I met Sabrina Watts while she was out walking dogs, and even though she's a professional trainer, she mentioned that she also boards. I asked if she'd ever consider walking my two small dogs part-time alongside the dogs she trains -- and I'm so glad I did. She is incredibly caring and extremely knowledgeable about dog behavior. I could tell right away that I could trust her. As a contractor, I don't always want to bring my dogs to job sites or leave them home alone all day, so having someone like Sabrina has been a game changer. Sabrina is great. Highly recommend. read more

Sabrina has turned our unruly little puppy into a delight! Sabrina's advice, techniques and training methods are super easy to follow at home to maintain what our pup learns in sessions. Incredibly happy with our work with Sabrina and can't thank her enough. read more

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We very HIGHLY recommend Sabrina!! We have greatly appreciated and benefited from her expertise as well as her flexibility with scheduling and customized training packages to meet our needs with our new pup! She comes prepared (wonderful toy, tools and treat recommendations) and shows you how to use everything properly. She maintains great communication, and does not spam your inbox with ads or other emails. Our boy Sunny just loves her, and we have learned so much, even though we've had dogs before and been to other training classes, this 1:1 custom experience is much better, and reasonably priced. We are getting another new puppy soon, and are happy to use her again and have recommended her and this business to many others as well! :-) read more

Sabrina is truly one of a kind! Prior to our first training session I had an amazing chat with her about some of the issues I was up against with my new English bulldog that I recently rescued. Ziggy is 3 with pretty much no training. She gave me so many amazing tips on the phone prior to meeting that were so helpful and made a huge difference even prior to our first session with her. Then she did a phenomenal 2 hour session with myself and family. She was amazing with my little sister who has special needs. Ziggy was having over excitement with having any visitors at the house. Sabrina worked with him and taught me and my family tips and tricks to manage it. The following weekend I had my old aunt and uncle over and Ziggy was amazing. I practiced all the tips Sabrina taught us and he was so good. I cried I was so happy. He didn't run circles through the house drooling, he didn't jump in anyone's lap. He laid on his bed with his bones and chewed and then when he was done with that he went to greet my guests and sat right in front of them. It was a huge transformation in just one session. She is truly spectacular. I will definitely be setting up more sessions with Sabrina. read more

Good Dog For Life - Ziggy with my family who came to visit after our session with Sabrina. - Dog Walkers Near Me

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Sabrina is an amazing trainer! Our dog was having some serious resource guarding to the point where it wasn't safe for myself, let alone the kids. We sent our 15 month old rescue away to Sabrina for a 2 week intensive training session and our dog came back a completely different dog. The resource guarding disappeared, he is extremely loving and affectionate. He's definitely a good dog for life and it was money well spent. read more

Sabrina worked with our dog twice so far and she was great! Very knowledgeable, very patient and gave us useful information and tips to work with our dog. She brought her dogs on the 2nd visit to interact and it went very well. Very pleased and will reach out to her again! read more

I called Sabrina and Tink to help me with my adolescent dog who has agression issues. When I spoke to her on the phone, she convinced me she was the right perosn to help me with my dog, so I figured that my $150 would be spent well. BUT what my training session ended up being was her walking her own dogs and telling me my dog's aggression was unfixable and that I should buy a muzzle. Don't waste your money. read more

We finally got the little pup of our dreams -- and she turned out to be a headstrong brat. An adorable brat, but a brat nonetheless. We expected normal puppy behavior: Barking up a storm, nipping at our heels, chewing on everything in sight, peeing/pooing everywhere. But, this pup was very, very dominant. Scary amounts of attitude. Our vet spent 5 minutes with the puppy at her initial 8 week check-up and advised us to ~immediately~ get a trainer... Enter Sabrina. And, exit the brat. Sabrina came in and trained my kids first. In the very first two-hour session, my 3 year old had the puppy responding to both a come and a sit command. No more tears. Thanks to weekly training with Sabrina, our 15 week old puppy is now the sweetest, most normal puppy. She's not chewing, nipping or peeing/pooping everywhere any more. Yes, she still barks on occasion, but that's simmering down, too. And, the way she heels -- well, you'd think she was an adult dog. Really amazing. My vet couldn't believe the difference in our puppy. She said "If I didn't know better, I'd say you got a different dog." Her praise of the puppy's progress and Sabrina's transformation was off-the-charts. read more

We contacted Sabrina to help us with our dog's barking issues, which we had tried to deal by ourselves and didn't get good results. She was very responsive since our first contact by email, and she really tried to adjust to the time and budget we had to spend on that - her main goal is to help you thrive. In only one short session she was able to cover the barking issue and more, and we could start seeing the results on the next day already. She also left us with lots of good material to help us moving forward. We highly recommend her service! read more

I never intended to adopt a second dog, and I was very happy with my original dog walker, but I know what can go wrong and my priorities were to find a dog walker who could assist with both of them. These became my priorities threefold, when I met two consecutive dog walkers that met the dogs, but then found that they were "too much" to handle. Bleh!!!! I want to know my dogs are safe, my house is safe and that my dogs are having an enjoyable time and getting exercise. I have all three of those things with Good Dog for Life. I have two dogs which could be described as challenging :). I also have a work schedule that can be a little hectic. Tink and Sabrina worked with us to properly introduce and customize training services that suit our needs (and with the other dog walker). They do leash walks, arrange play groups and training "for humans." They also referred me to holistic VET who knows how to balance medication/natural treatments. I know that every time my dogs go out, they are getting reinforcement for their training. I also know that he is not going to put my dogs in situations where they might get into trouble. Here is the most important thing, in addition to my dogs loving them, Tink and Sabrina love my dogs and you can see it when they interact with them. The best recommendation I could ever get was to see my 'anxiety-skittish' dog meet Sabrina again without a problem, and then immediately see Tink and come running down the stairs to meet him as well. Wow, I thought I was going to cry...because she loved him so much. Thank you so much. Abigail read more

Sabrina did an amazing job training Penny (really training her owners!). We came away with many useful tips, and a more well behaved dog after just 2 hours of training. Highly recommend! read more

I signed up for a package of lessons with Sabrina when I brought home my 10 week old King Charles Spaniel. Its not that I was worried that my dog was going to be a terror or anything (as this breed is known for its kind gentle nature and is small in size- 18 pounds full grown). However I wanted a dog that would not pull on the leash, chew on the furniture, pee in the house and jump up on people. I wanted a dog that knew his place in the family and was happy and well adjusted. This was critical so that if my mom or anyone else were to watch him I would know he would be a pleasure to keep and therefore not beg for food, jump on furniture when not invited, or scratch the legs of people he was excited to see. Sabrina is a DOG WHISPERER- seriously. She is amazing with dogs and very importantly with us humans as well. She has done wonders with Cooper and the process has been so fun. She is open to training at your house or meeting out for some highly challenging situational training (like a pet store- once you conquer control of your dog in a pet store it is an AMAZING feeling). She believes in a positive training approach which makes Cooper LOVE her and we both enjoy learning new things together. Each time we would meet we would reinforce already taught behaviors and then focus on a new behavior or enrich the depth of training in an existing one. She has also always been there for me when I need her. I have reached out to her multiple times when I have been worried about a behavior or a symptom (ie: a bladder infection) and she has given immediate advice. She has also then followed up with me after to make sure Coops was feeling better or the behavior was corrected. I can not say enough good things about Sabrina (and her partner Tink). If ever you have a dog that needs training, whether it be a new puppy or a rescued dog in need of behavioral rehabilitation, Sabrina is the one to go to. She is FANTASTIC!!!! read more

My dogs love Tink. Well they love Sabrina too, but Tink walks them on a daily basis. As a former Humane Officer and dog walker, I know what can go wrong and my priorities when looking for a dog walker were threefold. I want to know my dogs are safe, my house is safe and that my dogs are having an enjoyable time and getting exercise. I have all three of those things with Good Dog for Life. I have three dogs, two of which could be described as challenging :). I also have a work schedule that can be a little hectic. Tink and Sabrina provide customized services that suit our needs. They do leash walks, arrange play groups and training. I know when Tink is walking my dogs, he is not teaching them any bad habits and is reinforcing their training. I also know that he is not going to put my dogs in situations where they might get into trouble. Here is the most important thing, in addition to my dogs loving them, Tink and Sabrina love my dogs and you can see it when they interact with them. read more

We recently adopted a Australian Shepherd Mix Puppy and for some odd reason the puppy was weary of my dad. The Puppy would run away from my dad and had its tail completely tucked under. We contacted the Good Dog for Life team and worked with Tink to help the puppy be more comfortable with my dad. They helped identify that the puppy must not like that he smells like smoke and might have had a traumatic experience with a smoker before. Tink spent time with my dad and our puppy and by the end of the training session our dog was accepting treats from my dad (the puppy refused to do that before). We are very happy with the training we get from the Good Dog for Life Team and continue to work with them as our puppy get older! In addition to the training service we started to use their dog walking services! We love that our puppy gets to play with other pups and is getting plenty of exercise! read more

We cannot recommend Sabrina highly enough. After a long wait, we finally got our new Golden Doodle puppy and were so excited. But it had been a long time since we raised a puppy and wanted to do it right. We read a lot of the reviews here on Yelp and then talked with a number of people. We were looking for a balanced way to train, based on the needs of the dog. During our initial assessment, she made an immediate impact with the dogs and with us. Her recommendations were very tailored to our situation and our puppy. She helped us understand all of the commands and gave us great direct feedback. Our puppy immediately took to her - she has quite the magic touch with dogs. We signed up for her "Puppy Package" and are glad we did. The additional meetings were great to reinforce the initial commands we all learned plus adding new ones. Before Sabrina, our puppy was a little spastic, strong willed, and didn't really mind us. After working with Sabrina, our puppy is much calmer and happier and follows our direction. She's always available to answer questions between sessions. And she really goes above and beyond as well. When we met Sabrina, our puppy was on the submissive side and frightened around doggies. Sabrina worked with her network (other clients) to introduce us to other puppy owners in the area to set up play dates and she came along. It was so helpful to get her more comfortable around other dogs and she's doing much better. Sabrina rocks! read more

Sabrina it totally worth it! She has been working with us since we had a baby, and her training has really improved our family dynamic! She doesn't come with just tips and tricks, but actually sets us up with do-able practices and leaves us with the tools we need- without extra charge. We live in SF, and she has never had a problem meeting us at our home, or up on Bernal for some outdoor training. Her love for dogs really shows, and we couldn't be more impressed with her. read more

Sabrina is the best. I have only had three sessions for my 14 week old Minature Standard Poodle but he has gone from taking over the entire household and everyone in my family to being a great puppy. Sabrina is a God send, I know if she can get me trained, we will have a wonderful pet. Her methods are wonderful and this head-strong, very smart puppy loves her. read more

Good Dog for Life and Sabrina Watts have been nothing short of amazing for me and my dog Duke. As a first time dog owner, I really wanted to make sure I got things right and luckily I was referred to Good Dog for Life and Sabrina. She has gone out of her way to make sure I have the resources and training I need to make sure Duke is properly trained and behaved. She goes above and beyond for her clients. She provided me with not just training and is available for a resource if I need any help or have questions, but she has also provided me with some equipment for Duke. I have also used her for boarding and she takes great care of my dog and she also provided some training while he was with her. I have also seen her give equipment and treats to random dog owners while we are out training so they have the resources to train their dogs properly as well. She also does the training in the environments that are the best fit for your lifestyle. We have gone to the beach, shopping centers and of course in my own home. This alone would be enough because Duke is way more comfortable in those environments. I have recommended her to any dog owners that I run into that ask about training and will continue to do so. I am also going to continue to use her for training services even after my first initial training sessions have concluded. read more

Sabrina is THE dog whisperer. We hired her when we adopted a shelter dog who was traumatized and acting out in all sorts of ways. He was aggressive around other dogs so we couldn't take him to a class so private training was the way to go. Sabrina did a few sessions with him and now he is the sweetest little guy. He is friendly with people and dogs and knows how to walk nicely on his leash - no more strangle-pulling. He goes for weekly hikes with Sabrina and a group of dogs and absolutely goes NUTS when she comes to pick him up because he is so excited to see her. I've recommended her to tons of friends and they have been incredibly happy with her services. Sabrina also has someone who does grooming and our guy gets the best haircuts with her. The best part? He gets picked up for his hike, goes to Sabrina's for his haircut, and gets delivered back to our house clean and dapper. Sabrina's prices are totally reasonable and she is worth every penny. Sabrina and her team are also some of the nicest people you'll ever meet - they're honest, fair, friendly and love animals. What more could you ask for? read more

Sabrina Watts is AMAZING! I'm the assistant to a family who welcomed a loving Burnese Mountain Dog puppy into their home. Like all other puppies, she has definitely grown into a much LARGER terrorizing machine. She use to enjoy stealing the children's toys and many times, use THEM as toys. Luckily, we found Sabrina and what a god send the woman has been. We started off with Sabrina taking Brooke (our pup) out into public places as well as training her with other dogs. Now we have her working in the home to establish a routine. Brooke is much more of a joy to have around now that she listens and isn't getting into trouble! Also, after training, Brooke is WIPED. Which helps even more with teaching her around the house. She is so good on a leash that I have no problem letting any of the children walk her (youngest being 3 1/2 years). Also, Sabrina works with wonderful people as well. We have her boyfriend, Tink, walking Brooke 3 days a week which has been so helpful for getting out her excess energy. He's even so sweet as to leave a note on how they spent their walk. Sabrina also has a woman who grooms (she even does pick up and drop off, INCREDIBLE!), although we haven't worked with her quite yet but we are looking forward to. Brooke truly adores Sabrina and shows through her excitement every time the phone rings (signaling someone at the gate). Sabrina is easily reachable whether it be through email, phone, or text. She's easy to book appointments with and is very calm, kind, and professional. She always reminds me that between visits if an issue arises, that she always willing to give advice on how to handle it. Good Dog For Life is a company that provides exactly that! I can guarantee you will not regret working with Sabrina! read more

Sabrina is AWESOME. She took an 8 week old Anatolian pup and had her sitting, down, quiet and "leave it" immediately. She is so kind and loving to the dogs - yet still firm - very impressive. Truly a "dog whisperer" and I have had dogs for 60 years and not seen a better trainer! Cannot recommend her enough - you rock Sabrina! read more

Sabrina is a gem, absolutely amazing with dogs! She's helped us through so much with our two puppies (a big and goofy chocolate lab and a more challenging GSD rescue pup). She is tireless and thorough and truly understands our four-legged family members. Above all she is caring and kind and just a wonderful human being. read more

What makes a great dog trainer? There are not enough words to describe how great a trainer Tink is! He trained our 2 year old rescue lab mix to not react to skateboards, bicycles, joggers, and other dogs. He helped me to overcome my nervousness in trying to walk such a strong dog... He has accomplished so much with her, but what I appreciate most about Tink is his compassion for the dogs he works with and their owners. When she got her tail caught and we thought she needed to see the vet... I called Tink. She does not like the vet and I knew we would need help. Tink immediately came to the house, was able to determine that we did need to go to the vet and then... went with us, put a muzzle on her and helped keep her calm, holding her until the sedation took effect for for surgery. Two days later, Tink came by the house to check on her... and boy was she happy to see him. I could not ask for a better trainer for my dogs. Thank you Tink! read more

When Emma, my nine-year-old pit mix, was a young dog she had some very tramatizing experiences on leash and as a result has been so reactive on leash that I have been unable to walk her. Over the years we have tried four or five trainers but without success. I heard about Sabrina and Tink from our vet so I decided to give it one last try. After 90 minutes with Sabrina and Tink I was able to walk Emma on my own. They apply a very gentle and practical approach to their training. I highly recommend them. read more

We first approached Sabrina (and Tink) about our pit bull rescue. We needed help with some fear-based behaviors. Both came out initially and provided some great tips and guidance. We retained Tink to walk and worth with our pup daily. We see a huge difference and I really credit Tink's ability to read and work with dogs that may not be the easiest to read. Additionally, Tink worked to introduce our dog into an existing playgroup. I never once worried (and still don't worry) about our dog getting hurt and getting into an out of control situation. Tink really knows how to read dogs and work with them, even in a group setting. Now, Sabrina introduced us to another pit bull rescue and we've adopted her. During the getting acquainted process, we felt completely supported by Tink and Sabrina. It has worked out very well, Tink's intuition about the second dog being a comfort to our first was spot on. If you are thinking of adopting a dog, already have a dog and are looking for support - whether it is training or walking or exercise, then Sabrina and Tink should be your first stop. I highly recommend them both! read more