a second thought. Ashley helped us so much. Penny is a new dog. She still slips up sometimes, but she comes when told and she and the cats can finally intermingle. That alone is so comforting to me. I'm so glad we reached out to them. It's definitely worth every penny!

Quick summary: CalmK9 offers an amazingly effective and appropriately priced professional dog-training program for dogs six months and older. You will not regret retaining their services, and I highly recommend them. They also offer evening appointments after work, which was very convenient. More detailed review for those interested in the logistics: Ashley, our professional trainer, was absolutely amazing, and if you are looking for an effective and reliable dog trainer in Richmond, then I cannot recommend CalmK9 highly enough. Ashley was extremely professional, knowledgeable, courteous, and kind. In just four weeks (and four visits to our home) our lovable but wild GSD puppy, Freyja, has developed into a lovable and obedient GSD puppy. Freyja even passed the mother-in-law test. My MIL, who is not a dog person, decided after one visit before Freyja had started training that she would not return to our house because Freyja was "too high strung." Well, MIL just so happened to return on the day after Freyja's first training session with Ashley. MIL must have complimented Freyja's calm demeanor half a dozen times. That's high praise, and Freyja had only completed one session at the time! CalmK9 offers several different options for training, including boarding. After Ashley evaluated our pup, she recommended an at-home once a week "boot camp." At first, I was concerned that may four visits may not have been enough time, but I was totally wrong. I was also happy that we did not need to send out pup away and that we were completed integrated into the training process. I still cannot believe how effective Ashley's training was and continues to be. A German Shepherd Dog pup who zoomed around the house bouncing off the furniture now calmly responds to commands and lays happily beside us when told, "Down." And she also responds to a myriad of other commands like sit, stay, place, drop, come, and off, among others. Trainers are not, however magicians, and Ashley trained us just as much as she trained Freyja. You will get what you put in, so be sure to continue to apply the training techniques CalmK9 introduces. Ashley gave us the tools and shared with us the techniques that we will continue to use to train Freyja in the months and years to come. And CalmK9 stands behind the effectiveness of their programs. If, for example, Freyja started regressing -- despite our consistent effort -- then CalmK9 will return and work on any problematic behaviors at no charge. And the trainers will know if you haven't been diligent so no cheating! We were beyond impressed with Ashley and how well she intuited Freyja's actions. We feel very lucky to have had her as Freyja's (and our) professional trainer.

I used calm K9 for my really anxious dog Jinx. Ashley was so amazing with Jinx. She really broke down the training step by step to help us see why what we were doing was important and how it could help Jinx. She also was super responsive to texts when I had questions. She was always on time, if not early. We already see a massive improvement in Jinx. The system works really well and I highly recommend Ashley and the Calm K9 crew!

Didn’t have the pleasure of working with them as it didn’t even get that far. Maybe a blessing in disguise. David was very sarcastically toned on the phone. I was calling to follow up on the online form I filled out, and he said he would get to it when he’s not driving in a very smart-aleck way. (As if I knew he was driving.) To keep it short and simple, the customer service was off, and that is all I needed to know. So 1 star customer service! I’m sure they’re great at what they do though!