Canine Coach

My wife, dog, and I have been attending Canine Coach for over a year now, and it has been a tremendously positive experience for all of us. It would be misleading to simply call any of the coaches at Canine Coach "dog trainers", as that's only a small part of what they do. In practice, Linda, Kerry, and Megan are "people trainers", teaching us to understand our dogs' personalities and limitations, to recognize our dogs' body language, and the approaches necessary to make our dogs genuinely excited to do the things we want them to do. This isn't a place where you'll find quick fixes to unwanted behaviors; it's much more about changing the things we as owners do to reinforce those unwanted behaviors, and shaping new, better, behaviors for ourselves and our dogs. When we first adopted Kona from the Humane Society, she was high-energy, highly reactive, and very difficult to control. The majority of her first group class was spent sitting in a chair and waiting for her to stop straining on her leash toward the other dogs in the room. Kona is still high-energy, and that will likely never change, but over the course of a few months, the transformation was like night and day -- today, she's able to settle down quickly when she gets excited, and we no longer have to stress out about her behavior when we have guests in our home. Since enrolling, we've also enjoyed some of the more niche classes on offer, like tricks and nose-work. We've found them to be great ways to keep Kona's mind active, teach her new skills, and generally just have some fun.

We have now used Canine Coach to train two of our dogs - I have had experience with a private session with Linda, with both their puppy and adult programs, as well as with the adult day school. All the trainers I have interacted with are experienced and professional. In the classes at Canine Coach I have gained an incredible amount of knowledge in both dog training and canine behavior. Educating the dog owners on appropriate techniques and behaviors should be the priority for any dog training class - and I am sure the dog owners are much harder to work with than the dogs! I appreciate the clear and honest direction and feedback the trainers provide me. I will continue to take classes as my dogs progress in their training and recommend Canine Coach to anyone that wants to build a better relationship with their dog.

My puppy loves loves loves canine coach and Linda! Hes been learning so much and is behaving so well with the other dogs. He loves going to puppy play and kindergarten. My husband and I are very pleased! Our puppy never wants to leave, it's hard to get him in the car afterwards. Linda also responds to our emails quickly about training questions; she is very knowledgeable and our puppy will continue with classes. Thanks canine coach!!

The puppy play was fine and all,however we are less pleased with the respect that Linda gives her customers. We own a very sweet German Shepherd,and recieved a large amount of degrading comments because of her breed; this woman made out like GSDs are the most untrainable dog in the world. When mentioning that she was already potty trained, Linda responded with a sharp and dismissive, “No she’s not.” After our first orientation class, we were told that we will most likely never have a confident, safe dog (likely an excuse for a lack of actual dog-training ability).The amount of utter disrespect she gives those attending classes is shocking. She has yelled at children, and scolded a woman, who was already in tears, to a point of embarrassment that no paying customer should have to endure. If you have a dog who could be considered ‘aggressive’, or would simply wish to attend a dog training class without being humiliated, I would not recommend Canine Coach