Hiking Hounds of Bend

I tried to leave this message on her site but it would not take without me leaving her a $20 tip. Well, Those poor people who will pay that much to you for 2 weeks. I have been putting off contacting you because I believe there really is no point. After your last session you said we were going to work on getting Rex to deal with smaller dogs. That was it. Just gone. When I signed up with you I cancelled a visit to see my daughter to be available for you, no dog sessions. You scheduled sessions and cancelled them time after time. I understand the weather was bad but you knew it was winter when you accepted my money. The dog was available to you at the dog sitter, no sessions over there either. You had 4 visits with Rex plus one evaluation visit which was a separate charge. I understand some of them were over an hour but really did that equal 8 hours of time? I will say you did tell me how to use the prong collar correctly which has been invaluable. A person with integrity would not accept more clients than they could deal with which is what you must be doing. Well, in response to your response, Lauren, as you seem to have lost my home number. I still have all of your contacts to me and when they ended as well as a record on my calendar of when you saw Rex. The new owner for Rex did not show up to get him so maybe he lost my number as well. Unfortunate as yes he did would likely be a better fit for Rex than me. Yes Rex did break the dog sitters blinds while she was working. She has the money she asked for and will get more whenever she asks. The last contact with her regarding that was from me and she was supposed to get back to me if more was required. You are certainly good at defending yourself, in a way consistent with your integrity. New clients should be warned to not sign up for your lesson plan without a set schedule of days and a signed agreement of what to do if you cancel visits. That's all. I never said I was the best, greatest dog owner in the world. I'll even agree I may be a horrible dog owner, that's why I hired you.

I drove all the way from Portland to have her train my dog! Heard of Lauren through some family member and she did not disappoint! Not only was she super affordable, she was also respectful and friendly to both my dog, myself and all of the other people around us. She immediately was able to get my dogs full attention and get him to focus in a way I’ve never seen him do in the 11 months he’s been alive lol! She also made sure to ask if he was reactive, if he had any allergies and if we already had any sort of hand signals or commands we have worked on with him to really personalize the session. We worked on Heeling, Jumping and Recall all within 60 minutes, and the result was astronomical. Obviously, with continued practice on my end, I’ll be able to really drill this into his brain. She was a wonderful person to work with and gave wonderful insight into what I can work on with him and answered every question I had in good detail. Overall, 5/5 stars! Was worth the 3 hour drive down here!!!