Royal Dog Academy

I am very thankful I brought my 4 month old yorkie puppy to Royal Dog Academy. We put our puppy Chewie through the 21 day bootcamp. Basic puppy obedience is so important for the beginning stages of their life, physically, emotionally, and psychologically. Max was so helpful in training us as owners in how to give our puppies guidance, support, and most importantly stressing the need for the owner-puppy bond. Once that was established, Chewie loved to practice these skills at home everyday, with or without treats. The bond was strong and he eventually wanted to work for our affection. He learned basic commands such as sit, down, up, heal, come, place, leave it, and go. He was given many agility obstacles daily and many exercises for mental stimulation. On his last 2 days, he learned to ride on a skateboard! Max trained him on agility, balance and overall learning his body to be less clumsy. We practiced with a leash indoors and outdoors with Max. Chewie is a 2.6 pound teacup puppy and came into boot camp very shy and afraid. By the first few days after we took him home from bootcamp, his confidence grew so much. He would go up and down stairs without fear (a single stairs is taller than him) and he wouldn't run outside when I opened the door. He would simply look at me for his next command. Chewie was able to meet a handful of ther dogs to socialize with as well as work through distractions. A few of our private sessions included Max guiding me as the owner on keeping Chewie's focus while another dog and dog owner were in the room training. Chewie did very well and as with ANYTHING, practice makes perfect. What we learned as owners here, we continue to train at home, outside, with distractions and more socialization. I learned that the most important things in a dog's life are mental stimulation, exercise, quality bonding time with their owner and having a job! Chewie loves to work for his favorite toy. Before we have play time and exercise, I have him work through his commands to earn it and he loves it! He probably thinks it is part of play time! Now he knows it's a good experience when he follows commands and stays disciplined. Overall, Max provided us with the tools we need to keep control of our dog in everyday situations. Thank you to Max, Anastasia and Allen for being so kind and informative! I learned a lot about my dog and about the importance of obedience training. We will be back to take the family classes for sure. For all the bad reviews, I wonder...is it really the dog or is it the lack of time and work the owner is putting in to the dogs needs? Yes, every dog is different but if you realize your dog needs extra attention and training then you provide the time yourself. I am not a professional dog trainer, nor do I have any place to judge what bad training is, however I saw great results with my puppy WITH practice at home. He's basically a baby and have to have a ton of patience with him. Dogs look to US for guidance. I choose to invest in my puppy because at the end of the day you don't want to be that dog owner who is a liability.

I was going to pay 5000 to sign up for their training, and how do they treat me when I inquire questions? They LAUGHED at me! What, is my question funny? Cause I am here to make sure my money is going to be worth it, and you can't even show me respect. Also, you can "say" all you want that you are a legit business, but unless there's a paper proving it, your words don't mean nothing. So, sorry to ask all these important questions, but the only thing you kept in mind was if I'd be signing up. Ah- you think!? After the way you treated me, I'd have to be MAD to give you my 5000. One of the trainer Max, as soon as I mentioned Japan, he automatically assumes that I can read the language and just goes "Oh, can you translate this for me?" and pulls out his phone. Um, we're NOT friends, I'm a potential customer, and you just wanna use me for your benefit? Are you out of your mind? So rude. And thanks for laughing at my questions, you and the receptionist who is so unorganized. She tells me that they'll let me meet the dogs and when I come to visit, nobody knows what I'm talking about. Just don't go here. It ain't your money worth.

I honestly don't write reviews but with how much we paid I feel a need to. I purchased the evaluation from groupon. When we went to our apt the person attending us was very knowledgeable. When the owner came in to show us with his dog what the basic obedience training package would include my father and I were very impressed. When they told us the price I wanted to run but my dad was so impressed he offered to pay for it. We did the 20 day program. I had training with a few different trainers and they were all nice. The owner is pretty intense and didn't have patience for me when I was training with him. When I had my training with him he cut my one hour season to only 15mins because he was getting frustrated. I know they are going to say it's my fault my dog isn't doing well because I'm not tough enough on him, but my dogs breed is very sensitive and prone to anxiety. Besides that there is no way he will do anything without food in front of him. We were promised off leash training with the package, but there is no way I can ever leave him off leash. It's been about a month since he finished his training, and I still try to continue the little they taught me at home. But I feel $3,500 was a lot of money to pay just for him to sit, down, and place only when there is food involved. That is my experience with my dog. I am not satisfied. But I do know each dog is different and others experiences might be better than others. In response to the company's response. My dog is still aggressive towards other dogs. And at that training he tried to bite another dog twice. We already paid lot of money and are unsatisfied, I'm not about to pay more to finish the training that should have been done during his time there. My dog can listen but only when food is involved. And still disappointed he didn't learn any of the off leash training we were promised.