Woof! San Diego

I’m so glad we took our puppy to Woof! We have gone through the entire series of classes from puppy to training club. We’ve also had private lessons in our home. I love Erin and Suzanne’s energy and positive training methods. I had never had a puppy as young as Caramel and during her first few puppy classes she acted very scared of other puppies. I will never forget how Erin ensured Caramel’s exposures to other dogs were positive and didn’t push her beyond her comfort level. After a few weeks she really started to gain confidence and now she absolutely loves other dogs and is very social with people. Going through the Woof! class series has helped Caramel blossom into a confident and well trained dog!

Erin is the absolute best. She trained Oso when he was just a little puppers and she recently came back when he’s about 10 days shy of his 14th birthday to help train him to use the mesh screen door for my patio to let himself out to go to the bathroom. She has an easygoing demeanor when it comes to training, provides clear instructions, explains everything and repeats herself when you need her to, and is overall just an amazing resource. I send all my friends and colleagues to her when they ask for a dog trainer.

We had such a great experience with Erin! Our situation involved introducing 2 newly adopted young cats ( 6 and 10 months old ) to our 13 year old high prey drive dog. Our cat of 18 years had recently passed away and our hope was introducing the new cats would be somewhat smooth considering the cohabitation of over a decade but it proved more challenging than we had imagined. Erin is calm and cool and slipped in easily. All the pets loved her and adjusted to her presence quickly. Erin gave us expert advice and helped us to get past the road blocks we were encountering. She had great suggestions to reframe our intros through different exercises that really moded the needle forward. It was super valuable having her keen eyes watching all the animals body language and also we humans. Getting that feedback in the moment was super helpful. Also, great having another set of hands if needed to wrangle the kids! Thanks so much Erin! The kids say hi!