Wonder Dogs

I am so grateful for the training my dog and I have gotten through Wonder Dogs. I got my pup at 4 months, he is a rescue and had some problems with resource guarding and settling down (among other things). I took him to Puppy 2, several private lessons and Essentials 1 (moving away now or else we would continue). Lisa and Jenn both care so much and it really shows through the way they interact with both the dogs and humans at Wonder Dogs. They are always able to answer additional questions, clarify a training protocol and even demonstrate at class. They both sent me detailed follow up emails after my private sessions with additional resources. My pup is well on his way to being a wonderful companion and our experience at Wonder Dogs has been extremely valuable! Thank you so much Wonder Dogs!!!

Wonder Dogs has been a great resource for our fearful and dog-reactive adopted heeler. We had a private consult with Jenn and took the 8 week S.T.A.R. class with Bridget. Both of these sessions provided us with valuable information as to why we were seeing the behaviors and how to successfully modify them using science-based and compassionate methods. With a lot of effort, patience, and training our dog Yogi has made immense progress over time, including being able to hike with dog friends and safely and confidently meet and bond with new humans. Reducing his anxieties and building his confidence has been so rewarding for us. Wonder Dogs is an amazing resource! Thank you for all of your help, for us and for the dogs in our community. It hurts to see people routinely using and recommending aversive and punishment-based methods, so we're so glad Wonder Dogs is helping educate and teach about a kinder (and more effective) way. Highly recommend Wonder Dogs to anyone for help with basic training to more advanced behavior modification.

First of all, their address for my GPS keeps taking me to this random place in a forest...The 2 times I went to class I was late because of this. Apparently this has happened to other people too!! Someone else in the class told me it happened to them several times. I told the trainer there and she couldn't care less. I apologized about being late...I told her I was late because I got lost due to the GPS and she came back saying "Oh yes I'm sure you did." With a sarcastic sort of tone. I felt so awkward here! The trainers were knowledgeable sure, but their way of doing things was very strange in my opinion. They had everyone in the class out super far away from each other in the corners of the large gymnasium-like room so the trainer had to shout out instructions and they just expected us to understand everything right off the bat. My puppy unfortunately can be difficult and she was very anxious in this situation since everyone was so far away and she wanted to meet and greet...But the trainers just put a wall up to block her from seeing anyone. ( which I do understand but they didn't even ask me first or say anything...I felt like my puppy was kind of being treated like a problem child...lol. ) The trainers also saw me struggling with my puppy and did nothing to help...( Isn't that what they are there for? ) They just expected me to know exactly what I was doing...They didn't give me any advice or anything and just kept on teaching as if they were reading a script and just couldn't be interupted. Honestly I go to training classes at Petco and they are MUCH more personal, caring and compassionate about my puppy and I....and actually take the time to help me even in a group class! I would 100 times recommend Petco before Wonderdogs. Honestly I could have watched a YouTube video and gotten a better experience than these classes, not only that but they charge a fortune to shout the lesson at you and do nothing on a personal level....or maybe they just didn't like my puppy because she was a little disruptive and not a perfectly trained dog like they were expecting. I was actually recommended Wonderdogs by my vet and honestly I would never recommend this place to anyone, in fact I would only recommend you DON'T go here...you could watch an internet video on dog training for FREE and learn much more....or go to Petco in Kaiser and ask for Kayla. She is an amazing trainer and actually cares about you and your dog. Thanks for reading my review!