Tailored Dog Training

Our experience with Tailored Dog Training has been fantastic. We needed help with separation anxiety, over excitement and wanting to play with every dog we encountered on walks, as well as reinforcing recall and focus when distracted. Our boy Tucker (an 82 pound and very strong, happy 2.5 year old Labrador Retriever/Bernese Mountain Dog mix), fell in love with our trainer Nicole right away, and was always super happy to see her. We began with 3 private 1:1 sessions with Nicole, and were super impressed by her professionalism, knowledge, and total love for her job. We had one of our 1:1 sessions at our house where we learned and practiced recall with distractions. The second 1:1 session was outside the training center where where we learned and worked on de-sensitization to unfamiliar dogs and surroundings, as well as not pulling to go smell every bush and tree. The third 1:1 was at our local park where we further learned and worked on recall with distractions, more de-sensitization to other dogs and people, and walking nicely on leash without pulling. We received detailed notes after each training session that covered everything we learned and practiced. It’s great to have those notes to refer back to. If we emailed Nicole with a question about anything, she always responded in a timely way. We just completed our three 1:1 private sessions last week, and the results we have had with Nicole and Tailored Dog Training have been more than we could have hoped for. Tucker is learning to feel safe in his own “space” inside our house, and we have been able to leave him for short times. We are building up to longer stretches of time. Leaving him prior to training with Nicole was impossible. He is also becoming a champ at not overreacting to other dogs (or cats. . . ), and I no longer worry about dislocating my shoulder if Tucker decides to make a run for it. Tucker also understands what to do if he wants to stop and smell during a walk. We really benefitted from the 1:1 sessions, and are very excited to begin Level 2 Obedience group classes at Tailored Dog Training next week. We highly recommend Tailored Dog Training. If you, like us, previously took a training class at one of the large retail Pet-oriented chain stores, but found it to be inadequate, I would encourage you to consider Tailored Dog Training. The trainers are at TDT certified, not “in-store” trained, and the training center itself is an impressive facility. It’s been a game-changer for us!

I was told by a friend of mine to check out this place because they have 1 hour puppy socials for $30 that help with active puppy socialization. When I called no one responded, their Google states the wrong hours and the address took me to the wrong location. The overall experience for my dog was positive and I’m glad he got to play, unfortunately it was about the same amount of socialization you’d get at a dog park with supervision. Felt more like an hour daycare than active puppy socialization which is typically a lot more interactive. The dog loved playing with the other dogs, but I felt the $30 price tag for one hour of dog park status socialization doesn’t meet the same value. I could do a puppy daycare for 6 hours at a cheaper price and get the same value. I’d suggest training the people there to actively socialize the dogs . That being said there was no real inclusion on if we should go into the place or not and we got shoo’d at the door for stepping inside. Overall not a super professional vibe and not worth the value. But that’s just my experience ^_^