When I first met Lauren, I was in front of the Flagler Humane Society, planning to surrender my dog…read moreJohnny back to the shelter. When Johnny saw Lauren, he was ecstatic, recognizing her from her working with him in the shelter before he was adopted out the first time. She laughed when he jumped up on her and wanted to know his name. I said, "Johnny," but she said, "No, his other name." Well, it was Boo. It wasn't but an instant until I was in tears again because I had become quite attached to Johnny during the 5 months I had him. He was so strong, had pulled the leash out of my hand and dragged me to the ground multiple times, and showed aggression to my family and their friends and their animals. That morning I had just met with a trainer who told me he could rehabilitate Johnny from his aggressive behavior but it would cost me $3500. This after having spent over $1500 already in training and vet bills. I was at my wits end. Lauren was so glad to see Johnny Boo Boo, and she saw so much potential in him that, on the spot, she asked me not to return him to the shelter. She told me she was a trainer and promised me that she would help me learn to manage him, to work with him and me as long as necessary to allow me to keep him and not charge me one dime. I agreed to try. She came the next day for our first session. In spite of Johnny being so excited to see her, she was able to help me make great strides with him. I was so amazed that she not only was able to get him to perform the commands she gave, but was able to teach me how to get him to perform those commands myself. I had most of the equipment I needed but didn't know how to use it. He had gotten out of a prong collar earlier this week. She told me it was too loose and fitted it to his neck. Then she gave me a safety collar to use with it to make sure he didn't get loose. I had bought a shock collar, but didn't know how to operate it. She familiarized herself with the model then proceeded to teach me how to use it in a humane and effective way to help bring Johnny under my authority. We are set to meet again tomorrow, and I am so excited. I have been practicing 3 commands with Johnny and anxious to make even more progress. It is so obvious in working with Lauren in just one session that she loves the animals and owners she works with and loves her work. In just the one session with Johnny, it was like he was a different dog. Thank you, Lauren, for helping Johnny stay with his sister Frankie and me, and for us to be a family.

All bad habits corrected in a positive atmosphere. My dogs were happy to attend training sessions…read moreand I'm happy with all results.

I took my dog there for training and paid 750$ for 11 visits with one free so 12, the only thing I…read morereally needed was to stop dog from lunging and chasing shadows, My husband was never allowed to see them train our puppy, he was put in pool or pen with other dogs and that's it, we were promised to be shown how to handle him which was not done either, our puppy was more hyper everytime we took him there and it would take a day to get him back on track, needless to say they did nothing for our puppy and all we heard each time we took him was start saving your money he needs tons of training? what training ??? they did NOTHING I asked so NO I would not waste your time taking your dog their they only care about money and your dog will not be trained, breaks my heart to write this because reading the reviews I thought they sound like who I would want training my dog but huge disappointment fact is whatever they did do made him worse and took us forever to get him back on track, thankfully he is doing great now ! but folks I do not recommend these people ! I give them a huge F for Failure as trainers!

I have been using Van Hendrix k9 for more than a year now. My chow chow was experiencing fear…read moreaggression issues. I was going to try a Cesar Milan approach, but was warned away from it, so I found Hagen and am more than pleased with the results. I have left my Chow with him for several board and training opportunities and a found improvements in her behavior to be consistent. Additionally, she loves him and is always happy to be left with him.

We have a young French bulldog (Taz) who was very reactive to noises, other dogs, pulling on the…read morelead during walks and just really stressful to be around. It was getting so out of hand that it was impacting our experience with him as our pet. We found Macayla at Unleash Fido in Jacksonville. We enrolled Taz in their 4/5 weeks obedience training and OMG we legit have a brand new dog!! He is more calm, settled, obedient and has really responded positively to this new training and rules. The entire team at Unleash Fido have been very helpful, professional and kind. Our trainer Macayla has checked in with us frequently to see how things are going, answering questions and has provided several post training sessions to ensure we are comfortable and continuing his training. I have had to reach out to her regarding some new undesirable behaviors and she made some suggestions that really worked and has been so incredibly helpful. Worth every penny. I would highly recommend them for any dog training needs!

We sent our puppy Teddy to Puppy Camp when he was about 15 weeks old. Teddy is a first generation…read morecockapoo with a ton of energy and a strong streak of mischief. He saw our toddler as a fellow pup, and before his camp at Unleash Fido we were dealing with constant nipping, tearing clothes, chasing, jumping, chewing, difficulty house training, and general lawlessness. Then he went to Puppy Camp at Unleash Fido and worked with Brittni. He came home a truly different and wonderful dog. he was in control of his body and his actions. He obeyed commands and was house trained. Best of all, though, we saw his true personality emerge from underneath the chaos - we got to make friends with the sweet, personable, loyal dog he is. We are grateful for Brittni and Unleash Fido for giving us the dog we always wanted. Teddy is much happier now, and so are we.

Darby is so patient, friendly, and firm! Haulis first met her when he was 10 weeks old. She…read moreintroduced all the basics for us to work on. We are so grateful to have had a strong foundation to build on. Haulis is now 1 1/2 years old and will be starting off leash training with Darby. Call her, you won't regret it.

Zack is amazing and has such a dedication to his work. From the first session with him, we noticed…read morea difference with our dog and were able to take our dog knowledge to a whole new level. He answers all questions and has the experience of so many dog scenarios to provide such great training. I will never not come to Zack for any future dogs. Remington (our dog) also loves Zack and attending. Highly recommend him to all dog parents!

Zac is incredible! We are so grateful to have found him for our pup and us. Everything he has us do…read morejust makes sense and works. He is patient in answering every question we have and giving us feedback while we practice with her. With consistency, we saw an amazing difference after the first lesson and continue to see improvements. We are excited to continue to learn from him so that we and our pup can have a more enjoyable life allowing her more freedom. Thank you Zac!

My dog was very happy when we picked her up. The place is clean with lots of room to run and play.read more

Dog's play is such an amazing and magical place. Julie and her team have all been so wonderful. She…read morebelieved in my little crazy dog when no one else would and we have made such tremendous progress since his boarding with her and going to classed. The only problem is now my other dog is jealous and wants to go to all the classes too. I am very particular who I would let care for my dog because many trainers are known to use aversive techniques. Dog's play is so patient and positive, we could not be more pleased. I have referred all my colleagues to her best cause she is the best!

We had a great puppy class with Julie Including socializing with other pups and completing AKC STAR…read morePuppy title.

It was Popcorn's first grooming with them & it was an amazing interaction... Popcorn went right to…read morethem... they filed our puppies nails too... definitely recommend!!!

They did an outstanding job for our girl Lula. Lula is a rescued hound who is afraid of her own…read moreshadow, but she was absolutely fine with these folks. I highly recommend them.