Kranky K9 has been an incredible experience from start to finish. The training is effective,…read moreprofessional, and tailored to each dog's needs. You can tell there's real passion and knowledge behind the work. My dog has improved so much in behavior, confidence, and obedience. I highly recommend Kranky K9 to anyone looking for reliable, results-driven dog training.

I can't say enough good things about this facility and the program! You do not just get a cookie…read morecutter trained dog at the end of your session. You get to build such a deep foundation and relationship with your dog using an owner/dog centric approach. My dog and I look forward to training and the attention and work that she craves to give me every day is entirely due to Bo and the Kranky K9 philosophy and approach to training. If you trust the process and put the work in there is no way you could be disappointed!

I have been looking for a good place to take my dogs to get groomed and I believe I found that…read moreplace. Lucky Dog groomers did a phenomenal job on my dogs. They were in great need of being groomed and that is what we received. They look adorable. I love the attention that they took and gave for each dog. We will definitely return to Lucky dog. Also, I believe that when you compare them to other places, they are one of the most affordable places with quality grooming.

We have been faithful clients of Lucky Dog for 4 years+; always felt very good about how our 12 yr…read more old dog was treated. She often trots in, and seems very comfortable inside the building. Her hair looks great, and she smells lovely. Most appointments take about one hour 30 min. So,what happened last week seems unusual and upsetting. We dropped her off at 10:20am, , and expected she would be ready by noon. We never got a message or text, so we called before noon, and was told she would be ready at 3:30pm. WHAT... WHY... the response was they were very busy, and short staffed. Why didn't

Bob. This man has changed our life. I decided to get a pup when I had two young kids and a busy…read morelife. Of course as soon as we brought her home, we knew she needed training. Found Bob through our vet and ever since, our dog has been a calm, submissive, obedient dog at only 11 months old. The training that Bob and his granddaughter put her through was incredible. She listens, she knows commands, she is calm, and when times go crazy & she gets anxious, she walks away to her kennel to safe space. She is a changed man and we are a changed family. Thank you Bob Laut and company. -the Turners

My experience with Bob echoes those of other reviewers who found his training methods excessively…read moreforceful, compulsion-focused, and unresponsive to the signals my dog was sending. Not only did I find his training style personally objectionable, it set my dog's forward progress back by desensitizing him to low-force corrections (which he has always been quite responsive to) and triggering several instances of severe dog reaction while Bob was working with us. I initially got in touch with Bob to help with my 60 lb pit bull's reactivity problem. I have invested many hours and dollars training him, and he is well-behaved and obedient with minor exceptions - dogs and door knocks being the two I wanted Bob's help with. When I called Bob, he made several assumptions about my training and interactions with my dog, almost all of which were inaccurate. He spoke over me and did not show interest in what I've done so far, choosing instead to point to mistakes he thought I was making, only for me to say "no, I've been training my dog for years, we don't do that." When he arrived, as planned, he knocked on my door, and my dog started barking. I crated my dog, opened the door for Bob, and then let my dog out of the crate when he stopped barking. My dog greeted Bob curiously, and then slowly got more excited, finally jumping on Bob. Bob's reaction was (no exaggeration!) to karate chop my dog in the neck, to which my dog immediately began reacting, growling and barking at Bob. This took my dog from curious and cautious to downright protective. Bob then told me that I had to correct my dog into stopping his reaction. I got his attention and he eventually calmed down. He then took about 10 minutes to readjust and meet Bob calmly again. While I don't want my dog jumping on visitors (and he almost never does), I am confident there are methods less forceful than a karate chop to make the change. To be clear, *Bob is the only visitor my dog has ever reacted this way with.* It's clear to me that Bob triggered the reaction and it seems he wanted credit for putting out the fire that he started. Following this, we went out for the planned walk. We went in the direction of dogs, and Bob instructed me to not allow mine to look at other dogs. When we came across a German Shepherd, I told my dog "Leave it," which he ignored. We were about 50 feet away, and Bob asked if he could take the leash, which I allowed. He loudly told my dog "Leave it!", which my dog, again, ignored. Bob then issued such a forceful correction on the prong collar that the bag holder attached to the leash broke apart. This, predictably, caused my dog to go from uncomfortable and suspicious of the other dog, to a full-blown fight-or-flight reaction (growling, barking, and pulling). Bob issued several more high-force corrections on the prong and then kicked my dog twice. Only when the German Shepherd went away did my dog stop reacting. After this, Bob told me that the "solution is an e-collar." To be clear, I have found success with balanced training methods, including corrections on a prong collar. I am not opposed to e-collars, BUT Bob then suggested that the only way to get my dog to stop reacting was to issue a shock so strong "it would get all 4 of [my dog's] feet off the ground." I have no interest in using a tool solely to inflict pain on my dog. We did this exercise with a couple more dogs, and each time, the heavy corrections triggered the initial reaction and failed to get him to stop once he was going. Bob's style is almost purely compulsion-based, and while this may elicit the desired changes in some dogs, it is rooted in a theory of training that hasn't been the norm for literal decades. It causes unnecessary pain and stress to the dog, and, crucially, is less effective than many other training styles. Bob also made several off-hand comments while we were together, including that he flipped a driver off while he was walking into my building (???) and that the way to get a dog to stop barking in its crate is to bang the top of the crate with a skillet and yell at the dog. I found his behavior strange and unprofessional. I ended up cutting our 2 hour session short and paying Bob for 1 hour of his time at his hourly rate of $195/hr.

Thomas Raymond got out two times over the holidays. EEK!…read more I called Fred Gibbs, and found out I -- the dumb homeowner -- put the battery in the wrong way. Fred dropped a battery by. Thomas Raymond is secure now. There's nothing like the service of Dog Guard of St. Louis. Thank you, Fred!! And I'll get the battery in the correct way from now on. I've joined the Annual Battery Club, with a new battery every three months. Fred was generous to get me a new battery before my time came up. Dumb owner! Thanks, Fred!

Great experience for my puppy! It was a great start to socializing my puppy and a solid base for…read morefuture training. I like that my little Pickles was able to socialize with puppies of similar size. The trainer is very good at answering any questions you have about your pup at home. Highly recommend this trainer!

Brittany's puppy socialization class is the best! I have two little Havapoos that started the…read moreclass super timid of both dogs and strangers. By the end, they were very comfortable with all of the no-longer-strangers and all but the biggest/most energetic pups. And for the shy ones, she has a calm little space for them to get comfortable. She helped us with reading the puppies body language and getting them used to new experiences. It was awesome. I've been telling everyone I know with new puppies about STL Obedience Training and wish they offered more classes for me and my fur babies! Oh, also, Brittany is so easy to work with and kind to both the doggies and their owners.

3 strikes and we won't be back! In August of 2021, was told…read morethat our puppy could be dropped off after 7 on way to work for a grooming appointment at 9. So my husband attempted to drop him off and nobody was there. He waited until 730 and brought him back home and went on to work. I get a phone call about missing the appointment, explained what happened and rescheduled for the following week and them assuring that someone would be there at 7. My husband showed up the following week to drop our puppy off and AGAIN nobody there. He called , waited until 715 and a girl showed up. She was not nice to my husband and told him that they don't open until 8 unless we had an appointment. He explained that we did and she was rude. Jump ahead to October we made another grooming appointment and play day, dropped her off at 9 and picked her up at 330 and they forgot to groom him. Most recently I dropped him off for a grooming and when I picked him up the lady was very rude and unprofessional.

100 hundred stars if I could rate it. We took our dog for beginning obedience and intermediate…read moretraining. We couldn't have been more pleased. Linsey was positive, learned all the dogs names on the first day, and was quick to discern what each dog needed to accomplish the task at hand. Our dog became so comfortable with Linsey that we are now taking the dog there for grooming.

We have our 13 year old cat Cocoa groomed with a classic lions cut. Always comes back darling…read more Would recommend Kennelwood for cat grooming any time. Laura

My pup is relaxed after daycamp and looks great after grooming. Overall, friendly staff. I wish…read moreit wasn't quite as congested as you check-in and I think the person checking out for payment should go through the bill or at least print it for your review. Otherwise, a consistent good to great experience.

So I hear great things about the day care, but what about the grooming?…read moreIs the grooming a reasonable price? I dropped my dog off today. It took them 2 hrs and 30min to bath my dog. I was getting really nervous cause it usually doesn't take them that long. Finally they called me to pick him up. When I got there It took them 20min to bring my dog out from the back. when they brought out my dog. they cut him and said it was a itty bitty scratch. when I got home and looked at it. It was this big GASH!!! very DISAPPOINTED!! My dog is only 2Ibs and 11 months old. I WILL NOT BE COMING HERE AGAIN!!! They still made me pay for the big gash that they did to my dog. I'm honestly so frustrated that this happened!!!

Would I start my dog-boarding experience here? Probably…read more Knowing what I know now, would I stick with it? Absolutely not. And that's an honest shame. I have sincerely loved shopping at and getting Hank groomed at Whisker Bones' home store for the last year. The staff is incredible, the treats are fantastic, and Hank's grooming has been so perfect! I really hoped the boarding facility would live up to the parent company reputation, but I was sadly so mistaken. We took our dog (a golden retriever puppy who lives up to every stereotype of such) to the mandatory screening/interview session to see if he could be permitted to attend daycare or boarding- standard practice, good idea, I totally agree with the concept. However, the assessor (I don't know his name, but he's a young man with a nose ring) brought in two very aggressive dogs who upset mine. My husband had to pull the "host dog" off of ours on two separate occasions because it got way to aggressive and dangerous. The host dog growled and barked, bore his teeth, and actually jumped all over our dog- twice! The assessor also said the host dog had earned the nick name of "the controller" since he apparently didn't like other dogs and felt the need to control them. Then, the assessor "evaluated" our dog on a scale of green light (passable), yellow light (cautionary, should not board), and red light (no day care, no boarding, beware), and considered our dog "yellow light" due to his "aggressive behavior." When in reality, the host dogs were so aggressive that hey had earned nick names for themselves as such, and my husband had to physically pull the host dog off of ours. It was truly such a heart breaking experience. I cried on the way home because I was so upset about the treatment of our dog. I'm sincerely disappointed, and I hate to give negative feedback, but I feel like it's very important that I share this experience. Club WB might be too new to see their weaknesses, but I would start with the assessor and the dogs he chooses to mingle with incoming pups to get a real pulse for it all. Today's experience was an actual true shame.

This review is for the Shot Clinic only, as I did not go into the store…read more Four Muddy Paws hosted a shot clinic sponsored by Partners For Pets. The prices were phenomenal!!! My baby rec'd 3 shots for $27. We arrived first thing in the morning, since the clinic was from 9am-12pm on May 2nd. Four Muddy Paws is housed in a strip mall with plenty of parking and there was a bank next door that looked to be closed on Saturday so that accommodated for additional parking. The clinic was held outside in the grassy area, they had a table set up, so it was first come, first serve. The paperwork was simple and they accepted cash or card payments. The wait time wasn't bad, it took us an hour from start to finish and the staff was really nice and loving to the babies and were ready for all types...meaning if your fur-baby was scared or frightened. We rec'd a free cookie from Treats Unleashed for the fur-babies and a $5 gift card. Dogs Distemper VX FREE Bordetella VX $12 Lepto VX $15 Microchip $20 Rabbies VX $15/$40 Cats FVRCP VX FREE Felv VX $20 Microchip $20 Rabbies VX $15

Added a new rescue dog to my pack, so I needed a couple of things to welcome her…read more First thing I needed was a tag for her collar. I love the machine that they have in house for making tags. You select the one you want, an associate programs the machine and loads your new tag. Then you take over the keyboard by selecting how many lines you want. The next step is typing what you want on the tag and selecting a font. Final step is proofing and hitting the engrave button. When it's done engraving, you've got a fashionable tag for your new family member. The other item I needed was a coupler. I needed it for the seatbelt restraint. Instead of securing one dog, I now needed to make sure two dogs were safe while riding shotgun. Of course, we couldn't leave without getting matching bandanas for both dogs and a couple of fresh baked cookies. When: January 28, 2026 Why: Shopping with new dog after seeing new vet.