Marietta doggy daycare was awesome for my blue Heller cattle dog. I unfortunately had to leave him…read morefor a week while I was out of town and Tommy, the owner took amazing care of him. Tommy sent me pictures, a couple of update text and he was able to get my dog to play with other dogs without getting into arguments. Tommy just really changed my dog overall. I felt that the daily rate was very fair and Tommy even gave my old boy a bath without charging me. My new go to Spot for Dog Boarding.

DO NOT TRUST MARIETTA DOGGY DAYCARE! I was driving down Whitlock and three dogs were running loose…read moreon the road. They had gotten loose and nobody was working to oversee safety of dogs. Come to find out there has been an issue with dogs getting loose and today on July 1st they were without ac. Slum of a place that shouldn't be able to board animals.

I can't say enough good things about our dog trainer, Justin Perry. I have nothing bad to say and…read morewhat I do have to say is all true. We searched the internet for a dog trainer and met several before we chose Justin. We weren't sure how our pup Luna (short for "Lunatic") would react as she is not a friendly dog and is wary of strangers, males and kids but she had no issues with Justin at all. We have numerous dog problems; Luna is an alpha, not social, barks all the time and needs a lot of work. Justin started with the basics and had her walking on a leash (which was difficult to do before Justin started with her) and is working with her on all basic skills. To our friends I refer to Justin as a "dog whisperer" (I have never told him that to his face but it's true). Justin is very quiet at first but he knows what he's doing. He has never raised his voice to her and Luna seems to understand what Justin wants her to do. Justin gives lots of tips for pets and owners and he helped us understand Luna's actions better. Luna even looks forward to his visits. We have definitely recognized improved social skills with Luna in just a short period of time. I would definitely recommend Justin as a dog trainer and we will be calling on him for other issues as they arise.

Lisa is awesome with cats but not great with humans, sadly. Our feral-turned-indoor-princess is…read morevery skeptical of humans, but she loved Lisa. Despite Lisa's serious communication issues and difficulty processing feedback, we were content to keep her on forever, simply because the cats loved her. But then she fired us as we were about to go out of town and refused to inform us whether she intended to honor her pre-existing commitments. Some background: It was often a struggle to understand what Lisa wanted. Lisa doesn't like being texted on vacation, but she has little issue texting clients about personal things on their vacation. She sometimes insists you use the app, while feeling free to contact you via text message at other times. She'd get frustrated if we didn't pay the right Zelle account, but she gave us both accounts. Sometimes, one would not work so we'd use the other. This was one of many matters prompting Lisa to snap at my wife, a common occurrence. My wife is not rude or demanding. She is to the point and simply trying to communicate, especially on vacation. On a few occasions, Lisa's terse replies had my wife on the verge of tears. The real problems escalated over a plant, though. My wife propagates plants on our window sills. Lisa asked if she could have one in exchange for her plant-watering fee. My wife said OK, but she'd need to wait. Our friend in Asheville had lost EVERYTHING in the recent flooding, and many of the plants my wife was propagating were earmarked for her friend. My wife planned to give Lisa two plants from her next batch and even intended to plant them in fancy pots as a thank you for the care Lisa has shown for our cats. Well, Lisa got impatient. On a recent vacay, Lisa kept texting my wife about a plant. A bit annoyed because Lisa doesn't like getting texts on her own vacations, my wife told me she'd deal with it later. When we got home, Lisa had not only taken a plant, but had taken the biggest one. She'd also taken the wrong plant, mistaking a coin plant for a money tree. She'd left a note saying she'd taken it because my wife hadn't replied. Where on Earth is that tantamount to permission? Anyway, my wife sent her a text saying she could keep the plant but in the future she should wait for a reply. Lisa did not like this. I was on the couch when she arrived. Lisa put the plant on the porch with a note. I knew my wife told her to keep it so I motioned through a window "no" as she set it down. She shook her head and made haste back to her car. As I was opening the front door to call to her, she took off with a little squeal. The note said she didn't want to wait for the plants my wife intended for her, that she wanted to give one to one of her friends now. She added that she didn't want a plant at all because it would bring "bad juju" to her house. In my mind, taking a plant without permission would be the source of bad juju, but what do I know? After this incident, Lisa became noticeably shorter. Her reports weren't quite so friendly. Sometimes her messages were incomprehensible. We couldn't make sense of them. She gave our furbaby with a pancreas disease the wrong food serving, despite us updating it in the app. There were other issues, most of them minor, but she was clearly annoyed. Again, what mattered most to us is the cats liked her. Lisa was slated for an upcoming visit, so I told my wife that Lisa hadn't closed the cat food properly -- she left the top of a 17-pound bag gaping open with a chip clip hanging off its side -- and she'd failed to close our broken fridge door properly, even though we'd left her a note, which disappeared for some reason. These were small, basic things, just a little constructive feedback as we didn't want the cat food or food in the fridge to spoil. Lisa did not agree. She wrote a text screed complaining that we didn't inform her earlier and FIRING US. Shocked, my wife wrote back that that was fine, but would she still honor her upcoming commitments? My wife sent multiple notes. Lisa didn't respond until two days before we left. We'd found another sitter by then, which for those in the know, is a huge hurdle when you're getting ready to leave town (catsitters need a meet-and-greet before taking on new clients). Lisa said she hadn't seen the messages in the app that she demanded we use! This, after much complaining that we weren't using the app properly (we thought we were). When my wife explained we found another sitter, Lisa, within what seemed like minutes, complained that we were hurting her reputation by telling another catsitter about our experience and later cut us off from the app (so, now, we couldn't copy and paste info and instructions for other catsitters who use the same app). After all this malarkey, we are kind of relieved she fired us and have found two awesome catsitters to take her place.

Really can't say enough good things about Lisa. She truly cares about our cats, takes time with…read morethem and knows them so well. We never need to worry when we are away and she goes above and beyond for them and in alerting us if anything is unusual or needs attention at our home.

Christina and her team at Peach Tree Dog Training are truly exceptional. Their care, patience, and…read morededication to both dogs and owners stand out right away. They take the time to understand each dog and create real, lasting change. If you're considering training, this is a team that will actually help you see a difference!

I was very excited when I first met with my trainer. Unfortunately, tools are not something that I…read moredid not necessarily want to use. I, myself, a novice, not a trainer, had been using a prong collar. I was jarred when she used the prong to correct my 10 month old puppy, and said he was in shock because she kept snapping the leash. That was a bit too much for me. However, when I asked the trainer what method they used, and I was told the LIMA method. I was confused as to why corrections with tools were being used. After reaching out to a few trainers, this is what I have found about the LIMA METHOD; There are technically 2 views on what this term means. The original definition has a hierarchy of things that must be done before going to usage of tools of discomfort such as prong collars and the like. The newer more common conversation has left the hierarchy behind and does not allow for use of such tools at all. So I was definitely not understanding why the trainer seem led to be using the prong as a crutch to train. I was only using it for walking, and eventually would have liked to not use a prong collar at all. The trainer was definitely professional, but using tools to walk, place, sit, basically give any command was not something I was interested in. At one point when she kept snapping the leash on my youngest puppy, teaching him place I expressed that I had taught my other puppy how to be in place without doing that. My hope was that they would see if I can do it without snapping, a leash and a prong collar on the dog that they can do it too but the same behavior kept happening. I also let the trainer know that my other pup would bite if you tried to take food away that he found on the street, but we were not using that scenario at all when training. Since I am not a trainer, I can only go by what other trainers have told me. They have told me that unless I have aggressive dogs that are biting or trying to hurt others that prong collars are really an antiquated tool as is the e collar. Definitely no hard feelings. Just not the training method for me.

BUYER BEWARE!!!!! I hired Mike, ( paid for a lifetime guarantee $1,500) the dog trainer from Bark…read moreBuster to train my dogs to stop barking at the windows and rushing the front door at visitors. His training was fear based and did not help with either problem. A year later my large dog started attacking my smaller dog. Reached out to Mike, He came by and had me buy a muzzle from him and told me to keep it on her. No plan other than that. We had a facetime call a week later. Still no plan. A week later when muzzle was removed, she attacked my smaller dog and seriously injured him. Tried to contact Mike and he ghosted me stating he didn't know me. I had to put my large dog down and the injuries to my small dog was over $3,000. I contacted the Bark Buster's corporate office and they responded with an apology. I asked for a refund since I felt like the training was an epic fail. I used all of their ridiculous BAH... techniques and it was a bust. They also ghosted me.....DO NOT USE THEM! There is no lifetime service or anything else.

***LONG REVIEW BUT WORTH THE READ***…read more This is my sweet, rowdy, rambunctious, and very demanding pup Rhodi! As a first time puppy owner, I just wanted to keep her happy. I let her get away with a lot! I quickly realized that I was not in charge of her but she was in charge of me. What I thought was being sweet was in Rhodi's mind "I can do whatever I want because I won't be punished for it." She would chew any object she could find, bark at me constantly when I wasn't doing what she wanted, would not listen to me when I would call her name, jumped on me and other people, tried to escape out the front door, and peed in the house. I watched videos upon videos but nothing helped! I was doing research on dog trainers and the first thing I thought was "this is so overpriced!" As a young college student with a rowdy dog, I was determined to find the best price with the most qualified trainer and I did! Bark Busters and specifically Cody are the best thing I could have done for both me and Rhodi. I was really nervous about having someone in my home "telling" me how to train my dog, but Cody TAUGHT me. If there was something I was struggling with, like leash training, he showed me an alternative way for me to get her to listen to me. The thought in my mind was "wow, he's not making me do it this way because it's the right way, but he found me a way that was Rhodi's right way I could do confidently." Cody was validating my feelings about not wanting to hurt Rhodi's feelings and continued to talk to me about ways that would not harm my dog or hurt her feelings. Simply being able to "talk" to Rhodi in a way she could understand that I was in charge and that she would still be safe and okay was the goal. In a matter of 2 hours Rhodi was trained! Cody did his job and now it's my turn to do mine with her by following through with the keys to success only Cody could have given to me.

Do NOT hire if you have cats…read more TL;DR = I have an automatic feeder and despite my clear instructions not to give them food, the lady gives them bowls and bowls of it. They gained several pounds during the 4 days I was away. When I told her the big mistake she made, she was defensive, unprofessional, didn't give me a refund or even apologize. NEVER AGAIN. In July I hired this company to take care of the kittens I had adopted in May. I went on a 2 week trip to Europe, and Lisa said she could come every other day since they were cats and therefore more independent. It went pretty well except for my apartment was messy upon my return (ex: open can of wet food sitting in sink) and I was charged extra than what was agreed upon because more food was purchased by the sitter to give the kittens. That should have been a red flag. Over the next few weeks I did more research on health for kittens and determined I wouldn't give them wet food anymore, and wanted to buy them an automatic feeder so they wouldn't overeat when I was gone for the weekend. In September I purchased the Crestuff Automatic Portion Control feeder. I love it. I set it to the correct portion size, and fed my kittens on a set schedule 4 times a day. I got them to their vet-recommended healthy weight. This past weekend I went on a 4 night trip and hired Lisa again to come every other day. She came over on Friday and Sunday. I left a very detailed email with the following instruction being the first: 1) As I mentioned, the kitties have an automatic feeder. There should be no problems with it at all, but please do check to make sure the display is still on. The feeder gives them food 4 times a day so you don't need to give them any. When I get back from my trip Monday evening, the first thing I see is a bag filled with soiled cat litter sitting outside my door. I live in an apartment complex with a dumpster conveniently located on your drive out. But what I saw inside was horrifying. My kittens gained SO much weight over the weekend! The tray for their feeder had an enormous pile of food on it, and beside the feeder was a large bowl filled almost to the top with their food! They were sick, sluggish, bloated, and their litter box was completely filled with poop. Before leaving for the trip, I made sure to fill up my feeder. It was now halfway empty. I was crying hysterically because I give my cats Blue Buffalo food, and they're only supposed to get 1/2 cup daily. So not only were they getting their normal 4 TIMES DAILY feeding, but they were given WAY TOO MUCH extra by the sitter, DESPITE my CLEAR instructions in writing. The point of an automatic feeder is that it's portion controlled, and you don't need to give them extra food. I emailed the sitter telling her the problem, saying she must not have much experience with taking care of cats and asked for a refund. This was her reply: "Actually I have a great deal of experience taking care of cats and I have over a hundred fifty clients. I was very hesitant to take care of them again because last time they were starving each time I arrived and Mosr pet sitting businesses will not take every other day visits because it's not safe for the cats. you are the only client I have and I specify only where the cats act like they are completely starving when I arrive. please feel free to check with the SPCA and humane society and other pet sitting business is on their policies for feeding animals every other day." She basically accused me of animal abuse and was so idiotic to not understand that I'm not feeding my cats every other day - I'm feeding them 4 times daily. She claimed that they were "starving"....cats always act like they're hungry because they don't know when they're full - which is why so many cats are overweight. Everyone knows that. Rather than an apology, she sends me a Client Incident Report where she typed out what she did. Here's part of it - "The new "automatic food " feeder was empty in the bowl and quite full at the top. I was not familiar with this type of feeder so I found the new box and read about it. The cats were still highly agitated so I made the decision to open the feeder and fill a food bowl for them. They ate the entire bowl while I was there and at one point were fighting over the food so I split it." REALLY?!? Are you kidding me??? Of course the feeder tray is empty. Because when the food is dispensed, the cats eat it right away. And really? Because it was "quite full" you think it's not working? The display was on. I told her that meant it was working. And really? You gave them a whole bowl? Could you not read on the food bag that they are supposed to get 1/4 cup- 1/2 cup daily? She goes on to say "Sunday, Both cats were again highly agitated and I could not tell if they had been eating. Again, not wanting to leave them without food and water, I gave them a bowl of food again and they ate the entire bowl while I was there." Unbelievable. Beware!!!

I had an unexpected need for a dog walker. I called and left a voice mail and Lisa returned my call…read morealmost immediately. She also came for the home visit the same day we spoke. She is very accommodating and knowledgeable. I would recommend them to anyone in need of a dog walker.

I had discovered Marija and her family initially on Rover. We had lots in common cause we both were…read morerecent transplants from Washington State. She took care of my Candy on multiple occasion, and on short notice as I was dealing with chemo and medical appts. I have added pictures and videos of her stay - which were always such a mood brightener while I was sitting in the hospital. I have recommended my sister who has also used them multiple times - she has a lab mix. An amazing and loving family - you can tell the pups love it there cause they actually run towards the house.

I am a veterinarian on the Cumming area and I was blown away by the compassion and care of trainer…read moreDanielle for our client sweet Rhodey. While his owners were away on a cruise and unreachable, Danielle sprang into action immediately to get Rhodey seen by a vet when he broke with an episode of acute diarrhea. She didn't hesitate to Rhodey treated and took care of his bill without question because she wanted to make sure he was okay. She was knowledgeable, compassionate, forthcoming and a joy to speak with. I felt assured knowing that our client and their pet were in good hands with her. It's not often I meet a trainer that is as proactive as Danielle. And you could tell our patient adored her.

Courtney is amazing! She works with most East Cobb dogs…read more Since his lessons he has about 80% recall in the back yard. He has 95% recall in the house He knows place and stay He is still very motivated by treats but that's ok We have had people over and he's been able to be out with us and doesn't go nuts with them (after the initial meet n greet) Five out of five recommend