KissAble Canine

Our bernedoodle graduated tonight with mostly flying colors. Would absolutely recommend Puppy K dog training. Love the positive reinforcement method of training and feel like the pups are set up for success in good behavior and socialization.

My dog (Porter) and I really enjoyed our Beginning Manners class and look forward to signing up for more. I use the tricks (manners) Lisa and Joan taught us when I take Porter hiking & camping and everyone thinks he is sooooo cute. (I'm just happy to have a little more control.) I also learned a lot about how to properly cue and hold treats, etc.

They are nice and Ok, but frustrated that it didn't help with the main thing I wanted it to.

We have had a great experience with all of the trainers! The classes and individual training have been excellent.

Lisa is great! She took the time to get to know our dog and created a personalized lesson plan. We've had two sessions with her so far for our reactive dog, and we already started seeing progress after the first. We're excited to keep working with her to help our dog become more confident!

Kissable Canine is an excellent, versatile dog training resource. They are staffed with trainers that are experienced with all types of dogs. They offer both private classes and the classroom setting. What I like most is that they understand different learning styles of both the dog and the owner. They offer a wealth of training tools that fit the unique needs of the dog and the owner. They also offer continued learning to build the training relationship with your dog.

I contacted KissAble Canine for assistance with my adopted dog's high level of anxiety, which manifested in separation anxiety and reactivity to other dogs. She also came to me with no knowledge of basic commands. Amy came to my home for a 90 minute assessment and consultation and provided me with a lot of information and training techniques to work on my dog's reactivity and to start learning her basics (I had a behavioral traner work with me on her separation anxiety).

Since her initial visit, Amy kept in touch by email to see how things were going, and has been very supportive and encouraging in my efforts to help my dog. She came back twice to work with my dog on basic skills training and tried hard with her, but my dog's anxiety levels need to settle down before she can focus on the training with Amy. I highly recommend KissAble Canine's services and personnel.

We started working with Kissable Canine back in 2014 with our fearful dog. Since then, we've done just about everything they have to offer - in classroom and in home. The trainers are terrific and the classes are just the right size. They've been great about recommending what could work with our different dogs' personalities and needs. Plus - they are great people. The new training facility is awesome!

We have loved working with Kissable Canine! We are almost done with the Reactive Dog group class and can definitely see a huge difference in our girl, and we look forward to hopefully signing up for more classes. Every class is packed with good training techniques and there is always a homework assignment to help focus our training at home. It is so worth the price. They have really taken the time to get to know Mae, and we so appreciate it! Love this place!

We used KissAble Canine for home training for our young (then 5-month-old) German Shephard (GSD) puppy. We purchased the 3 in-home puppy training package, had Jennifer as our trainer and are very pleased with the results. Jennifer was great with our GSD (Toby) and was great to work with.listened to our concerns, Toby's issues, etc., and then developed a plan to address them over the 3 training sessions. Definitely would recommend both Kissable Canine and Jennifer for folks looking for good dog trainers. Doug

Lisa is the best trainer! We did reactive dog training and a private session and our dog is doing amazing with the training and tools she has provided to us. We are so very happy. Our dog barks at other dogs and refused to go outback after something we weren't sure of happened to him out there. He has been coming outback on his own after just one session. We learned so much and it's made a world of a difference.

Mandy is an excellent trainer and we have a great dane puppy. She has been providing private training for the past five months. Our dane is growing and we are learning as well. Mandy is patient, understands our needs and customizes the training for us. Highly recommend her!

I've visited a few other trainers/puppy socials and have walked away feeling unfulfilled, but then we found Kissable Canine; they're great! We've visited both locations for puppy socials. At the Lee Hwy location, Laura does such a wonderful job with our dog during puppy group classes. This is such a positive and constructive environment for learning new things!

I took my pup here for the group obedience training and loved it. Having been to a similar class by Unleashed (by Petco), I can say Lisa's techniques and training way better. On our first class we were having difficulty finding the place but Lisa was very accomodating, she told us to come early the next class to do some catch up. I will definitely sign up for the next level, but right now I need to focus on training my pup what we've learned in the first level.

Had our first "puppy class" last tuesday led by Gwen and Charlie the tzu and I learned some new tricks, got to play with the other pups and enjoyed ourselves. Training is based on positive reinforcement with treats which at 8 pounds, I'm trying to watch his figure but will probably prepare his dinner and use it for next class per trainer's recommendation.

Hey boys gotta eat! Soon as you are confident, you can ween off the treats and use play and praise. Gwen even used Charlie to "demonstrate" which I laughed because good luck with my OCD puppy but low and behold, Gwen is the Dog Whisperer. Okay, I shut up now and whatever you say, I will do. First class covered simple sit, lay down, down, leave it, potty training techniques and homework to try with your pup.

I learned a bit and it's up to me to practice with my puppy but I am really excited about it. Gwen even gave us her contact and is open to questions and topics inside and outside of the classroom so that's a big plus! She really cares and wants pups to succeed so be sure to "reward the behaviors you like!" Even though we attended our first class, I look forward to the next classes coming up!

We have had a couple training sessions with Lisa for our Mountain Cur mix and couldn't be happier with the results! Lisa takes the time to walk us through the various commands and explains why it's important to do each command consistently each time. She also gives us alternate ways to address the specific behavioral issues (OCD) our dog has - if one way doesn't work, she has suggestions for other ways that will.

She is receptive to answering any questions we have between sessions and she has talked to our vet to make sure there is a coordination of care for our pup. We get through so much in each session and she makes sure we take the baby steps to set our pup up for success. We also recently learned our dog was deaf - so Lisa was able to tweak the training we had already been working on.

We are extremely happy with the care and training she gives our dog :) It's amazing to see the progress our dog has shown in just the past month! As an aside, the training provided is only helpful if you (as the dog owner) are motivated to actually train your dog each and every day. This also requires patience on your end. You can't expect results if you aren't committed to actually use the training techniques that you use during the training sessions.

Mandy is wonderful. She is insightful, patient, explains everything, and is completely unflappable. I cannot imagine the dog that would take her by surprise- she is so good. When I first started working with her- my dog was pretty insane. I've been working with her for about 6-7 months, meeting once a month. I came to Kissable Canine with a pretty extreme situation (in my opinion)- the dog I had recently adopted had started EATING everything in my house, including carpet and furniture.

He has the dubious honor of having destroyed at least 3 couches, and most of the carpet in my house. Turns out, he has loads of separation anxiety and also just general anxiety. Mandy identified this straight away and worked with my vet to get things right. In my case, my dog needed medication and Mandy helped me realize that medication really was called for.

She also had lots of very practical, easy-to-implement solutions to deal with his anxiety. I had hoped that behavior modification alone would do it but it wouldn't. It took a combination of medication and behavioral training- and a good bit of owner training too! Sometimes- that is just what is called for. Something I REALLY loved about working with Mandy and Kissable Canine- they email, consistently and constantly.

They are so attentive- I have had numerous new developments arise between training sessions. Mandy always gets back to me with some good advice about the situation- not just a rote reply, or a request to discuss it at the next session. I really feel that she is invested in my dog and making sure he gets sorted out. She's compassionate, and she has made all the difference in my life.

My dog no longer eats furniture! I now know how to 'set him up for success' so that he won't flip out when I leave the house. And he knows a good handful of tricks that make him a very well-mannered dog. All thanks to the guidance of Kissable Canines and specifically Mandy. I highly, highly recommend them!

My review here was removed, so I'm re-writing it. Maybe some re-wording will better fit Yelp's TOS? I decided to check out KissAble Canine for training for my dog. However, I moved on when I talked to someone with the company and found out that KissAble Canine doesn't seperate an assesment from the first training session. To have an initial consultation and first lesson, it was going to cost $170 + mileage (I lived outside of the no mileage radius).

I wasn't comfortable dropping that kind of cash for a trainer that I couldn't meet first. The other reviews are great, and the risk could be worth the reward, but I never made it beyond the initial phone all.

I just completed four one-hour private lessons with Lisa at Kissable Canine and am very happy with the results! Lisa was so great with my 6 month old beagle and was professional, a great teacher, and such a nice person! We had gone through the basic puppy training at Petsmart (6 weeks of one hour group sessions) and that had helped with basics like sit and stay but we had problems walking him on the leash and getting him to be more obedient.

The four session package was $320 and so worth it! Lisa starts out by discussing your expectations and makes sure there's no expectation gap. I told her that our big goal was to get him to walk better on a leash because he either dragged behind or ran ahead, stopped to sniff forever and it would take 5 times as long to get wherever we needed to go.

Over the course of the four sessions (spread out over 2 months, per my request) my little guy has gotten very good at down, stay, staying in his bed (Lisa said this was good because if the pup is trained to stay on the bed, then you can take the pup to hang out at a coffee shop or restaurant outside); he got over a stair phobia, we're working on recalls ("come" command, even from a distance), and she gave us advice about how to walk him (apparently tugging on his Easy Walk harness is ok.he is much improved now).

I highly recommend the one on one training because you can train your dog in home, outdooor, and dog park (or places with other distractions) environments. Lisa is a great teacher and gave us fundamental skills to keep training the pup. The homework is targetted at your dog's specific needs. Well worth the $320.