A HUGE thanks to Ian, Kristy and Smart Dogs for completely changing our puppy experience! We adopted a 3 month old puppy (Ozzie) in June and by October we realized we were in over our heads. Our puppy is awesome but to help him develop good puppy behavior we needed help. Ozzie is very smart and was very easy to housebreak but he didn’t listen, was almost impossible to walk on a leash and jumped and nipped at everyone. Initially we chose to have Ian come to our house for training. After the first session (training us and Ozzie), walking him was a pleasure. The next session we focused on sit/stay - another good experience. We decided that the best thing for Oz would be to send him to Smart Dogs for more concentrated training. The night before Thanksgiving Kristy called and said they had a last-minute cancellation and asked if we wanted to start training. Off we went. We ended up doing a 30-day program. It was very hard to leave Ozzie for that long but we knew it would give him the best chance for success. Kristy sent regular texts with pictures and updates - it was so fun to see his progress. We were excited to pick him up. He came home a calm, non-nipping, non-jumping and truly enjoyable puppy. We love him even more! A couple of weeks after we completed training, Ian came to our house for a follow up. We couldn’t be happier with the entire process. It is expensive but this is a great example of you get what you pay for - money very well spent!?? In addition to the work they did with Ozzie, Ian spent a lot of time training us. In the future, we hope to have Smart Dogs help us train Ozzie to be a therapy dog. ???
Richard & Marlene K.
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