Spot-On K9 Training

After already taking classes with 2 trainers (personal trainer and dog camp), my dog wouldn’t pay attention to me outside, and was very reactive to other dogs. Coming in and out of the building was always a stressful situation and I couldn’t be relaxed on walks since I had to pay attention if another dog would come near us. After taking classes with Stephen, we can encounter other dogs in the building lobby and she doesn’t react at all. It is enjoyable to take her on walks since I am confident she’s gonna behave properly around other dogs. She was a scared dog but now her confidence has increased drastically. I contacted Stephen as I was desperate to improve my dogs behavior. The key difference with other trainers, is that Stephen’s main focus was to teach ME how to held my dog accountable and teach her what is expected from her and how to properly correct undesired behavior. Now that all her issues have considerably improved, we will be taking the off leash class with Stephen in a couple of months.

Stephen is truly a miracle worker! My sweet baby Lila is a 2 year old rescue pup and has the most energetic breed combination you could ever imagine. When I first adopted her, I signed up for a Petco puppy manners class which taught her to sit, stay, come but not much else unfortunately. While most of the time she is an absolute angel, she did have some resource guarding issues as well as terrible separation anxiety. Cue Stephen. After researching pretty much every dog trainer or program in the city, I found Stephen off google and all of his glowing reviews. I am so incredibly grateful that I went with him. Together we worked on her resource guarding and separation anxiety which are both non-existent now. We ended up going with the e-collar training as well which has offered me the opportunity to let Lila roam around in Central during off-leash hours safely and without worry. I can’t recommend Stephen enough for any and all dog training needs!

Stephen is incredible. We brought in a 5 month old bernedoodle who we had trouble with the most basic of training tasks and was not walkable, but after the first session with Stephen we were able to have her on “heel” and walk her out of Central Park with confidence! Stephen always advocated for our puppy and did a fantastic job giving us the tools we needed to train her. We are looking forward to the monthly sessions in Central Park to continue our training!

Great experience and incredible results. We moved recently from Europe to New York and our two pups seemed stress and set back in training upon arrival so we decided to go ahead and get professional help in getting them back on track. Stephen was incredible in teaching our dogs but also us on how to approach daily challenges in New York that dogs and their owners have to deal with. Since our training with Stephen our dogs are not only back on track but are doing better as they ever have been. Highly recommend Stephen for training any dogs, he's gentle with the dogs, understanding of their needs and knows perfectly what he's got to do to reach any dogs. Our two dogs have two very difference personalities and he managed to navigate through that with ease. Thanks a lot for everything, Stephen!

Stephen helped me gain confidence and better understand my adult dog's stranger danger anxiety. It might be "dog training", but in my case, it was definitely "Addy training". I'm so grateful for Stephen's patience while teaching me how to show my dog that I have his back and will protect him. It's amazing to see how much better my dog reacts to those situations now. I'm looking forward to continue with the group drop ins that Stephen provides after your training sessions wrap. Absolutely recommend -- Spot-On K9 Training is life changing.