The Fine Canine Dog Training & Boarding

Thanks to Monica and her team I am making significant progress training my dog. Jake is a Jack Russell terrier, a breed notoriously hard to train. Before we started with Monica, Jake had four different trainers at three separate facilities. We didn't make real progress until starting with Monica. Today I can take Jake for a walk and manage his leash reactive behaviors. Jake is now attending a nose work class, which he loves. I am appreciative of Monica and her team. Jake is finally making progress. We couldn't be happier.

Just had Monica to the house for a private training session with my new Mini Labradoodle pup and my older Shorkie. The Shorkie is pretty nasty and we have had numerous problems over the years; the violent attacks against the new puppy were the last straw. Monica provided some valuable training tips, which were effective immediately. We have noticed marked improvement in the Shorkie's demeanor over the week since our session. Monica did not promise miracles, but assured us that with practice and consistency we should continue to see improvement. The new puppy learned some basic commands and picked up on the training quickly. I am planning to attend a group lesson for intermediate training within a month's time. I'll review on the group session when we're done! Monica seems to know her stuff. I'm hopeful that with her training we will continue to see improvement with the Shorkie. The business does have some issues with responding to the initial contact, but so far Monica has responded promptly to my follow-up training questions.

Monica went above and beyond with our dog Wrigley. She treated him as if she was the owner and helped us through our freshman days. Videos of daily progress, explanations of everything, even gave us food/collar/cage advice. Wrigley recognized her voice and fell back to good command structure when she home visited TWO weeks later! She knows what she is doing and our dog is joy for everyone because of the good structure she put in place. She is forever part of our dog days 😀😀😀

I am the owner of a 3 year old petite golden-doodle. After doing a lot of research on the type of dog we wanted and found the breeder that was highly recommended to us, we decided on Charlotte. We purchased her before she was born and picked her up at 8 weeks old. On the first day, Charlotte bit both of my children. We attributed it to all the activity. But on the second day she bit other children that came to meet her. I enrolled her in puppy training classes, she was very good while in the class, but displayed aggressive behaviors at home. When I mentioned this to the dog trainers, they suggested that I have a trainer come to our house to train with us in our own environment. We did. This trainer suggested Charlotte had anxiety issues and that we should not discipline her, but rather use positive reinforcement and try to keep her away from the triggers that upset her, leading her to the aggressive behavior. We tried. By the age of 5 months, and after talking to our vet, puppy class trainers and our own in-home dog trainer I was advised to seek out a Behavior Therapist. We did. Charlotte was diagnosed with general anxiety, conflict related aggression, possessive aggression, fear/territorial aggression and irritable aggression. All in all, I was told that it was likely that Charlotte's parents were over-bred, causing her genetic problems that wouldn't be solved and definitely needed to be treated with medication- Prozac, in fact every vet, trainer and the behavior therapist confirmed this! Against my better judgment I put her on Prozac. In the following 2 1/2 years her behaviors got worse, she started guarding me, corners of the house, barking and guarding when anyone would enter the house, a room or an area. She bit my kids weekly, terrorized their friends, my friends, and other adult family members. While 90 percent of the time she seemed very loving, gentile, even docile.... we never knew when she would snap. About 4 months ago she bit me, drew blood and it was done viscously. While I could withstand the bite I thought that Charlotte had really crossed even her own line!!!!!! With that I truly started to believe that I had no option but to consider euthanizing her- how could I keep her when she has now terrorized our whole family, crossed the line with me.... I couldn't give her to another family or send her out for adoption. That's when I got a referral to Monica!!! I guess in short, Monica saved Charlotte's life- literally! Charlotte went to an extended boot camp with Monica-and was taught that she had to earn her privileges, that she did not rule the household and had to be reminded that cute little Charlotte was a DOG! When Charlotte returned home she had changed... she stayed in her crate at night- and she loves her crate now! When the doorbell rings, when people come in our house, when kids are running around in our house, when the mail is delivered Charlotte has been taught that she has to stay on her bed, quietly! No barking, no charging, no guarding! And she is successful with doing that!!!! I continue to monitor the stress levels in our home and when necessary I will put Charlotte in her crate and away from the excessive stimuli, but she has learned that she MUST listen or there are consequences!!!! And I have learned, that although it is still likely that she has genetic imperfections I have the tools and power to be her boss, alpha and loving parent! So please, if you have a puppy that needs to learn a few good manners or a pet that is ruling your household contact Monica, she is very gifted and dedicated to what she does!!