April's K911 Academy

A couple of weeks ago I contacted April about behavioral problems that my ShiPoo started having out of nowhere. Even though my husband and I put off training etc., I would like to share my experience about April. Over the phone, she and I spoke for quite a while about our problems and she gave me an abundance of tips and advice. She was professional, caring and showed concern for our baby’s problems. I offered to pay for her counsel and she turned it down. I would have to say most people wouldn’t do what she did for us. Thank you April!

One of my dogs is reactive to people and the other is aggressive to other dogs. We spoke on the phone for a long time about my dogs and I never felt rushed through my concerns. We finally were able to meet for a consultation and the dogs stayed for doggy daycare, and I already feel so much more confident in handling my dogs!! By the time we left she was petting my people aggressive dog, and my dog aggressive dog was running around without a muzzle with all the other dogs. April gave us so many tools and rules to work with and can easily apply in our daily lives, and I can't wait to work with her more and continue to make progress with my dogs! I have worked with many great trainers and dog lovers to help my dogs, but we made more progress in one day with my dogs aggressive tendencies with April, than we had in all the time before. *editing to add* It has been about 3 weeks since meeting with April and incorporating her methods into our life, and I'm now walking my dogs together past other dogs barking and pulling on the leash at us, with NO PULLING OR BARKING from my dogs!!! Something I hardly thought would be possible. Also, they are so much more confident and CALM around the house and yard! We will be boarding them with April and taking her obedience class, and I can't wait to see just how much better we will all be soon! April you are a life saver!!

I took my new dog, Burt, to April’s daycare so we could learn how to meet new dogs and also to allow him to socialize with dogs for the day under some supervision. Since then, I’ve learned how to go about meeting new dogs and he’s made a lot of progress in that area. We still have a long way to go with training but April has helped us so much with safely socializing. Will be going back for daycare soon 😊

This review is far overdue! This past summer, we had April help us train two of our dogs--our new puppy and a very reactive and aggressive older dog that we rescued. Let me just say that if you have a dog with any bad habits or issues, you NEED to get training with April. Your dog's issues WILL get fixed if you follow her methods. If you have a puppy that you want to get started right, you NEED to get training with April. She helped us get on the right path with both our dogs right away, and her methods continue to work for us. She is professional, attentive, and responsive to every one of her customer's needs. In fact, we had such a great experience with her that we hope to do additional training with her again as soon as we are able.