Pet's Behave LLC

We signed up for puppy kindergarten over the course of 8 weeks. We have a Doberman who was around 13 weeks at the time we had started and his ears are cropped as well as his tail is docked. The first session with the trainer, Adrian, she had mentioned how she was happy to see his ears were not cropped (they were not standing yet so still flopping over after healing from surgery). We just kind of laughed because we weren't sure from the awkwardness of that comment what to say as clearly she doesn't support ear cropping (which is fine that's her opinion however that comment made us very uncomfortable knowing our boy's ears were going to be eventually standing throughout the next 8 weeks). We also had our Doberman start in bitework sport training at another facility. Once Adrian knew that, it seemed everything our puppy did as a puppy rolled back into bitework. Every session it was hearing "You can't play with this puppy you'll eat it" or "You can't bite this it's not a decoy" or every time he would start playing rough with a puppy it would somehow turn to our bitework training and needing to help him find a way out. I respectfully had told her we were working with our bitework trainer on fixing these things. There was also a time she was watching my wife and dog practice leash walking for the first time with the other trainer, Mary (FANTASTIC), and proceeded to look at me and go "First dog?" as she was very clearly watching them struggle because a puppy on a leash is not a pretty site. That was when I told her we had 2 other dogs at home that were well behaved because of me and you could tell she was taken aback by the comment. When we were taking graduation photos, our boy was sitting still for a good amount of time to get his photo, she then said "I hope I got a photo" acting as if he was misbehaving but he was actually pretty calm while getting his photo taken. Moral of the story, I don't think Adrian is a bad person or trainer, I just think she shouldn't train dogs with owners who do crop ears or dock tails as she makes it clear her Rottweiler is all natural and she is proud of it. We always felt called out each session when her constant comments were made towards our dog in front of everyone and it seemed once she realized his ears were done the 2nd session and he was in bitework training that her view of us changed. Overall, we did learn a lot from the training and our dog has progressed so much. Just not sure I would like to attend a class ran by Adrian again.

Michael and I were referred to Pets Behave, and there aren't enough positive adjectives to adequately describe how grateful we are! Our commute was more than an hour each way, but definitely worth it! Classes were small so each dog and human had plenty of individual attention. Michael learned so much, and I learned even more. We are growing as a team, and we will definitely sign up for new offerings. The training we receive and the team building that occurs for Micheal and me enhances the loving bond between us. Five Stars for Pets Behave and their instructors! Michael and I thank you!!!