Nora's Dog Training Company

My dog went to Nora's for two weeks training. First, you should know her idea of "in home living" means many crates on the back porch and training means cheap, sharp prong collars. The prong collars were not mentioned in all our before conversations. When we got there, she did not seem to like him or maybe it's just large hounds. She didn't speak to him or give him any attention, that should have told me to get out of there, but I left him. I kept calling and asking for updates about every other day because they never contacted me or posted photos. Nora consistently told me he was doing "super or great". 12 hrs before I was supposed to pick him up, she said not to come, he wasn't ready. He stayed a full 3rd week. He was still doing "super" each time I asked. I asked for photos and she sent me one via facebook, that was a half inch by a half inch. I couldn't make him out, 140lbs of dog isn't easily seen in 1/2" size! Then came more red flags, she said she had to put her "physically strongest trainer, stronger than a man" on him and he "couldn't" go up stairs. A good trainer does not need physical strength and this is a boy who lives in a 3 story home and is up & down full flights of stairs at least 25X a day. Nora's has only a few steps in & out. The trainer couldn't or wouldn't work or motivate him. At the 3wk mark, he still needed more work. I insisted on picking him up anyway. She tried very hard to talk me out of coming and told me to return him to her the next week for more training at her expense. He hadn't learned anything, in fact he was worse on leash than when we dropped him off AND he was no longer his happy, goofy, loving, affectionate self! Nora never followed up with me despite $1500 paid, keeping him longer and teaching him nothing. I sent him to a different trainer, by day 3 he was good on leash, did heel, place, sit on stopping, down, has street manners and store manners. (In 3 wks, Nora never had him off property although it was promised). At 7 days with the new trainer, he is walking/running at heel off leash, doing extended duration place off leash with distractions, etc. There is no problem with the dog as demonstrated by a different competent trainer. If you pay $1500 -$2000 for training, get a reputable trainer. I DO NOT recommend Nora's. I honestly wonder if my boy spent most of his time there crated.

I have used Nora's Dog Training when it was first Williams. It has changed twice since then. At first, we were allowed 2 visits after training, but I never received them b/c it was winter. I had tried again to have them come, but never did. A couple of years ago I took my new shepherd for training. This time I was told that we had infinite visits. I had about 3. Then months later I was having major issues with my dog and emailed Nora both facebook and email and never received a reply. Finally I called and explained the situation. The gentleman that answered said that he would get back in a couple of days - again, no response. Called again and spoke with Nora. She said they were busy and the weather is bad for outside training. I explained this was not an outside issue. They were to call back to set up an appt. by end of week. It is now two months. What I thought was a good training facility and staff, has now led me to believe that they are not a bit concerned after 2 visits (as was original agreement back then, and I never received) and the infinite training visits could not be farther from the truth. I hope others have had better luck.