I'm really glad that after my initial review the owner, Miranda reached out to me. Had she not, I would've lost all hope in dog training schools. Miranda is such a genuinely kind person who clearly takes pride and cares about her business and clients. After I posted my review she contacted me and we had a long chat about our experience in puppy pre-k. I felt like she really listened to my concerns and what I felt was important for my pup. She offered a private session with herself and trainer, Val, whom she thought we would be compatible with. During that session she had me bring the whole family. They really took their time meeting with us so that we all could come up with a plan that was best for our pup. They recommended that we have 2 private sessions and then join the Basic Training which was a 6 week group class. I thought this was extremely kind and generous of Miranda. All group classes and private classes were with Val Masters. I LOVE Val and highly recommend her. She is an amazing trainer. You can tell she has years of many experiences in training. I love that she is firm in her teaching, no nonsense, straight to the point. Her teachings is clear and very structured. I felt like I was in college again. Before the Basic Training group class, she has everyone attend an orientation. She made pretty much a booklet outline of the class so that we knew what was being covered at each class, also what materials we would need to bring. She also sent a more detailed outline of her outline lol. All to insure we would get the most out of each class. I appreciated this because it explained how to execute the commands we practiced in class if we forgot at home lol. What I really liked about Val was she explained why she was doing certain things. For example, "touch" I thought it was a useless command when I heard this in puppy pre k. I said, my pup already knows how to shake. If she just went over how to do the touch command I would've overlooked it again... but her teaching style she explained why it was important, that it wasn't just a "touch" it was a soft recall which is such an important command to teach your pup for safety. I loved how just explained every thing making her class so easy and enjoyable to follow. All the while, Miranda would message me to follow up and see how things were going. This time around the experience was a complete one eighty. I love coming in here and bringing my pup, Boba. The staff here is so friendly and welcoming. They offer so many different programs here. Now that my Boba has completed Basic Class I can't wait to sign him up for the next. Thank you All Stage Canine Development! read more