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My Whippet/Pit mix is a sweet and responsive girl. With her desire to please me, we did great together with positive reinforcement training, however everything literally went out the door as soon as she knew she was going outside. Her prey drive is off the charts and was unmanageable on walks - to the point of being dangerous for both her and me. I contacted Mark to work with us to manage her prey drive, even with my initial reluctance to use an e-collar. We discussed his methods at length and he let me experience the e-collar for myself. After a week of working with Mark, I now have new capabilities to walk and go on adventures with my dog safety - and we can enjoy ourselves. Now that Mark has worked with her, the rest is up to me to maintain what she has learned. This ended up being a successful way to go, given her challenges. And I’m grateful. One thing that impressed me right away about Mark is that he took the first day with my dog to orient her to her new environment and spent time bonding with her. Each day of her training, he sent videos of where he took her, what training he was engaged in with her and how she was doing - multiple times a day, keeping me informed. Any questions I had, he responded to immediately. Finally, I was given training on the techniques and tools so I am able to maintain and continue her training. She has responded very well to Mark and his training process! In fact, I think she fell in love with him :-) I have no hesitations to continue working with Mark if any further support is needed.

Mark has trained two of our dogs now. Our shepherd mix who is just excellent and our new puppy, Huck. Mark is the only person I would trust taking my dog and he had Huck for two weeks. He taught Huck to be off leash trained, not jump on people and to really mellow out. It had been a huge difference in behavior. Huck basically had no idea how to walk on a leash and in two weeks he is a master. Mark is kind, loving, firm and a lover of dogs. He knows how to get them to listen but he adores them. He also spends just as much time training the humans as he does the dogs and sets us all up for success. People tell me all the time when they come over that they are surprised at how well-behaved and calm. Huck is considering he’s just a baby.. I am an animal person and I trust Mark completely. He’s very communicative and sent me multiple videos every day so I could see my dogs progress. He has become like family and I highly recommend him.

Mark, I would like to thank you for the great training program you provide. Willow’s transformation is amazing, she no longer runs away and she can be trusted to come when called!!! She is so much happier running and playing off leash in parks and at the beach!! I truly appreciated the work you’ve done with her, the daily training videos you sent me and your communication afterwards with questions I had. Thanks again for the great training. Judi G