Bark Busters Reviews

We rescued Layla on 7/01/2023. She is a 2 year old Australian Shepard. After a year, she still had no social skills and would still bite me and attack me any chance she got. Only my brother could go near her. I was about to get rid of her until I saw an advert for Barkbusters. Soon as I met Steve I was comfortable with his demeanor. Steve immediately made me feel that Layla would learn whatever we taught her. It was communication problem. Layla didn't know how to be a pet. We had to teach her what we wanted from her. The difference after a month is truly amazing. Layla looks truly happy now. She is proud of herself for being a good girl. I am so glad that I have Steve in my corner. He is amazing at reading animals. We now have a healthy happy pet. She will bring us years of memories and happiness. It feels so good to see the changes in her. She wasn't happy with her life and it showed. If you have a problem dog, give them a chance and you will see how easy it is to change their behavior. I am so happy for Layla.

• #Aggression
• #Barking
• #Hyperactivity
• #Other

Lots of material! A great start. Appreciate the detail and reinforcement.

• #Aggression
• #Barking
• #Hyperactivity
• #Jumping up
• #Sibling rivalry
• #Other

I just can’t believe how much I leaned in just the first session. I am so excited to see my dog’s improvement and can’t wait for him to be his best little self. I would highly encourage you to chose Bark Busters! Thank you so much Justine!

• #Aggression
• #Barking
• #Hyperactivity
• #Jumping up
• #Toileting

Ben at Bark Busters is absolutely amazing and made our lives much less stressful for us and our dog Mika. We adopted a sweet lab mix who came with some quirks. She has a lot of energy and will play all day long if she could which would result in her barking incessantly at us until we would play fetch (even if we have already played for hours). Additionally, we had issues with her rushing the door while barking and jumping up on guests.

Lastly, Mika struggled greatly while walking on the leash. Although she is super friendly with dogs at daycare and other instances off the leash, if she saw or heard a dog within a 100 yards of us, she would pull, bark, lunge, and alligator roll on the end of the leash. Not only was this extremely embarrassing, but it is incredibly tiring to walk a dog who makes you feel like Steve Erwin capturing a wild alligator every time we see another dog.

We tried many training tactics including trying to distract her with her favorite human food and nothing was working. At this point, I found Bark Busters and I am so glad I did. Ben came to our home and spent 3 hours explaining how and why the methods taught at Bark Busters works along with training us how to communicate with Mika. Ben showed us a few simple commands, not 20 different commands to memorize and make sure you are doing right.

The results were immediate and lasting. Our first training session was three months ago and Mika is so much more relaxed and well behaved in the house. No more incessant barking to play and rushing the door to bark at and jump on guests. She is the same sweet Mika that loves to play and get love from everyone, but now she is more relaxed and waits for permission from us. Even skeptical family members were extremely impressed with the results of Mika's training.

A few weeks later, we had a second session with Ben to work on walking on the leash. Although Mika is not perfect on the leash quite yet, we have made so much improvement and we are still getting better! We are now at the point where Mika will make a lot of stressful noises and pull some while walking past another barking dog, but she is no longer alligator rolling and lunging like crazy while making scary barking noises. She also goes back to being relaxed so quickly instead of barking for ages after the other dog is gone. We are so proud of her continuing improvement on the leash.

Lastly, but most importantly, all of Ben's training methods deal with proper communication and not scaring or hurting dogs. No shock collars, or choke chains, just clear communication. Our only regret was not calling Bark Busters sooner, so if you are on the fence just do it. It is worth increasing the quality of life for you and your dog.

• #Aggression
• #Barking
• #Chewing
• #Jumping up
• #Recall
• #Separation anxiety