BlueDog Pet Care

About three years ago we were having some issues with our beloved rescued cattle dog mix, Wilson. He was fearful and sometimes aggressive, particularly with men and other dogs. We were planning a renovation of our house that ultimately would take about nine months (turned out great by the way). Because the work was being done by men we decided that either Wilson was going to have to be taken out all day every day or he was going to have to come to terms with human males. Blue Dog sent Eric to our house for a series training sessions that taught us how to manage our own reactions and behaviors so that Wilson could become more comfortable with people. We eventually signed our dog up for Canine Good Citizen training (which he passed with flying colors). We have continued to use the techniques we learned and Wilson is a happier, much less fearful dog who no longer shows any signs of aggression. We take him to all kinds of places, including dog parks, and he does beautifully. If we ever get another dog we will be going to Blue Dog for puppy classes as early as we can. So, three years later, the proof is in the happy, confident dog.
5 10 years ago (30-01-2016)

In my opinion, Blue Dog is an outstanding training facility. My trainer is compassionate, highly skilled, patient, and extremely knowledgable about positive reinforcement techniques. Frankly, I don't know what I would do without him.
5 10 years ago (02-12-2015)

Bluedog walks my 3 dogs on a regular basis. We had never been disappointed with them. The owner is very nice and accommodating and our dog walker, Rebecca is great with the dogs. I came home early once and it was great to see how happy my pups were to be with Rebecca.
5 12 years ago (12-03-2014)

My husband and I decided to rescue a second great dane because we love our first one so much and thought we could provide a good home. We soon realized after rescuing Willy that he had some issues. Being fairly experienced with dogs, we thought we could work on the training ourselves but soon learned we were in over our heads. Luckily we called BlueDog and found Kim and Eric to be just as dedicated to helping Willy as we were. Willy is a big guy (150 lbs), but he did not have a good life previous to finding our home which makes his an extremely nervous dog. He also knows that he is big and intimidating so when he would get nervous, he would lunge and growl at strangers and other dogs. He would very quickly escalate himself to the “red-zone”. Eric was extremely patient working with Willy and teaching us about training and body language signals. We went from day 1 where Willy wouldn’t even let Eric approach him to having Eric dog-sit for us while we were on vacation in the span of a couple of months. Kim and Amy also came over to help out during training sessions and expose Willy to new people and other dogs. We are eternally grateful for the training that they provided us (the people) so we could work on training Willy. I am sad to say that we moved away from the area and we really miss the BlueDog team. We continue to work with Willy and he is doing great with people and some dogs. Maybe someday he will like all dogs…. Anyhow, I highly recommend BlueDog for training, dog walking (Eric also walked our two danes during the week), and house-sitting. I never had to worry about how the dogs were doing when we were away because I knew they were in good hands and when we would return from vacation, they were better behaved than when we left!
5 13 years ago (21-09-2012)