As follow up to my poor service experience with Petco Wasilla, I spoke with my vet again regarding…read morethe wellness letter your staff said my vet will know all about. They have six people working in the office and none of them know what you're talking about. They have never issued anything other than the check up report and rabies certificate we gave your staff. They are checking with Petco Corporate but said they've heard of a vet issuing a "wellness letter" to a groomer. How can you improve? Fire your rude incompetent two bit manager and mean girl workers. Petco is a business that should provide good service to its customers. Not your staff rudely lecturing customers about what they want the customer to do when they show up for an appointment that took a month to get. It was a total waste of our time and we will not be back. My hope is those who take time to read this review will arrive at the same conclusion and run for the hills. This place is not worth the brain damage. Stay away.

I visited Petco Wasilla store and talked to a manager regarding my vet putting my dog on…read moreprescription wet food because of allergies. We had 6 cases of non prescription wet canned food that we had ordered because the store was always out of that food. I asked the manager if we could return the 6 cases all with late 2026 expiration dates and he said yes. He said we can do a store credit or put the credit back on your card. The next day I carried 6 cases in to the store and the manager was not in. The sales clerk said we don't accept returns after 60 days. A different manager came out and she pulled up my name and we have no record you purchased this food here. I told her I ordered that food from them in the store for the last 5 years. After 30 minutes of them trying to find my order I pulled up my bank records on my phone and showed her all of the orders. Magically they were able to find my orders. She told me that the manager I met with was new and that they could only give me a store credit. I insisted on a refund. The manger went to the back room to call her boss and came out and said we will only give you a store credit. The new food is only available on line and using the store credit would not allow me to do repeat orders to reduce cost of the case. I agreed and so she started processing the credit in her register and turned to me and said the system will not allow me to process the credit because it is over 60 days since you purchased. I spent over an hour dealing with incompetent people and walked out with the 6cases. I will pay more purchasing from my vet before I will ever step a foot in that store.

Nicole is a great trainer for large, high prey-drive dogs. She is a balanced trainer, using mainly…read morepositive methods and some aversive methods. She trains in the community which is good for the dog. She understands the behavior and gets in their heads. She teaches the owner. She holds a weekly Zoom session. She offers a group class at the Parkstrip in the summer, but excludes reactive dogs. I would like her to offer a reactive Rover group class. My dog is excluded from her group class. She also needs an indoor facility for winter group classes. She is an experienced trainer who should expand her offerings.

I took my dog Ozzy to a board and train with Alaska Dog Works. They did an amazing job! Their…read morefollow up is exceptional. They did an at home visit two weeks after our board and train and worked with Ozzy in our house and they hold free group classes and online meetings for their board and train clients all summer long to get your dog comfortable with different situations and more comfortable around other dogs and people and answering any questions that might come up. I can't say enough good things about them!

My 8 y/o very spicy husky, Piper, stayed here for the first time in January. Piper has trouble…read moretrusting both humans and dogs so it has been a challenge to find places that will take her on for boarding. I chatted with Kristina before booking her in to Howl-a-Day and she instantly put me at ease. She understood Pipers needs and didn't have a problem accommodating them. Because they have indoor/outdoor runs, Piper was able to stay separate from other dogs and humans and still get outside for play and potty time. :) When a snowstorm hit the morning, I was supposed to pick Piper up and I couldn't get out of Anchorage, she was able to keep Piper for an extra day no problem! Will definitely book with Howl-a-Day again! It's great to have another resource for boarding when unexpected travel comes up!

We took our young German Shepherd here for two weeks of boarding and some training. She was eight…read moremonths old. The owner put her in an ecollar and when we went to visit and check her progress she was thin and had picked up lice. She was terrified. She was supposed to stay longer but I was crying when we left without her and I told my husband to turn around and we went back and took her home. That was when we found the lice. I was devastated that we had unwittingly put our young dog in this situation. This was several years ago but... Beware!

The Iditarod Headquarters was a cute stop on the drive from Anchorage to Denali. $10 admission…read moreprovides a quick ride with Riley or merchandise credit. It was an amazing experience to meet the dogs as they were all so lovable. Riley was very nice and informative answering questions I had about his sled dogs. They play a 30 minute movie which I didn't get to watch due to my schedule. I highly recommend making this stop in Wasilla!

A bit of a money grab to be honest. The movie was nice but paying $10/ person for a 2 minute…read morewheeled sled ride is not worth it. I would't do this again.

I remember coming home crying because walking the dogs had been so stressful. Every time we saw…read moreanother dog or person they would pull and throw a temper tantrum. I told my husband that we needed to do something very soon! Luckily I found Karen online and she came out for a free consultation. The very first day our dogs came home we were amazed at the progress they had made. Now we have graduated and our relationship with Finnick and Windu is so much better. We enjoy walking and hiking with our dogs again! I can not thank Karen enough!

My Yoshi loves it here! Wish the prices were a bit lower. Sandra is wonderful! I will be coming…read moremore often when things settle in. I have shopped different and this is the best!

I do not recommend Atlas Working K9's! She sent me 2 cease & desist letters & lied about a…read moresettlement when it came to this review. Yelp has now placed a consumer alert on Atlas Working K9 for misusing the legal system. I have video, screenshots, audio recording, & multiple witnesses to validate my review. She also keeps flagging my pictures in hopes to remove my review. Then you have her ex fiancé Mike Milsap & business partners Courtney Odem's husband (who lives in Texas) commenting on here to give her a higher star rating. She also reviewed herself for a higher star rating which was removed. Annabelle is a huge bully & has threatened me 4 times now, made false statements about me, highly unprofessional, & in my opinion not a good dog trainer or person. First, She told me my dog could not be a service dog because of his high drive when she hadn't even worked with him yet. After I already paid $2,875 for board & train! His main goal was to be a service dog not a pet since I don't have a lifestyle that supports a pet dog. Second, I only went to her because it looked like online she did positive reinforcement & she was recommended by the breeder. However, she put a prong collar on my 3 month puppy when I said I wasn't comfortable using a prong since he was so young. A prong collar isn't used in positive reinforcement & shouldn't be used on a puppy under 6 months. She does put prong collars on every dog she works with from what I've seen. I did see an improvement in my puppy with this other trainer after she quit working for Annabelle & no longer had to follow Annabelle's methods. The biggest improvement started when we stopped using the prong collar. Third, no refunds offered at the time she told me my puppy had potential genetic hip dysplasia. She told me if I returned him to the breeder she would just use what was left of my training to train a different dog, not issue a refund. Forth, highly unprofessional & threatened legal action against me 3 times in an attempt to scare me into removing my honest reviews. First threat came when she posted a cryptic post that talked about "stop blaming the dog & the breeder for being at fault & the reason for rehoming a dog". It seemed it was aimed towards me & my dog so I commented & she claimed it wasn't about him (but she had him in her possession at the time of the post). Then she threatened me in private message saying I'd hear from her attorney if I talked bad about her. Second threat was when she SENT ME A CEASE & DESIST LETTER THE DAY SHE POSTED SHE NOW OWNED MY PUPPY & RENAMED HIM! Then in a second social media post over exaggerated everything I said about the puppy as the reasons why I sold him back to the breeder to discredit me & my experience with him!!! Third threat was a 2nd cease & desist letter threatening criminal charges due to my reviews & said I could no longer talk or post about my former puppy Zenyokai (now Apollo)! Not only that but threatening criminal charges against reviews is a very unethical scare tactic to silence me & get me to remove my honest reviews! As well as now owning my puppy & renaming him which seems to be out of spite! Update: She now posted on Facebook & on this review response claiming Zenyokai (apollo) was malnutritioned. (He was not) Then after creating her response on google & slanderous Facebook post, in one of her 20 harassing text messages to me she said I was a great dog mom & cared deeply for zenyokai now apollo. She's using zenyokai (apollo) as a pawn to bash me & the trainer who formerly worked for her. Unfortunately she has google & Yelp flag all my screenshots of proof. So no I do not recommend Atlas Working K9!

In a little less than a month our pups will be staying with Atlas Working K-9's for their Vacation…read moreStay in June while we get married out of state! We even booked their stay with her several weeks in advance to ensure they had a spot with her. Our pups will be staying with her for 2 whole weeks and she is one of on a very small list of people whom we trust to properly care for our pups in the same way we do. We know they'll get all the love and care they need so we don't have to worry while we're away. We have been working with Annabelle for 2 years now and will continue to do so. Her valuable knowledge and experience create an opportunity for each and every dog to succeed that comes her way. We value her opinion and highly recommend her. We look forward to enrolling in her new play based program in the near future!