Shades Of Blu Dog Training INC CA

Can’t even begin to say how amazing and dedicated Ari and Kristin are!! My GSD went for a month long board and train with Ari and it did WONDERS. Ari kept me updated the whole time with videos and pictures and worked through Oakleys reactivity and commands. Even after, she frequently checks in with us and answers any questions that I have. She completely changed the game for me and my dog :) I recently went out of town and Kristin worked with Oakley for the week and did e-collar training and Kristin was amazing. You can tell how passionate they are about training and educating and your dog’s overall well-being. I can’t recommend them enough and will keep coming back to them

I cannot recommend Shades of Blu and Ari enough! May-Belle is my third Belgian and most stubborn reactive dogs I've seen, a three-year-ish rescue I pulled out of the shelter hours before her set euthanasia time, with no backstory and no name, and while I was able to get some training down along with her name in a few months she quickly proved above my skill level, breaking out of prong collars, and lunging at any and everything non-human that moved. Que Ari coming in, and after 4 weeks I can comfortably say May Belle is on the right path and is far more manageable. With her passion, love and commitment to these animals and you, you would be hard pressed to find a better, humane trainer.

Kristin has absolutely transformed our Bootsey. Boots struggled a lot with confidence and self aware. Now not only is he confident in himself but us as owners are confident in him. He has been put in the best hands with Kristin and Ari and we couldn’t thank them enough. She was always keeping us updated and sending us messages throughout his board and stay. She has set us up with success and more for further training. The e-collar does wonders when trying to teach a dog the commands.

I enrolled my dog Tater in day training with Arianna Towns and she worked wonders!! Tater is a small terrier mixed breed (15 lbs) and I was nervous she wouldn't take to e-collar training. I told Ari my main goal for Tater was to go hiking off-leash and have good recall. Also to help with some crate and separation anxiety. Tater now is great off-leash and we go hiking and to parks regularly! She also is great when I have to leave her at home and only whines just a little then settles in. Within the first week Tater was walking like a dream on a slip lead and by the second week was amazing with a small prong collar. As the e-collar was introduced, Ari made sure everything Tater learned on the leash was transferable to the e-collar including recall. She also taught Tater "place" and it works amazing when I bring her to work with me and she can stay at my desk without me having to worry. Seriously couldn't recommend Ari and Shades of Blu enough! Great results and Ari worked with me to meet my price range! 10/10!!