St. Pete Dog Works

Debbie has transformed our 9-month old black lab in 30 days! Debbie is patient, kind and easy to work with. She is passionate about dog training and is tuned in to the owner-dog relationship. To our surprise, the training is for both the dog AND the owner. We learned so much and were provided follow up summaries and videos to reinforce the training sessions. We had a fantastic experience! Thank you, Debbie!!

I cannot say enough great things about St. Pete Dog Works, Heather, and Debbie. Heather was very responsive and extremely helpful. I was staying in the Gulfport area for 1.5 months and had a short timeline for training. Heather answered all my questions, and assigned me to Debbie - who's excellent. First, Debbie was gracious to work me into an already busy schedule. And I'm so glad she could. She is the best trainer for both my dog, Nola (3.5 year old schnoodle) and myself. Debbie taught both of us so much in such a short time and I saw immediate results with Nola. As with any training there's progression and regression; however, Debbie really helped me understand my role and not to get too down on myself when we had some regression. Debbie also listened to me about what I wanted from Nola, where we were with behaviors, and then showed me each week how to effectively train Nola with commands, marker training, and positive reinforcement. The videos and follow-up notes were also helpful. We will be incorporating another dog into the family this year, and I will be booking Debbie immediately for training sessions.

I have taken my dog to three different classes and found the training very valuable in the development of my dog. Each class had a different instructor and all of them were knowledgeable, well trained, and worked to insure that each dogs needs were addressed. Class sizes are small so it allows for more individual attention when necessary. The only drawback is the small space, however the quality of the instruction keeps me coming back.