I've taken three classes with my puppy at Wonder Dogs and have been super happy with the support. The classes are well thought out and helpful. I would highly recommend them to anyone. read more

In the 2 classes I've had from Jenn, I have learned so much! She has really helped me with great ideas for my Bernedoodle (5 months old) who bites our ankles and legs and jumps up on us. I will continue to take classes from Wonder Dogs! In the past they helped my 6 year old golden who had little training. RIP Strider! He responded so well to their guidance! Miss my boy! read more

Wonder Dogs - Miss you my sweet Strider! - Pet Training Near Me - Corvallis, Oregon

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I've been training at WD for 4 months, ever since bringing home my now 6mo old puppy. I was quite surprised to see the negative reviews here, so wanted to add my experience. I've had great success training my German Shepherd to find joy in calm activities (not a natural part of her temperament lol) thanks to the team at WD. Our home life went from screaming (hers mostly) chaos to really quite lovely, thanks in large part to their classes and 1-1 help. Every trainer I've worked with (Jenn, Delaney, Suzanne, Bridget and Lisa) has seemed to really care about my dog. I feel like they are my "dog team". I have taken 2 puppy classes, nosework class, and numerous private training sessions for troubleshooting and have been really happy with all of them. Delaney even helped me train my puppy to lie down calmly for nail trims with the dremel! Yes, some of the instructors may be opinionated, but thats just because they genuinely care about doing the right thing for your dog. I'm also just very accustomed to "dog training people" and identify as one myself. If you are a dog training person, and dogs are "your thing," sometimes you will have an opinion or suggestion that someone else won't agree with or like. This has happened to me a few times with WD trainers, and I gave their way a try and more often than not, found that they were right! And if their way didn't work for me and my dog, I would let them know, and we'd keep trying other ways until we figured it out. Again, I very much feel like they are on my team and just doing their best to help me communicate with my dog. I love the WD facility because there's tons of space; my puppy gets overly excited by other dogs, so I like being able to have our own safe space and barriers when needed. The trainers are very proactive about not letting your dog "rehearse" undesirable behaviors by both managing the space and helping you communicate early with your dog, which I greatly appreciate. Their training methods are positive (no corrections) and are well aligned with online courses that I take outside of class (Controlled Unleashed, Fenzi Dog Sports Academy, etc). They also seem to be open to experimenting and innovating, keeping up to date on their training skills, and flexing to meet you where you are. I don't think that there's one "perfect" training facility for every dog owner, so I can understand why some would not find WD as a perfect fit. But I think WD is more than worth a try, whether you're new to dog training or just want to level up your skills and learn new things (and have fun with your dog!). read more

Wonder Dogs - "Capturing calm" at home - Pet Training Near Me - Corvallis, Oregon

Update: we graduated to Super STAR and are continuing to make progress. Definitely still recommend Wonder Dogs read more

Wonder Dogs - Sofie (left) with her best friend - Pet Training Near Me - Corvallis, Oregon

BEST dog training in Oregon. EXCELLENT qualified trainers who know dogs. Kind gentle training that works. We travel over an hour each way for classes-- they're worth it! read more

I would not recommend Wonder Dogs to anyone. Suzanne the trainer I had was very impersonable and seemed to care less whether I was getting the help me and my dog were there for. She said she would email me the lesson review and homework, since I do not own a cell phone and never did. It was really a bad experience and will continue to inform people of this. Most people I know who have had experience with Wonder Dogs have told me they have really gone downhill. Sorry, but this was a complete waste of money. read more

First of all, their address for my GPS keeps taking me to this random place in a forest...The 2 times I went to class I was late because of this. Apparently this has happened to other people too!! Someone else in the class told me it happened to them several times. I told the trainer there and she couldn't care less. I apologized about being late...I told her I was late because I got lost due to the GPS and she came back saying "Oh yes I'm sure you did." With a sarcastic sort of tone. I felt so awkward here! The trainers were knowledgeable sure, but their way of doing things was very strange in my opinion. They had everyone in the class out super far away from each other in the corners of the large gymnasium-like room so the trainer had to shout out instructions and they just expected us to understand everything right off the bat. My puppy unfortunately can be difficult and she was very anxious in this situation since everyone was so far away and she wanted to meet and greet...But the trainers just put a wall up to block her from seeing anyone. ( which I do understand but they didn't even ask me first or say anything...I felt like my puppy was kind of being treated like a problem child...lol. ) The trainers also saw me struggling with my puppy and did nothing to help...( Isn't that what they are there for? ) They just expected me to know exactly what I was doing...They didn't give me any advice or anything and just kept on teaching as if they were reading a script and just couldn't be interupted. Honestly I go to training classes at Petco and they are MUCH more personal, caring and compassionate about my puppy and I....and actually take the time to help me even in a group class! I would 100 times recommend Petco before Wonderdogs. More like Blunderdogs lol! Honestly I could have watched a YouTube video and gotten a better experience than these classes, not only that but they charge a fortune to shout the lesson at you and do nothing on a personal level....or maybe they just didn't like my puppy because she was a little disruptive and not a perfectly trained dog like they were expecting. I was actually recommended Wonderdogs by my vet and honestly I would never recommend this place to anyone, in fact I would only recommend you DON'T go here...you could watch an internet video on dog training for FREE and learn much more....or go to Petco in Kaiser and ask for Kayla. She is an amazing trainer and actually cares about you and your dog. Thanks for reading my review! read more

About a decade ago we worked with Julie who I believe is the owner. Back then we had a great experience with her and she really helped our troubled dog. Recently I contacted Wonder Dogs and was directed to Sharon Gakstatter. The experience couldn't be more frustrating and dissapointing. After a month of trying to schedule a behavior consult through the less than intuitive website, trying to work with Sharon, who has very poor communication skills, she told me there was no times that would work with my schedule. As I'm available every day before 12:30 that was surprising and disappointing. I put a lot of time, effort, and patience into trying to work with them and it was all for nothing. I recommend putting your effort into working with another company that is customer and pet focused. My month long impression is that Sharon has very, very poor customer services skills and in the end would not have been good with our dog as she is terrible with their people. read more

I have worked with Jenn and Lisa. They are very professional and knowledgeable. Their recommendations have been helpful, and in my experience, they have been flexible and responsive. Laura and Xena read more