Instinct Dog Behavior & Training, New Jersey and Philadelphia

We love Instinct! We live in NYC, and originally, just needed a place to take our dog (Roman - a Rottweiler) while we went out of town. Every time he came back from Instinct, I could tell he was well taken care of. After growing accustomed to Instinct, we decided to send Roman to Instinct for three weeks of training while we went to California - this initial three weeks turned into almost 5 months of Roman being in Instinct's care, as we were stuck in California during the stay-at-home order. During this time, Roman became a completely different dog in the best way possible. Before training, Roman was having a very difficult time adjusting to walking on NYC's busy streets. He was overly distracted, on edge, and unsafe. Because of his size and his breed, we knew we needed to take training very seriously. Meg (his trainer) did an incredible job with Roman. All along, she sent update emails and videos of Roman, assuring us that he was being loved on, properly cared for, and progressing wonderfully. Obviously, he was thrilled when we were reunited, but he also had a strong attachment to Meg, which let me know how much he was loved in our absence. Not to mention - Roman can now walk down the busiest street in NYC and completely ignore pedestrians, cars, trucks, bicycles, other dogs, scooters, you name it. It's incredible what they did with Roman, and now, almost a year later, Roman is still an amazingly trained dog. We can't thank Instinct enough for caring for our Rottweiler and making him into the best dog he could be.

Instinct Training in Englewood did right by my dog Koda and my family of first time dog owners! Extremely responsive...very proactive and professional...and most of all - successful in achieving the objectives that were determined before training began. Tiffani understood my dog and developed a plan to address her needs...making sure it addressed Koda's "uniqueness". Koda loves Tiffani! Tiffani (along w/ Meg) also did a very good job of "training" us and providing perspective to us as a first time dog owners. It's been 2 months since Koda came home and I'm happy to say she's doing great... I highly recommend this Group!

My pup loves Instinct. They’re first and foremost a training facility - 100% positive reinforcement etc. We came here a couple years back for help with my dog’s reactivity issues and he’s massively improved. This review is for a recent boarding stay - alumni of their training programs can book boarding services with Instinct. He had a blast and pretty much didn’t want to leave when I picked him up :) loved the periodic camper update emails, and they were super responsive when I had to change dates a couple of times.