Landmark Retrievers LLC

I reached out to Landmark Retrievers after randomly commenting on how relaxed and well behaved my friend’s dog was and learned she went there. My dog had been threw very basic, weekly training from 5 to 8 months so when I contacted Roger, I let him know Oscar knew how to sit, lay down, etc. on command; however, he was becoming unmanageable on a leash and developing terrible anxiety to the point where he would shake every time he was outside and any time he’d hear a noise, (I live in downtown Dallas so there’s a ton of it) he’d freak out, get low to the ground, and pull me back home to his safety. After Oscar worked with Roger and Megan for 6 weeks, plus weekly visits, he’s honestly a different pup. He’s confident. He’s silly. I joke with my friends he’s back to puppy Oscar ways. Oscar 2.0. He still has anxiety, but it’s easily manageable. I use the commands they taught us to redirect attention to calm him down and continue our walk or whatever adventure we’re on. While in training, every week when I met with him, he was extremely happy to see me but also happy when I told him goodbye and I’d see him in a few days. When the 6 week training program was complete and finishing our final working session to head back home, he ran around the Land Retrievers yard licking, snuggling the employees. Hard for me to say but I’m also so happy, he loved it there. He didn’t want to leave. That’s so telling. I plan to board Oscar at Landmark Retrievers whenever I leave town moving forward. It was a really great experience and very reasonably affordable. I’m definitely happy I was pointed toward Roger and Megan.

I have known Roger Conant, Landmark Retrievers owner, for almost 20 years. He has trained and boarded all 3 of my labs and has done an outstanding job on each of them. I understand there was an employee in the past that acted inappropriately but I would not blame Roger for that, especially after he terminated the employee after the incident. He hired an employee that acted inappropriately. Any business owner can relate. Anyone that knows Roger knows that would never happen if he knew it was going on. Roger and his staff are pros. If you want a dog boarded and trained by a true PROFESSIONAL, go visit Landmark. He has an innate ability to understand a dogs personality and to therefore approach training based on that personality. That is an art that saves massive amounts of time and money for the dogs owners. Can’t understate this ability that is crucial. My most recent experience was having my lab Maggie down there for training. I spent lots of time and money on her training before reaching out to Roger and Meghan, due to moving out of the area. Maggie was testing my last nerve. Finally I made the drive back to Landmark and now I have a well behaved member of the family! Can’t thank them enough for the transformation. If you need boarding or training, go to Landmark Retrievers. Meet Meghan and Roger and you will be comforted. Any questions, feel free to connect with me.