Rascal Training & Boarding

Zoe and her team are absolutely amazing. We first started working with Zoe in 2020 when we brought home our puppy, Peri, and quickly realized she was, for lack of a better term, possessed by Satan. Since we lacked the expertise to perform an exorcism, we opted for Rascal Training's month-long board and train instead. Four weeks later, we picked up an entirely different dog. Peri had transformed into a calm, polite, well-mannered young lady. It was nothing short of a miracle. Since then, Peri, and now her little sister Friday, have been regulars at field days, daycare, and boarding for the past five years. The care, training, and consistency Zoe and her team provide are second to none. We recommend Rascal Training to everyone we know and honestly can't imagine life without them.

I wish it were possible to give 10 stars. We have a puppy who spent her first four months in an apartment with pee pads and no exposure to dogs or people other than her family. In other words, she wasn’t socialized. So she was afraid of anything that she’d never seen before. She spent two weeks at Raskal Ranch, with Zoe and friends. She’s only been home one day, and she’s already walked around the block, something she was completely unwilling to do before. Also, she walks on a slack leash on the left side. And she’s still too young to have the brain development to learn obedience. She also goes to puppy social for an hour on Saturdays, and when she’s old enough, she’ll go back to the Ranch for obedience training. We are so happy that we found Zoe and her partners. We want a dog who’s brave and gets to feel and act like a real dog, and they are helping her be that.

Zoe, Madison, and Kyran are a phenomenal team and it’s because of them that I have such a strong bond with my dog. Our dog attended training with Zoe for a few weeks and now she attends field days with her best furry friends. Prior to training, Nova did roughly $3,500 in damages due to anxiety, a lack of training in general, lack of boundaries / structure, and a smidge too much freedom. We could not walk with her without her pulling, I had been pulled over by her multiple times, we couldn’t leave her home without her literally eating the walls in our home, we would leave home and would come back to dead birds in the house if she could access outside. I love my dog, but due to everything there was a large disconnect and a lot of my feelings were frustration and anger at her. After some searching I found Zoe on instagram and started my research on if Zoe was the right fit for Nova. And she was. Nova was taught confidence, boundaries, structure, and unconditional love at Rascal Training. She learned how to walk on a leash with no pulling (can walk her with the same hand my coffee cup is in), instant recall, going to bed, stay, and much more. We learned that the freedom we were giving to Nova was causing alot of issues, upon Zoe’s recommendations we’ve began to use a crate / kennel to provide structure. Her personality is no different, but her behavior is so much better. I can take her places and enjoy my dog without any worry or concern, it’s carefree and everything that having a dog should be. Nova attends field days with Madison and her other friends, She gets up every morning and will wait at the door in anticipation of Madison to pick her up. I get photos every day of her, communication with Madison is very easy and they’re very consistent and responsive. Nova is more excited to see her than anyone else.