Sportsmen's Dog Training Club of Detroit, Inc.

We took our 10 month old dog here for basic obedience and we’re very disappointed with both the trainer and the environment. There were multiple classes going on at the same time, with dogs yelping, whining and barking as well as trainers yelling. The trainers used harsh methods, and yelled at, hit, and popped the collars of dogs to get their attention. it seemed more like training through intimidation than through positive reinforcement. in addition, the trainer spent too much time talking and working with a select few dogs, leaving other dogs sitting and waiting for long periods— up to 20 minutes at a time out of an hour long class. lastly, she was disorganized, her pacing was slow, and on the final day of class she still did not even know our dog’s name. If you want a positive fun experience with your dog I would suggest going somewhere else.

My dog and I had a scheduled assessment tonight from 7:30-8pm. We arrived early, around 7:15pm and waited for our appointment time. After about 15-20 minutes someone was kind enough to call the person we had the appointment with, turns out she is sick and someone else would be coming in her place. Ok, so we waited for that person. We waited over an hour. Nobody showed. This appointment was confirmed the day before via email. I understand things happen, people get sick, we would have had no problem rescheduling had someone reached out. What I do take issue with however, is the disregard and lack of respect for my time. We will be taking our business elsewhere.