Master's Way Dog Training

I recently brought my 18 weeks old purebred Labrador to Rick for training because I had heard about him years ago. I like how he teaches you to be a part of each others thinking. We spent half the first session training me I think. (LOL) Its amazing how many things I though were right for years actually seem confusing to dogs. In 10 Minutes he taught her a for things right off the bat. He also showed me his dogs, who seemed very confident, and were amazing. He says that what you get when you learn to respect each other. I cant wait to go back for her finishing touches. He does king of tell you to be quiet, which can be hard to hear, but I would do anything this guy(Dog training wise) told me after speaking with him. I also liked he doesnt use shock collar methods, etc. but gets you to understand each other. Five Stars Here!!

In October, our 7 year old hound rescue chewed a slat off the bottom of our fence to squeeze out. We could smell the skunk in the air, and knew that he got sprayed...unfortunately, the smell was the least of our worries. When we rescued Jerry at 6 months old he had never been properly socialized, being quarantined with his brother who had parvo. Jerry has always been nervous and lashed out aggressively towards dogs that were not ours. As we looked for Jerry that night, we were worried that he would be hit by a car or worse, hurt a person or another dog. Luckily, we found Jerry, and the only issue was the awful skunk smell. Immediately, we set out to find a training program. Jerry had been to two before and we also had private training. This time, I specifically looked for someone who we could leave him with for training and that is when Master's Way popped up. Rick met with us and showed us how it was us and not Jerry, and that we were correcting and rewarding all the wrong things, at all of the wrong times, being very unfair to Jerry. On the way there my husband was completely skeptical especially given all of the money we had already spent on training. During the initial consult, Rick brought his dog out and Jerry was calmly looking at Rick for cues even when Jerry was inside our car. RICK DID NO TRAINING WITH JERRY ON THE INITIAL CONSULTATION AND STILL JERRY LOOKED TO HIM CALMLY! My husband was still skeptical but ready to give it a try. Jerry spent 6 hours with Rick and then Rick spent 2 hours with us on day one of training. Jerry was a different dog in just 6 hours but we were slower to catch on to the very easy training that Rick gave us. It really is about being in tune and thoughtful about what you are doing. Rick saw us again the next day and 4-5 more times after that. Rick seemed happy to accommodate our schedules and work with us until we got it. Rick is honest and fair in his feedback. He truly understands dogs and the relationship between dog and leader. We are not perfect with our practice yet but walking is much more relaxing and Jerry is much less anxious. We will be bringing our other rescue in the Spring. The only thing I am unhappy about is that it took us 20 years of leading dogs to find this method. Rick is amazing and the cost is well worth the happiness and safety of my husband, myself, and both of our dogs. Life changing!