K9 Mastery LLC

We took our dog, Ronan, to Christie for a board and train several months ago, and we had a wonderful experience with her. He's since stayed with her to board while we traveled several times, and it's always been great. Ronan has had major problems with reactivity and aggression towards people and dogs since puberty. After years of training with various trainers and methods, we tried Christie and Ronan can now we can walk Ronan through a park without him blowing up at anyone. It is an incredible difference. If your dog is reactive, give Christie a shot. It could literally change your life and your dog's as well. Her facility is gorgeous, her kennel techs are friendly and kind, and Ronan is genuinely happy to see them when we get there. If that's not the best recommendation, then I don't know what is.

I found Christie after we got an Australian Shepard puppy and foolishy thought our older Red Heeler would adjust without much intervention. Spoiler alert: She hated the puppy and bit him in the first week - I realized I was in over my head and decided to get help. Fast forward to now, we've got two well-adjusted and socially neutral dogs. Our older red heeler can actually be walked without dragging us around, being aggressive to other dogs and while she still doesn't LOVE the puppy, we have a happy and calm household without any issues between the two dogs. On top of that, our puppy is now a well trained 1 year old. Without Christie's help and knowledge, even if we didn't have to rehome our aussie because of our heeler's aggression toward him, I know FOR SURE it would be complete chaos in the house lacking boundaries without a real way to communicate our expectations to our dogs. I am so so grateful for Christie's work. She's the real deal, is extremely clear in her expectations and gives you the tools and knowledge to help whatever issues you may be having. Truly, if Christie's training doesn't work for you, it's because YOU didn't put in the effort and follow her instructions.

Christie is amazing. We adopted a dog from a shelter who was highly reactive to people and other dogs but very sweet to us. We were concerned that someone would get bitten if we didn’t fix this. After 2 trainers said he may never be able to be around people or dogs, we found Christie. We just finished the 7- week basic obedience class and I can’t believe this is the same dog. We can walk him around people and dogs and he is totally fine. What a blessing! I highly recommend her for anyone who needs training. As long as you follow her directions and practice every week, you will have a happy, well-behaved dog.

Working with Christie has been life changing. When I started the basic obedience class, I thought my 10 month old pit bull puppy just needed to learn to walk in a heel. What I didn’t understand was how her reactivity and anxiety were preventing her from effectively being able to do this. We used so many other training approaches and were struggling so much I would be in tears by the end of a 15 minute walk. My dog was so reactive, she would lose her mind at the site of other dogs, people, squirrels, or even cars driving by. At that time 15 minutes was the most I could handle with her before feeling defeated and after months, we were making no progress. She was such a stubborn leash puller I thought she was doomed to a life at home and wouldn’t be able to join us on outdoor adventures or neighborhood walks. Then we started basic obedience with Christie and after ONE lesson, my puppy was able to walk on a loose leash. We aren’t even finished with basic training yet and I feel compelled to share how life changing this program is. I will forever be grateful to Christie for giving me the skills and tools to train my dog so she can live her best dog life. Just yesterday, a squirrel ran across our fence line and right in front of my puppy and she maintained a down-stay position because I asked her to and she has the skills to be able to do that now.