FirstBark
Nashville K-9 is the best! I have two young labs (2 and 1.5) who did the 3-week program, and I am extremely impressed with the results. The facility itself is impressive, and all of the trainers were very friendly and clearly care about the dogs in their care. Ali, the owner, was…Read full reviewClose full review
Nashville K-9 is the best! I have two young labs (2 and 1.5) who did the 3-week program, and I am extremely impressed with the results. The facility itself is impressive, and all of the trainers were very friendly and clearly care about the dogs in their care. Ali, the owner, was very communicative throughout and has always been available for questions. I received updates twice weekly to see their progress. For the actual training - My older lab has been extremely fearful since I got her at 9 weeks. She loves other dogs but is terrified of other people and new things. She would refuse to keep walking if she saw something 50 feet away that she didn't like (a person, a car, a new sign in a yard, etc.). She would sit and not budge at all until we turned toward home. After training, she has visibly gained so much confidence and enjoys our walks. She is still watchful of everything (just her personality) but she doesn't refuse to go and simply keeps walking if another person or car, etc. comes by. She also learned so much and will show off all of her skills proudly. My younger lab is much more of a typical lab - happy, eager to please. However, she would pull quite a bit on her leash and would jump after birds, cats, etc. After training, she is so much better on walks and will look at the birds but knows she's not supposed to jump after them. She is also very proud to show off all of her skills. I may have resisted taking her to training if she was my only dog, because she's always been pretty good. But that would have been a mistake because she is much easier to walk now and so much happier with all of her new knowledge. Overall, I was hesitant to send them off to training because I was worried I would get "robot dogs" back, but this was not at all the case. They are 100% still their sweet, playful selves, but seem so much happier and confident because now they have "jobs to do". And taking them out for walks/runs and adventures is a million times easier! They truly love practicing all of their new skills and working with them is fun now instead of frustrating. I cannot thank Ali and the team enough!