I was looking for someone to assist me with training my Psychiatric Service Dog on the heels of a truly heinous experience with my first service dog. I turned to friends and my PSDs puppy trainers for recommendations since I wanted a trusted referral. I contacted the group sever…Read full reviewClose full review
I was looking for someone to assist me with training my Psychiatric Service Dog on the heels of a truly heinous experience with my first service dog. I turned to friends and my PSDs puppy trainers for recommendations since I wanted a trusted referral. I contacted the group several times before hearing back from Shari (owner) and we made arrangements for a consultation. The sales pitch sounded good and I got to meet the trainer I'd be working with. We made arrangements for first lesson and everything was good and a second lesson followed. When reaching out to make a third appointment, the trainer said Shari would be in touch. I never heard back, despite keeping in touch to schedule and also notify of a personal emergency and when Is be next available. I made the choice to end the relationship with Paws Training after lack of communication. Due to the nature of the training I was looking for it was necessary to find a new training program for service work. In addition, some of the policies and training explanations provided re: Service Dog training and public access didn't sit well with me - for example allowing SD on bench seats in restaurants. The pricing seems too good to be true for something as intense as SD training and I quickly discovered it was. You get what you pay for and in this case, it was far from a good deal.