Training Your Best Friend LLC

Christie is an amazing trainer! She truly works to understand your dog and wants to set-up all of her clients for success. My dog is very leash reactive and I was hesitant about signing him up for the Reactive Rover class because I wasn't sure he could handle it. We did a few private lessons, and she helped us build a strong foundation so that my dog could learn to listen and to trust me in different scenarios. Now, we are in her Reactive Rover class and my dog is progressing really well. If you are willing to practice all that Christie teaches you and your pup, then you will see a huge improvement in your dogs behavior and their happiness!

Im a first time pet parent & Christie is so competent...she makes the class fun and enjoyable. She's hilarious too!!! --even when I got frustrated with my puppy. She was definitely made for this role! She keeps it honest and is able to give candid, honest feedback and offers advice that certainly works! Our 7 month old mini Bernedoodle (30lbs) is extremely high energy and although not at the place we'd like her to be, Christie was able to help us get the basic training techniques down. Sit, Stay, Wait, Down and basic leash walking. We're signing up for private lessons with her to help support us with further training. I do think the group classes were helpful as our puppy was able to be socialized around others but perhaps too much distractionfor our pup. That is why i'm hopeful a private lesson (which are reasonably priced) will help support us even more. Also, any trainer that has 15 (yep, 15) dogs in her house has to know a little about training a dog. She's no nonsense and holds the same expectations as we do--no dogs in the kitchen...jumping on furniture, etc. Book her for the Basic Obedience class!

I have trained all of my 3 herding dogs with Christie over the past 2 years in multiple classes including Fearful Fido and public manners and some in home training. She conducts her classes safely and builds the skills to meet your dog’s level. She uses only positive reinforcement techniques. All you have to do is practice what you learned outside of class. She also gives written directions for training basic obedience in case you forget how to execute the skill with your dog. My dogs have been able to advance to participating in agility and one is on her way to therapy dog training. I highly recommend trying her classes!