Our experience at Stonehill Kennel exceeded our expectations beyond what I thought was possible. Bringing their team, (specifically Landry) into our dog's life has been the best possible thing we could have done. The results were transformational. Before Stonehill Kennel, my wife…Read full reviewClose full review
Our experience at Stonehill Kennel exceeded our expectations beyond what I thought was possible. Bringing their team, (specifically Landry) into our dog's life has been the best possible thing we could have done. The results were transformational. Before Stonehill Kennel, my wife and I struggled for nearly a year with our Pitt-Husky rescue, Moxie. After multiple trainers, help books, and mixed guidance from friends/family, we were feeling quite lost, frustrated, and not sure we would be able to manage and handle our dog in the long term; she was a sweetheart, but she would not listen, had unpredictable outbursts of energy that we could not tame, would chase our cat and would jump on visiting guests and passersby on the sidewalk. I could never fully trust her, and I doubted that I would ever be able to have her off-leash while outdoors. I write this review nearly a year after we sent Moxie through the 6 week board-and-train program. We now have a dog in our home that is well-behaved, listens, coexists peacefully with our cat, and has given us a companionship that I never thought remotely possible. We trust her completely with kids and strangers, and now enjoy the off-leash hikes in the woods that I had ruled out as impossible. What I find most special about Stonehill's program is the way they continue to work with us on our changing needs. Since Moxie left the program, we have had many weekend follow-up visits with Landry to work on and tune our ongoing training with Moxie for our changing family. He is available to give us advice and guidance through text or phone calls as questions arise. This is all free of charge and included with the initial training program. Something I also appreciated about the program is the way they worked with us individually throughout her six week stay with weekly updates and conversations to walk us through Moxie's progress and learn what it was we were hoping to attain with her. It required a commitment on our part to show up on weekends to work with Moxie and Landry, but it was a critical component for us to build a mutual trust between us and to continue to work with Moxie in a consistent way with Stonehill's methods. This to me was the big factor that distinguished Stonehill from the other trainers, and what ultimately made it so successful. Friends and family who knew our dog prior to her training with Landry were astonished at her transformation. It truly was remarkable and I cannot recommend their program enough. It was worth every penny and more.
