Upper Suncoast Dog Training Club — Local services in Dunedin

UPDATE: Since I posted my review 3 years ago, so many amazing things have occurred at Upper Suncoast Dog Training Club. The club has expanded their service dog training, Alliance of Therapy Dogs permitting our certified instructors to credential dogs as ATD qualified. This all volunteer club offers education from novice to expert in facets of training including Agility, Confirmation, Rally, along with club activities including 'Pack Walks' for better on leash and social behaviors, while having many 'students' qualify for Westminster Agility, National Confirmation, AKC National Agility Invitational and others. They have earned 501c3 status and have dogs in nursing homes and schools weekly. Dental care is provided at discounted rates, and visiting experts participate in seminars in the bright, and updated club on Logan Street, Clearwater. My story is how I brought two rescue Australian Cattle Dogs 9 years ago and never looked back. They've both had major AKC Agility success. Many new friends, patient and excellent instructors Remember- these are VOLUNTEERS, and when I read the occasional negative review I have to wonder if they attended the same Upper Suncoast DTC I do! Be patient getting your new dog into any particular class, ask questions, and practice at home and you will enrich your experience with your new partner beyond your...

We had a 5 mo old Beagle puppy that is a bit high strung. She is an aggressive chewer and will bite hard during play. She is a jumper on other people and dogs and pulls on leash when walking. We felt that she needed some good training. She is not the first dog we have had but definitely the most feisty. Saw great reviews on this company so we signed up. IT WAS A DISASTER!  They only wanted to work with the dogs that were behaving.  Would just walk away when my husband would ask questions...didnt want to be bothered with a high maintenance pup. Isn't that the point of going to training..to teach her and us how to help her ? After the second class of no help we stopped going...they obviously were only interested in working with the easy dogs. They never even bothered to call to see if there was a problem when we didn't show up for the 3rd class.  That was 80 bucks down the drain! We took her to a behaviorist through our vets office and let me tell you this....we have only had 2 classes and what a difference! She now will sit on command...she is learning appropriate chewing and not biting.  She also has learned not to jump on ppl as much and quickly stops if she does and walks beautifully on her lead. She still has work to do but what a difference after just 2 classes compared to a nightmare and no improvement at all with...

Mediocre, they didn't want to work with our pup at all. We where ignored the entire time even when we waited after class to ask questions and get help. We went to get some basic training along with help getting our puppy to politely greet and interact with other dogs/puppies, he gets a bit excited and will not listen to commands when other dogs are around. We assumed they would be able to help since it is a puppy class and puppies tend to be easily distracted. Boy where we wrong. On the first night we where told we have to sign up for the next class that night or we would never get a spot. Not even knowing if our puppy had passed the puppy S.T.A.R. Certification. We stopped going 4 weeks in it was a waste of time off work to not see any small improvement. I had called the first time and left a voicemail saying we wouldn't be going to class that night. I never received a call back saying what was taught in class. After the second week I didn't even bother with calling. They clearly don't care about you or your dog. We never received a single call asking if everything was alright or why we stopped...