Canine State of Mind

It is a rare and precious gift to find Sasha. She is so deeply dedicated to the health and well being of dogs, every dog. Not only dogs but their relationship with their “people” is something Sasha passionately cares deeply about. With great kindness Shasha helps to ease where the struggles are and bring both the dog and its person into a harmonious understanding and interaction. I am enormously grateful for Sasha. She is an Angel who knows the deep and ancient Spirit every dog carries within, and the gift they bring their human companions. She helps us to free them from any misconceptions we carry, so we may experience the pleasure of their authenticity, their true and beautiful way of being. Thank you Sasha, you bring beauty into our walk in life, with our canine companions.

I am incredibly disappointed and upset by our experience with Canine State of Mind. I thought this was going to be a game changer for our corgi with anxiety issues; the entire experience was something out of a nightmare. We paid $5,500 for the two week board and train; to start, our friends who dropped off our pup while we were on our honeymoon said that Sasha was an hour late to the pick up spot. We received no updates during those two weeks while he was there other than that he was "settled in beautifully"; I offered to send over instructions for his food we sent with him, which she said was not needed. We had a training session with Sasha the day before our dog returned to us, where her instructions were to ignore our dog and not engage with him at all directly. No eye contact, no petting, don't talk to him, basically act like he doesn't exist, besides fulfilling his basic needs. She did not give any real instruction besides ignoring him and having "calm and strong" energy. My husband picks up our dog the next day, and we were horrified with what we saw. Our dog's butt was caked in old, dried diarrhea. His bed was incredibly dirty and smelled so bad he had to plug his nose on the way home. His bag we sent with him was completely shredded up inside, with his toys destroyed, and all of his food and treats gone, despite sending an excess with him. Our dog has NEVER in his life destroyed a toy, furniture, etc., so we know this was done by another dog at the farm. The bag was also filled to the brim with a HUGE pile of gray dog hair that was clearly not our dog's??? (our dog is white and brown). We completely ignored our dog, per her instructions. He mostly acted as he normally does. Sasha would occasionally send voice notes reiterating how we should not engage with him, and how we should try to reduce any anxious energy. He continued to have liquid diarrhea for the next couple of weeks, as well as throw up bile several times. Sasha said that it was strange, as he "didn't have diahhrea during his stay". Really? The old caked on poop all over his butt and bed when we picked him up says otherwise. She said they "wash bedding every other day" and she "never noticed poop on his behind". The poop on him was OLD and caked on; it was not fresh. His bed absolutely REEKED; I cannot imagine it was washed at all, never mind every other day. Her recommendation on his new GI issues was "I wouldn't rush to the vet". She said that her instruction for how to directly engage with him would come with time, but over a week passed, and she was still having us avoid any contact with our dog. I'm sorry, but I'm not going to not make ANY contact with my dog for over a week. If there's certain ways I need to change how I interact with him, fine, but telling me not to interact with him at all is not real dog training. After three weeks have passed, our dog's GI issues are finally resolving, and we have ignored Sasha's last two texts to inquire how he is doing. I cannot trust her anymore after the blatant lying and gaslighting about his condition upon as return, as well as the lazy "training" method of ignoring our dog instead of addressing his issues. Sasha told us that dogs need much LESS than their owners think they do - that is evident from how she cared for our dog. I am horrified to think of what he experienced while he was at the farm, and we will never know, because it is evident that we cannot trust Sasha, and we have no photo or video evidence that they fulfill ANY of the promises they make on their website. I am deeply regretful that we sent our dog to Canine State of Mind, and am surprised there aren't more reviews like mine online.