CharlieBar Dog Boarding & Training L.L.C.

Ricardo has been amazing working with our dogs behavioral issues. we have 4 dogs, all of them with different concerns. Ricardo's work with our foster pup Thompson (staffy) has been incredible. Thompson was a very scared dog who wouldn't let us put a leash or collar on him and reacted aggressively towards my husband and male roommate. Now Thompson is a straight up wiggle butt, who loves walks, pets, playing, going to daycare/boarding, going to the park or into pet stores, Thompson even lets kids and strangers pet him when he is outside. Ricardo also gave confidence to my husband to work with Thompson even after he was bitten by Thompson a couple of times and now Thompson and my husband do more things together and even get some cuddles in. I can't recommend Ricardo enough if your dog has any behavioral issues like excessive barking, reactivity to other animals/people or resource guarding. These are all problems among all my dogs and foster pups that Ricardo has helped us in my home :)

(After 2 wk board & train) Drax is doing awesome!!! The house has such a calm about it now. He seems so much more relaxed and confident. The other dogs are calmer around him too. He and my heeler are getting along again, and the heeler (who had e-collar training) is self regulating while watching me work with Drax. I’m so thankful for you guys. We just finished a nice long walk and some hold drills out front. He’s walking so well with hardly any corrections and we’re working on sitting and waiting at intersections before crossing. 🙌

I can’t begin to express how grateful I am for Ricardo and the team at CharlieBar. Our poodle mix Ruffles was always the sweetest with us, but he had bad aggression with other people. We were always afraid to have people over because they couldn’t interact with him. We started taking him to a popular daycare/training facility hoping it would help, but Ruffles wouldn’t improve. We had him scheduled for boarding and before our trip the daycare had told us Ruffles was not allowed back. The owner told my wife and I that he was essentially untrainable and the only option was medication. We called a local vet who told us that re-homing him wasn’t an option, and that putting him down might the most humane thing to do. Out of desperation a few days before our trip we came across CharlieBar online, and noticed he had an opening for a 2 week board and train that started right before our trip. Due to the overwhelming positive reviews we contacted Ricardo and had him booked. To my shock, within a few days of dropping him off, we were sent videos of our dog LETTING STRANGERS PET HIM IN PUBLIC. We couldn’t believe that this was the same dog we were told a week ago we should probably put down. We kept getting more and more updates on his improvement. When we picked him up, Ricardo took his time and explained to us everything Ruffles had been taught and how to handle him around new people. He also took us to a public spot to show us him interacting with strangers. We were left with the tools we needed to pass on what he learned those 2 weeks into our home. From that day on, our dog has been a completely different dog. He walks great, when we tell him to “place” he immediately goes into his spot. Now when new people come over, within a few hours of introduction, he’s running around with them in the park. Fast forward to this week and we boarded Ruffles for over a week with CharlieBar and we were at ease knowing he’s with people who know what they are doing. We got daily updates and we can’t wait for Ruffles to board with them again! Please, if you are looking for an incredible dog training facility, stop looking and use CharlieBar. Worth every penny.