Gardner Dog Training

Terry does not understand working dogs. I have a malinois that has confidence issues, terry came into my house. Due to the pandemic, he was the first stranger that had entered my house with my dog ever. My dog was not happy, he hit his threshold and terry wanted us to push him past his threshold. When we refused that, Terry said our dog needed euthanized. If he had any clue about working dogs he would choose to meet them on neutral grounds prior to trying to enter their homes. At least we now have a new nickname for our guy…. we call him Jeffrey, since Terry said living with him is like living with Jeffrey Dahmer, even though he woke me up with kisses this morning!

Gardner dog training was the best obedience class I've ever attended. We took our six-month-old English Bulldog there for 8 weeks and they taught us so much about puppies and how they act and what's going through their mind so that we could react accordingly. By the end of the eight weeks our puppy was able to sit, go into a down position, Sit Stay, Down stay, recall and heel all on command. They were also able to help us address the issues of her jumping up on people, the dinner table, and the door when she wanted to go outside. We are left with a playful yet obedient well trained puppy. I can't say enough good things about Gardner dog training. I would recommend them to everyone!

Does not accept dogs of mixed breeds. If I could give negative stars, I would. I called to inquire about classes to sign my 1.5 year old dog up for training. I told the man on the phone that my dog was part mastiff/lab and he proceeded to tell me what I needed to bring to class the next day. I show up to class and immediately get told that it was not a good idea for my dog to join the class because she looked like a pit. The trainer looked at my dog for less than 60 seconds and judged her before she even knew her. If they would have told me on the phone when I called that there was a chance that my dog would not be accepted based off of her looks, I wouldn't have wasted my time going to the class just to be turned away. I was extremely offended and disappointed.