Found Chicago Boarding & Training Center

We owe our sanity to Found Chicago B&T Center, and (in particular) to Anna Guzman!! We brought our 9 month Lagotto, Auggie, to Found in the hopes of getting help to better understand our dog and to help us establish a routine for him and our family. Before Auggie began the Rehab program at Found, he was stubborn, demanding, terrified of outside noises, skittish on walks, under-socialized, and was chewing on anything and everything he could get his mouth on. After completing the program, he is a much more confident dog! He is no longer afraid of outside noises. He responds quickly to correction, and he is eager to continue his training. Of course, his personality hasn't changed. He is still stubborn and demanding, BUT he is more eager to please and obey! The most important thing is that Anna trained us, as well :) We had no idea how to create a calm and consistent environment where Auggie could thrive. She has helped us see that our efforts and consistency are 3/4 of the battle! We were very apprehensive about leaving Auggie at the facility for 4 weeks. It was gut-wrenching for our family. But we quickly felt at ease as we received daily report cards and videos of Auggie's training and his playtime! He was clearly thriving there. There was not one moment where we worried that the trainers at Found weren't caring for Auggie the way we would! We plan to continue Auggie's training with Found and with Anna. She is the BEST!!!

When I first moved with my reactive dog almost six years ago I was worried I wouldn’t be able to find a place that would accept and understand how to handle him. From his first day at Found they’ve always treated him with so much patience and understanding. He lights up when he sees his handlers and happily heads off with them every time. They’re reliable, kind, and truly the only people I fully trust to take care of Moose!

Our dog was super jumpy and reactive towards other dogs, sometimes kids. We thought we'd never see him play with another dog off leash. Found did such a great job and we loved the videos every other day of the progress and were so excited to see him playing off leash with a few other dogs. 2 hours after bringing him home we took him for a walk and a sled dog got loose and came up to our dog. We worried for a sec and prepped to pull him back...but only sniffs!!!