“One of my favorite activities is walking my two dogs each morning but once I found out I would be having twins as a first time mom, I knew right away we were going to need some help! Our dogs, Barry and Misty are rescue animals and come with some personality quirks who need not just a good dog walker but someone with training and behavioral skills.
David was just the guy we were looking for! Not only is he committed to giving our animals the daily exercise they deserve but also the discipline and direction they need. He gave my husband some great advice and within a week of working with them, I saw noticeable differences in their behavior. As I left for work one day, I caught them walking happily side by side down California , which if you'd known my dogs before, this is something you never would have seen!"
~ Andrea and Joe Szymczyk (Barry and Misty)
"I walked both of the dogs last night and I can't tell you how much they've changed. I was probably the best walk we've EVER had. I used what you've been using (headcollar) with Chopper and he was AMAZING! Harley was good, too. She was way more focused on the treats (pretty much the whole time), and Chopper was much more subdued. We worked on "sit," "watch me," and "take it." WOW! What a difference. Anyway, thanks for the help. We were a happy family before, but we're even happier now that we have some structure in our lives. Simply AWESOME!
~ Brigitt Rains (Chopper and Harley)
"Issy went to the groomer on Saturday. When I picked her up, the groomer said, 'I don't know what you've done with this dog, but she is amazingly well behaved and socialized for 8 months.' Thank you David for the great skills you taught both of us and giving me training tools that work."
~ Dianne Johnson (Issy the Golden)
"If I stepped out of my condo and took Bernie and Thunder for a walk, I could make it to Portland in 15 minutes because they would pull me the entire way. Our dog walker recommended David so he came over to our place for a consultation. He started the next day and there was marked improvement. We agreed that David would work with our dogs for a two week period. During those two weeks. David sent us progress reports via email and would often leave literature for us to read. On several occasions, David made videos of our dogs during their training session. This was not only very personalized service but it was also very helpful to us so that we could model our behavior similar to David’s. Within two weeks their and our learning grew exponentially. It is actually now very enjoyable to walk our dogs and this would not have been possible without the help we received from David. My wife and I give him our highest recommendation."
~ Alan and Jennifer (Bernie and Thunder)
"We added a puppy to our pack of 2 humans, 1 dog and 2 cats. Our other dog Mac was 4 when we got Willow and had already been through training so we called David to help with Willow's early education. David was great, very helpful and offered great insight and information. Through David's training, we found out we had a very smart dog and with David's guidance, a very easy dog to train.”
~ Tina, Mark, Mac, Lucy, Missy and Willow
David the Dog Trainer is absolutely fantabulous!! I rescued a shepherd mix dog last May 09. It was a spur of the moment decision to adopt her. I have had small dogs all my life and never really trained them. So, after walking out the door with my shepherd mix dog Sienna, I thought OMG...what did i get myself into. She pulled, lunged at people who would walk by us, and chased everything that moved. I thought to myself, "what did I get myself into!!" So, I jumped onto google and started searching for dog trainers and asked around...and I stumbled across David. I was a bit skeptical...as I always am about new things/people. However, we found David to be patient, knowledgeable and just freakin awesome!!!
It now has been about a year, we have seen so much progress with Sienna's behavior! She walks 100% better and David has taught us how to teach her other behaviors than lunging/barking and chasing little critters when on leash with positive reinforcement training. David really helped me to train Sienna with lure-reward training and shaping. I have received so many compliments from people saying "wow, what a well behaved dog, I wish my dog behaved like yours!" Not only is David awesome, but his wife has accompanied him to Sienna's sessions and she is nothing but awesome too!
~ Monica Pak (Sienna)