Core K9 Academy

Oh my word!!! In one afternoon we have a new dog. Clearly there is more work to do on our part but there is definitive improvement. This evening after Shadows walk, I had him sit and wait to eat as instructed but I forgot what the command word was for him to go ahead and eat. So I called my husband as Shadow waited patiently. HE ACTUALLY WAITED!!! Once I was gaven me the command word, I got off the phone and said it. He then got up and ate!!!! I'm blown away!!! We look forward to boarding Shadow and establishing a great business relationship. Thank you for the great service.

We can't speak highly enough of Corey in his work with our Yellow Lab Leo. We adopted Leo from another family when he was just over a year old. We found out after settling him in that Leo has extreme aggression toward other dogs. Since our daughter has three labs and we certainly wanted to be able to have them together, we sought out help from Corey. At first, we boarded Leo with Corey for a short time while we were away. He worked with Leo mostly on being calm and staying in close proximity to other dogs and not so much playing with them. We were so happy to see Leo at ease with Corey's dog when we went to pick him up. Leo still had a long way to go, but it was progress. In October, we were away for more than two weeks and boarded Leo with Corey again. The transformation we witnessed in the videos Corey sent us was amazing. Leo was running and playing with other dogs without a muzzle on. He was having fun. When Corey brought Leo home, along with his dog Blaze, it was clear that Leo has bonded with Blaze. We were cautious with introducing Leo to our daughter's three labs, one at a time, with Leo muzzled for safety. It wasn't smooth at first, but with Blaze as a buffer, we did get all the dogs running around together. We tried the same interaction ourselves the next day, but did not have the same successful result. Corey suggested that he take Leo and one of the other dogs together, which we did over a long weekend. Over that weekend, Leo and Cooper, our daughter's year old chocolate lab, began to bond. We have a lot of work to do with Leo and a lot of it is our training on how to deal with Leo's aggression and how to calm him in order to bring him closer to the other dogs. We need to get them together on a regular basis. That is on us to keep his progress going. Corey laid the groundwork, working on Leo and educating us on how to help Leo over this problem. We are fortunate that Corey will board dogs in addition to training as we are happy to be able to leave Leo in his capable hands if we are away. We will continue to enlist Corey's expertise to continue Leo's journey.