I recently brought my 4.5year old black lab pit mix dog to Dave at Trouwe Hond K-9 for training…read more My dog Nina spent two weeks there and then came home with me. Nina has learned good obedience on and off leash. She heels now and I can enjoy walking with her. Dave has truly mastered training. My dog Nina has done wonderful and I am following through with everything that Nina learned and Dave taught me. It's been a great experience and I highly recommend the training program here.

We can't speak highly enough of David and how much he helped our family. My boyfriend and I have a…read more2 year old Bluetick Coonhound, Charlie. Starting when he was about 6 months we were having behavioral issues with him in the home. It started with resource guarding and food aggression, and overtime escalated to aggression toward us. We constantly walked on eggshells around him. It even got to the point of when we would come home from a walk Charlie wouldn't let us take his collar off. He would growl, snarl and bare his teeth, and turn on us. We had to use a baby gate as a "shield" to get to our bedroom. We didn't feel safe in our own home and no other trainer was able to help us. I had been bit twice up to this point. We debated rehoming Charlie, had almost lost all hope, broken hearted, and felt like we failed him. Upon reaching out, before we even met David, he reassured us he would be able to help. During our in-person evaluation with David he told us Charlie is a dominant dog and he is at the top of the pack. We needed to train with Charlie to regain our place at the top of the pack. Not only would it strengthen our bond with him but we would feel safe again and regain control of our home. Charlie spent two weeks at Trouwe Hond and came home yesterday. The confidence we have gained with David's training can't be put into words. Charlie is completely different, he is happy again and our family is whole again. We are SO grateful for the time and dedication David gave not only Charlie but us as well. We still have a lot of training ahead but we are so excited to continue learning with our boy.

We love Oksana!!! She has worked with us since our pup was 3 months old. Our pup LOVES Oksana when…read moreshe comes over to play/train/walk. She offers many different options when it comes to visits. Oksana is VERY flexible to our ever changing schedule. She is everything you want when looking for someone to take care of your pet. She responds quickly, is respectable and trustworthy. Our pup also loves going to her house when we need a daycare option. It's great socialization and you know your pup is getting one on one attention. We are so happy we found Oksana.. don't know where we would be without her!! If you are looking for someone you can trust that you and your dog will love.. Oksana is it!!

Oksana has been taking care of my dog (Bono) for almost 6 years!!! She has taken care of him at a…read moredaycare where she was the primary caretaker and she has taken care of him for overnights when I traveled for work. "Bono" LOVES Oksana and I love the peace of mind knowing that he is getting the best care possible when I need to leave him. I can't emphasize enough how much I trust my pet care to Oksana and her business Be PAWSitive! Look no further for the best for your pets...

Terry is great. He helped us train our last lab and we had such great success that we called him…read moreagain to help us with our new lab puppy.This one was more of an "alpha" than our last but Terry coached us through it. We saw big improvements after our first two sessions and by the third, Riggs had mastered all the commands. We couldn't be happier.

From the owner: At The Dog Butler we deliver results based, real world dog training to dogs and their owners…read more We offer private, in your home training to the following communities; Norwell, Hingham, Hanover, Pembroke, Hull, Cohasset, Marshfield, Duxbury, Kingston, Weymouth, Scituate, Hanson, Braintree and Rockland.

Stephanie is an incredible trainer, and helped us out so much with our new puppy (now not so new…read moreat 8 months). This is my first puppy, and she taught me how to be a good dog parent as much as she taught my pup. We first had a terrible experience with a trainer who used punishment techniques and pinch collars. Then we found Stephanie who showed us how to train our dog by positively reinforcing good behaviors rather than punishing bad ones. Now I can walk my dog without losing my arm, she doesn't nip us anymore, she is way better around the house and I now know how to keep teaching her.

Stephanie is great, she has so much great information to offer. She shows you a lot of body…read morelanguage and tricks to get ur puppy/dog to do what you want. After just two hours her comming once my dog and myself has learned a lot tricks that will teach your puppy to be good and mannerd. HIGHLY recommended

As hinted in the name, this is a 'positive' only training place. If you don't know what that means,…read moreI highly suggest doing some research. Any good trainer should be balanced because not all dogs are created equal so you can't assume only one technique will work for all dogs.. and if they don't want to be balanced, they should care enough about dogs to admit they can't help you and recommend you find someone else.. I had a german shepherd and went here for puppy classes. We did the 8 week class when she was 5 months old. She was anxious and reactive. The trainer of the puppy class didn't have any experience with this breed or any other "working" breed. I should have known better and immediately looked elsewhere, but they said I just needed to give it time.. My mistake was trusting them because time didn't make it better. If she was reacting, their advice was to put high value food in front of her face and once she was quiet to reward her with it. While yes this does make sense to reward the behavior we want, they have no methods of telling the dog no or that a behavior is unacceptable. So if your dog doesn't want that piece of food, why would it listen to you? Put it this way - you tell your kid to do chores and they'll get cake if they do. If they don't, they don't get cake. If the kid doesn't feel like cake that day, it's not going to do the chores and nothing happens. No consequence for not doing what it should. BUT that's not how things work, there should be consequences and discipline - hence we ground children or take away their phone etc. In PAWS-itively obedient's world, you just don't give them the treat and expect change to happen. We finished the 8 week class, and there were some minor improvements (only because I had taken my puppy to a "dog training" day care elsewhere for 3 days). SO I was encouraged by PAWS-itively obedient's trainer to sign up for the next level of classes. My GSD's behavior was not getting better, and she was getting much bigger now making her a bit more dangerous and difficult to control. I stopped in the middle of the next program and started to look elsewhere for trainers that could actually help train my dog. When I let them know I was leaving, their main concern was that I didn't go somewhere that used prong or electric collars as they believe it makes the dog more reactive. I was frustrated that they couldn't help me and admit that they couldn't and now annoyed that they felt the need to tell me what I shouldn't use - your method didn't work so you don't get to tell me not to try other methods. They should also educate themselves because prong collars and electric collars, or slip collars etc. do NOT make a dog more aggressive. I highly recommend working with a trainer on how to properly use these tools. Since I left and found a balanced trainer, my shepherd has never been better. Life changing using a prong and ecollar. She is well behaved, not reactive, and is great off leash! I can't recommend this place for the fact they believe in one method only and don't admit when they can't help you. They clearly just wanted my money and don't care for the mental state of the dogs. Please do your research and look elsewhere for other great trainers and advice that can handle any and all dogs. - FalcoK9, Ruff Translating, SouthShoreDogSquad, Wolf Pack Canine, Upstate Canine Academy, Michael Ellis - just to name a few..

We hired Donna last summer to train our pug, Sammy. He responded very well to her methods and he…read morereally enjoyed his sessions with her. We have continued our relationship with her with boarding services. Sammy loves to go stay with her, they go on walks and he gets to play with other dogs. We highly recommend Donna at the Daily Dog!

Very disappointed. Overpriced for what you get and very poor customer service. During a storm she…read moreeither did not show up or failed to contact me when she arrived at my apartment then charged me for a missed appointment/late fee ON TOP OF the class fee that I did not even receive, for what she claims not waiting for her arrival at the door. Claims she called but I contacted her and left a VM and heard nothing and had no missed calls from her and explained that and she still charged the fee. Clearly just a miscommunication somehow but shows very poor business management and customer service on her end. That just didn't settle well with me. Worked out anyways as I have sense found a trainer that is less pricy, and takes more integrity in her training/business. Have had much more efficient results at a fraction of the cost! Will be referring people to her instead unfortunately after this extremely unsettling experience.

I've been taking my two great Danes to the Scituate location for years, recently we started…read morevisiting the Norwell location. It's even more than I expected it to be Stephanie and Mark have done a wonderful job at both locations. Their staff is incredible. They all have the patience of saints. One of my dogs is aggressive and Stephanie and Mark knew exactly how to handle the situation when it came to grooming him. We had gone through several groomers and trainers over the years and we've been fortunate and have to found Recurve K9. I highly recommend the Norwell and the Scituate location.

We use training and daycare for our excited and anxious golden retriever puppy and it has worked…read moremiracles. Stephanie has helped not only train our dog, but train us as well. Most importantly my puppy loves going there he loves seeing Nick at the gate in the am. Great people great place and so clean

Our boys have a great time while boarding. I am grateful for Five Rings! Laurel is great and the…read morestaff is attentive to our dogs allergies. Thank you for all you do.

Been using Five Rings for years nw. Boarding and Training. Excellent care. Mike has beena…read morewonderful, knowledgable trainer.

I love that I can go on vacation and know my dogs are in good care. I have 2 goldens, they can be a…read morelittle sensitive. They are happy when we drop them off and when we pick them up. I also LOVE that I get pictures everyday and see how much fun they are having. I highly recommend Pawfessionals!!

We recently boarded our dog Milo with Ruth for almost two weeks. We'be only boarded him at one…read moreother place before - and we were nervous to try a new place. Ruth came highly recommended, and so we gave it a shot! We couldn't be more thrilled with our experience. In Ruth's care, Milo had the time of his life! We received nightly emails about his day, which our children loved. She kept us up to date on his behavior, his activities and his new friends. Now, we will never use anyone else for dog-boarding! Ruth is now considered Milos family and a new home-away-from-home! If you need to board your beloved dog - consider Ruth! You won't find anyone better! Love, Milo's Family (Mike, Amanda, Abigail & Zachary)