Lena aka the dog whisperer! After our first call with Lena, we knew we had found the right person for our dog, Daphne. We rescued Daphne from Beyond Rescue back in January 2022 (Lena is the co-founder which is a major plus!) Our dog was reactive on leash and had separation anxiety. We did a three week board and train program and let me tell you, we are SO happy with Daphne's results. Daphne has greatly improved on our walks and she no longer pulls us or barks when she sees other dogs and strangers with the techniques that Lena taught us. Lena is very responsive on text/emails and always kept us updated during Daphne's board and train. We're so happy that we found Lena and will definitely keep coming back to her when Daphne needs a refresher or when we plan to go on long trips. Plus Daphne loves her dog Diesel! It's the sweetest thing ever Thank you Lena! read more

K9 Master Dog Training - Daphne (left) during her board and train! - Pet Training Near Me

Lena has changed our lives. She built the confidence our anxious dog needed and set up a foundation from which we could build. We are better equipped to handle anxiety related situations and our dog is more relaxed, confident and patient. Truly life changing. read more

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I did a board and train for one of my dogs and boarded the other one with them as well. Both dogs came back healthy, happy, and obedient! I am very happy with the results. I trusted them to care for my loved ones and they kept them safe, happy, and loved. read more

Lena is amazing! We sent our two dogs to learn better manners and they came home new dogs! Our youngest dog was a puppy and our older dog was 3.5 at the time of training. They came home happy and in a calm state of mind knowing their place in the home. They now sit in place and have great manners when guests come over. Couldn't recommend Lena more!!! read more

K9 Master Dog Training - Pet Training Near Me

Lena worked miracles with our 2 year old boston terrier. Our boston was jumping up and nipping/biting us without warning about 4-5x per day. We were all miserable. Lena boarded our dog for 3 weeks and trained her with loose leash walking, the ability to not go nuts when seeing strangers on walks, and most importantly she trained our dog to understand consequences of the nipping. Lena doesn't mess around! The nipping happened occasionally after we got our dog back but we were able to learn how to "nip" it in the bud. :) And I appreciated that Lena followed up with sessions afterwards. I wish we had gone to Lena first. We wasted a lot of money with private classes at Zoom Room and also using another dog trainer - neither of which worked to calm our dog down. read more

Lena is a talented trainer who we are grateful to have gotten to know whilst raising our energetic labradoodle. Her rates are awesome and we are so happy with her boarding/training help throughout our dogs puppyhood. We get so many "well-behaved" comments on walks and it's all thanks to Lena! read more

K9 Master Dog Training - Sammie - our well-behaved, prey driven gal who is such an obedient thanks to Lena's training - Pet Training Near Me

No need to call the dog whisperer! Call LENA. She is great with all breeds and knows how to teach you & your dog specific techniques and will fit best for your dog, lifestyle, and training level. I have a Husky & a Corgi - both high energy, food motivated, and playful. Although, they have very different personalities and training methods! One is a wild child, and one aims to please. Lena was able to show me how they should respond, and teach me how to discipline them firmly, without using and harsh methods. My dogs love Lena! I definitely recommend her training service. Thank you!!! read more

Lena is amazing! From my first call with her I knew we were in good hands and I would highly recommend her. We did a 2-week board and train for our 3-4 month old puppy since we had to travel soon after adopting and wanted structured care and continued training while we were gone. Lena was able to teach him place bed, down stay, loose leash walking, and even worked on house manners and socialization. I really liked that Lena was so loving toward our pup while also having a confident presence and getting his respect. She gave us lots of helpful tips and has been available afterward to answer questions. I am so glad to have her as a resource, and we will be sending our pup back to her for boarding! read more

Lena is a fantastic, collaborative, and empathetic trainer. I have already recommended her to all my friends and will continue to sing her praises. We came to Lena back in June when we adopted our first dog ever, Zazie. Zazie struggled with separation anxiety, lack of obedience, territorial issues over the home, and overall anxiety in new situations and with new people. Lena set up a zoom call to chat through our obstacles and goals and we ended up speaking for over 45 minutes. After many questions, my partner and I agreed that we wanted to set Zazie up for success and Lena was going to help us. Lena came to pick up Zazie and gave us a full run through of what the following two weeks would look like for Zazie and customized her plan for success. Throughout the 2 weeks Lena gave us constant video and picture updates from zazies progress and was always available to answer any questions we had. When it was time for Zazie to come home, Lena prepared a detailed take home document for us to reference and spend 1.5 hours going through next steps. As soon as Zazie came home we saw how much she benefited from her time with Lena. She stopped growling at the mail woman, she didn't whine in her crate, we could leave and run errands for hours without Zazie having a full melt down, and she's much better on walks now!! Can't thank Lena enough for her sincere interest in making dogs the best version of themselves. She truly cares and wants to support owners in creating a strong relationship with their pets. If your dog needs help, I highly recommend reaching out to Lena. She is the best there is!! read more

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K-9 Master Dog Training is the call to make to ensure your dog is raised up right. Harmoniously navigating animal husbandry in todays urban environment can be a challenge for any family. Lena is a strong communicator/translator and masterful at adapting people parents to the unspoken needs of their (especially strong willed) fur babies. Her demeanor engaging and it was comforting to have a professional on the team; informative, ready to share relevant academic insights and experiential knowledge tailored to fit our specific needs. Our family engaged K-9 Master Dog training after finding ourselves on the perpetrator side of a dog on dog attack. Lena stepped into our crisis and was not daunted by working with a dog with a "bite history" or his clueless family. Lena's no-nonsense, direct intervention and environmental recommendations have been instrumental in helping us change our understanding and approach to dog care, for the benefit of our dogs (and those we come into contact with) . In sum, she helped us begin to restore trust in our beloved beast and care for him appropriately. We found the specific directives to be effective (with plenty of persistence) and the experience beneficial. Woof Woof Woof Woof. (thanks!) read more

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We did one session with Lena for our 7 month Labrador Lana. It was a fantastic session. She tailored the session to the exact problems we had discussed with her. We saw an immediate effect after the session. She asked us a lot of questions on how we go about our day, and pointed out things we were doing wrong. Also to add: - She is very responsive on email - Very punctual - Has a lot of patience (with us and the dogs) read more

I emailed Lena back in Nov 2017 regarding a very upsetting event with my dog and 1.5 year old daughter at that time. My daughter was left unsupervised while we had a babysitter, my dog was on the couch while sleeping which we don't allow around her and he was pushed to his limits, grabbed her arm but didn't break any skin. It was the only time he's ever shown any aggression towards her so it put us in a very difficult position. We've had our dog since 2008 and he is like our first child. My daughter of course came first so I was seriously considering either putting him up for adoption (but no one could take him) or putting him to sleep, which broke my heart. Thankfully I reached out to Lena and she gave my husband and I perspective on why he acted that way and he could have chosen to break skin but he didn't. Everything was on video so she was able to see what actually happened. Lena helped calm my nerves and not make a quick decision to put him down since he isn't an aggressive or mean dog. She recommended we keep them separated with gates for the meantime and only have him around her if me or my husband was home. Luckily, we had a large space for him so he wasn't just locked up. He had a portion of the back hallway, his own bedroom with a sliding door access to the backyard so he had a lot of free roaming space. Whenever we were both home, we'd allow him around us with my daughter, although it took some time for me to trust he wouldn't hurt her. The adjustment was hard but he got used to it and now 2 years later, he's shown that he can be around her, always with supervision of course. I'm glad we decided to keep him because my daughter loves him and vice versa. He's just turned 11 so he can live out his years as a happy old man lol and my now 3.5 year old can grow up with him. Every now and then I update Lena and I'm forever thankful she helped us out. read more

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I first met Lena while I was working with dogs at the SF Animal Care & Control in San Francisco. Lena helped many of our toughest behavior cases. Lena is one of the most talented trainers In the Bay Area, well known and respected by City Shelter Directors and rescues alike. She's 100 % professional, personable, has presence, commands respect and the dogs love and bond with her; respond to her training techniques for ultimate success. She's very knowledgeable, resourceful and experienced in creating individual training protocols fine tuned to address each dogs individual training needs. Everyone at the SF Municipal Shelter from the Executive Director down to the volunteers loved working with Lena. I highly recommend Lena and K9 Masters for all your training needs. read more

I have two very different dogs, one is high energy and loves training where my other dog is stubborn, head strong, lazy and could care less about training. Lena has worked with me so I can better manage my pack. I have a weird work schedule so that means the dogs have a different schedule too, and in part it's created some anxiety in my home when I come and leave so frequently and for only short breaks. Lena helped me make a plan and schedule for how to not let me anxious energy and schedule rub off on the dogs. I like how Lena is open to all training methods because what works for my eager dog is not what will work for my stubborn dog. Lena's patients and understanding with my dogs has been great and she has been super easy to coordinate with even though I have a crazy schedule. I appreciate the peace that I have learned in order to keep a happy well balanced pack at home. read more

K9 Master Dog Training's trainer in chief, Lena, is as good as it gets. Our dog, who had been very well behaved around other dogs her entire life, became "dog selective" when she turned 2 years old. We were very worried, because we love our dog and she loves playing with other dogs... it was a sad thought to believe that she wouldn't be able to socialize as much because she doesn't like a few certain dogs. We got in touch with Lena though a recommendation from a rescue company. I was pretty distraught about the situation with her on the phone, but she immediately calmed me down. She explained how some dogs could become selective, assuaged a lot of my fears, and she laid out a plan for training our girl to become better behaved around dogs she doesn't care for. I was worried about price, but this service is very affordable. Best of all, Lena does 1-on-1 training with the dogs she teaches. And she came to our house and neighborhood for each lesson. We would go train in areas both familiar and new to our dog. Her training sessions are long enough to allow time to really help our dog. She trained us on what we needed to do to get the pup to behave as needed. She explained the psychology. She gave us the tips and tricks necessary to improve our situation dramatically. She has vast knowledge on dog psychology, and was able to get get through to our somewhat rambunctious pet with ease, and taught us how to do the same. We even learned how to improve other factors of our dogs behavior. After 3-4 months of weekly lessons, our girl is changed for the better. She continues to make progress, as we now know what we need to reinforce to keep her well-behaved. I cannot recommend K9 Master Dog Training and Lena enough. read more

Lena is truly amazing. We sent our pup for board and train for 2 weeks and he came back better behaved and trained. Lena is absolutely a Godsend: extremely nice and personable, and very professional. Her at-home training session after drop off has helped us reinforce some of our dog's training. We couldn't be more pleased with the results. Highly recommended!! read more

Lena is an awesome resource for pet parents. I have fostered 13 dogs now and she has been indispensable in helping me sort through what I need to do better or differently to get them on track. What would I do without her?! read more

Lena is the most amazing dog trainer and worthy of every praise! We have worked with her to train three different dogs we rescued over the years and her knowledge and effectiveness never ceases to amaze. She is a very experienced professional trainer who is compassionate, fun, energetic, and patient with dogs (and people alike) and she understands their positive and negative behavioral motivations. Lena spends time listening to the circumstances to investigate what causes certain behaviors and comes up with both short term and long term plans to help. She has successfully helped us through issues such as aggressive behaviors, separation anxiety, possessiveness, recall training, introducing a new dog to a household with an existing dog, leash pulling, jumping, dietary changes, crate training and even basic commands. I trust my dog's life with Lena and have witnessed first hand her effective training techniques in teaching dogs and their caretakers how to set up the dogs for success in this challenging world. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend her and have learned so much from her. read more

Lena is brilliant with dogs as a trainer. Dogs LOVE her! But more importantly, she is extremely professional and generous with her time when it comes to training YOU, the dog owner, too! She helped my 2-yr old rescue beagle-terrier and I work on his major separation anxiety with crate training, leash walking, and more. What sets Lena apart from other trainers is that after the board-and-train period and the comprehensive lesson with me, she then scheduled multiple follow-up calls, was available for all my one-off questions, and provided comprehensive written guidance. She always has time for my questions. Based on the great experience my dog and I had with Lena, months later I also used her for long-term boarding (30 days) when I had to travel out of state. I had complete trust and peace of mind that my dog would be happy and loved in her care. I highly recommend Lena and I look forward to using her services many times in the future. Which makes my pup very happy! :) read more

Lena is just plain AWESOME as a trainer. She has helped in large and small ways as I adjust to having - and learning how to handle - a young, powerful, large pittie girl (recently adopted after my old dog died). Her advice is always right on, my dog listens to her and responds perfectly, and Lena is patient with me as I learn how to handle her. I call on her every few weeks for a new lesson and more insights, and she's always available by email for additional guidance and support. She and K9 are really gems. read more