Dog Nerd

I've read through the 1 star reviews on here and they're pretty ridiculous. It's not the trainer's job to review policy with you. The organization's policy is posted on their website and discusses that e-collars are not used in positive reinforcement training (which is what this place is committed to), and it also states that payment for classes or day care are not reimbursed. If you didn't read that, that sounds like a you problem. As for dogs not fitting into the day care - that can happen. In order for it to be safe for other dogs and people, dogs with certain types of fearfulness or reactivity can't be there. That's normal. It's also stated in their description of day care services. If you're not honest about your dog and then get told that your dog isn't suitable for the day care, then again, that sounds like a you problem. Dog owners need to do their own work on getting to know a training organization and reading through policies. If you do that, and you're honest about your needs and your dog's needs, then you won't run into the problems the 1 star reviewers did. These issues were all preventable by the owners who complained about them. But of course, some people will always think the customer is always right.

Dog Nerd follows current best practices based on scientific evidence by using R+ training techniques. We took our reactive rescue to the Reactive Rover class and he is making great strides at being able to be in public without trying to fight everyone and every dog he sees. During those classes the dogs were suitably arranged to protect them from each other and to manage their stress so they were able to learn. More recently we've been taking our puppy to puppy classes, and have her enrolled in day school. We're very happy with the attention and care and training she receives at day school, and equally happy with the instructions, handouts, and feedback from puppy classes. I highly recommend Dog Nerd.

Lisa has been training dogs for over a decade and will help you build a solid relationship of trust and caring with your dog. She’ll help you train your K9 to do some pretty neat stuff as well! Highly recommend.

Lisa is an incredible dog trainer! We enrolled our 10 month old doodle in the 12 session Dog Nerd Day School program and were so impressed with how much his leash walking, basic manners and obedience improved! Lisa also put together an awesome custom training program to prepare our dog for the arrival of our baby. We cannot thank Lisa enough for all of her knowledge, support and professionalism. Our dog absolutely loved going to "school" and working with Lisa each week. We would recommend the Day School program to anyone!