Dog Training Elite Des Moines

Our dog had less than one session with the team. They were unprofessional and combative when we opted to not use an e-collar. No where on their website does it state that e-collars are training requirements...or even a training method they employ. But their team indicated during the meeting and later on the phone that they don't get good results training without an e-collar. Before signing up, they said we didn't have use an e-collar, but that tune changed after we paid them thousands of dollars they won't give back. They were extremely unprofessional in conversations. Do not recommend unless you want to be berated. UPDATE: All the DTE team would have had to do was apologize in my home or on either phone call with my family. They didn't. After they refused me service, I still await my refund.

I would recommend this place to EVERYONE if I could. We have a 2 year old dog and human reactive German Shepherd mix. Before coming to this facility, we couldn't go on walks without having barking outburst, him leash pulling so hard he was basically walking us, and not being able to be within 500 feet of another human or dog without him wanting to go after them. With him being in day camp classes twice a week for only 2 months, we have noticed a big improvement already. We can go on walks with NO leash pulling and NO barking outbursts. He just graduated day camp on October 1st 2025 and he is a completely different dog. He is no longer scared of people. We are currently in group classes to help socialize him more with dogs and he is doing amazing already. He is able to be in the same room as 10+ dogs and just mind his business. Kathryn has been our trainer and she has been PHENOMENAL. She has worked with us every time we had private lessons and even after day camp day she was there to explain everything he worked on and answer any questions we had. She has even gone out of her way to schedule appointments (that came with our package) and make it somewhere other than an at the facility or at home, to better allow him to be more exposed to real world factors he doesn't normally see. This place has been amazing for us and if you are in the same boat or know someone who may need the extra help with their dog, please give this place a shot. It has been worth every cent.

Kimberly was very sweet and experienced. I have been breeding dogs since the 1980’s so I’ve known several trainers over the years. Kimberly is one of my favorites. She has a natural, easy manner in her training methods and helped correct my flaws in training. My dog was purchased during the Covid pandemic and is not socialized. He was such a cute puppy that we always held him in our laps, he still sits on our laps but he’s huge now. He was trained to go on the treadmill an hour a day to help burn up some of his energy. The one negative side affect is that he is super strong so he’s a handful. He is also very protective leaving me so afraid he would bite someone. Kimberly informed me that Tony was picking up my fear making him more aggressive. She is a joy to work with.

We have a 9.5 lb Morkie, who has been the stubbornest dog we have ever had, and we've had multiple miniature schnauzers over the years. We signed Teddy up for the Day Camp program where we dropped him off in the morning, one day a week, and picked him up in the evening. He did very well and graduated from Day Camp. Then we went on to the group classes, which we feel are very important for us to work with Teddy ourselves. I was pleased that within a few weeks, he was able to pass his Canine Good Citizenship test. He still has a few issues for us to work on, but with the help of Dog Training Elite Des Moines, I know it's just a matter of time and patience to get him to be the little dog with perfect behaviour. We are very happy to have had him involved with Dog Training Elite Des Moines.