Dog Owner’s Academy provides professional dog training in Charlotte, NC and surrounding areas using our Train As You Live™ approach. Since 2008, we’ve helped train more than 5,000 dogs through practical, real-life training designed for the moments that matter most: at home, on neighborhood walks, around guests, and in distracting environments. Our programs include private in-home dog training, board and train, puppy training, and group classes for continued practice after graduation. Whether you’re dealing with leash pulling, jumping, reactivity, basic obedience, or everyday manners, our trainers help you build a calmer, more reliable life with your dog. Book a free in-home consultation to get started.
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5/5Amya, Dominic and Turk are all amazing with my puppy Suki and have helped elevate her obedience to a whole new level that I thought would take much longer to achieve with the methods I knew. Amya has been such a blessing during private and group lessons, even with her being an ad…Read full reviewClose full review
Amya, Dominic and Turk are all amazing with my puppy Suki and have helped elevate her obedience to a whole new level that I thought would take much longer to achieve with the methods I knew. Amya has been such a blessing during private and group lessons, even with her being an adolescent puppy, they have helped me with how to set boundaries with her and having her follow through with her obedience even in a high distraction environment. Amya has helped prove to me multiple times that she is a very intelligent obedient dog, especially when I have started to doubt if all of my work I've put into training with her is paying off.
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Kay Moore
5/5Today our lesson Consisted of working with Cass at McDowell Park. I wanted to work on some off leash work. The issue with The off leash is me!! I get such anxiety when I drop the leash. today was about working
on me and Cass Did great! He came when called. he slowed down when I…Read full reviewClose full review
Today our lesson Consisted of working with Cass at McDowell Park. I wanted to work on some off leash work. The issue with The off leash is me!! I get such anxiety when I drop the leash. today was about working
on me and Cass Did great! He came when called. he slowed down when I tapped the Remote he even came back to me when I had to stop and take a break. Dominic is so calm and Patient with me. Cass is a really well trained dog now I just need to let him be a dog a little more. Thanks Dog Owners Academy!
06/09/26
So the above post was a few months ago. Today I met Dominic at Mcdowell park again. We were working in a few things this session. Recall and ad a sit. we hen more off leash with another dog distractions. Cass did wonderful. I am getting more secure with letting him go ahead of me in the trail and he is starting to check back in with me every 30-60 seconds. (without any correction) ! One of my biggest fears is loosing my dog. him just taking off and going. My other Fear was him taking off if I fell. Well today I tripped and fell and Cass was right there! He didn’t run after the other dog but that was a little further down the trail. He was right there to pick me up. (we will work on the getting me up at home ) Thanks Dom for helping me up! I am so Very Proud of Cass and So Happy to have amazing dog trainers! Dog Owners Academy is one of the best !
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Cynthia Siemasko
5/5
Amya is amazing. Ollie is so much better at listening now after working with her this last month.
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Marsha Pepper
5/5
We love Dog Owners Academy!
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Gina Cole
2/5I did a free consultation to get a better understanding on how they could help me and one of my dogs with reactivity. After 50 minutes of talking, Dominic advised that a 4 week class was $1250 with no way to do payment plans and that was the cheapest plan they offered. There was …Read full reviewClose full review
I did a free consultation to get a better understanding on how they could help me and one of my dogs with reactivity. After 50 minutes of talking, Dominic advised that a 4 week class was $1250 with no way to do payment plans and that was the cheapest plan they offered. There was no compromising on that and as someone who does live paycheck to paycheck in this economy, that’s very frustrating that they don’t work out plans like that. I continued my research and found a better company who understands that not everyone can afford $1000+ lessons up front and does private/group classes at a rate that’s affordable. I felt like I was scammed out of my time and wouldn’t have even set up a free consult if they were transparent about their pricing.
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