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August 2021 by Google user
Upon arrival my sister and I did not know what to expect for our two rescue puppies who are pit bull mixes. While filling out paperwork and explaining the reasons why we were there it was clear the trainer was biased against bully breeds. Her two dogs were gated in the same vicinity as our puppies and would not stop barking. This was fine, however, our final straw was when we felt she was insinuating the cause of the barking was because of our dogs. It was said twice, “they never do this, it must be your dogs.” Our puppies the entire time were clearly stressed, cowering, breathing heavily, and scared. The only time one of our puppies barked was because her dog barked and made a loud noise on the gate. As you can see, this is when we decided to leave. If you want a compassionate open minded trainer I would look elsewhere, especially if you own a pit bull-Who I would like to add are products of their environment and our two puppies wouldn’t hurt a soul. We are very disappointed and upset.
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January 2021 by Sam Gagliano
Upon arrival my sister and I did not know what to expect for our two rescue puppies who are pit bull mixes. While filling out paperwork and explaining the reasons why we were there it was clear the trainer was biased against bully breeds. Her two dogs were gated in the same vicinity as our puppies and would not stop barking. This was fine, however, our final straw was when we felt she was insinuating the cause of the barking was because of our dogs. It was said twice, “they never do this, it must be your dogs.” Our puppies the entire time were clearly stressed, cowering, breathing heavily, and scared. The only time one of our puppies barked was because her dog barked and made a loud noise on the gate. As you can see, this is when we decided to leave.If you want a compassionate open minded trainer I would look elsewhere, especially if you own a pit bull-Who I would like to add are products of their environment and our two puppies wouldn’t hurt a soul.We are very disappointed and upset.
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October 2019 by Maggie Schneider
Great puppy class. Open to all levels of training.
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October 2019 by Kurt Devlin
Amazing passionate trainers. Worked really well for my dog when she was a puppy through one year. Highly recommended!
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August 2019 by Sandra McGee
Attended Denali Dog Obedience School and was very happy to do so. My Boston Terrier was very stubborn . Once home we did all the things we learned from the class and worked every day with our puppy. Lo and behold he is now doing all the things we learned and much more including silent hand signals. He is a pleasure to bring out in public with his new skills.
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August 2019 by Nancy Gent
Wonderful doggy training classes - they are just the right size, will work with you - highly recommended
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August 2019 by Nicole Benedict
Erin is awesome!
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June 2019 by Donna Bassage
Great program Rory has learned a lot I was not sure I could teach him but we are 5 weeks in and he is doing very well
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June 2019 by Chrissy K.
Over crowded class, other dogs and handlers will be about 2 feet on either side of you and your puppy. Trainning methods are very owner handler dominated over the puppy. The owner Sue uses choke collars on young pups to force them into submissive behavior. No positive reinforcement at this school. Sue trained with the man who designed the choke collar about 45 years ago and has not changed her training metheds since. Please veiw youtube video link below: No one from the "school" contacted us after we did not return to class #2. After about a week and a few days i tried to contact school, no contact from Denali. No calls, no e-mails, no text messages. They do not care about you, or your puppy. $155. Down the drain for one very disappointing "class". Sue told the class all the puppies should be off puppy food very soon, pointing to a 8 week old golden retriever even you should not be eatting puppy food very soon. The lady has no odea what she is talking about. What a total waist and disappointment. That link again.. Please take you sweat puppy or dog to anyone except Denali. Thank you for reading till the end.
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April 2019 by Virginia Searl
I have taken five dogs over 25 years to Denali Dog Obedience School and am currently taking my sixth, a seven month old puppy. I have had nothing but best experience with their instructors, several of whom have been teaching since my very first class beginning. Instructors are kind yet firm with both dogs and their owners, reinforcing the techniques owners must learn to teach their dogs how to be "good dogs". Classes are well organized, class size is appropriate for socializing dogs with other dogs in a supervised environment. Dogs learn how to attend to their owners even with the distraction of other dogs.
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April 2019 by Tarah O'Shea
We had an amazing experience with this training facility. They really helped me learn how to properly communicate with my dog. I would highly recommend this school.
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April 2019 by Bradley Newton
Uses a positive reinforcement approach to teaching owners and pets the set of signals and rules for positive behavior and routine. Taught at Orchard Kennels and works through anseries of weekly classes with daily home work. You build a foundation of progressions weekly and will routine discuss your instructions to success or deal with other home behaviors and how to correct. Have taken several pets through many levels of obedience.
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April 2019 by melissa thayer
I went to one class which was extremely full with big dog and little ones. I didn’t like how the one trainer handled a big dog that didn’t listen.
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April 2019 by Anonymous
By far the best place to have your dogs trained. Very knowledgeable and experienced instructors offer help to everyone in the class and leave no one out. They stay late to answer questions and address all concerns and questions related to caring for your dog. Holistic approach to dog care that shows they put the health and well being of the animal above human convenience. Both my dogs have been to their lessons and I am highly satisfied with the outcome. Their training is based on the Volhard Motivational Method, which is based in the principle of positive reinforcement. This is the original version of this teaching method. They were trained by Jack Volhard himself! If you truly care about having a life long companion you can trust in any situation life can throw at you, take them to train at Denali.
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April 2019 by Sarah Kester
The beginner classes we attended were way over capacity! Our trainer was unfocused and unprepared. You would be better off watching YouTube videos. If I could give my experience zero stars I absolutely would.
