Top Dog K9 Academy

Not happy at all the trainer that picked up our dog called a week early said she is ready to come home. We scheduled a time for her to come home and we spent a hour or two for the trainer to help us learn the commands. First he brought her in her kennel in the back of the truck no blanket it was 30 degrees standing still. She was freezing. Then he puts her on the grass she can’t even stand up she was starving. Looked like she hadn’t eaten nothing since she left. I will admit I really didn’t listen to the guy I was done at that point. If you think starving a animal to the point it can’t stand up is training it these people are for you. I for Obvious reasons requested my money back because they say it’s guaranteed. Ghosted me from that min forward. I don’t know what guarantee means but it definitely does not means you get your money back. Was a lie I should of filed charges when I seen my dog.

I’ve finally collected my thoughts enough to write this review. I had high hopes for this program especially with the reassurances of the owner of the company. I was assured that they use gentle leash corrections when training and if necessary would use a cat collar but they used her regular collar for training. When I got my yorkie back she looked to me a bit terrified of the individual who trained her José. She listed to the command and that’s great and all but she looked submissive like she was very scared. This was very disheartening. Additionally, during the handover and she did something wrong the collar corrections in my opinion seemed way too harsh for an 8 lb dog. When entering the house we wanted to see the reaction between our German Shepherd and our yorkie and let him in. The German Shepherd came over to our yorkie and Jose her trainer pulled her up by her leash and held her there. I being very upset said stop it, stop it. He put her down and I asked if he did that during training or if that was just to get her out of the way from Zeus. He said it was the second. I did message the owner and ask if this was done during her training as well and he said, “No, he did not have to that in training. She did not give him any problems during training. The reason she did it there is more than likely the distraction of the other dog was higher than anything we could duplicate in training.” THIS gave me the indication that holding dogs by their leashes and effectively hanging them was a practice that they used. After cooling off from how upset I was I decided to give a chance to the follow up class the next day. The harsh corrections they wanted done continued but I had transferred her to an ecollar. Upon seeing her trainer she looked scared, yet again. Then I overheard one of the trainers talking about how they had to hold a dog by their leash and collar because of something aggressive they did which solidified my fears. I talked to two individual references given to me by the owner and they had nothing but good things to say so I went ahead with using them. But upon pebbles handover I realized I abhor the training practices I’ve seen and heard to be used by them and would not recommend them. I truly wish I was not the one who had to write this review but if it will save someone from this experience it is worth it.

Amazing results! Took our TWO 10 month old hyper, crazy (but still absolutely adorable) German Sheppard puppies for one week and brought back the best behaved dogs I have ever seen. 3 weeks after training they are still amazing and we couldn’t be happier! Which is saying a lot for me because I’m not really a dog person, I have 5 children so keeping them alive is enough for me on a daily basis. I am truly happy and in love with these puppies. Their plan works and if you do your part, it lasts! Anyone with negative reviews most likely didn’t keep up the training. We have learned that Dogs think in always or never terms so as long as you stick with the rules and don’t get lazy you will be so happy with your dogs after their training! I promise! :) No regrets! Money well spent!

ABSOLUTELY THE BEST!! Had my Malinois trained 5 years ago she still is the the best dog ever! Had my German Shepherd trained a year ago she is magnificent, and I just got my miniature Australian Shepherd back 3 days ago and I could not be happier! All the people saying they had a bad experience is fake because they don't make you pay if you aren't happy... So why did you pay if you aren't satisfied?