Performance Dogs, LLC

NOTE- Dec 2022: HES BACK! Now operating under K9 Concepts LLC. Already has an injured dog and his LLC has only been up since AUGUST 2022-wow; thats talent. Personally, after being successfully sued for losing a clients dog, lying about it, and refusing a refund resulting in a BIG settlement AND having a judge admonish me publicly in court I would be so ashamed that Id never train another dog as a business, but were talking about this arrogant specimen. ****** ORIGINAL REVIEW I've been waiting a long time to write a review of this business. The owners whose dog was lost are my friends. You won't find more honest, caring people than them. My position on this whole fiasco is this: everyone makes mistakes. How you respond to that mistake is key. The owner of this company basically failed on every count. He repeatedly lied about what happened to the Nichols' Great Dane Minnie (including that little whitewash below, where he essentially- in a lie, no less, belied by his OWN STAFF-blamed the owners). That's correct. His company LOST a client's dog, he lied, and then blamed the owners. If that isn't gall, I don't know what is. But it's also foolish, because what this genius fails to understand is that good reviews of a business pale in number to bad word of mouth if a company screws up as badly as this one did. What Cait's review fails to mention is that she and her husband canvassed and searched for HOURS in the heat (the next day, obviously, since they weren't informed the first day in a timely way), while Cait was hugely pregnant with a potentially dangerous second pregnancy. They had to pay for childcare for their other child at home, and her husband had to lose valuable time at work. Originally, they only wanted their money back for the training (which, fair- since, let me repeat this again- the company LOST their DOG) and compensation for vet bills- Cait was also too nice in her review to mention that the skin on Minnie's paw pads was basically completely ripped off, and that she could barely walk and was in tremendous pain. The owner stopped responding to their requests (after agreeing), preferring to dodge their requests. This went on for quite a while, and then because apparently this owner can't do math, he had to pay substantially more in the end, because he LOST THE LAWSUIT. So in a nutshell. I wouldn't give this lying, arrogant, unaccountable conman a houseplant to train, much less a beloved family member (which Minnie is- she has happily fully recovered). I guess if you want someone who is dishonest, throws his own staff under the bus, is incompetent and shady, then this is the business for you. Enjoy.
Dec 3rd, 2022

Did not follow through. Did not return calls to set up times and though said would come to me I always had to go to him and only because there were group events. When I tried to get my money back he refused to answer calls and texts. Should have listened to the other reviews since I put in a lot of money to get my dog trained and got very little in returns. Please be very weary and dont ignore these negative reviews
Mar 3rd, 2020

If you think that this man only scams customers, you are sorely mistaken. He pays his employees under the table, so when you quit, he can withhold your money without a paper trail. He still owes me $500 for my last paycheck 2 years ago. I was told if I showed up to get the paycheck, he would call the police and tell them that I was a disgruntled employee making threats and that he would have them escort me off the premises.
Jan 5th, 2020

Horrible! He did not follow through with the initial 15 days pick up and drop off contract. He only sent his team to pick up my dogs twice. I have family members at home, and cameras to monitor pick up and drop off. I have to personally call, text or email him to ask for reasons why the dogs weren't pick up. After that, he decided to change his business model and started group training classes that took place in a private community, which was not what I had signed up for! There were only some group meet up sessions, but without any explaination, his Meetup profile was deleted. I haven't heard from him since November 2018. Save your money and find better trainers. Such waste of money, and never recieve any money back for unfulfilled sessions.
Nov 15th, 2019

I was a client a little over a year ago and decided after seeing these recent reviews to say something...the reviews that he lies and is a scam artist is completely true...I signed up for one of 15 session packages and after months of training the progress my dog made was very small, the only reason i continued to drop my dog off there was bc i saw it as daycare and there was one staff member there i liked and could see was giving my dog attention...Steve promised weekend group sessions that he would routinely not show up to without notifying anyone and I was given the same promises as everyone else that there would be a pool and full agility course, oh and the home visits that were suppose to happen were a nightmare to schedule and we never got the second one...Steve talks about his apparent book constantly and as a new dog owner I was naive and fell for his pitch....Do not take your dog here...I just one day stopped dropping my dog off and Steve either didnt notice my dog was no longer there or didnt care to bother and ask why I was no longer dropping my dog off...the only time I would really see Steve at the facility was when someone was there to get a tour and hear his sales pitch
Oct 3rd, 2019