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    Liz does a great job with our dog Ty. She's patient and efficient. One would be hard pressed to find better service.

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    It feels great knowing that we can make travel plans freely, knowing we can depend on Liz and her team.

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    The Unmistakable Dog - The Courier Post featured us!

    The Unmistakable Dog

    (3 reviews)

    My pack is a motley crew all adopted from ACCT Philly, where i have volunteered.each has his own…read morefears, anxieties and personality.i needed obedience training and cohesion and confidence in my pack. Melissa Windsor and Elisa LaFont are rescue partners of ACCT Philly and they pull many dogs through their rescue, Balanced Buddies. After researching various dog training philosophies, I felt that the Pressure and Release approach would work best for my fearful dogs. This method is basically leash training. They came to our house and we formed a group for lessons. Over 5 weeks in my backyard we saw an amazing transformation in my pack. They recognize and enjoy my leadership.They are mych more relaxed and trusting of my leadership. Basically, I learned to lead and communicate to my dogs what I expect of them. Elisa and Melissa are smart, funny and professional. With an easy to understand philisophy and lots of laughs, they did amazing things with my dogs:) dog training with the Unmistakeable Dog was one of the smartest decisions I ever made

    Elisa and her team worked wonders with our headstrong little cockapoo. We slipped up and needed to…read moreretrain her in the crate at 9 months. One night was all it took! Elisa also helped us discover that our picky eater (rejected all kibble) would devour "puploaf," which is easy and affordable to make. We have a whole new pup thanks to Elisa. Her attention to detail and responsivenesss were so appreciated. Strong recommendation!

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    Dan Gentile Dog Training Center

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    If I could give zero stars I absolutely would. I had dropped my 11 mo Labrador off on Wednesday…read moreSept 22 and called Sept 24 to see how he was adjusting. I was told he's doing great and coming out of his shell as he was nervous when I dropped him off. I didn't hear from anyone until Tuesday October 5th (the day before pickup) when I received a voicemail from Mallory that she needed to speak with me. When I returned her call I was informed that my dog had a rash on his neck and wanted to tell me before picking him up the next day and it shouldn't be a "cause for concern." She stated that the day after he was dropped off, staff noticed a tiny itchy, dry spot on his neck that progressively got worse. She continued to repeat that they didn't want this to be a cause for concern and naturally concerned, I asked to be sent a picture of the rash. This was no rash at all. The picture I was sent showed my dog next to a trainer with a raw, oozing wound where his jaw meets the base of his neck. It looked very infected and he definitely needed medical treatment so I immediately went to the facility to pick him up. When I arrived, I did not find my dog in the same condition as shown in the picture I received just an hour earlier. His wound was dry and completely scabbed over. The staff stated the wound looked much better than before (because it was healing). I immediately took him to the vet for a thorough exam and our vet diagnosed a skin infection of the hair follicles caused by injury to the skin. He also estimated that the original picture I was sent earlier that day was taken at least a few days prior. The vet also estimated that this injury occurred at least a full week prior to the training staff notifying me. Not only did my dog have an infected injury on his neck, he also had an infected wound on his testicles, had lost a significant amount of weight, as well as developing upper respiratory infection. Prior to sending him to the facility he was a big overweight with a very thick coat. The dog I picked up had lost at least 10 lbs and his spine and hip bones can be felt to the touch. The picture I was sent from staff showed a very obvious infection and the staff neglected to care for my dog or notify me that he needed medical treatment and attempted to treat this wound themselves with only A&D ointment. When asked about the 24 hour veterinarian on call mentioned on the training facility website, the staff stated they do not have a veterinarian on call. A bit misleading. After examining the neck wound we noticed small bumps around the sides of the wound that seem consistent with a pronged collar. We don't know how these injuries occurred but it's very clear our dog was NOT properly cared for and the staff neglected to provide our dog with basic medical treatment or at the very least inform us that our dog needed to see a vet. I will NEVER recommend the Dan Gentile Training to anyone.

    I used this training center a few years ago before yelp was available and I would not recommend…read moreusing this place! I'm writing now because we now have a new puppy and I was looking for training places and this place came up and brought up bad memories so I felt I needed to write our experience. We dropped our dog off and went on a trip so she could go through the program. Coming back to pick the dog up we couldn't wait to see our dog thinking she would be so excited to see us but to our surprise our dog was subdued and looked defeated. No tail wagging or anything. Before the trainer showed us what they did, she commented that if WE didn't follow directions we had to put $25 in this jar. We laughed it off as though she was kidding but to be honest I don't think she was. They walked us through what they did and the "progress" and mind you they had a spike collar on the dog so when you pull it digs right into their neck. The trainer was showing us and she pulled so hard my dog let out a painful yelp! It looked like torture to be honest. We immediately said we are done here and left ASAP! My dog eventually recovered and we found a dog trainer that used positive enforcements and she became her happy self again

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