Kindred Souls Canine Training Center

Best training school on the east coast!! Pete is a miracle worker with dogs. My dogs turned out amazing. A nice environment to train your dogs. Classes are always fun to be in and you get a lot done. Graduation is amazing. Pete even takes pictures of the dogs to post them on his Facebook to show people all the hard work the dogs and there owners put in. Not many trainers would have the time of day to do that. Willing to help 24/7. Would highly highly recommended this training place to everyone!!

Don't know where these reviews are coming from. We have done training at various locations in the past with our dogs. Our mistake was reading these positive reviews and listening to them. He has NO people skills. He is ruff and abrasive to humans and dogs. From the moment we saw him he humiliated in my husband in front of everyone to the point that we never made it through the first class. For almost 30 minutes, he sat and talked, starring at my husband. Never moved a dog the entire time. If you want a good trainer who will give your dog positive training, look somewhere else.

Our story starts out a little different. While looking for the perfect second dog to bring in to our family, we came across Spencer, who was not perfect. His story was, in a shelter, adopted by the wrong owner, who tried to get him training at Kindred Souls, but after a few weeks he was going to be returned to the shelter. Pete asked the owner to give him a few days. He saw something special in Spencer. He called Rescue Ridge and they took him in. Pete offered Free training to whoever adopted Spencer. He felt that strongly that Spencer was a good dog, that with the proper owner would succeed in becoming a wonderful pet. Spencer did not respond well to the kennels. A foster was found for him and that's where we met him. He was adorable, but very active, very excitable, almost no training, 55lbs, and a Pitbull Mix. As soon as we looked into his eyes we knew he was ours and we had to help him. We called Pete and got right in to training. As soon as Spencer saw Pete you knew they had a connection. Pete and his staff are amazing. Very professional, very knowledgeable, and very patient, no matter how long it took Spencer to get a command. We had signed our dog Thor up as well. Watching the 2 of them learn together was so rewarding. Well Spencer has come a long way, in such a short amount of time. He finished 2nd Place in his Graduation! If it wasn't for Pete seeing something in Spencer, a dog he barely knew, a dog that was very excitable and not getting the proper structure and love, and putting his name out there for him, we may have never met Spencer. We are so grateful that Pete is more than a trainer. He is a person who truly loves animals and loves what he does. We are so excited to start Level 2 training this summer. We can't thank Pete and his staff, at Kindred Souls, enough for saving Spencer. Phil and Dina Terranova