The Happy Retriever

Our rescue puppy has been going to "Bump Up" days once a week since we brought her home to learn how to socialize, learn commands and gain confidence. We were so impressed with her progress, that we decided to sign her up for a Two-Week Resident Program. We definitely missed her while she was gone, but we are amazed by the progress she made. She is completely comfortable with her loose lease walk, auto-sit, heel, place and more. It's hard to believe that they got so much training into two weeks. We are so happy with the results. Plus, she is continuing her Bump Up days to reinforce her skills. Love the staff and the training methods at the Happy Retriever.

We enrolled our Chocolate Lab, KODA, in Doggie Boot Camp 1. The results were all we could hope for. Jana did a spectacular job of training him and of working with us to understand the methods she used and how to continue his training. KODA is now a pleasure to walk, he is "polite" and responds to commands. We will be continuing with KODAs training at THR and there is no higher praise than that.

I am here to give The Happy Retriever a wonderful review! We took our dog Finn to the two week resident program. We were having trouble with reactivity, aggression towards our other dog, and other behavior issues. We started out doing an initial evaluation and learned so much from just that. They took the time to really learn about and get to know our dog. Our trainer Hannah was absolutely amazing and extremely knowledgeable. She answered all of our questions without hesitation and was very professional. She did not sugar coat anything and told us exactly what we needed to work on. She had so many tricks up her sleeve and she had my bf and myself saying “I can’t believe we didn’t think of that!” When we picked our dog up we couldn’t believe how well he listened to her commands. She really did a great job with him! She also shows you exactly what to do when you bring your dog home so you don’t feel like you’re in the dark. For me that was a big concern of mine, but since we’ve been home I’ve been following her very specific instructions and Finn is continuing to listen and follow the commands like he did for her. We’ve tried other training before and none of them were as professional and knowledgeable as The Happy Retriever! We are very happy we decided to bring our dog there!