New Hope Dog Training Center

Gene, John, and Berke were great. I Have a 3 year old Presa Canario that started to get more temperamental, destructive, and aggressive as she aged. Before the program she had gone through 2 windows after the mailman. Now she is back under control, well mannered, and much more manageable. I am also a better dog owner and honestly a better person from some of the life lessons and wisdom that genes has shared.

We had such success 8 years ago taking our boxer to be trained by Gene at New Hope that we trusted them again with our 7-month old boxer puppy recently. Both our dogs had much success! The dogs came home calmer, better behaved and knowing the most important commands. Gene and Berk are experts and know how to train dogs to be good and their humans to manage them properly to maintain that good behavior. It takes time and effort on the humans part but it really is worth it!

We had an amazing experience with Gene and Berk! Gene helped us understand the importance of becoming effective managers for our poodle AJ by expecting consistent obedience 100% of the time. The results have been incredible—our pup has changed so much for the better! He’s no longer biting us all the time and is much easier to manage overall. While we still have work to do, the trainers have provided us with a solid foundation, helpful resources, and the confidence we need to keep making progress. We’re so grateful for their guidance and highly recommend them to anyone needing help with their pups training!

We took in a foster dog who was described as "cuddly" but within a few weeks he had bit my significant other several times. He knew no commands and was 70 lb of jumping dog, he was reactive to every moving thing in social situations, chewed on everything, and was incredibly difficult to get into a crate without growling at me or laying on the floor as dead weight. We are no strangers to having dogs but nothing we tried was working and after several bites, we knew that we couldn't return him to the shelter because he would be euthanized and we knew we were over our heads as trainers. When we brought him to see Gene and Berk, he was immediately aggressive. They were able to take him inside and get him settled and within the 20 minutes I was there to drop him off and fill out paperwork, Gene already had him sort of settled in and listening to him. I'm sure it wasn't easy but Gene and Berk were both fantastic! We were very skeptical about e-collar training because we didn't understand it that well. Berk did a great job of explaining it to us and letting us test the collar on ourselves to see that we weren't inflicting pain. After his time boarding with them, even though we didn't expect much of a change because he really was a pretty severe case, he truly was like another dog. He was no longer jumping, we were able to quickly train him to new commands, he would listen to me when he was told no, training on the leash was much quicker, and we were now much better equipped to introduce new boundaries and training goals when we were done with the in-person training and the zoom classes and homework. He's doing really well and he still has a lot of work to go as a shelter puppy, but without this head start with New Hope Dog Training and the skills that we learned bringing him there, we feel much much more prepared to take them on. If you were on the fence I would highly recommend them. We were on the fence for a lot of reasons and probably the top one being that we very much are used to having laid-back dogs that we pamper. The idea of instilling the kind of discipline that he needed was a little tough for us at first so even the language that we used when talking about disciplining him was a little tough for us to take. In the long run we knew that we were the problem, that we needed to allow him the chance to get this training. In our case it was really this or the worst case scenario. I would say that if you are struggling with the decision but some behavior or issue is making your daily routine with your dog difficult and you're considering this option, then don't hesitate. New Hope is amazing at what they do! You can tell by talking with both of the trainers that they're very well versed and you are dealing with top professionals. They will teach you how to take over what they started. 10 out of 10 highly recommend!