Ellie Bell's Best Friends

She was very curt, rude, and treated my husband and I as if we were idiots. Would definitely NOT recommend. Also treats customers as if she is hiring them to pay her. Doesn't care about what the customer wants, just tells the customer what she wants to do with the dog. Website and card says complimentary consultation, however she tried to charge me for ours. I will not be recommending her to anyone.

I have been bringing my dogs to Ellie for over 10 years. I breed, raise and show Shetland Sheepdogs, and Ellie has helped me get my dogs ready for the conformation show ring, as well as helping my dogs and me with basic obedience. She has helped me work through problems with young dogs so that they become productive happy, well socialized dogs both at home and on the show circuit. I would (and HAVE!) recommend Ellie to anyone. She is extremely knowledgeable, she has years of experience, and she knows dogs through and through. I would trust her with my dogs in a heartbeat! - Connie Schnackenberg, Toddhills Shetland Sheepdogs

We had a German Shepherd puppy that was very aggressive and terrified of people even though she was around other dogs, and other people while we had her. We began classes with Ellie, desperate for help. She did NUMEROUS tests with our puppy which proved this dog came from a very aggressive mother most likely and that this dog might always be this way. Long story short (and it is a long story), we brought our puppy back to the breeder (puppy was originally delivered to us for a small fee.) we saw their dogs all caged up and our puppy's mother was, indeed, VERY fear aggressive just as the Ellie suspected. Our puppy's mother passed this behavior to her offspring which is why we learned you should always see the parents, breeders property etc BEFORE making a decision. We were given a full refund for the puppy. It was very sad but it was exactly the right thing to do, esp before we were seriously attached. Ellie was caring and very insightful in nudging us to consider this decision.