Good Dog Fetch

Robin Ashman-Terrell is our puppy (and people) training angel! When we brought home our 4 month old rescue pup, we knew we wanted to set her up for a successful and happy life by giving her private and group training sessions. We talked to a few other trainers, but chose to go with Robin because of her approach of positive reinforcement only, and of course her obvious experience with dog training. Here’s why we LOVE Robin: Her approach - After an initial phone call with Robin to learn about her business and approach to training, we had 2 personal sessions with Robin at her house and also participated in her beginner’s manners class. She is a believer in positive reinforcement only, and tailored her training approach to the personality of our pup. We really felt like she was training our pooch, but also us humans as well, because she helped us understand what our dog was feeling and thinking, and why she was acting a certain way. This helped calm us down as first time dog owners, and also helped us reframe the way we trained her in a way that would be best for our puppy. Her communication - Robin clearly has a ton of business savvy. She has a great system set up for payments and receipts, and always sends excellent instructions before / after class so we come with everything we need for the session. She is also very responsive to questions, and has helped us in stressful situations outside of class. Her results - Our dog is very soft and shy, and Robin gave us a combination of techniques that would help her gain confidence and become the happiest version of herself. We still apply her lessons daily. The best results are that our dog is responding to our training, and that we as humans know how to adjust in different scenarios. Her community - Robin has a great group of clients, and one benefit of working with her is being able to meet other like minded humans with pooches of their own. She hosted an amazing Halloween party for the pups, which was so fun for our dog and for us! To sum it all up, Robin has a deep knowledge and love of dogs. Our dog, who can be shy around humans, absolutely loves her, and so do we!

Robin is great to work with and has helped with various training needs from house breaking to crate training. She has worked with my puppy to get him following specific commands both in the house and outside. I have seen drastic positive changes in my puppy since working with Robin. Me and my puppy are lucky to have found Robin who came highly recommended, and I see why. Robin has a natural talent for working with dogs. Robins positive reinforcement training has been exceptional.

I worked with Robin from Good Dog Fetch to help with my newly adopted 5 month old pointer puppy. Her training sessions were above and beyond and Andy (my puppy) absolutely loves her! I have seen him grow to understand commands rather than just perform by repartition. Robin helped teach basic commands such as sit and stay to more complex tricks and behavioral training. She has given very thoughtful and helpful advice on all topics! I would highly recommend her to anyone for puppy/dog training!!

Robin is wonderful! She truly has changed our lives for the better. We have two dogs, one with fear of all new things including people, and our other dog is only 5 months old. After my older dog, Pepper, started barking incessantly at every new person who entered the house I knew we needed help. I had worked with another trainer before who told me that this was just the way she was and that we just needed to avoid the scary new things. I didn’t want to accept that answer and in my search for help I found Good Dig Fetch. We did 5 private sessions with Robin and the change in Pepper has been tremendous. Robin uses positive reinforcement and has taught us how to “read” our dogs better. She has been a lifesaver. Pepper is a lot more confident and our puppy has learned so many great behaviors. We can’t thank Robin enough and I would recommend her to anyone needing any kind of dog training!