The Dog Wizard

Greg was really awesome to work with! We have a rescue that was nervous and reactive to people and other dogs. He also had issues with leash pulling. We had ten sessions with Greg, some at our home and others at parks or other public spaces like Petco. The progress that we made over the course of a couple of months, with diligent work of our own throughout the week, was remarkable. When we started, we couldn't imagine bringing the dog to a busy public place, let alone inside of Petco! Yet, by the last session we were able to confidently take him there and many other places as well. What's more, we now have people over our home without dealing with the dog behaving like a nightmare. Throughout the process, Greg was patient, kind, and great to work with.

I have gone back and forth about writing this review. Greg worked with my dog, Brewer, in a board and train in April of 2020. It was very unsuccessful and I thought maybe it was just my dog. Admittedly, Brewer is a high energy working dog so he can be difficult at times, but we did a meet and greet before hand so Greg knew what he was getting in to. After working with a qualified trainer, I know it was not because of my dog and that there was definitely more Dog Wizard could’ve done. I received a total of ONE VIDEO and ZERO PHOTOS the whole time he was in training. He did not call, text, etc to update me until I reached out to get an update after I saw they took another dog in at the same time as mine. When he brought Brewer back, he really hadn’t made any changes and we still experienced the same issues I had before contracting dog wizard. Overall, I think this was a HUGE waste of my hard earned money (over $2,000) and a loss of 2 weeks with my boy. I think Greg should’ve admitted after a couple days that he could not properly train my dog and returned him without requesting the second half of payment.

We had a dog with leash aggression towards other dogs. After a few too many traumatic experiences, we knew we needed help. We didn’t think there was any hope of him being able to be around other dogs again. His anxiety was uncontrollable and he became unpredictable. After finishing the foundations program with Greg, we now have a dog that is able to meet and play with other dogs without incident. It’s like night and day. We love that Greg let us choose the locations and guided us through different situations each week. He gave us great tips and resources to help us maintain the training. He gave us great tips to help correct behavior without increasing our dog’s anxiety. We would 100% recommend the Raleigh Dog Wizard!

Literally the worst communicators ever! I had such high hopes for this place because of the reviews and packages but was so incredibly disappointed. I called for three days straight and was always told they were busy and to leave a message, i was never called back. I emailed and emailed and they only responded when i said they would lose my business if they didn’t answer. When talking abt training camp they insisted on charging $1000 more than what is stated on their website (which they deleted after i told them their website didn’t say what they were saying). after a week the manager finally emailed me, but by that time i had been communicating with dog training camp USA who picked up the phone on the first time and talked to me for almost an hour about all my needs and their advice. Don’t bother trying the dog wizard they don’t even care enough to answer the phone.

My 1 year old golden retriever, Owen, was enrolled in the 14 day program to build his confidence and work on social skills. Greg took great care of him and would call us every week for an update. We were most surprised when Owen came back to us crate trained and very obedient off the leash! Greg also took the time to teach us what we need to do to allow Owen to succeed. We are very thankful for The Dog Wizard Raleigh and all they have done for our pup!