Westward Hound

My experience working with Westward Hound's Amanda Dwyer has been fun and rewarding for both myself and Maury; the extremely active and uncontrollable Gordon Setter puppy. Amanda's gentle, and smart approach has settled Maury down and given him direction without stifling his playful, affectionate puppy spirit. I plan to continue having Amanda train Maury, and I, how to live in harmony together and recommend her sevices and expertise to my friends and family.

Amanda was patient, thorough, and focused on individualizing the training sessions to our puppy’s needs. She gave us resources that we could utilize outside of our sessions and her training philosophy of using positive behavior reinforcement was in line with our puppy-parent values. Bandit loved his sessions and picked up his puppy manners quickly. Amanda even set us up with puppy play dates so Bandit could learn socialization and play behaviors with an equal match. We highly recommend Amanda to anyone looking for a trainer who truly makes your dog feel safe and comfortable in every session.

Amanda is incredible! Her vast knowledge and experience training dogs is unprecedented in my world. We adopted a new rescue pup (foster fail) and suddenly he started barking...at everything, everyone, every sound, every animal. It was nerve wracking - especially camping. I came to Amanda really downtrodden. I thought it was just something his breed was predestined to do and that we were just going to have to get used to it. But, I was wrong. Amanda gave us tools we needed to help Peanut feel comfortable and bark less. He's doing so well with his training! After several weeks, his barking has decreased by at least 75% while at home. Great start! He is also crazy on leash when we see other dogs. She taught us what this means to Peanut and why he does it. She gave us the tools we needed to help him along on this journey of leash walking. Today, we met two dogs while walking on a leash and both times it was successful! She has given us the confidence and tools we needed to assist Peanut to have a healthy, happy, stress free life! We still have a way to go, but Amanda will be with us for the whole journey! I could go on and on but just HIRE HER! You won't regret it!