Trained To Serve Canine Academy

As a 100% Service Connected Veteran considered totally disabled I do not recommend this location due to the price for classes being way higher than other accredited locations for Service Dog Training, when you are providing and boarding your own dog. Also did not appreciate bred discrimination displayed. When the company never met my puppy, or inquired about my knowledge on Training and temperament she automatically told me my dog could not be trained due to high prey drive. I have a Husky, Huskies are bred to be working dogs. One must met the animal to see if the temperament is right. Can't judge a dog solely on bred. That was unprofessional in my opinion. Would have been ok if she met my dog and saw through an evaluation that she wasn't good for training. But to make an assumption based on bred; makes me feel less confident in her effort or ability to train dogs based on social gossip surrounding the bred. There's way cheaper, and even free programs for Veterans. Some even give you a dog. Note any dog can have a high prey drive. Training starts while they are young.

We just had our 3 years old Boston Terrier Chika trained by Cheryl to be a Service Dog. We were totally happy and satisfied with Cheryl’s work, attitude, professionalism and deep care for Chika as well clear, appropriate communication with me and my wife about training plans, progress, results and handling instructions. In a short time Chika became much more obedient to voice commands, completely attentive toward us and totally neutral about surrounding environment… noise, people, animals… for prolonged periods of time. She also learned to go to the bathroom while on the leash, which has always refused to do before. She became certified as Service Dog without problems. On her first and quite long plane trip from El Paso to Portland Maine she behaved spectacularly well… up and down long escalators…totally calm on long trips on Skyline bumpy train… going to bathroom in dogs relief areas on the leash without problems On the two long plain rides she was perfectly calm and quiet, sitting next to our feet or sleeping on a padded mat that we brought for her. She observed all people going by us without trying to interact with them or bother them. She had already always been sweet and loving, but now she is also consistently perfectly behaved and obedient to voice commands and gestures. She was extremely happy with her trainig activities and actually waited by the front door for Cheryl to arrive in the morning and greeted her with much excitement when she arrived. Thank you Cheryl so much for changing our puppy’s life and our life for better in a short period of time. Felice and Deborah Bruno and Chika.

Cheryl and her daughter are amazing! I have a Border Collie Kobe, that is super energetic. She showed me ways for him to have good manners when people walk in and how to teach him patience. we adopted another dog Maggie, and they she is a resource guarder. They showed us techniques that we can use so she can get more along with my other dog and not be so territorial. My dogs get along so well now and they have become a great pack, and Cheryl showed me that things will be ok and things will work out. We took our dogs for dog daycare one day there and they were exhausted when they came back. Taking them back to board them a couple days with her while on vacation and we know they will be in great hands!