Best Paw Forward K9 Training

Pat took our gigantic, unruly, hard headed puppy and turned her into a respectful young lady. So happy to have had Pat to lay this groundwork for our girl. What she taught her is essential to our everyday life with our pup. Pat is so committed to helping us stick with it and continue this discipline as well, which is a huge bonus with this program
Jun 22nd, 2023

This review is way overdue, but we feel like that may be a good thing because we can speak honestly to the staying power of Pats training. Our 2 littles spent three weeks with her in January, together, for board and train after we combined households. Buddy struggled with reactivity and separation anxiety, and both dogs played off each other. Car rides, walks, travel, visitors, outside noises, etc. all caused them, and consequently us, stress. When we picked them up from training, the improvement in their behavior was immediately noticeable. Four months later, we can say that what they learned has stuck! Pat laid an incredibly strong foundation and with her ongoing support, guidance, and encouragement, we have been able to follow through with appropriate tools and expectations at home. Car rides, trips to the vet, walks, visiting others homes and having visitors are now not only manageable but enjoyable. Ellie and Buddy continue to surprise us as they continue to improve their self-regulation and their ability to calmly manage situations that used to cause them stress. They are both still fun, energetic dogs with lots of personality, but they are calm and happy. Win- win for all involved! Knowing that Pat continues to love, care about, and advocate for them from a distance, months after they completed training means more than she can know. Were forever grateful and cant recommend her highly enough! Jennifer, Dave, and Meghan and Buddy and Ellie, too
Jun 2nd, 2023

We love Pat and BPFK9! My dog, a 10 year old mini Poodle, Soy, is such a sweetheart but she had some anxiety driven reactivity issues. Her issues magnified when we brought a newborn home a few months back. Pat identified that the core of Soy's anxiety is her low confidence. She had Soy for 4 weeks, working on building her confidence. She did her magic! After spending just 4 weeks with Pat, Soy no longer showed extreme anxiety at home. She didn't follow me around the house, she listened to my commands, she respected the boundaries between my baby and her. She didn't bark at every single noise she heard. She didn't seek my reassurance every 2 seconds! As Soy just got back a week or so ago from her training, we're still working on recall but she is already a whole different dog! Huge props to Pat. She's the most genuine person and she really loves what she does. We're very lucky that we found her and were able to have her train Soy. We love to continue working with her and we'd recommend her to anyone who's looking for dog training!
May 4th, 2023

We went through a bad adolescent phase with our rough collie puppy. He was spoiled rotten when he was a baby by my fianc and I but by the time he was 75 lbs instead of 25, his bad manners were stuck. He was reactive on walks, barked relentlessly when he wanted out of his crate (even at 7am on a Saturday) and couldnt be left alone for more than 10 seconds without him trying to get into something. The basic puppy training sessions we got for him just werent enough. I found Pat through a quick google search and she was quick to get back to me to start talking about setting up a start date for his training. Hes been home now post-training for a couple weeks and we still cant believe the improvement. He listens to us now, doesnt bark in his crate and I can now comfortably walk my large dog without him pulling me or getting too excited when he sees another person or another dog. Were hopeful and excited that he will finally be able to be our adventure companion we dreamed of him being. Hes entirely new and improved but the same lovable goofy boy!
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