Best Dog Training Academy

I can’t say enough great things about our experience working with Best Dog Training Academy and Mara! Our pup has learned so many skills (leash manners, recall, neutrality, place, etc) and gained confidence in himself. He bonded with Mara instantly and gets so excited to see her on “school” days. She sends tons of videos to us of their sessions to show progress, techniques, and them having fun. I would recommend them 100%!

Highly Recommend! We boarded our 4 month old puppy Penny with Best Dog Training Academy for two weeks. In evaluating several training options, I spoke with Whitney, who explained their training philosophy and answered all my questions thoroughly. We liked that Penny would stay in a family environment with trainer Corey, and his dog during her stay. The socialization was great for Penny. We loved getting several text updates, photos, and videos of her progress each week. Penny learned a lot in her foundational training, and the videos Whitney and Corey sent helped us understand what she was learning and how to continue to reinforce it. The follow-up training session at our home a month after Penny’s initial training helped us fine tune our training skills and continue to apply the approach at our house. Corey also answered several text questions about how to address some behavioral challenges in the following weeks. We’ll continue to use Best Dog Training to board Penny and refresh her training. We love the personal attention and that Corey practically considers her part of his family!

We recently had our Malinois, Juno, trained by Corey and Whitney for 3 weeks, and the transformation has been incredible! Before training, Juno’s reactivity to other dogs (including our own), scooters, bikes, and pretty much anything that moved made walks stressful and nearly impossible. She also had issues with jumping, chewing, and general high-energy chaos that we just couldn’t manage (if you’re familiar with the Malinois breed, you understand). Corey and Whitney worked closely with us before the training to understand our needs, kept in touch with regular videos and updates throughout, and have continued to check in afterward. They trained Juno with a mini educator e-collar, and the results have been amazing—she now walks calmly and focused, listens to commands like sit, stay, here, and free, and we’re able to correct her gently when needed. Most importantly, we can actually enjoy our time with her now. The stress has been replaced by confidence and joy in having such a well-trained dog. We’re so grateful to Corey and Whitney for their skill, communication, and genuine care for Juno. Highly recommend the Best Dog Academy!

Whitney’s work along with her fellow trainers has changed our lives dramatically. Prior to Carmy’s training he was extremely reactive and we had no control over his behavior. We couldn’t take him anywhere due to being unable to control him, we were even scared to have people over to our home knowing Carmy was going to be so overstimulated that he’d just bark and jump on people continuously. After spending two weeks with Whitney we now can incorporate Carmy into our family life how we had always envisioned! We have done outings to the park, where Carmy was able to focus on us and be around children playing and even other dogs in the distance. We’ve also done a beach trip where there was a lot of stimulation and Carmy was so well behaved we had an enjoyable family day shopping and playing on the beach. We have had company over and they are all in such shock what a different dog Carmy is. Now our family and friends can also enjoy Carmy and get to know him without him being out of control. Whitney is so patient and truly cares about the dogs in her care. She was very communicative during his stay with her sending frequent updates. We have had several people ask for her info seeing what an amazing job she did with our sweet Carmy. We are so thankful and appreciative of her, her expertise, and skills. We now have the tools we need and a great foundation to be able to really enjoy Carmy the way we had envisioned when we decided to add him to our family. We couldn’t be happier that we chose Whitney’s program!!