Amanda Gagnon Dog Training

I originally came to AGDT because I wanted to enroll my 5-year-old toy poodle in an agility course. I then realized she needed some leash reactivity work, so we scheduled a private session with trainer Gwen. Gwen gave me the best tools, was very open to communication throughout the process, and was EXTREMELY helpful. We eventually enrolled in our agility course with trainers Denver and Michelle and had the best time. During this course, I ended up fostering, then foster-failing a sweet, sharp-toothed husky mix who apparently has a love for my ankles, wrists, face, etc. The entire staff was so open to helping us work through our issues and genuinely care for and love my dogs. We eventually put my puppy in puppy day school and now adolescent day school. Each session gives me a detailed report on how my puppy is doing and some new things to work on. I love coming in to see the staff's smiling faces and extreme patience as they care for the pups. They always answer my (probably annoying) slew of training questions after a weekend away. They've also made training so fun for me! I've actually turned it into a hobby because I now have a better understanding of WHY my dogs do what they do and how to PREVENT those actions from happening. I've also never felt so bonded with my dogs. If you want the best training - come to AGDT. They make you and your animals feel like family. THANK YOU AGDT! I will continue to come over from UES so my dogs can learn from the best staff. Thank you for caring for our pups!

Two days ago my little sweet Maple graduated from the adolescent dog training class here and it was amazing! The class was taught by Denver and was very hands-on and practical. My Maple is a one-year old rescue dog and was very timid and scared of people and dogs. On the first day of class, Denver was so kind and considerate and adjusted things to help Maple get more confident with the other dogs. After each session I saw Maple get better and better and more comfortable with the other dogs in the class. At the end of this class Maple learned so much that I can’t even believe it. It was absolutely the best group class I have ever attended. I have an older dog who took a lot of puppy classes elsewhere but this was nothing to compare to them. I highly recommend this class! Thank you Denver and Amanda Gagnon Training!!

Amanda and her trainers have been great with my dog, Josie. We’ve taken a few classes, done a personal training session, gone to adolescent day school and to playgroup and participated in the community Easter Egg hunt. Each trainer we worked with has been great at listening and they all really helped Josie with walking on leash, playing nice with other dogs and resource guarding. She wants to go there every time we are close by. I’m so glad they’re in our neighborhood!

My wife found AGDT when looking up puppy socials, and THANK DOG we did! We did 10 puppy socials here as well as both virtual and in-person group classes. Our dog is definitely one of the most well trained and well socialized dogs. We get compliments all the time for how well behaved he is and we attribute all of this to what we learned from the team at AGDT. He showed some minor resource guarding as a puppy, the trainers were so nice about it and taught us tools to work on this issue and we were able to resolve the issue before it even became a problem. He now happily shares his toys, treats, etc. - you would never even know he used to have a fear of sharing! Thank you so much AGDT team for showing us that training can be both fun and effective :)