Oak Creek Retrievers & Training LLC

Both of our boys are graduates of Oak Creek Retrievers’ Obedience Program and let me just say, from the bottom of our hearts, this program has absolutely changed our lives for the better. A couple of years ago, we visited some close friends of ours who had recently had a baby, but we were so impressed with how obedient their Vizsla was--not only around their baby, but around us as well. Truthfully, we were obsessed with how well their dog listened and needed to know their secret (lol). The answer to their success: Chris and Karrie (and their team at OCR.) When we brought our black lab Archie home, we knew that we wanted to invest in Chris’ program. My husband reached out to Chris to let him know we were interested. As dog parents with no training experience ourselves, we never thought about the process that it takes to train a dog, but we had lots of questions. I especially was concerned about the idea of leaving my puppy for 2 months (I feared he’d forget me) and worried that my dog’s personality would change into one we didn’t recognize. Not only was Chris knowledgeable and reassuring of our concerns, but I also couldn’t have been more wrong about everything I worried about! Archie came back his same, happy-go-lucky self, and instead, we’re able to communicate with him in a way we never did before. In addition to the work that our dogs learned, it was a great learning process for us as owners too! Fast forward one year, we brought home our second dog, Bruce (a Vizsla) and we had become so used to the luxury of Archie’s obedience that we immediately wanted to see Chris again for Bruce. 6 months later, we dropped Bruce off and knew we were leaving him in the best hands. Truthfully, the second time around was just as (if not more) beneficial because we picked up on things we missed the first time around. There are not enough words to express how grateful we are to OCR for all their time, patience, and lessons that we’ve learned working with them twice now. The skills our dogs and ourselves have learned working with Chris is still constant and daily work, but it is undeniably one of our better life investments. - Alana, Brendan, Archie, and Bruce 🐾