Bay Area Family K-9 Training LLC

Melissa De Leon 4 months ago

James has been the absolute best thing to happen to our family and our Border Collie/Lab mix dog, Rocky. We did the Board and Train program and then the one-on-one lessons that follow, and I couldn't have hoped for a better outcome. Rocky came to us after having lived with one other family. He was 7 months old and highly anxious. The results we have seen with Rocky have been astounding. We can now go on walks, have family over, and even be surrounded by other dogs at the park. I am extremely grateful for the training and even more so for all of the guidance we have received along the way after the program was done. Rocky was a work in progress, but it has been so wonderful to see everything come together. Can't say thank you enough, James! And can't recommend James enough too.

Nikolay a year ago

I used James' boarding and training service for a month with my dog, and was really happy with the whole process and the results. She’s not the easiest dog, definitely not one to just listen to or work for someone she doesn’t know or trust, but James handled it really well. He really cares about the process, took time to address any concerns I had, and answered all my emails afterward about training. One thing to note - you have to be involved too. It’s not just about training the dog; you’re also learning how to understand your dog, communicate better, and adjust your own behavior. The service was definitely above my budget, but honestly, I’d do it again. A nice bonus - now that my dog knows James and is comfortable at his place, I feel a lot better leaving her with him for boarding when I travel. It’s hard for me to leave her with just anyone, so that extra peace of mind is huge.

Xirui Luo 2 years ago

We got our rott when he was 8 weeks, very energetic and headache, pee and poop everywhere, and kept biting us and everything he saw. We finally find James to train him. At the beginning we just want to find somewhere board and train closer to our house. And we found out it s so worthy to drop our Rusty to James. Rusty started to listen to orders, and not walking in between our legs anymore, not making mess like before, he turned from a little devil to a cutie, we really appreciate James trained him so well. He told us, we cannot use human thinking to make dogs understand us, which they wont. We need to use their ways to make them understand. Our Rusty has a huge problem of eating his own poop. After the board and train, he is making a big improvement of eat it right away to he walks away and gives us time to clean it up. We dropped Rusty at he was 4 months old for about whole month and 6 months old for about 2-3 weeks, the length of stay sometimes it may varies on how the dogs pick up from training. Also plus he has private lessons after the training. He gave us the collar, dog food, remote collar and other accessories to help with the training with no extra cost. We paid once and

Joshua Smith 2 years ago

James has trained our dog since she was adopted as well as boarded her during many vacations. First off, James is straight forward trainer who expects a high-level of effort from his clients. If you don’t have time to put the training steps and methodology to practice, this may not be the program for you. We set aside time every day, hours every week, to train our dog and we saw the benefits of well-behaved dog from the insane squealer she was a few months before. Hard to recommend anyone but James for dog training since he made life and relationship with my dog so much better.

Marissa Gracey 3 years ago

Bruno became a part of our family in October 2022. Several of our family friends who went through Bay Area Family K9 highly recommended James and his programs. I left James a message and he returned my call immediately. We were set up for the group puppy training classes the following week. In the group classes, we briefly socialize with other dogs and then get down to business. Every week we shared the hour with others in class. We only had approximately 15 minutes or so to work directly with James. We learned new commands and received our weekly homework. DO NOT...I repeat...DO NOT come to class WITHOUT doing your homework! It will show when it is your turn to demonstrate what you practiced at home. Do not waste your time, your classmates' time, and especially James'. Do not go into the classes expecting James to train your dog for you. You need to put in the time and effort in class and at home. After the puppy classes were over, we decided that Bruno needed to partake in the board and train program. As a Cane Corso, we could not take the chance that Bruno would overpower us and/or possibly hurt anyone he would come across. After 5 weeks of the board and train program, talk