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    Rafa's Paw House

    1.4 (9 reviews)

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    Dream A Dream Dachshunds

    Dream A Dream Dachshunds

    4.1
    (34 reviews)

    Recently I got a red long haired female as an emotional support dog for my husband who has…read moredementia. Zoey has been a game changer for both of us - my husband now smiles and laughs and gets up early to take care of her. I have a loyal loving friend who is devoted. She is happy and healthy and relatively easy to train. (Meaning I am well trained) Bear in mind, I called ahead to see if there was a black and red or a cream long haired male puppy. I came home with an all red long haired female, my granddaughter fell in love with and wouldn't put down. It only goes to show a happy health puppy is all you need - forget color just fall in love. Sherry and her team have been nothing but supportive and have given us great advise. I will probably get a second puppy once I am completely trained. Thank you, Sherry In reality she has been fairly easy to train but she is a puppy and it is all about being consistent..

    Okay. I'm really really disappointed I have to do this, but the public deserves to know. Let me…read morestart by saying I am a dachshund advocate for Travis county. I own them, and I constantly work with rescues to get dachshunds in our community placed. In the past, I supported this business, thinking that it may have also been helping the dachshund community. I've shared multiple of their posts when they try to help, and I engaged with their posts. Commenting and following up with potential adopters, Sharing them in local dachshund groups, and boosted them for the algorithm. I recently caught on to an extremely shady backyard breeding process they were partaking in: using the mom up in her fertile years and then dumping her off. This is called a "discarded breeder" or "spent breeder" in the dog breeding world. If they cared about the dogs under their care, they would continue to value the dogs after their money-making years. Rehoming a dog after 6-7 years is traumatic for a dog who has only known their home, and should only be done for extreme circumstances: dogs are family, and dachshunds are extremely sensitive to this. They bond deeply with what they know and their pack. Dachshunds should not be discarded and forced to go through a mid-life rehoming just because they aren't cash cow for the owner anymore. This told me that these people don't care about dachshunds at all, they care about money. Once she was no longer a cash cow for them, they don't care about providing care for her. I went back and saw they did this with multiple adult female dachshunds. After seeing this, I (very politely) left a message to them, essentially saying that I don't think it's a good idea to be discarding the mothers after their breeding years, because of how deeply dachshunds bond. The owner's response: not answering my question, but quickly erasing my comment and blocking me from the group and page, after all I've done positively. Because I caught onto something shady and dared to ask a question about it. If this is how they view dachshunds, why would you ever leave your dachshunds in their care? Your beloved is just a money source for them, hidden behind clever Facebook posts that make them seem like they care. I would absolutely not trust these people with any dog. Do better. These are real dogs with real feelings. Not a substitution for a 9-5 job.

    DogJoy

    DogJoy

    4.6
    (44 reviews)

    We took our German Shepherd puppy here to go through the Good Manners class and we are so happy we…read morestumbled across Dog Joy! First the location is remote and the grounds are very well kept. There are plenty of training areas outdoors, space to run around, as well as a splash pad pool area for pups to swim and play. Training classes were both hybrid indoors and outdoors and Briana is truly amazing at what she does. She has the best approach when it comes to training your dog and I love how thorough and informative she is. Almost every session you attend, at some point you have to demonstrate in front of the class things that you've been working on with your dog. What I love about Briana is if you do something incorrectly she does not make you feel bad, she simply corrects, redirects and then compliments once it's done right. Luna loved going to "school" and learning new things as well as playing with other dogs after the training classes were over with for the day. These classes were so important and really helped us better understand her and furthermore I think she loved wanting to learn as well. We have seen such improvement in her demeanor and behavior and will continue to reinforce what we've learned at Dog Joy. We hope to sign Luna up for more classes in the future.

    Horrible! They advertised an event and when I arrived with my two dogs and paid $60. You'd think…read morethat everything else would be part of the package. But no! To get some treats $6., to get popcorn another price, to get water another price. Just terrible!

    Starmark Animal Behavior Center

    Starmark Animal Behavior Center

    3.1
    (135 reviews)

    We picked up a happy and healthy dog after 6 nights of platinum boarding. We were extremely pleased…read morewith the professionalism and experience of the kennel techs. The kennels were spacious and my dog was able to keep her own silicon toy with her for comfort. We did do a few days of daycare beforehand per Starmark's suggestion and feel it really helped prepare our nervous dog for the new-to-us facility. We will be using them again!

    I have had two experiences with board and train at Starmark and want to CLEARLY separate the two…read morethough my overall review stands as a reflection of the overall experience with the business not just with the trainers. My first board & train was with my male Belgian Malinois and stayed for 4 weeks with Bella as the trainer. This experience was phenomenal. Great updates on progress with commands and socialization (which was the biggest issue for him). When I picked him up the take home lesson clearly demonstrated the effort Bella and Baz had put into training and showed clear positive results. Demonstration of heel, basic commands and bite were very nice. Because of this experience I traveled from Alabama were I am staying temporarily to have my female Belgian Malinois stay for a 6 week board and train. Bella apparently wasn't available so Paige was the trainer this time around. Through email a command list was provided as well as the request for off leash obedience and intro to trail tracking if possible. The updates started and stayed positive but extremely generic. This was a statement in an update 2 "Saphira has made a lot of progress this week, and we just started e-collar conditioning today! She's already mastered the basics, " and updates such as this continued until it was time to pick her up. 6 weeks later and another trip from Alabama I was looking forward to seeing my pup and the progress she had made. The take home lesson was a DISASTER!!! When first bringing her into the room her level of excitement was clear so I was prepared for more mistakes and issues because she is younger than my male Malinois was during training previously and it had been a while. Paige demonstrated a heel and place which honestly were quite good and I was happy with the on leash demonstration. Off leash heel was less than desirable but a good introduction. The issues became clear when off leash the sit and down command demonstrations were worse than her performance of those commands prior to entering the board and train. The demonstrations became so problematic off leash that I requested her to be put on leash. With some more demonstrations with terrible results it was time for me take the lead/leash. Performance was not good but it was helpful to get the introduction to E-Collar and off leash handling before reverting to on leash. The commands that supposedly were taught (requested via email and confirmed via later email that they confirmed "All of the commands you listed below are the ones she was taught." Continuation marker - yes Terminal marker - free Sit - sitz (seetz) Down - platz (plahtz) Stand - Steh (sh-tay) Heel - foos Recal / come - Saphira Heere Leave it - lass es Out - Aus Only sit, down, heel were demonstrated with the incorrect word (English being used by Paige on several occasions paired with stimulus from E-Collar) in addition to place which I had not listed but was discussed. Out, Leave It do not result in the intended behavior (not sure if trained at all... definitely not "mastered") recall on leash requires her to see a reward recall off leash ineffective sit and down are slower, sloppier, and confusion around which to do that was not the case before training. Stand - saw no change either positive or negative prior to the training. Paige said she worked with her on trail tracking and gave me an intro to continuing that and no demonstration was provided as I am sure that would have been difficult in the time allotted but I have not worried about the trail tracking since she has been home as all of the focus has had to be on the basics that were "mastered". While continued training for the basics is always important with continued training it is as if she is starting where she was 12-18 weeks ago for sit and down. I believe too much focus was put on off-leash training rather than staying committed to the quality of training for the basics. I would have preferred honest updates and feedback with a redirection on the focus of her training to a much higher standard than broad training at a very low standard. if Bella isn't available I definitely won't be going back to Starmark for board and train as my faith in the business and other trainers has been impacted by this experience and through the email exchanges since.

    Barks A Lot Pet Resort

    Barks A Lot Pet Resort

    3.2
    (46 reviews)

    Beverly is Amazing. She cares for our dog like he is part of her family and our dog loves to go…read moreand see her every week. Her whole family is fantastic and we have never had a bad experience. She looks out of our dog and is constantly doing those little things that go above and beyond. Our dog Rocco absolutely adores her!!

    I wanted so badly to like this place. Adorable home, super sweet staff, great prices. But we won't…read morebe coming back. I have a puppy, about four months old. I was unable to fly with him over the Christmas break, so I made sure to reserve him a spot to board. In prep, I dropped him off for day camp so I could get a feel for the place and he could get used to the staff and the smells. After the day camps and whenever I checked in during his week stay, I wanted to know how he was doing. He's a puppy, so the way he's socializing and his schedule for feeding and potty times are super important to me. Every time I asked, it was so vague. "He's doing great!", but no one seemed to know anything specific until I really pressed for information. And I heard different information from each staff member. My real issue is here: When we picked him up from a week stay, the owner/groomer met us outside to talk about his health. She claimed to be a vet tech for many years, and was concerned about his weight. She made us feel guilty about his grooming and how skinny he was (again, he's a large breed puppy) and recommended adding tuna to his diet. We felt so awful that we immediately took her advice. DO NOT FEED YOUR DOG TUNA. it's filled with mercury. After less than two cans, my dog now has an infection and constant diarrhea almost two weeks later. He picked up an infection (either from the tuna or the place) and is now on antibiotics. Now, I should have absolutely done my research as a "parent." But to claim to be a medical professional and guilt us into making incredibly unhealthy choices for our puppy, makes me so angry and upset. We won't be going back.

    Sublime Canines

    Sublime Canines

    5.0
    (16 reviews)

    Briana volunteers with Kids-N-K9s, a program where at-risk teenagers train shelter dogs for…read moreadoption. http://wilcopets.org/KidsandK9s/tabid/2376/Default.aspx Briana is absolutely amazing. She has excellent dog skills but lots of people can say that. What she also has are excellent people skills and a lot of enthusiasm and energy that she brings to the table every single lesson. She makes dog training FUN incorporating games, competition, and rewards that can be traded in for prizes to practice the skills that you are working on. The kids always get excited when she comes because every lesson with her brings something new and exciting. She also does a great job of breaking things down into simple to understand concepts and uses examples about how things relate back to people to help the clients understand. I have referred some of our adopters to her and they all wrote to me to say that she was incredible and that they couldn't have been happier with her services. I highly recommend her. She is currently training at Mud Puppies in Cedar Park. Check her out. You won't be disappointed.

    I called Briana at the recommendation of a coworker for my 8 year old Am Staff that was showing…read more signs of separation/isolation anxiety. I consider myself a pretty well educated dog owner and had increased my dog's exercise and training when she began showing these signs but to no avail. Briana did one home visit and gave us a handful of additional tools that we could use to see immediate results. (Disclaimer: There is no magic trick and you must be willing to put in the effort). Within a few days, my dog was calmer and so was I. We've continued on Briana's plan and even joined her Good Manners I class, which is great, and the relief that my dog is no longer in a panic when I leave makes me feel like I'm not a prisoner in my own house anymore. I would recommend Briana to anyone that has a dog with behavioral issues or even if you just want to brush up on manners and get the Canine Good Citizens.

    Rafa's Paw House - petboarding - Updated July 2026

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