Buddy’s Way K9
Ranked #5 in San Jose and #271 in California
Service area: House calls are available in San Jose, CA, and the South Bay Area, serving Silicon Valley. Specific neighborhoods include San Jose, Willow Glen, Cambrian, Naglee Park, Rose Garden, Santana Row, Alum Rock, The Alameda, Almaden Valley, Evergreen, Campbell, Saratoga, Los Gatos, Santa Clara, Cupertino, Sunnyvale, Mountain View, Milpitas, Morgan Hill, and Santa Cruz Mountains.
Service Overview
Types of Dog Training
- Family Dog
- Service Dog
- Behavior Modification
Specialty Focus Areas
- Basic Obedience
- Puppy Training
- Leash Pulling
- Reactivity / Aggression
- Jumping on People
Training Formats Offered
- Private Lessons
- In-Home
- Video Calls
Program Formats
- One-Time Consultation
- Sessions Package
- Ongoing Weekly
Age of Dogs Trained
- Puppy (<1 year)
- Adolescent (1-2 years)
- Adult (2-8 years)
Dog Training Methodology
Methods:
- ✓ Balanced Training
Buddy’s Way K9 offers various dog training and behavioral programs, primarily through house calls in the San Jose and South Bay Area, with online instruction also available. Programs include consultations, private lessons, and daily or weekly training programs.
Lesson content covers public manners, difficult dog handling skills, building a better relationship, fulfilling a dog’s needs, and preparing for future training goals. Specialty training includes puppy development, service dog tasks, dog behavior education, behavior modification, and training for safe handling.
Training plans are structured into lesson bundles like “Building the Basics” (4 lessons), “Good Dog, Let’s Go!” (8 lessons), and “Best in Show” (12 lessons), offering increasing levels of support and benefits like pack walks and tune-ups. A “1st Year with Puppy” program provides biweekly lessons over 12 months. Individual “Tune-Ups and Quick Fixes” are available for specific tasks or behaviors.
Pricing & Policies
Pricing Summary
A consultation costs $100. Lesson bundles include “Building the Basics” for $720 (typically 4 lessons), “Good Dog, Let’s Go!” for $1,360 (typically 8 lessons), and “Best in Show” for $1,800 (typically 12 lessons). These bundles offer daily text and phone support, with the higher-tier packages including monthly pack walks and annual tune-ups.
Lessons A La Carte, such as “Tune-Ups and Quick Fixes,” are available for $200. For puppies, the “1st Year with Puppy: From Puppy to Dream Dog” program is priced at $3,250, which includes biweekly lessons over 12 months, recommended gear, one year of monthly pack walks, and twice-a-year tune-ups.
Testimonials
“Sybl of Buddy’s Way K9 is amazing! She has deep expertise that makes her very trustworthy and incredibly effective. She has an uncanny understanding of dogs and people and comes with a chill, fun vibe. Sybl is able to read a situation and pivot on a dime with very fluid, creative ideas and solutions. She helped us integrate our super reactive six-year-old dog and new five-month-old pups. After the pups came home, we had a difficult few months keeping the dogs separated. Now, we can all hang out together in our yard and home. Sybl made what seemed impossible happen. Thanks, Sybl!”
– Sandy H.
“Sybl was a tremendous help and pleasure to work with. We have a 9 month old Golden Retriever puppy with energy to spare and with Sybl’s help, we turned “sled pulling” into a casual walk; got our pup to greet people without tackling them; and sit quietly by our side, instead of putting our paws on the counter while we cook. She was easy to work with and extremely patient with us and our puppy. We highly recommend her services!”
– Matt & Amanda
About the Trainer
Buddy’s Way K9 is a dog training business owned and operated by Sybl Amy Saisselin, a Certified Dog Trainer and Behaviorist. Sybl coaches dogs and their humans to achieve best outcomes using obedience training, behavior modification, and perception modification. Her approach emphasizes patience, recognition, relationship, freedom, and fulfillment.
The business focuses on behavior development and polite manners through obedience, relationship, play, and handling skills. Sybl offers solutions for common issues like in-home annoyances, public embarrassment, leash reactivity, and inattentiveness. She runs a sole proprietorship to provide individualized attention to clients and dedicate time to study and self-improvement.
Buddy’s Way K9 offers in-home training services, with online instruction also available. Sybl’s teaching and handling skills cover everything from puppy basics to complex behavior modification. The business aims to help people live harmoniously with their pet dogs, inspired by Sybl’s own dog, Buddy.
Accomplishments
Sybl Amy Saisselin is a Certified Dog Trainer and Behaviorist. She apprenticed at Canine Specialties and earned her Foundation Style Dog Training certification in 2014. She served as Lead Dog Trainer for K9 Keep Fit in San Jose from 2017 to 2021. Sybl was voted “Best Dog Trainer” in 2018 by Bay Woof South Bay and was a nominee in 2019.
How to Get Started!
Clients can begin by calling for a free phone consultation. There is also a contact form on the website where prospective clients can submit their human name, dog name, email, and phone number to describe their dog training needs.
Contact Information
Certifications
- Credentialed
Misc Features
- Women-owned
- wheelchair accessible parking
- LGBTQ-friendly
- transgender safespace