Dog Lovers Obedience School

Emily and DLOS are, in short, amazing! She is patient with and dedicated to all of the dogs she trains. We needed some help with our rescues and definitely came to the right place! She has even worked with us 1 on 1 to prepare for bringing our baby home, helped as the official “dog wrangler” at our wedding, and my sister-in-law has even driven her dog to RVA on three separate occasions for board and train specifically with Emily. Emily was also an advocate for my wife when she was viciously attacked by a dog she was fostering then slandered online by the organization she was fostering with. Thank you, Emily!!

My pup Remy ran away from Dog Lovers Obedience School in November 2021. Emily, the owner, did not reimburse me for my return flight or associated expenses as a result of my dog going missing for 4 days while under her watch. Nor did she compensate the trapper who gave up 3 days of her time. Adequate preventive measures were not put in place - ie multiple doors and baby gates) until months after Remy’s escape. I did appreciate her search teams’ help looking for Remy but this should never have happened and was 100% preventable. If the wonderful tracker Carmen Brothers and Kelly Jones weren’t called in by my best friend, I don’t think we would have Remy back at home, safe and sound. When Emily finally resolved this matter with me, I will remove this post and pray that this does not happen again while dogs are under her watch.

I have known Emily for many years, initially through puppy raising with CCI. My family used a trainer to work with our very high strung rescue dog and were very pleased with the training and care given! By pure coincidence, we found out that Emily took over this school and was now running it! Emily and her staff have given me the tools needed to truly enjoy and work with my dogs. Emily talked me through a very difficult loss of young dog that I loved and preparing my home to welcome a new puppy. Even as someone who has experience raising dogs, I will ALWAYS go to DLOS with any new dog in my life to give him/her the best start. I frequently come back with new questions and Emily is so responsive and compassionate. The difference I see in my dogs that have gone all the way through training and my dogs that were just trained at home is substantial. I recommend DLOS to ANYONE and everyone! My family is so grateful for Emily, her staff, and this school!