Kasten's Dog Training Inc

**** Updated review: After three months my puppy is still amazingly behaved in public. We take him to daycare and they describe him as the 'wild child' as he jump flies around the play area. For grooming, walking on a leash, or being in a public area he just lays down and waits. It has been, and continues to be, amazing. **** I am finally ready to write my review. This has not been influenced by anyone but my dog, my child, and my husband. We have a wonderful puppy who has too much energy and likes to chew - everything. "No" mean "chew faster" and honestly our entire household was on high alert all day from his behaviors. We did two weeks of board and train and here are our results (thus far): - Our dog still returned with his personality in tact (believe it or not that was a fear of ours even if it may be illogical) and he's still naughty as ever. BUT.. it is very obvious that he has learned commands, that they need to be followed, and what is expected of him. The change is amazing. He jumped onto my child's table to grab food. My child, who was scared of the dog, said 'off' and the dog listened. Better yet - the child isn't scared anymore. He started right back for my shoes. We were easily able to redirect him and (it's been a few days) now he has stopped going after them. I expect that he will try to sneak in a bite or three in the future but I also know that he will stop. He cannot hold place for long periods of time -but- he can hold it. Our family is fine with practicing and going over it so he can learn to hold it longer. The fact that he wasn't able to settle at all before was the main issue. He is calmer and able to settle - which if huge for us. Walking the dog is enjoyable. He doesn't pull, he sits when we stop walking, and today was the first day my child took over and we all felt safe with him doing so. * You will have to go home and practice what your dog has learned, but we expected that. I will say that my one compliant was the front desk (on weekends not during weekdays) she didn't know the program or the basic idea of how dogs were trained. We were told some wrong information that put us on edge and had us worried. The front desk lady on weekdays cleared things up quickly and connected us with a trainer to ensure us that our dog was happy and healthy. I honestly think that all staff should have a basic understanding of what is going on at the facility - the question was, "About how long do they train a day?" and we were told - one hour total out of their cage - which of course isn't acceptable in any situation (and not true) We have our follow up lesson soon and I'm excited to bring up some new quirks and tricks that our dog has learned so we can address them. I will also state that the trainers worked very hard with us to answer our questions and teach us how to continue to train him at home. They were so amazing and really cared about our pup. If you're not fully sure about training, I highly recommend you take the plunge. It has been a game changer.