We had an excellent experience with Jeff, the owner of WMK-9. This was the second time he trained…read moreour dog, Bentley, we needed help with excessive barking and command recall. Jeff did an outstanding job -- he completely resolved the issues and gave us the tools and confidence to continue reinforcing the training at home. Jeff is knowledgeable, professional, and truly understands dogs and their behavior. Bentley came back calmer, more responsive, and we feel more confident to take Bentley out in public. I would highly recommend WMK-9 for both dog training and boarding. We are extremely happy with the results and will absolutely continue using Jeff in the future.

Since moving to Cincinnati, my biggest concern was finding a boarding facility that could handle my…read moreShiba Inu. He's definitely a 'my way or the highway' kind of dog, but the team at WMK9- Well Mannered K9 was incredible with him. They boarded him for a week and a half and kept us completely at ease with frequent photo and text updates showing he was happy and comfortable. It was so heartening to see him making friends and enjoying his own 'vacation.' I also love that they offer flexible training programs both onsite and at-home. I can't thank them enough for going the extra mile for our treasured pup; we'll definitely be back!

First visit went well, very impressed with information and as well as space for large and small dogsread more

hands down! terrific-if there were more stars i would give them. i met laurie when she first…read moreopened and my pup, riley started coming as soon as he completed his puppy shots. you will love bringing your dog here!!!!!

Had an amazing experience with Mark! The progress my dog has made with him is amazing and in short…read moreperiod of time! I use to struggle to take him on walks or go to an outdoor restaurant without him barking, whining, and getting overwhelmed. Now he sits under me and watches calmly. I also feel like my dog trust me so much more because Mark taught me the importance of advocating for him and how to. He has an extensive knowledge on dogs and does an amazing job of teaching you about your dog and their behavior. Would 1000% recommend!

I hesitated to write this for nearly a year because I believe Cheryl is passionate about what she…read moredoes, however, her training was not a good fit for us, and we did not see results, despite spending $1700. For what it's worth, she's respectful, prompt, and brought her own dog to a few sessions to help my puppy with anxiety. She also has a good game for place training, and when I switched away from her methods this was the only thing we kept doing. This review will be long, but this is the main takeaway. I'd caution anyone from considering this "balanced training". It is not. The primary goal is conditioning a prong collar correction to a verbal "No!". It is purely punitive, not balanced. It's no different (& arguably worse) than the traditional 'crank & yank' style described in her book, just dressed up nicer. I'd advise future customers to use *EXTREME* caution if considering using an e-collar with Raise the Bar. An e-collar is NOT a punishment tool that you can slap on and hammer a dog with. For any behavior. Increasing punishment without clarifying the alternative desired behavior creates conflict. It's bad for the owner-dog relationship. Despite this, when unclear prong collar corrections didn't work, escalating to the e-collar was suggested at every single session. When I had concerns about shut down dogs/frustration, or feeling uncomfortable with the w/the level of corrections, I was met with contempt and told that based on 30yr of experience, this is just how it's done. Years of experience don't equal best practice. 1. Prong collar- it needs to be properly fitted. A loose prong (recommended by Cheryl) delivers inconsistent corrections and takes away the physics of the collars design, so you're no longer protecting the trachea or distributing pressure evenly. She recommended increasing the gauge of prong when corrections weren't working. I tried to discuss that this would require more force to deliver a similar correction, but shut down and told a 2.25 is a "puppy collar". In reality it delivers a higher level correction or "bite" with less leash pop. Most dogs should not be using a 4mm prong, especially loose, bc it's virtually ineffective. 2. Balanced training uses all quadrants of operant conditioning. Raise the Bar is almost entirely punishment based. Praise is not positive reinforcement. You can't be balanced and anti-treat/reward. When you hire a private trainer, you're paying for someone to train you, not your dog, and when asked 'why' she does things, she's not able to articulate it well. 3. Leash pressure- she couldnt get 1 of my dogs on the placeboard and gave up when he put the brakes on and reared back on the leash. She couldn't see that he just didn't understand leash pressure (which I've now taught him). He needed to be encouraged to go on in a way he understood. Next visit when he was on it she asked how, & I told her I was able to get him on in minutes with treats and free shaping, she was disappointed I had used food despite her method being ineffective. 4. **E-COLLAR**- please do NOT let Cheryl put an e-collar on your dog. I am SO glad I was enrolled in an e-collar course before she started suggesting it. She lacks fundamental knowledge of modern day e-collar use, likely bc it relies on foundations she doesn't use (ie a positive marker word & reward, low-level stim overlayed on well known commands via neg reinforcement, working under threshold). For crate anxiety she suggested putting an e-collar on my fearful puppy, & stimming at high levels until quiet, also suggested dropping a heavy textbook on the crate. Frankly this is abhorrent training. My dogs are now all e-collar trained and it's rarely ever necessary to use at aversive levels , esp not paired with "No" to induce handler fear and certainly not on a fearful/reactive dog. I could go on, because I don't think this is individualized training, but will digress. This training is conflict & punishment based & we did not reach any goals with her methods. I am pro-balanced, but this is compulsion. I'd suggest she expand her knowledge because her current methods have the potential to do serious harm. My relationship with my dogs was never worse than when we trained with Raise the Bar. The best thing about this experience, was that it lit a fire in me to learn to train dogs myself. They're now off leash heeling, hiking, no more reactivity, even went on a trip with us. Our results speak for themselves. I'll leave it there.

My husband and I enrolled our 4 month old puppy in a puppy obedience class here and feel we got…read moretremendous value from it. It's a one hour weekly class lasting for six weeks. It was helpful to have a dedicated time and place to focus on training our dog with expert oversight when corrections were needed. Le and the team were calmly persistent with puppies and focused on achievable and useful training: sit, stay, down, leave it, and leash training. They offered collar (for leash training) treat, and behavior recommendations and achieved a good balance of individual pup and group instruction. Our pup loved the socialization as well.

From the owner: Dog Aggression, Puppy Training, Basic Obedience, and Off Leash Trainingread more

This business was highly recommended by my SIL. They say the training is 100% guaranteed. That's…read moreis absolutely untrue. I found there to be no backing behind this. After speaking to the owner and explaining that the training was not working, he did not offer me any kind of resolution or refund. He recommended that I get a different breed of dog and so "kindly" offered to train a new breed for "free". My dog did not get the training that most dogs do, which is within their facility. So many dogs at their facility had kennel cough, so my dog received training outside of the facility for a very short amount of time every day (within the training duration) maybe, if my dog had received the type of training that I had paid for and there weren't so many sick dogs at Bulletproof, which is very questionable in itself my dog may have benefited from the training.

I could not be more unhappy with the training that we received for our dog from Bulletproof Dog…read moreTraining in Eastgate. Our dog was a barker and jumper. She didn't have any terrible behavioral issues. She was the most friendly, sweet, LOVING dog we had ever met. Once she cam home from the training, she was very sick. I did not receive updates on her while in training as promised. I was never notified that she was sick. When we picked her up they said she was sneezing from getting bathed. That was not the case, she was sick for a month and on antibiotic for a month. After speaking to Bill about the issue of her being sick and not receiving updates, he refunded $500. Which now in hindsight, I should have received a full refund. Once our dog started to feel better, she has become more aggressive, which she never was. She will not allow us to put any training collar on her as she is so afraid of it and snaps at whoever is putting it on her. We rescued our dog from the side of the road at 8 weeks old. She was not mistreated. She was the sweetest jumping, barking baby. Now, she doesn't trust anyone but our family. No one can go near her in her crate, come to the door, stop for a visit, on walks or in public that she doesn't know. I am not saying that Bulletproof has bad training, I am saying that whatever they did to our family dog was bad training. If she was unable to be trained with normal measures then we should have been notified. She should have been pulled from the program. I believe that she was "zapped" too much and at too high of a level which has made her so afraid and aggressive. The dogs that they train should be trained through positive reinforcement, not zapping the h3ll out of them through fear and PAIN!!!!!! Shame on you, Bulletproof, Cincinnati!!!!!! Shame on you!!!!!!

We have a 6 month puppy,She's a handful. One session with Leigh and some of the basic things I…read morewouldn't have thought about, Has her under control. She trainer is great. If you have a dog with bad habits or having trouble your dog or want to get them trained to basic commands. She's your gal. She is well synced with dog community in Central Ky for trading & actives across the state. She does private lessons in Versalles inside.

Leigh is a phenomenal trainer. She recognizes different canine personalities and teaches owners…read morehow to clearly communicate with their pet. Her methods are easily tailored to the owners needs including individual training as needed.

Absolute SCAM. I signed up in March 2023 and have regretted it ever since. The consultation was…read moredone by Randy (the owner) and it went well - he reassured me that my reactive pitbull could be handled and there would be ample training opportunities for her and that he personally would be highly involved in her training. He then moved to Florida 3 weeks later and I've never seen him since. The reactivity training classes were held once a week at 10am on a Friday (not feasible for a working person). The training also ENTIRELY consists of teaching you how to train your dog separately - the staff do not work with your dogs at all. This is to no fault of the previous staff - they were knowledgeable, but Randy's "program" that he has built makes absolutely no sense and doesn't offer ANYTHING beyond sit, lay down, stay, kennel, place, and a small "obstacle course" that the dogs get used to very quickly. The phases mean nothing, and Phase 3 literally just means meet and greets out in public places. There is actually nothing tangible beyond the second phase, which is just basic obedience commands. Reactivity training is just having your dog calmly lay on a place mat and sleep for an hour. The owners, Randy and Nina, are nowhere to be seen. And as it turns out, they have an EXTENSIVE criminal history. Randy became a "dog trainer" during and right after his multi-year prison sentence for heading up an entire crime syndicate of selling off stolen goods (same with his wife). They are obviously NOT experienced dog trainers (and have already been completely hands off the program for years), but they are very good liars and manipulators. The entire staff quit recently due to Randy and Nina's desire to be completely hands off the business while still taking in money and leaving the entire structure of the business in young trainers hands. The new staff is comprised of three ladies, two of whom have next to ZERO dog training experience. That's insane. They cannot provide adequate training for your dog. People have spent THOUSANDS on service dog or reactivity specialized training and it simply cannot be offered ANYMORE. Everything is just "winging it" and the staff is learning at the same time the clients are - what a joke. And currently their private client-specific Facebook page is being so heavily moderated by them that anybody who complains about this is being deleted off. They are falling APART. DO NOT JOIN THIS SCAMMY CON ARTIST PROGRAM!!!

Signed up with Smart Dog after being referred by our vet. We wanted our dog to be more of a support…read moresystem for my ailing father and this group came highly recommended. We met with both the owner and one iof thew trainers for an evaluation. They both sold the program and were amazed that the pup was actually smart already and quick to learn. They gave us both a training leash for home and their "special" walking leash aloing with a treat pouch for our belts. After discussing the class schedules and training system, they quoted us an outrageous price. But wait! Dad received a military discount and the cost covered all training materials and classes for life. And they would even come to your home for extra training free of charge. All for the low low price of $1329. We were willing to pay knowing the type of training she would receive and we could easily transition her to more of a service dog for Dad's future needs. Was I wrong! The first few classes in Phase One, it seemed like I was doing the training and they were observing. Yes, there was guidance but, I've been thru true training with a K9 unit trainer. She learned fast. The classes began to get shorter to the point of not being worth the gas. 20 minutes? Really? And the schedule started to dwindle. The school put a pause to the classes to regroup. Scheduling after the pause was difficult in that there were no evening classes and the weekend schedule was early am as well so, very limited. Our last session, the pup was due to graduate Phase 1 unless of course the prong collar they coorsed me into buying didn't work. That class was cancelled. They have now up and closed with no real notice to their clients. What now? Where is our money? Who's picking up the training we paid for? This is just beyond words. Doing this senior dirty and a Vet at that.

Marc and his staff does an incredible job training your dog. We started our dog at 11 weeks old…read more She's a golden doodle and we wanted basic commands and training. He does that as well as training on some tricks which our kids to see and have her do ! She went from a young pup with no skills to a very obedient dog that is an awesome part of our family. Never chewed on furniture or had any accidents in house either!

At first we were skeptical about the need for having our 8 month old sheepadoodle trained. This…read morebeing our first experience with a puppy we thought we could train her ourselves. Turns out we were wrong. Mark and his staff did a great job working with our stubborn girl. People are impressed with how calm and well behaved she is both on and off leash. She is a dream to walk and take out in public. Mark has been very responsive when we have questions or concerns. We would definitely recommend his training for any dog.