Gary Maria Professional Dog Training

I adopted Olive from a rescue. She had chronic anxiety. She was scared of life and everything involved with that. I decided to look for help with her behavior problems and called Gary. I truly believe he saved her life. She is a completely different dog now. She is down for super long walks, car drives, vacations, as long as she is with me she is happy to do whatever. We frequent coffee shops and parks now. She is even happy to see a few of my close friends. Gary is beyond an expert in his field. He has a gift and I will forever be grateful he shared it with us.

My husband and I rescued a 4 month old German Shepard mix from the animal shelter in Dublin. She was marked as a stray with no history we could be made aware of. She is the sweetest girl, but when we brought her home, we quickly learned that we needed professional help, as we were definitely in over our heads. After some research the decision to pick Gary was an easy one, and we are so happy we worked with him. With Gary’s help we were able to learn more about Luna, her behaviors, triggers, and most importantly how to manage them and provide the necessary help she needed to feel more confident. The tools he gave us were amazing and have helped her fear aggression in the outside world. He also helped us to become calm and confident pack leaders which has helped our relationship with Luna tremendously. Plus she got lots of chicken during training so she obviously LOVED Gary. If you are dealing with a puppy or dog showing any type of aggression, fear, lack of confidence, etc… I highly recommend going with Gary Maria Training! We will definitely be going back to him for any future training needs.

We had taken our pup Charlie to a couple other dog training classes before finally finding Gary. Gary helped us better understand Charlie’s behavior and give us foundational tools to reshape and hone in on the training we had already put into our dog. Charlie’s confidence and behavior on and off leash is night and day from when we started the training sessions to now. We are excited to continue to grow our relationship and trust with our dog as he grows, because as Gary always tells us, it’s all about the journey! Thank you Gary!

Our family worked with Gary back in 2020/2021 to train our two new rescue pups who had been saved from very unsavory living conditions. My mom adopted one of the dogs and we adopted the second, and Gary was kind enough to train us all at the same time. Three years later, we cannot thank him or recommend him enough. Not only were his teachings incredibly helpful during the raucous puppy stage, but we have been able to implement what we learned from him repeatedly in the years since, and the results speak for themselves. We have two sweet, happy, obedient pups who get along with us, each other, and everyone they meet despite growing up during quarantine. If you are looking for the right trainer, you can stop now—this is your guy. Thank you Gary!

I can't recommend Gary enough. He taught me so much about my dog, how to read his emotions, how to make him feel safe, how to calm him down. My 6 weeks with Gary has made me feel so much closer to my dog, and made me a more compassionate dog mom. I tried so many different things before going to Gary, and this is really the first thing that's stuck for us because he gives you the tools to read and understand your dog that translate far beyond teaching basic commands. I seriously couldn't have imagined going into this how much I would get out of it and I am so so grateful I found Gary. Thank you Gary for all that you taught me and Otto!!