Bark Busters Home Dog Training Greater San Diego

I want to express my gratitude to Justin for his incredible help with our dog, Loki. Before working with him, I was anxious every day when it was time to walk our dog. Loki is a sweet puppy, but he had leash reactivity and would lunge at almost every passing car. A couple of times, he nearly pulled me into the middle of the street. As Loki grew bigger, my arm was constantly sore from his pulling.At home, he barked a lot, and I could barely sit down to enjoy a meal since we got him at four months old. I tried everything—reading books, watching YouTube videos, and attempting to train him to stop lunging at cars—but nothing worked. Honestly, I was skeptical when I read all the glowing reviews about Justin. It just seemed too good to be true. But it turns out, the reviews were spot on! I’m so glad we decided to work with him. After just one session, I noticed a huge change in Loki’s behavior. He started to understand when I wasn’t happy with his actions, and with consistent training, he has improved so much. He hardly lunges at cars anymore, and at home, he’s much quieter—I sometimes forget we even have a dog! Justin's method is very simple and effective, he gave us all the tools we needs. Our relationship with Loki has also improved. I trust him more, and he trusts us more in return. Working with Justin has been such a positive experience. He’s responsive, patient, and always there to help. Whenever we have an issue with Loki, we just send him a message, and he’s quick to provide guidance.I highly recommend Justin to anyone who needs help training their dog

**Incoming Rocco update! So it’s been 2 weeks since Rocco’s session and he is a DIFFERENT DOG! We are in constant disbelief. It’s as if a switch was flipped. He doesn’t do any of the bad behaviors anymore! • He doesn’t bark at random noises when we’re home. • He doesn’t bark and run towards the windows when the neighbors pass by. He literally looks and doesn’t react! • I’m able to bring him along to do errands and he just sits by my feet when I’m paying or waiting for something. Even if men come up next to me, he looks but then relaxes and doesn’t react at all. • yesterday we had a friend over for dinner and he was super calm and totally accepted a guest in the house and let him pet him!! We kept him on leash but were 👌this close to taking it off because we were THAT confident that he wouldn’t behave badly. • when we take him out to cafes he literally just sits calmly under my seat and looks around, even with other dogs and babies walking right in front of him. • he waits for me to come in/out of the elevator before walking and doesn’t lunge or even notice people walking by. I don’t know how Jenna and Justin did it, but they totally fixed Rocco!!! We cannot believe the transformation!! I can see in his eyes he is HAPPIER and at ease. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for what you did 🥹🙏 You literally changed all of our lives!! I am in complete awe. Our English Bulldog Rocco was very aggressive with visitors at home, which ultimately stemmed from his fear of men (he was adopted). This aggression prevented us from having guests over for almost 5 years. We always felt so embarrassed when we would meet family or friends and constantly lunge and bark. He was also very demanding - barking at us while we’re trying to watch tv for attention - and reactive to ANY noise around the house. Constantly alert. Constantly on guard. In just one session, Justin and Jenna taught us how to communicate with him in a language he understands. This behavior stopped at the first session, we couldn’t believe it! We are so happy because Rocco lived in a state of fear, anxiety, stress, and anger. And he is now cool as a cucumber, relaxed, and positive. I never thought he could be like this, especially with people at our house! I owe so much to Justin and Jenna for their professionalism and expert help!! I loved that they explain the dog psyche that is behind their methods. It helped me understand Rocco better and everything just clicked!

This review is long overdue but Justin was a miracle worker for our two dogs! Having one pandemic pup who wasn’t socialized well, and an older rescue who was never house/leash trained was really challenging for us to manage and led to some tough times. With very different behaviors you’d think we’d have to have wholly different rules for both, but with Justin’s method we can use the same corrections for both the girls. I will say it takes consistency and by no means is a one and done fix, but our fur babies are steadily doing better and are just generally happier pups

We will be forever grateful for Justin’s help with our dog, Mason, who was attacked by an off-leash dog when we were on an on-leash walk in our neighborhood about 1.5 years ago. This incident caused him to have severe leash reactivity to dogs when he was on-leash in our neighborhood. We worked with several trainers in an attempt to help him overcome his anxiety/PTSD to no avail. We then called Justin who helped Mason to overcome his reactivity and anxiety in just a couple of sessions. Mason is now able to walk calmly in the neighborhood and be successful in situations that he would have not be able to handle a few months ago. Thank you, Justin!

Justin at Bark Busters has absolutely transformed our spastic 1-year-old labradoodle and stubborn 4-year-old dachshund into loving, extremely well-behaved and responsive fur babies, all the while deepening the love and bond between us and our pups. Most importantly, Justin and Bark Busters taught us how to effectively communicate with our pups in a way that they most easily understand and respond to. The best part is that these communication tools ultimately strengthen the love and bond that our pups feel toward us. Rather impressively, Justin had immediate control over both pups within seconds of being introduced, and both pups are literally putty in his (and now our) hands. Justin has empowered us and our pups with the tools necessary for being mellow sweethearts at all times. Specifically, because of Justin’s instruction and program, our labradoodle puppy no longer jumps on guests, doesn’t invade space, doesn’t incessantly bark, he now responds immediately to commands, and remains in a docile state when in crowded spaces like airports. Similarly, our dachshund no longer nips or snarls, doesn’t jump on guests, doesn’t resource guard, but has turned into the sweetest people-pleaser. In wake of these transformations, our stress levels have been completely wiped away because our pups are now so kind and gentle with guests, and can make cross-country trips on airplanes without any difficulty. We are so grateful and thankful for Justin and Bark Busters, and we recommend them one million percent!! Truly worth every penny.