Bark Busters Reviews

After our first session with Sharon, my dog Molly and I were able to walk better together on a leash and she was more calm during my absence. Sharon is a great coach and highly accessible either in person, text or phone. I’d highly recommend her services as she is very customer focused and very experienced.

• #Aggression
• #Barking
• #Jumping up
• #Pulling
• #Separation anxiety

Where do I even start with this review! We contacted Bark Busters to help with our two young pitbulls who both deal with fear/reactivity and stranger danger, especially at our house (they bark and freak out at approaching visitors and it became a problem). We were put in contact with Scott and he came to our home to help us start to tackle these things in person in the environment that the trouble was happening. In the very first hour of training, we were not only taught about the basis of the behaviors and the animal psychology behind it, but also given highly effective communication skills and tools to use to immediately address the problem areas. We practiced these skills indoors with each dog, where seeing immediate behavior change felt like such a relief. We were then given practice and homework to continue reinforcing the new boundaries at home, which we have continued happily. I have noticed such a massive change in my dog's behavior, including in ways completely unrelated to the initial problem areas. He is calmer on car rides, more relaxed in public settings, and pays more attention to my communication and body language in our daily life. The basis of all of this was Scott teaching me how to use my body and my voice to tell my dog that he's safe, that I am in charge, and that I expect certain good behaviors. I was so afraid that a trainer would tell me to make my dog a submissive obedient robot, or tell me I had to stop being ridiculous and playful with my dog, or that I had to use physical force to fix these things. None of that was true. Scott is a dog dad too, and a major dog lover. He taught us communication skills that still allow us to have the loving, goofy relationship that we want with our pets while enforcing boundaries that make all of our lives easier. Scott is a great teacher and his ethos around dog behavior and training are kind, loving, and based in a real understanding of dog psychology. I am so thankful we found Bark Busters!! I have much more confident, calm dogs after just a few weeks of this new learning and I feel like I have the tools I need to continue being the dog mama that they need.

• #Aggression
• #Barking
• #Jumping up
• #Pulling
• #Recall
• #Other

Our experience was very enjoyable, fun & effective. We noticed a difference in our dog immediately! Our stree level went fown & our dog was very receptive to the training. We now have have hope that life will be more enjoyable with our little buddy!

• #Aggression
• #Barking
• #Jumping up
• #Pulling

Sharon from Bark Busters is absolutely amazing. She is very knowledgeable, very friendly, has a wealth of very valuable information, for puppies / dog training. She helped me with our four-month-old Chihuahua on house breaking, chewing, not eating poop, crate training, and our eight-year-old min pin Chihuahua with separation anxiety. Our four-month-old is new to our family, andf she provided me with a wealth of valuable information to help with training both our dogs. I totally recommend Sharon. She is a gem and is absolutely doing what she is meant to be doing.

• #Aggression
• #Barking
• #Jumping up
• #Pulling
• #Sibling rivalry
• #Separation anxiety
• #Chewing
• #Puppy management
• #Toileting