Positive Pup Training

I have attended both group classes and done in home training with Robin Brown. I highly recommend Robin and look forward to taking additional classes. Both you and your dog will have a great time! The in home training focused on preparing for Sadie's first visit with houseguests and meeting our grandchildren. Thanks to our two sessions, Sadie's behavior was stellar and she exceeded our expectations.

Laura is an amazing trainer! Both of my dogs went through puppy class (critical for socialization) and obedience training. My older dog loves the lure chasing dates available each month - great exercise! Laura's methods are solid - building on a positive, respectful relationship between owner and dog. She is very intuitive when it comes to different, sometimes difficult behaviors and how to address them, again reinforcing the positive. A great sense of humor and true desire to see the dogs (and their humans) be successful. There were many times in class she told all of us how proud she was of the work we had done with our pups between classes and the progress we had made. I highly recommend Laura and Good Family Dog if you are looking for a positive, supportive experienced trainer.

Laura was amazing!!! My 1 year old american bull mix, Karley and I just completed Good Family Dog Training obedience class II this week and have nothing but good things to say about our experience. We were referred from a family friend who spoke highly of Laura so we decided after adopting in December to start obedience class I in Jan. Before I even started class I reached out to Laura about my concern of going to class because Karley seemed to act out around other dogs and since she was new to us I wanted to make sure the class would be a good fit for her. Without hesitation Laura set up a time before the first class to observe my dog around 3 other dogs and after that assured me she would do great in class and she was absolutely right, Karley did wonderful! If you spend much time talking with Laura or listening to her teach class you will find out she has tons of experience and is super knowledgeable about dogs. Laura was always willing to answer questions that came up during class and always available after class to chat one on one with anyone that needed to. As for Laura's personality I must share that I never felt she was angry or unhappy at class. I always thought she was very low-key and calm for having so many untrained dogs in one place!! Many times during class Laura would take the time to point out how happy she was with something the class participants had just done and she was always quick to remind everyone how awesome it was to see our dogs progress from one class to the next. I'm not a dog trainer but from what I have seen in my last two classes being overly excited around a group of untrained dogs can lead to total chaos, so I think her low key personality is for a purpose. Both classes I took had 6-8 dogs each training session. The number seemed just right for the space and having a group of dogs that size was nice because it allowed for a bit of distraction while training... which made for a more realistic setting when applying what we were practicing or learning. Without any hesitation I would highly recommend Laura and Good Family Dog Training if you are looking for someone who knows about training dogs in a positive way that allows each one of them to be successful!