Art of the Dog Canine Academy

Sorry this review is way overdue, but I really want to share how grateful we are for Art of the Dog. Our rescue pup Cooper came to us with pretty serious PTSD. We had already tried a few trainers before, but nothing really worked–he was still so anxious and shut down.
Thankfully we found Art of the Dog, and after their three-week program the change has been incredible. Cooper is more confident, calmer, and so much happier. What made the biggest difference is that we finally learned how to communicate with him better. Because of that, he trusts us more and we understand each other in a way we never did before.
We’re beyond thankful to the amazing trainers here. This program gave Cooper a fresh start and gave us hope as his family. If you’ve got a rescue dog who’s been through trauma, I can’t recommend Art of the Dog enough–it’s truly a game changer.
– Anonymous

We had our 6 month old Airedale puppy go through the Board and Train program and honestly could not be happier or more pleased. Their communication throughout the entire process was outstanding, the process itself was straightforward and really importantly, during the 3 week program they contacted us every day with an update and photos and responded to any questions we had. The trainers clearly had an affection for our pup, Nelly, which was evident during our graduation training. Most importantly, the result has been phenomenal. Nelly understands her commands and is doing so remarkably well. Walks with her are immediately a pleasure and she’s clearly proud of herself. She knows heel, sit, down, ‘bed’ and ‘come’. The instructions for us have been really clear and even after the training they’ve reached out already a handful of times to make sure we are doing okay and if we had any questions. We overall cannot recommend this highly enough- truly happy with the result.
– Anonymous

My dog Murphy was a monster when I first got her. She was completely out of control and, having been rescued from the reservation, she had a terrible habit of eating everything she could find. Her scavenging resulted in two different extremely expensive life-saving surgeries in two months. I tried for months to train her on my own, but nothing seemed to work. My only two options were to give her up or get help training her.
Art of the Dog saved her life. They not only trained Murphy to be an extremely obedient dog, but also did a fantastic job breaking her habit of scavenging. Murphy is now an amazing dog who is attached to my hip everywhere I go. I also have her trained off leash now when we go on walks. She is far healthier and far happier than she has ever been and so am I, and it’s all thanks to Art Of The Dog.
Art Of The Dog is without question worth every single penny and is one of the best companies I have ever engaged with in my life!! 10 stars.
– Anonymous