Adrienne gave us back our 5 year old dog that so many told us needed to be put down due to her fear aggression. We were not ready to give up and I somehow clicked on Bark Busters in a last ditch attempt to find the help we needed. We had worked with other trainers/behaviorists but we just couldn’t get to the point where Leia was living her best life. We were not able to take her anywhere or leave her without one of the family staying with her. After the first training session, Adrienne showed us that Leia needed our leadership. She showed us how to be what Leia needed in a firm way that emulated canine communication and behavior cues. We are working with Leia and are able to call on Adrienne for advice and guidance. Leia is like a new dog for us and we can see how grateful she is that we found someone to teach us what she has been needing. Adrienne gave us the confidence and knowledge to enjoy this sweet girl and, more importantly, Leia can enjoy her life!
Adrienne was exceptional! Our family learned so much, especially how to truly communicate with our dogs effectively. She was also incredibly patient and encouraging. Our dogs responded appropriately to her within the first 5 mins of knowing her. Even after she left our dogs are still responding to the training well. Adrienne knows her stuff!!! We look forward to gaining more wisdom as we navigate healthy lifestyles and behaviors for our pups! Thank you from the bottom of our hearts Adrienne!!!
I adopted Rocky, a Border Collie mix, from a local animal shelter when he was around 6 months old. He was found living in a field, underweight and was cautious of the world. At home, he is the most loving dog in the world. Outside of my home, he was dog and people aggressive from the start. He would want to challenge other dogs to a fight and lunge at people, especially men when we would go on walks at the park. The command, "come here" terrified him, he had signs that he was beaten as a puppy, loud noises scared him, if I raised my voice he would start to bark, and even hearing a football or basketball game on the tv, he would go hide.
After working with two different dog trainers with little success, a friend of a friend recommended Bark Busters. I had done my research with little success beforehand as everyone posts great reviews and the second trainer basically had a PHD in dog behavior, but that did not yield any success for us.
We started working with Adrienne Greene a few months ago. When we first met her for the first session, Rocky wanted to eat her alive and this did not scare her away. Adrienne shows up as one confident, empathic person who is here to work with both the dog and the owner. We have made more real changes in a few months then I have seen in the 18 months since I adopted Rocky. Her style of teaching is completely different then I have seen before and for us, 100% effective. It’s more of tapping into his brain, showing him of who the pack leader is through confidence without the need to reward him with treats or in trying to overpower him through one’s own strength to get him to do what I want.
All of this goes back to having Adrienne, who is one confident individual as stated earlier, work with both of us in a manner that builds Rocky up in learning that he does not need to protect me from the world as that’s my job to keep him safe.
I rarely post anything, but I wanted to let all of you know, that if you are in a similar situation like me, committed to helping your dog get better, I highly recommend working with Adrienne as she has helped make life so much better for Rocky and my family. We have seen Rocky go from the need to fight the world to remain safe to now learning to play with other dogs and learning that not all people are bad. Thank you so much Adrienne!!!! Your work really makes a difference!
Adrienne has been fantastic for our family. We have two dogs, one has been with us for 4 years as a puppy and I had a trainer help me early on during Covid lockdown for basic things, like sit and wait and for walking and barking. We still struggled with the walking and the barking over the years. And then we got another dog from rescue earlier this year and she is about 3 years old. She was scared to go on walks on a leash and she was a barker as well. And with both dogs combined the barking was getting out of control. I had another trainer come and work on things with both dogs but the training was all treat motivated which doesn’t always work. You don’t always have treats on you and you want the dogs to listen to commands and not because they’re going to get rewarded with food each time. I was not getting good results with the training and we were still struggling with the barking and the walks.
I googled trainers that specialize in dog barking and that’s how I found Bark Busters. The first longer session we had with Adrienne, humans and dogs alike were exhausted but we amazed at the changes in just a few hours. (We unfortunately had a lot to work on! Lol) My skittish rescue was smiling, which we’d not seen her do in the months we’d had her. Adrienne’s approach is to train the humans in how to interact with our dogs in a way that leaves them feeling secure and safe and listening to our commands. Not the dogs running the show! We had never owned dogs before these two so it was a learning curve for sure, and I wished I had found Adrienne when we started but I’m grateful to have her as our trainer now. The changes in the dogs during our lessons has been full circle. And I am less stressed with them being at home with me all day while I work and they’re happier too. I was afraid to take them for walks because it was stressful for me with the tugging and the behaviors, but they are happy and learning every day now that I know how to approach it with them. I would highly recommend Adrienne to anyone that needs a great trainer!
Adrienne is amazing! I can't even begin to describe the difference two sessions has made with our big pup, Otis. He is a big boy (120+ lbs) and was super dog reactive. I wasn't able to walk him with any control and it was getting dangerous. I had hired previous trainers who literally told me Otis was a danger to society and me and to euthanize him. Adrienne came in and calmly explained how to properly communicate with a dog. Otis responded immediately. Adrienne understood he is just a big sweet boy who needed more direction and to know he didn't have to protect us or worry so much. All the training is done in a safe manner with no harmful punishment techniques for your dog. It is based upon how mother dogs communicate with their puppies - in a dog's language. After just two visits Otis was literally so much calmer and relaxed. During the second visit he was able to meet Adrienne's dog, Nala and he was a good boy! We were able to walk them around the block together and another dog passed and Otis remained calm. This is night and day from his aggressive, dog reactive behavior. If you have any issues at all with your dog please don't loose hope but seriously call Adrienne. Do your homework! Our lives have truly changed for the better - there is much less stress in our house and we have a good dog! Thank you, Thank you!
Adrienne is AWESOME! Who knew that our fur son was feeling like he needed to take care of us. Adrienne came in and started training us to let Sugga Ray (our 1-year 11-month-old Boxer) know that we are taking care of him. I was amazed at the training techniques. So simple, that it made us feel really stupid. I guess you don't know, what you don't know. We are working on his reaction to other dogs if they bark at him or get in his space, but of course when we need dogs to pass by us on the trail that bark, there are none to be found. Adrienne gave us a great start and left us with plenty of homework for Sugga Ray. I know we have more things to work on, but we feel so good about his progress in just a week. We had overnight company this past weekend and he did not jump up on anyone not once. We are super proud of his 1st week of progress and our parent progress. I look forward to a very long relationship with Adrienne and Bark Busters. You all have been a blessing to us. I wish I would have found you all years ago with past fur babies, but I am definitely looking forward to a long partnership with Bark Busters.
We were blessed with a rescue dog with high energy and in high need of training. We were told he was six years old, but our guess he was about three when we started fostering him. He is a rescue and we have no knowledge of his previous life before coming to us. He had two surgeries to treat his hip dysplasia followed by physical therapy sessions. Ruben has been a part of our family for two years now. During the time we fostered him, the animal rescue did provide a trainer to help us with Ruben’s behavior, but we knew we needed much more. Our daughter found Bark Busters and we met with Adrienne at our home about a year ago. Adrienne knows how to get a dog’s attention so the dog will follow through with her commands. Adrienne may be identified as a ‘dog trainer’ but actually she is training us as the ‘dog parents’. She is teaching us the tools that will help Ruben to become happier and less fearful of the people he meets. Ruben is a ‘work in progress’. At our first meeting, Adrienne did a fabulous job teaching us how to be our dog’s leader. We have worked on ‘claiming’ the front door when guests arrive. Some of our dog’s issues (baggage) include separation anxiety, trust issues, and biting. Adrienne does not think Ruben is vicious. He just needs to know we are the leaders in his ‘pack’. Adrienne helps us with current needs at the time and she has noticed how much Ruben has improved from the first day we met. Adrienne knows Ruben is a work in progress. He is getting better as we work on the tools she has provided. Please consider Adrienne as your dog trainer. She is awesome.
Adrienne did a fabulous job training our two dogs (80 pound Great Pyrenees and a 50 pound Australian Shepard mix) After one session, the behavior of our dogs was completely changed. They no longer blocked the door trying to get out, and their incessant barking lessened. The second lesson provided us with more techniques with leash management. We went from not being able to walk the dogs to taking long walks around our neighborhood within in a matter of weeks. We couldn’t have trained our dogs without Adrienne’s help. Thank you, Adrienne!!!!
Thanks for this great review, Royce! I loved working with you and your dogs! I can't wait to see how your music career develops - keep in touch!
Matt O.
3 years ago
— Highlands Ranch, CO
If you are skeptical about training or struggling to find a trainer you feel like you can trust to help with your furry family members, you need to read this! Adrienne Greene with Bark Busters absolutely changed our lives! She is a professional, charismatic trainer and very knowledgeable about our 4 legged furry friends behaviors. The training she provided is simple, was a bit counterintuitive for my human mind at first, and dare I say, magical! I would recommend her 100 times out of 100. But let me give you a little background on our particular situation so that you can make the best decision possible for you and your situation. We got our family’s first ever dog in October of 2019, a beautiful Australian Labradoodle named Millie. Then the world shut down from Covid. So, like many people in our situation, Millie lived at home with us while kids went to online school and adults moved to a work from home environment. When the world started to normalize again, we took Millie out to the kids sports, to the park, and other places. My poor little pup acted like Cujo around other dogs, people or any animal in general. She responded to any encounter with out of control barking, growling, teeth gnashing, lunging and just all around aggressive, out of control behavior. We had no idea what to do. So we started to research dog trainers. We talked to a dozen different trainers that all had different philosophies and in the end they all made us a bit uncomfortable. So we did nothing. We just continued with the status quo and either brought Millie with us and endured the crazy aggressive behavior by trying to avoid other people and dogs, or we left her at home. Those awful encounters just encouraged us to limit her interactions with other people and dogs even further. Millie is super affectionate and loves all of us and we love her dearly. I knew she needed some kind of training if I was ever going to be able to take her with us and have her enjoy being out and about with us. So, we started looking for trainers again. We waded through countless web pages reading about different training systems, reviews, methods, and pricing models. We tried some socialization and behavior training and had a horrible experience because nothing changed with her behavior. So once again we decided that we would just continue with the status quo, and sadly, that we might not be able to take her with us anymore. Then came August 2022 and my family started to talk to me about getting another puppy. I love Millie and she brings so much joy to my life. I was extremely hesitant to get another puppy because I was worried about how Millie would respond to a new puppy in our home. I did not want to bring a new dog into our home and make her miserable, nor did I want to make the rest of my family miserable. So we started reading about the right way to introduce a new puppy to an existing dog. Once again, there were several different opinions regarding the right way to do this and it felt impossible to know which way was correct. I kept reading about needing to be ready for an outcome where the dogs just refused to be around one another and needing to isolate them from one another forever. Talk about going from bad to worse. I just could not imagine putting Millie and my family through that. I knew that if I agreed to get a new puppy, I could not get the introduction process wrong. Ultimately, I agreed to get a new puppy.
That brings me to Adrienne and Bark Busters. My wife came across the Bark Busters website and asked me to look at it. After looking at 30 or 40 different training sites over the years, and having a bad experience with one, I was naturally skeptical about the process in general. I liked what I read on the Bark Busters website and like many training sites they had some good reviews that seemed to mirror the behaviors that we saw with Millie. Even after all of that I said no at first. Then I slept on it, and the next morning decided that I just could not afford to get the introduction process wrong and I needed help with that so I called Bark Busters. I made an appointment with Adrienne and explained my situation to her. She scheduled us for our first training, which was the day after we were picking up the new puppy and asked that I not introduce the two dogs until she was there and we worked with Millie first. After all of the bad interactions we had with Millie and other dogs I thought to myself, there is no hope of fixing Millie, but at least we can get the new puppy introduction right. BOY WAS I WRONG! Adrienne came into our home and began to teach my family how to speak dog, without Millie being involved yet. Now I was really skeptical. I came into this process with an open mind but as she described this simple process of correcting all of Millie’s aggressive behaviors, I was telling myself that there was no way this was going to work and that I had made the wrong choice. Then we brought Millie into the training environment and started working with her and to say that my mind was blown is an understatement! As we worked with Millie over the next hour or so, I witnessed a dog that started to show impulse control, was in the room with a stranger and wasn’t showing any signs of aggression, met another dog on leash and showed no signs of aggressive behavior, etc… My son asked her where she learned her black magic because our dog was acting like a completely new, much better behaved dog. Then we moved on to introducing Millie to our new puppy Maverick. It went okay, but Millie showed some aggressive behavior and was not comfortable with it. We bought into the super simple training that Adrienne gave us and over the next day, we had very good interactions between the two dogs keeping Maverick in his puppy pen and Millie outside of it. So the next day we moved to interactions with both dogs on a leash in our front yard. And to my surprise Millie was amazing. After one day, she had no growling, barking, lunging, nothing. She was a completely different dog! Now she was not used to playing with another dog so she is learning to play less aggressively, but after 2 days of my family working with her, she is no longer showing any signs of aggression toward our new pup. So by the end of day 2 we moved onto on leash interactions in the house, which went very well. Day 3 we had both dogs interacting off leash in the house, but still with very close supervision. We had a stranger come to our door and Millie just stood in the other room and watched the interaction. No barking, growling, nothing! Seeing how well Adrienne’s training is working for our almost 3 year old dog and our new puppy, I wish we would have found her and trained with her years ago. But you don’t know what you don’t know and if you are like me, you love your dog, and there is a lot of different information out there about training methods, and you don’t want to do the wrong thing with your best friend. Or you have tried some training and it did not work. If any of this resonates with you and your situation, please call Adrienne at Bark Busters. She did nothing short of change our lives. 4 days ago we had an adult dog that was extremely aggressive toward other dogs and strangers. Today, I have her in my office with me and have introduced her to several new people. Using Adrienne’s training I had no problem introducing them and Millie greeted each of them happily. Yes you read that correctly. 4 DAYS LATER, my once aggressive dog is meeting strangers in a strange environment and enjoying the experience. I took her out to walk in a strange environment and she walked well on the leash, relieved herself, met a new strange dog, all without incident and she did so well! Now she was still a little uncertain about meeting the new dog today, but she did really well. No barking, growling, lunging, nothing. Just a little tentative to meet the new dog, but she did so well! Now you know why I described Adrienne’s training as magical. I don’t know how to describe it any better than that. It is super simple, seems a little counterintuitive at first, and just flat out works like nothing I have ever seen before. By the end of day one, I was telling my self what an idiot I was for not doing this years ago. Listen the bottom line is that her training works, and it works better than I ever imagined it would. I had sadly given up hope of being able to take Millie out in pubic with me and 4 days later she is meeting strangers like a happy dog and sitting by my side in my office. I am not here to convince you to use Bark Busters. If you took the time to read about my situation and you made it this far, you know that I understand the apprehension that is involved with finding a trainer for your best friend and trusting that what they are doing is the right thing. I am only here to share my story of success and hopefully empower you to change your life and the life of your furry friend(s) for the better.
You guys are amazing and did the work and the follow-up. Such a pleasure to see people love their dogs the way you all do. Great job and thanks for the kind words.
Jaimie H.
4 years ago
— Englewood, CO
8.2021 There comes a point in every dog lover’s life when you have to get REAL honest with yourself about the successes you want your furry loved one to have while interacting with people, animals, the delivery person at the door, the rogue, “super friendly” off leash nightmare, the neighbor they see through the window, the “new” furry addition to the family or just taking a general walk to the mailbox.
I adopted a 3yr old deaf Australian Cattle Dog (currently 7 yrs old) with a very questionable past we shall say, we went through 3 years together just her and I ruling our roost like two girls would. I gave her the best training I knew how (and I thought I knew how – I mean, I grew up on a ranch, we always had cow dogs, what didn’t I know about this breed) - (fast-forward a year) 2 surgeries for the cow dog, a bad motorcycle accident for me, a new boyfriend and a 2nd deaf dog combined our worlds. (A little knowledge on the 2nd deaf dog, she is a 4y old boxer who was attacked by a pitbull and left her with staples in her front and back leg. This dog feared everything in her world and was brought into a new home with a girl human and a cow dog she didn’t know) The Cow Dog was having NO PART of a 2nd dog in this house – Nope, not even a little bit – we went from smooth sailing to barking, biting, fighting, whining, territorial, unpredictability overnight.
In walks Adrienne Greene – Bing Bang Boom, 3 hours later, lots of homework, lots of grace for us humans and our furry counter parts, lots of education and I personally learned the things I thought I knew was in part, me trying to humanize/rationalize a dog’s reactions logically instead of getting on their level, learning their language – one morning spent with Adrienne was a Game Changer for both dogs, and both fur loving dog parents.
The end result of a 3-hour session: Cow Dog was calm, relaxed and focused on me for direction (being deaf that is huge in our communication skills) no longer looking to try to rule this roost. The Boxer dogs anxiety was melting away in front of our eyes, she is and continues to gain confidence and looks to us for direction and security. (And we are just getting started, but we are starting now in a peaceful, cohesive, trainable household)
I can honestly say you are doing yourself and your furry family member a huge disservice if you have any issues/questions surrounding dog behavior in any stage and do not engage Adrienne Greene for help.
PS – do yourself a favor and stay off the “worlds best training web sites” you will thank yourself later (or like me, mid-session) I was doing the preverbal forehead slap for wasting so much time thinking I was doing the right thing for my dog.
Pupdate: 5.2022 Almost a year later we needed to do an in-home session with Adrienne again to help our boxer dog with a new set of anxious behaviors, it took less than an hour to address and redirect her anxiety and help her to calm herself down and become a quiet dog again.
Lisa M.
4 months ago
— Parker, CO
Adrienne gave us back our 5 year old dog that so many told us needed to be put down due to her fear aggression. We were not ready to give up and I somehow clicked on Bark Busters in a last ditch attempt to find the help we needed. We had worked with other trainers/behaviorists but we just couldn’t get to the point where Leia was living her best life. We were not able to take her anywhere or leave her without one of the family staying with her. After the first training session, Adrienne showed us that Leia needed our leadership. She showed us how to be what Leia needed in a firm way that emulated canine communication and behavior cues. We are working with Leia and are able to call on Adrienne for advice and guidance. Leia is like a new dog for us and we can see how grateful she is that we found someone to teach us what she has been needing. Adrienne gave us the confidence and knowledge to enjoy this sweet girl and, more importantly, Leia can enjoy her life!
PermalinkLondi S.
5 months ago
— Denver, CO
Adrienne was exceptional! Our family learned so much, especially how to truly communicate with our dogs effectively. She was also incredibly patient and encouraging. Our dogs responded appropriately to her within the first 5 mins of knowing her. Even after she left our dogs are still responding to the training well. Adrienne knows her stuff!!! We look forward to gaining more wisdom as we navigate healthy lifestyles and behaviors for our pups! Thank you from the bottom of our hearts Adrienne!!!
PermalinkRich M. .
5 months ago
— Englewood, CO
I adopted Rocky, a Border Collie mix, from a local animal shelter when he was around 6 months old. He was found living in a field, underweight and was cautious of the world. At home, he is the most loving dog in the world. Outside of my home, he was dog and people aggressive from the start. He would want to challenge other dogs to a fight and lunge at people, especially men when we would go on walks at the park. The command, "come here" terrified him, he had signs that he was beaten as a puppy, loud noises scared him, if I raised my voice he would start to bark, and even hearing a football or basketball game on the tv, he would go hide.
PermalinkAfter working with two different dog trainers with little success, a friend of a friend recommended Bark Busters. I had done my research with little success beforehand as everyone posts great reviews and the second trainer basically had a PHD in dog behavior, but that did not yield any success for us.
We started working with Adrienne Greene a few months ago. When we first met her for the first session, Rocky wanted to eat her alive and this did not scare her away. Adrienne shows up as one confident, empathic person who is here to work with both the dog and the owner. We have made more real changes in a few months then I have seen in the 18 months since I adopted Rocky. Her style of teaching is completely different then I have seen before and for us, 100% effective. It’s more of tapping into his brain, showing him of who the pack leader is through confidence without the need to reward him with treats or in trying to overpower him through one’s own strength to get him to do what I want.
All of this goes back to having Adrienne, who is one confident individual as stated earlier, work with both of us in a manner that builds Rocky up in learning that he does not need to protect me from the world as that’s my job to keep him safe.
I rarely post anything, but I wanted to let all of you know, that if you are in a similar situation like me, committed to helping your dog get better, I highly recommend working with Adrienne as she has helped make life so much better for Rocky and my family. We have seen Rocky go from the need to fight the world to remain safe to now learning to play with other dogs and learning that not all people are bad. Thank you so much Adrienne!!!! Your work really makes a difference!
Sandy T.
15 months ago
— Aurora, CO
Adrienne has been fantastic for our family. We have two dogs, one has been with us for 4 years as a puppy and I had a trainer help me early on during Covid lockdown for basic things, like sit and wait and for walking and barking. We still struggled with the walking and the barking over the years. And then we got another dog from rescue earlier this year and she is about 3 years old. She was scared to go on walks on a leash and she was a barker as well. And with both dogs combined the barking was getting out of control. I had another trainer come and work on things with both dogs but the training was all treat motivated which doesn’t always work. You don’t always have treats on you and you want the dogs to listen to commands and not because they’re going to get rewarded with food each time. I was not getting good results with the training and we were still struggling with the barking and the walks.
PermalinkI googled trainers that specialize in dog barking and that’s how I found Bark Busters. The first longer session we had with Adrienne, humans and dogs alike were exhausted but we amazed at the changes in just a few hours. (We unfortunately had a lot to work on! Lol) My skittish rescue was smiling, which we’d not seen her do in the months we’d had her. Adrienne’s approach is to train the humans in how to interact with our dogs in a way that leaves them feeling secure and safe and listening to our commands. Not the dogs running the show! We had never owned dogs before these two so it was a learning curve for sure, and I wished I had found Adrienne when we started but I’m grateful to have her as our trainer now. The changes in the dogs during our lessons has been full circle. And I am less stressed with them being at home with me all day while I work and they’re happier too. I was afraid to take them for walks because it was stressful for me with the tugging and the behaviors, but they are happy and learning every day now that I know how to approach it with them. I would highly recommend Adrienne to anyone that needs a great trainer!
Beth B.
19 months ago
— Denver, CO
Adrienne is amazing! I can't even begin to describe the difference two sessions has made with our big pup, Otis. He is a big boy (120+ lbs) and was super dog reactive. I wasn't able to walk him with any control and it was getting dangerous. I had hired previous trainers who literally told me Otis was a danger to society and me and to euthanize him. Adrienne came in and calmly explained how to properly communicate with a dog. Otis responded immediately. Adrienne understood he is just a big sweet boy who needed more direction and to know he didn't have to protect us or worry so much. All the training is done in a safe manner with no harmful punishment techniques for your dog. It is based upon how mother dogs communicate with their puppies - in a dog's language. After just two visits Otis was literally so much calmer and relaxed. During the second visit he was able to meet Adrienne's dog, Nala and he was a good boy! We were able to walk them around the block together and another dog passed and Otis remained calm. This is night and day from his aggressive, dog reactive behavior. If you have any issues at all with your dog please don't loose hope but seriously call Adrienne. Do your homework! Our lives have truly changed for the better - there is much less stress in our house and we have a good dog! Thank you, Thank you!
PermalinkLes & Sue B.
2 years ago
— Aurora, CO
Adrienne is AWESOME! Who knew that our fur son was feeling like he needed to take care of us. Adrienne came in and started training us to let Sugga Ray (our 1-year 11-month-old Boxer) know that we are taking care of him. I was amazed at the training techniques. So simple, that it made us feel really stupid. I guess you don't know, what you don't know. We are working on his reaction to other dogs if they bark at him or get in his space, but of course when we need dogs to pass by us on the trail that bark, there are none to be found. Adrienne gave us a great start and left us with plenty of homework for Sugga Ray. I know we have more things to work on, but we feel so good about his progress in just a week. We had overnight company this past weekend and he did not jump up on anyone not once. We are super proud of his 1st week of progress and our parent progress. I look forward to a very long relationship with Adrienne and Bark Busters. You all have been a blessing to us. I wish I would have found you all years ago with past fur babies, but I am definitely looking forward to a long partnership with Bark Busters.
PermalinkLynn S.
3 years ago
— Littleton, CO
We were blessed with a rescue dog with high energy and in high need of training. We were told he was six years old, but our guess he was about three when we started fostering him. He is a rescue and we have no knowledge of his previous life before coming to us. He had two surgeries to treat his hip dysplasia followed by physical therapy sessions. Ruben has been a part of our family for two years now. During the time we fostered him, the animal rescue did provide a trainer to help us with Ruben’s behavior, but we knew we needed much more. Our daughter found Bark Busters and we met with Adrienne at our home about a year ago. Adrienne knows how to get a dog’s attention so the dog will follow through with her commands. Adrienne may be identified as a ‘dog trainer’ but actually she is training us as the ‘dog parents’. She is teaching us the tools that will help Ruben to become happier and less fearful of the people he meets. Ruben is a ‘work in progress’. At our first meeting, Adrienne did a fabulous job teaching us how to be our dog’s leader. We have worked on ‘claiming’ the front door when guests arrive. Some of our dog’s issues (baggage) include separation anxiety, trust issues, and biting. Adrienne does not think Ruben is vicious. He just needs to know we are the leaders in his ‘pack’. Adrienne helps us with current needs at the time and she has noticed how much Ruben has improved from the first day we met. Adrienne knows Ruben is a work in progress. He is getting better as we work on the tools she has provided. Please consider Adrienne as your dog trainer. She is awesome.
PermalinkRoyce D.
3 years ago
— Denver, CO
Adrienne did a fabulous job training our two dogs (80 pound Great Pyrenees and a 50 pound Australian Shepard mix) After one session, the behavior of our dogs was completely changed. They no longer blocked the door trying to get out, and their incessant barking lessened. The second lesson provided us with more techniques with leash management. We went from not being able to walk the dogs to taking long walks around our neighborhood within in a matter of weeks. We couldn’t have trained our dogs without Adrienne’s help. Thank you, Adrienne!!!!
PermalinkMatt O.
3 years ago
— Highlands Ranch, CO
If you are skeptical about training or struggling to find a trainer you feel like you can trust to help with your furry family members, you need to read this! Adrienne Greene with Bark Busters absolutely changed our lives! She is a professional, charismatic trainer and very knowledgeable about our 4 legged furry friends behaviors. The training she provided is simple, was a bit counterintuitive for my human mind at first, and dare I say, magical! I would recommend her 100 times out of 100. But let me give you a little background on our particular situation so that you can make the best decision possible for you and your situation. We got our family’s first ever dog in October of 2019, a beautiful Australian Labradoodle named Millie. Then the world shut down from Covid. So, like many people in our situation, Millie lived at home with us while kids went to online school and adults moved to a work from home environment. When the world started to normalize again, we took Millie out to the kids sports, to the park, and other places. My poor little pup acted like Cujo around other dogs, people or any animal in general. She responded to any encounter with out of control barking, growling, teeth gnashing, lunging and just all around aggressive, out of control behavior. We had no idea what to do. So we started to research dog trainers. We talked to a dozen different trainers that all had different philosophies and in the end they all made us a bit uncomfortable. So we did nothing. We just continued with the status quo and either brought Millie with us and endured the crazy aggressive behavior by trying to avoid other people and dogs, or we left her at home. Those awful encounters just encouraged us to limit her interactions with other people and dogs even further. Millie is super affectionate and loves all of us and we love her dearly. I knew she needed some kind of training if I was ever going to be able to take her with us and have her enjoy being out and about with us. So, we started looking for trainers again. We waded through countless web pages reading about different training systems, reviews, methods, and pricing models. We tried some socialization and behavior training and had a horrible experience because nothing changed with her behavior. So once again we decided that we would just continue with the status quo, and sadly, that we might not be able to take her with us anymore. Then came August 2022 and my family started to talk to me about getting another puppy. I love Millie and she brings so much joy to my life. I was extremely hesitant to get another puppy because I was worried about how Millie would respond to a new puppy in our home. I did not want to bring a new dog into our home and make her miserable, nor did I want to make the rest of my family miserable. So we started reading about the right way to introduce a new puppy to an existing dog. Once again, there were several different opinions regarding the right way to do this and it felt impossible to know which way was correct. I kept reading about needing to be ready for an outcome where the dogs just refused to be around one another and needing to isolate them from one another forever. Talk about going from bad to worse. I just could not imagine putting Millie and my family through that. I knew that if I agreed to get a new puppy, I could not get the introduction process wrong. Ultimately, I agreed to get a new puppy.
PermalinkThat brings me to Adrienne and Bark Busters. My wife came across the Bark Busters website and asked me to look at it. After looking at 30 or 40 different training sites over the years, and having a bad experience with one, I was naturally skeptical about the process in general. I liked what I read on the Bark Busters website and like many training sites they had some good reviews that seemed to mirror the behaviors that we saw with Millie. Even after all of that I said no at first. Then I slept on it, and the next morning decided that I just could not afford to get the introduction process wrong and I needed help with that so I called Bark Busters. I made an appointment with Adrienne and explained my situation to her. She scheduled us for our first training, which was the day after we were picking up the new puppy and asked that I not introduce the two dogs until she was there and we worked with Millie first. After all of the bad interactions we had with Millie and other dogs I thought to myself, there is no hope of fixing Millie, but at least we can get the new puppy introduction right. BOY WAS I WRONG! Adrienne came into our home and began to teach my family how to speak dog, without Millie being involved yet. Now I was really skeptical. I came into this process with an open mind but as she described this simple process of correcting all of Millie’s aggressive behaviors, I was telling myself that there was no way this was going to work and that I had made the wrong choice. Then we brought Millie into the training environment and started working with her and to say that my mind was blown is an understatement! As we worked with Millie over the next hour or so, I witnessed a dog that started to show impulse control, was in the room with a stranger and wasn’t showing any signs of aggression, met another dog on leash and showed no signs of aggressive behavior, etc… My son asked her where she learned her black magic because our dog was acting like a completely new, much better behaved dog. Then we moved on to introducing Millie to our new puppy Maverick. It went okay, but Millie showed some aggressive behavior and was not comfortable with it. We bought into the super simple training that Adrienne gave us and over the next day, we had very good interactions between the two dogs keeping Maverick in his puppy pen and Millie outside of it. So the next day we moved to interactions with both dogs on a leash in our front yard. And to my surprise Millie was amazing. After one day, she had no growling, barking, lunging, nothing. She was a completely different dog! Now she was not used to playing with another dog so she is learning to play less aggressively, but after 2 days of my family working with her, she is no longer showing any signs of aggression toward our new pup. So by the end of day 2 we moved onto on leash interactions in the house, which went very well. Day 3 we had both dogs interacting off leash in the house, but still with very close supervision. We had a stranger come to our door and Millie just stood in the other room and watched the interaction. No barking, growling, nothing! Seeing how well Adrienne’s training is working for our almost 3 year old dog and our new puppy, I wish we would have found her and trained with her years ago. But you don’t know what you don’t know and if you are like me, you love your dog, and there is a lot of different information out there about training methods, and you don’t want to do the wrong thing with your best friend. Or you have tried some training and it did not work. If any of this resonates with you and your situation, please call Adrienne at Bark Busters. She did nothing short of change our lives. 4 days ago we had an adult dog that was extremely aggressive toward other dogs and strangers. Today, I have her in my office with me and have introduced her to several new people. Using Adrienne’s training I had no problem introducing them and Millie greeted each of them happily. Yes you read that correctly. 4 DAYS LATER, my once aggressive dog is meeting strangers in a strange environment and enjoying the experience. I took her out to walk in a strange environment and she walked well on the leash, relieved herself, met a new strange dog, all without incident and she did so well! Now she was still a little uncertain about meeting the new dog today, but she did really well. No barking, growling, lunging, nothing. Just a little tentative to meet the new dog, but she did so well! Now you know why I described Adrienne’s training as magical. I don’t know how to describe it any better than that. It is super simple, seems a little counterintuitive at first, and just flat out works like nothing I have ever seen before. By the end of day one, I was telling my self what an idiot I was for not doing this years ago. Listen the bottom line is that her training works, and it works better than I ever imagined it would. I had sadly given up hope of being able to take Millie out in pubic with me and 4 days later she is meeting strangers like a happy dog and sitting by my side in my office. I am not here to convince you to use Bark Busters. If you took the time to read about my situation and you made it this far, you know that I understand the apprehension that is involved with finding a trainer for your best friend and trusting that what they are doing is the right thing. I am only here to share my story of success and hopefully empower you to change your life and the life of your furry friend(s) for the better.
Jaimie H.
4 years ago
— Englewood, CO
8.2021 There comes a point in every dog lover’s life when you have to get REAL honest with yourself about the successes you want your furry loved one to have while interacting with people, animals, the delivery person at the door, the rogue, “super friendly” off leash nightmare, the neighbor they see through the window, the “new” furry addition to the family or just taking a general walk to the mailbox.
PermalinkI adopted a 3yr old deaf Australian Cattle Dog (currently 7 yrs old) with a very questionable past we shall say, we went through 3 years together just her and I ruling our roost like two girls would. I gave her the best training I knew how (and I thought I knew how – I mean, I grew up on a ranch, we always had cow dogs, what didn’t I know about this breed) - (fast-forward a year) 2 surgeries for the cow dog, a bad motorcycle accident for me, a new boyfriend and a 2nd deaf dog combined our worlds. (A little knowledge on the 2nd deaf dog, she is a 4y old boxer who was attacked by a pitbull and left her with staples in her front and back leg. This dog feared everything in her world and was brought into a new home with a girl human and a cow dog she didn’t know) The Cow Dog was having NO PART of a 2nd dog in this house – Nope, not even a little bit – we went from smooth sailing to barking, biting, fighting, whining, territorial, unpredictability overnight.
In walks Adrienne Greene – Bing Bang Boom, 3 hours later, lots of homework, lots of grace for us humans and our furry counter parts, lots of education and I personally learned the things I thought I knew was in part, me trying to humanize/rationalize a dog’s reactions logically instead of getting on their level, learning their language – one morning spent with Adrienne was a Game Changer for both dogs, and both fur loving dog parents.
The end result of a 3-hour session: Cow Dog was calm, relaxed and focused on me for direction (being deaf that is huge in our communication skills) no longer looking to try to rule this roost. The Boxer dogs anxiety was melting away in front of our eyes, she is and continues to gain confidence and looks to us for direction and security. (And we are just getting started, but we are starting now in a peaceful, cohesive, trainable household)
I can honestly say you are doing yourself and your furry family member a huge disservice if you have any issues/questions surrounding dog behavior in any stage and do not engage Adrienne Greene for help.
PS – do yourself a favor and stay off the “worlds best training web sites” you will thank yourself later (or like me, mid-session) I was doing the preverbal forehead slap for wasting so much time thinking I was doing the right thing for my dog.
Pupdate: 5.2022 Almost a year later we needed to do an in-home session with Adrienne again to help our boxer dog with a new set of anxious behaviors, it took less than an hour to address and redirect her anxiety and help her to calm herself down and become a quiet dog again.
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