I can't be more complimentary and happy with the training and boarding care my dog is getting here…read more I brought him after he was mauled and he has grown more confident with every visit, thanks to their expertise and training

K-9 Nation took my Best Pal Hondo as a Puppy for 8 weeks. Hondo had excellent…read more Love & Command Discipline that gave me as a owner the tools to have a dog that is sound in all levels for me & all Hondo to enjoy daily adventures of life with family of all ages. I kennel Hondo with K-9 when I go on business trips. The owner of K-9 & staff are like family to me. K-9 designed a special program for Hondo as he matured in age. The investment with K-9 is life changing & no dollar amount can quantify the experience of being apart of the K-9 Nation Family for Mans Best Friend. Sincerely, Stu Adams Siletz Bay, Oregon

I took my pup to Nakama Dog Training in Salem OR for help with her leash manners and reactivity to…read moreother dogs and squirrels. Nakama was great! My dog made great progress with only positive reinforcement. Would absolutely recommend and use again.

From the owner: Nakama Dog Training uses force-free, science-based methods to help you and your dog build and…read moremaintain a healthy, happy relationship, with emphasis on nurturing your dog's natural behavior while also learning how to behave in a well-mannered way. With Nakama Dog Training, you know you and your dog will be treated with respect, compassion and understanding. Each session will be designed to keep everyone as relaxed, happy and safe as possible, while also learning and having fun! Specializing in fear, reactivity and aggression!

Paco is a 4-year-old Mini Aussie who is loving, playful, and full of energy. For a long time, walks…read moreand outings were difficult because he would become very reactive whenever he saw another dog. Taking him places and enjoying walks together honestly felt impossible. We decided to enroll Paco in Sit Means Sit, and we are beyond grateful we did. Matt has been absolutely amazing with Paco. He is patient, knowledgeable, and truly cares about the dogs he works with. He always took the time to answer my questions and made sure I had the right tools and guidance to continue Paco's training at home between sessions. The transformation has been incredible. Paco now comes when called the first time, sits in place, and best of all, walks calmly right next to me. He no longer pulls, jumps, or walks out of control. I'm finally looking forward to taking walks with him and can't wait to continue seeing his progress every day. Huge shoutout and thank you to Paco's amazing trainer, Matt!

Well we are two weeks in with our doggie being home and having done a week of Board and Train with…read moreBrian. Prior to SMS, we were having issues with confidence and excitement. He was charging people and dogs while walking ONLY with me. And growling at and even attacked one of our cats, who for reference was his best friend for ages. They'd even sleep together and played a lot. I wanted Miles to get to training before we ended up with him biting someone was my greatest fear. So we picked him up on 4/20 in the morning and went over basics with Brian. Miles was EXHAUSTED for the first few days. Obviously from all that physical AND mental work. But he was immediately different. SO chill. Completely relaxed. By Tuesday of last week (just three FULL days after being home, almost 4,) I was already able to walk him and get Heel, Sit, Down and no reaction to people OR dogs passing with just a 1 tap on the remote. We started with a 3 or 4 the first few days.Miles regularly does GREAT with just this level. We went back on Friday, 4/26 for a session to follow up with Brian. We were VERY pleased with Miles progress as was Brian. We worked on the heel to perfect it and also Tie down, the leash stand and reviewed a few questions. Because Miles was doing so well, Brian suggested that maybe he'd do well with agility work. So he set him up a small course, and put him through it. Well Miles did NOT like it. He LOVED it!!! He had SO much fun. And he was doing AMAZING. He caught on SO fast. So fast rbat Brian sent us specs to build the jumps!! We also worked on high object "place." And Brian gave us lots of tips on that. With it only being 9 days since our pickup and 13 days since he started training, I'd say this was 1000% worth this training. We didn't have a BAD dog but a dog that needed some tweaks and some humans that needed help doing it. Now my husband and I look forward to walks and spending time with and taking him places. And Miles therefore gets MORE time with his people. Ellie, our daughter, LOVES doing "place" and commands with him and Jack, our son, is LOVING agility SO much that he and his dad already started building Miles jumps!!! We aren't very far into this but so far 5 HUGE stars. Thank you Brian!!! Also the office staff has been tremendous. They are responsive and kind and great at following up. 9ur entire experience from consultation to two weeks out is excellent!

Red was so helpful to our family! Our puppy, Patrick didn't like walks or meeting other dogs. He…read morewas nipping at our daughter and peeing in the house. I loved that Red came to our house to interact with our family- to see how he reacts in our home. After just a week of work with Red, Patrick was so much better- in all areas. We can now go on walks and he's so much better behaved. We still have work to do, but Red has given us the tools to help and she's always available to us by phone.

From the owner: I specialize in teaching pack leader mentality and dog communication techniques, for you dog lovers…read moreof all ages. I work on behavioral rehabilitation for teen dogs & old dogs & teach "good dog" behavior to young puppies. I give life time support for your dogs.

There are not enough good things to say about Jason and System of a Dog. Jason came to our home and…read morelistened, asked questions, and watched to see how I was training and what our dogs needs were. Holly, our 1.5 year old pit bull puppy, is very high energy and I struggled walking her, managing her excitement around dogs and people. After just a few sessions with Jason, I learned SO MUCH about dog training and how her brain works. She never pulls when walking anymore, she listens to commands, and she is excited to work with me. Jason cares about the dog and the people. He was flexible with our changing schedule and customized all of our training to what style I was comfortable with AND what we needed for our lifestyle. If you are considering working with System of a Dog, DO IT! Your dog will succeed, you will have learned a ton, and your own personal confidence will grow. Thank you so much, Jason!

From the owner: At System of a Dog, we train you to train your dog! With a custom training plan for each…read moreindividual and their dog, this truly is dog training for every person. We serve clients through In-Home Training--We Come To YOU! In addition we offer Board and Train, Pick-up and Drop-Off Adventure Training, and Group Classes! Jason and Kellie bring over 25 years experience training, working and rehabilitating dogs and their people.

Glen was so helpful in our training (mostly mine). Beau is a stubborn little Frenchie but he is…read moresmart and has learned a lot with the training techniques Glen shared with us. I can now walk him in my neighborhood without much pulling. He has learned to wait at the door until I am ready for him to go out or in. He still jumps up when greeting but is better and we continue to work on it. Glen was also flexible and accommodating of my schedule.

We had an in-home consultation with Glen with our dog Linda, which went well. Glen was informative…read moreand Linda responded well to him. However, as we explained her reactivity issues to dogs and some people, Glen seemed reluctant to schedule further training sessions with Linda, telling us "I recommend taking some time to review the article I sent you, and begin implementing them, specifically only greeting if Linda initiates the greeting. " Since he seemed reluctant to schedule further training, we are seeking another trainer. One trainer I spoke to questioned whether Glen doubted he had the expertise to deal with our dog's reactivity issues?

Jenna is frankly the best trainer I've ever met. She operates on a different level. I've worked…read morewith many different people over the years on behaviors that are tricky to address and after a while I felt hopeless, stressed, and out of ideas. She turned that all around in just a few minutes of working together. But her full weekend retreat took it much further and fundamentally changed the way I interact with my dog for the better. I think of myself as pretty intuitive with dogs, and I already had a great working relationship with my pup, but I still learned a ton about how to read her body language and predict behavior before it happens. Jenna's retreat offers an unparalleled experience to dig into training and make significant progress. It's truly a unique experience and she makes it stress free in terms of safety, logistics, support, and engagement. Not only was it incredibly valuable, but it was also a surprising amount of fun and relaxation! I couldn't be happier to have met her, she has a deep well of knowledge, insight, and empathy, having worked through many of these issues with her own dogs as well. 15/10, couldn't recommend more highly.

Feel like a hot mess with a furry pirate terrorizing your life? Call Jenna…read more Need to figure out why your dog is a hot mess? Call Jenna. Just do it. You know you need to. Jenna is simply amazing! If you have tried everything else, give her a chance. If you haven't tried anything else yet, start with the best and call her now! I love how the dogs automatically love her, even our little wounded soul who is afraid of everyone. :)

Emily is amazing with our young Boston Terrier- she really speaks dog and teaches their human (me)…read morehow to work with their dog and what to do and not do to get the best results. I've had four sessions with Emily and plan on more because my dog is training to be a service dog and Emily does that, too!

Emily is such an enormous gift!…read more I am owner training my first ever service dog. We spent nearly a year taking constant group classes, focusing on basic obedience, novice rally and agility. I immediately task trained a couple of basics and slowly started working on public access as my puppy grew. Just prior to her one year birthday her confidence seemed to evaporate and I had no clue how to help her as I am brand new to dog training. When I reached out to Emily she responded immediately and gave me multiple options to open communication. We spoke on the phone for over 40 minutes before I ever paid a cent which really amazed me. Emily has what I would describe as a holistic approach and she is so experienced and extremely knowledgeable! Working with Emily is everything for which I hoped and more. She is very flexible working around my disabilities and we trade off handling my dog as needed. Emily explains both the body language meaning as well as how my choices are being received by my dog. She helps me understand not only what I'm doing wrong, but *why* it doesn't work and she NEVER makes me feel bad about my lack of knowledge or my mistakes. She is very encouraging and for each lesson we've talked about where my pain points are as well as when, where and how to practice plus reviewing I need to change/avoid. I've still got plenty of work to do but with Emily as a resource I'm much more confident my dog and I can get through these growing pains. Emily is extremely patient; after a spinal injury I am much slower to process new information and I have habits from decades of horse training that are coming in and are counterproductive when handling my dog. Emily shows me examples as many times as I need and always thoroughly answers *all* of my questions about what/how/when and I always feel like I not only learned a lot, but learned EXACTLY what I needed to move forward in training my dog. It's easy to see results when I apply the skills I learn from Emil resulting in drastically improved communication between myself and my dog. Emily's pricing feels extremely fair; after my first lesson I felt everything I learned was worth the price I paid for four lessons! The one on one attention and having everything catered to our needs is exactly what was necessary to help us move forward and get un-stuck with our training. It's also a huge blessing for us that Emily has so much experience with training service dogs and understands the need for my dog to know how to intelligently break commands if she needs to task. The balance between helping my puppy understand how to look to me for guidance and keeping her confident enough to task for me is tricky, particularly given my total lack of experience. Emily understands my goals and concerns and has tailored all of our training perfectly! I have learned so much and am excited to continue working with her and my dog. Hiring Emily is one of the best things I've ever done for my dog. I can't recommend her highly enough!

No straight answer on how our dog was killed in this facility. Just more threats. Lots of word…read moresalad on how the videos of a dog less than 40 pounds cleared an 8-foot concrete wall isn't available. Even years later, my phone blows up with all sorts of crazy accusations and stories. It's rather interesting. She's died many ways apparently. My dog was killed in your care, and you did nothing about it but threaten me. The lawsuit backfired due to the threats, and taking away my rights. Didn't pay for her cremation, but tried to put me in prison for extortion because I told him I would not take the review down. Then tried to sue me for 80k...is that what it was? Karma is a beautiful thing.

No training for the people. I brought 2 strong working breed dogs to Chris. When time to come get…read morethem, we were given a 30 minute explanation on how to use the shock collar and a demonstration on them doing a sit, place, off, etc. No instruction on how to continue the training. It doesn't stick if the humans don't continue the training. I'm now paying again (in time and funds) to train them myself. I'm trying DigitalDogSchool with Joel and turning life into a game we play together. University K9 was a waste of time and money.

Great facility with lots to do. Arena as well as trails for riding. Facility is well kept and…read morehorses stalls are clean and in good condition. Friendly staff works hard to keep the facility in top shape. Reasonable rates for boarding. I would definitely recommend this for anyone in Oregon who needs to board their horses.

I boarded my 2 horses here for a couple of years and honestly didn't want to leave and miss it…read moreoften. Diana really cares about your equine friends, so much so that I trusted her to care for mine while I moved to Germany for 6 months. This place was my little slice of heaven and place to de-stress every night after work, watching the sunset over the mountains and hanging out with my horses. The views are absolutely breathtaking and you have endless options for turnouts for your horses to enjoy some green grass and exercise. She cares about cleanliness and proper care - ensuring everyone cleans out their waters, scoops their manure and sweeps the walkways. This helps with fly problems and just keeps the facility nice for everyone. She always has hay available if you don't want to haul it in and waters the arena so it's not dusty. There are trails by her house in the mountains that you can take too if you're feeling adventurous. If you have drama here, it's definitely your own fault. This is a super mellow place! I would recommend this facility to anyone.