Garrett Stevens' Alpha and Omega Dog Training

Garrett is very knowledgeable and understanding; he answers questions thoroughly and has so much to offer when it comes to your dog's behavior. Our two year old Dal is very nervous around people and dogs, and he gave us the tools to socialize her properly and help her shed her aggressive behavior. His dog worked with ours, which was a huge help to us. It was worth it to us to get advice from someone as intuitive as Garrett! I know we wouldn't have gotten anywhere near the same insight from a mainstream trainer. Thank you!

Totally worth the time and price--if you're having trouble with your dog or want to get off to a great start with a new one, you will ultimately appreciate the time that you spend with Garrett. I adopted an 8 month old Belgian Malinois (knowing what I was getting into for the breed, but not with this individual puppy) and went with Garrett based on the other reviews here on Google, for 6 sessions. I appreciated the flexibility of locations--we got to work with my dog in three different places to expose her to the different situations and to help me better predict and catch her behaviors. Garrett is super calm and was really able to read my dog well, as in basically predict what she was thinking of doing via body language, then use well-timed corrections that were always verbal and gentle physical (never anything hurtful or scary for the dog or humans). While my dog has the basic obedience down, I mainly needed Garrett's help with socializing her to new dogs, new people, and to reduce her possessiveness with her food, house, and kennel. And really, the training was both dog and person--I got to learn a lot about my own reactions and timing in a really helpful daily life way. He's good at explaining it all and followed up from appointment to appointment with what we had previously covered to check in with progress. I did end up getting the Dog Myths e-book off Amazon and that was helpful to see what we had covered written down and a few other elements that I can keep in mind for the future (and some of the positives that I and my dog are already doing well with!) While my dog thankfully doesn't have separation anxiety, I think his next book has the potential to help a lot of families with that anxiety. Overall, I feel a lot more confident in my dog and my handling of her now than when I first got her--and that has really been worth it to me. I would also be happy to get more sessions from Garrett in the future, if I feel that we need them. Training her to be calm and flexible and tolerant is really paying off. Thanks for reading this far!

Garrett recently worked with us on our German Shepherd. Our dog had some aggression issues. Garrett really helped us in toning down the aggression. He is very good with dogs and has many tips that are easy and helpful. Garrett also makes custom collars for dogs that are really helpful in controlling the dog's excitement and barking during walks. We are really glad that we decided to work with Garrett. Thank you Garrett for all your help.

Our rescue dog, Freya, came to us with the sweetest of dispositions when it came to people. However, when it came to other animals, Freya had some serious issues! When it was getting to the point we absolutely dreaded our daily walks, we started to check out various trainers within the Gig Harbor, Tacoma area. As part of our hunt/research we became intrigued by Garrett Stevens’ philosophy. After two sessions we have seen amazing results with our dog. She is truly relearning how to be a social animal while once again using the senses she was born with. Garrett Stevens’ book, “Dog Myths”, has been a great help with training us as well as our pup.