Camp Lucky Board and Train

Our family adopted Nova from the local Humane Society in 2023. We’d lost our former family dogs of 10+ years to old age and felt we were ready and capable of adopting/training a new canine family member. I learned two things very quickly: 1) Nova was half Malinois. 2) I knew absolutely nothing about Malinois behaviors, or how to work with one. I’ve never been the type of person to “re-home” a dog once adopted, but after her first two weeks I was honestly at my wits end about what else to do. I am genuinely thankful each and every day that my wife contacted Camp Lucky. Jessie came out to our home himself to visit and observe Nova in her home environment and he was very clear with regard to training and boarding options. It never felt like we were receiving an “up-sell.” He was genuinely passionate about giving our family the best possible bonding outcome with Nova. We initially chose an in-home training experience that would occur on a weekly basis. Jessie and his staff immediately developed a rapport with our dog and, perhaps more importantly, our family. It’s been my experience that half of all dog training is actually training *people* to understand and handle their dog effectively and Camp Lucky has been peerless on both counts. We followed Nova’s training program to the letter and were seeing immediate results—not just with her obedience, but with the overall positive experience of our new extended family. And then a family tragedy occurred that required us to leave the state for over a month. Jessie was extremely helpful at a very difficult time for our family. He went out of his way to collect Nova for boarding and the continuation of her training program. I don’t think our family would have been able to leave Nova in the care of anyone else at that point. She came back to us the following month and it was immediately clear that she’d been well-cared for and stimulated physically and mentally the entire time. We have continued Nova’s private and public-access training for close to 600 hours now. She’s well on her way to being evaluated as a legitimate behavioral service dog. We get constant compliments in public for her behavior and obedience. The neighborhood kids love to see her out on walks and get the chance to give her a training treat for good behavior. I have personally never been more in-sync with a dog in my whole life of being a dog owner and none of that would be possible without Jessie and the amazing people at Camp Lucky. I cannot recommend them strongly enough if you want to improve the lives of your dog and your family in any way.

I just boarded my lab/Corso mix puppy at Camp Lucky and felt compelled to share my great experience. Not only did Jesse accommodate my limited notice to board, but he also allowed me to drop him off at my convenience. That flexibility helped me in a pinch. Jesse was very professional and judging by the way his dogs were so happily obedient I knew my little Zaru was in great hands. Jesse and his family are the ultimate dog lovers. I highly recommend Camp Lucky Board and Train to everyone I know with a dog.