Lake Norman Natural Dog Training

I would not recommend working with Fran at Lake Norman Natural Dog Training due to her lack of responsiveness, timeliness, and overall lack of professionalism. I paid for 6 sessions with Fran and only received 5. After multiple scheduled appointments where Fran would not show up, nor communicate her cancellation, I was frequently left waiting at home with no response. After following up with messages, I never even received information on why she did not attend our appointments. Essentially every appointment I had with Fran, she would cancel last minute or show up 30-90 minutes late. Make a better decision for yourself and your pup and train your dog elsewhere.

Our puppy went right from the breeder at 10 weeks of age to spend 2 weeks with Fran before coming home to us. It was the best decision we could have made. Fran communicated with us regularly before our pup went to her, helping us choose supplies to purchase and even giving us requested feedback on our choices of names. As Fran was visiting relatives in CT around the time our puppy would be ready to come live with us, she arranged her flight to coordinate with our schedules and flew the puppy up with her, then brought her to our house herself. Our puppy arrived knowing her name and basic commands such as "sit". She was trained to go pee-pee outside and crate trained. She slept through the night in her crate from the night one. Since then, I have recommended Fran to other friends, and they have been equally happy with her overall service and the training that she provided.

Fran helped us train our Dalmatian puppy ( Brutus ). She came to our home so that we could focus on behaviors in his own environment. She listens, watches and then demonstrates and advises. She would leave us with homework so that we had something specific to work on to prepare for our next session. She also really helps you to understand how your pup may be feeling durning different stages of development and why they may be behaving in a certain way. She helped us overcome many bad habits that our pup had and he has grown into a very well mannered part of our family. We would highly recommend Fran to anyone that wants to learn how to effectively train their dog in a positive way.