Obedient Paws

After a number of trainers and a significant waste of money, we found Obedient Paws. Our pit bull puppy has been transformed and is an absolute joy to have around. Adam is a no nonsense professional that was available to us at anytime during our pup's 4 week stay. He educated us on every aspect of training and taught us how to continue her training. Additionally, he has remained in contact with us to check up on our dog and offer advice on how to teach her more. I've observed him with other aggressive and difficult dogs and watched them transform into obedient and calm canines. I cannot recommend Obedient Paws enough; especially, after having experienced three different "trainers" with no results.

I can’t say enough about how awesome Adam has been with training our dog Ohana. We sent Ohana over to Adam for a 4 week training course and our dog has learned so much!! Before going to Adams Ohana would jump all over guest and not know basic commands and walked horrible on leash! After getting her back it’s like night and day! She responds to commands very well and Adam worked with us throughout the whole process to ensure her continued success at home. We also loved how he let us come and work with her weekly to not only ensure her success in training but our success as handlers! Look no further we would HIGHLY recommend Obedient Paws for all your training needs!

We have a two year old German Shepherd/Great Pyrenees mix, named Gordon, that we have had since he was 8 weeks old. At some point in the first year, things with our dog got very out of control. He had basically had every behavioral problem that exists. EXTREME resource guarding, food especially, to the point where we wouldn’t even be in the same room with him while he was eating, couldn’t safely get him away from the garbage if there was something desirable in there, and wouldn’t even attempt to get things out of his mouth that he had picked up. Food was the worst but his resource aggression slowly progressed to include things like his bed, the couch, new toys and sometimes even us. Counter Surfing, poor leash etiquette (pulling and not responsive to commands), dog reactive, stranger reactive, non responsive to commands if there are any distractions involved, and extremely vocal at any thing outside that makes a sound and was generally very nervous at all times. We tried EVERYTHING!!! So many different “positive reinforcement only” training methods, books, youtube videos, everything!! It got to a point where we had people suggesting we put our dog down which we weren’t willing to consider even though at times our dog was dangerous to be around. When we found Adam at Obedient Paws, I felt hopeful for the first time in a very long time. We described all of Gordons problems and he seemed very confident that he could help us. We chose to do 4 weeks of bootcamp. During the first training session we had with Adam (1.5 weeks into bootcamp) we were petting Gordon while he ate. We never thought that would be possible. Gordon got more and more secure with other dogs and strangers as well! He has a very reliable “heal”, “leave it”, “sit”, ”on”, “off”, “free”, and overall is well mannered where we had a terror before. Adam even made him feel comfortable enough to take some short trips to the beach, play with the dogs and even go up to strangers! Adam not only taught Gordon how to listen and be comfortable and confident, but he taught us how to be confident and establish boundaries which made us much better owners for our dog by using the proper balance of correction and praise. Every training session I noticed vast improvements. Before bootcamp we often felt like prisoners in our own home but all of that has changed. We finally have the dog we have always hoped for. He is no longer aggressive towards any of the things that he once was, listens to our commands no matter what else is going on, and has amazing manors on and off leash. To say Obedient Paws has changed our life in the best way possible, and one we could never achieve through other methods, is an understatement. We owe our new found happiness to Adam, I can not recommend him enough and we can’t wait to go back for daycare, and have more training sessions so we as owners don’t fall into our old habits.

Took my dog here for training, issues I was dealing with were: pulling on leash, lunging on people, barking at everyone and everything, couldn’t control my dog at all. Adam changed everything, he not only helped my dog but more importantly showed me how to take control of her and understand when my dog needs discipline. Never did I think I would be able to take her to a pet store, the beach, go on a normal walk where I wouldn’t be scared of her trying to attack whatever she saw on her way. Our lives has changed, Adam is a true dog whisperer, he loves and really cares about dogs and I know that because my dog loves him too.