Metro Dog Training

Twahlee at Metro Dog Training is an incredible dog trainer, I couldn’t recommend him more highly. We had a new pup and Twahlee helped set us up for success raising our little guy. We trained in real world scenarios (like at the park), giving us extra comfort knowing how to manage a stubborn and excited dog among lots of distraction. His training was very actionable, and it allowed us to practice on our own everyday and make strides in between our lessons. Immense gratitude!

My rescue dog started out with low levels of comfort and trust with new people, and had poor obedience. Working with Twahlee, she has become much more confident, happy, and obedient. She is much less fearful and is even playful with new people. The drills Twahlee has taught me have made a night and day difference for my dog and I and has brought us closer together as dog and owner. Twahlee really understands what dogs and their owners need to form a consistent, respect-driven relationship. I would highly recommend Twahlee as a trainer.

I made the mistake of buying 8 classes up front with Twahlee / Metro Dog Training. Based on all the positive reviews I know that Twahlee is likely a great trainer for a lot of people. Like with dating though, I don’t think every trainer is perfect for every dog parent - you have to find the right match. It has nothing to do with Twahlee’s capabilities as a trainer but he and I just weren’t on the same page / communicating well and so I asked Twahlee for a refund for the 4 unused remaining private lessons I had with him, offering to pay the higher amount per lesson as if I had only originally booked 4 private lessons. He got defensive, made up an arbitrary rule about the fact that since we had already started training he wouldn’t be able to refund me, and saying that I would be happier if I came to more group classes and was more consistent with training, which only went to reinforce my point that we weren’t communicating well / he wasn’t listening to me because I never told him I was unhappy with my dog’s training, just that I didn’t think he and I were clicking and that I just didn’t want to continue training together. I imagine he will respond to this defensively as well stating that I didn’t give the training enough chance. Again, I wouldn’t deny any of that, but at a certain point as a business that should pride itself on client satisfaction and generally just being decent on a human to human level, while in no way obligated to, if someone is telling you they are unhappy and want a refund for unused services it may just make sense to respect their wishes. It’s frustrating when people think they know what’s better for you more so than what you are telling them is what is right for you. With all that said, it’s definitely his prerogative whether he wants to refund me the $800 or not but would just advise anyone contemplating working with him to try a single session or a group session first before shelling out $2K.

best money we ever spent! Twahlee helped us with our 3 year old dog Roxy, who is a bit reactive and is very independent. He helped us lean into what drives her and fool proofed it. Cannot recommend him enough. he is so passionate and loves what he does, and wants us to have fun with our dogs!!! I cried our last session bc I am so relieved and excited for Roxy to enjoy her life now bc we figured out ways for her too! 100000/10!!!